Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-04-14
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Seymour-Work will start soon on
the new Seymour Lutheran church 1t
will cost about $4,000
Antigo.-Ernest Heller, injured in
the yards Nof the Chicago and North
western at Chicago several months
ago, died here.
Grand Rapids.-Nathan NJ Bouldric,
a Civil war veteran, died at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. E. B. Pulling of
Wausau.
Neenah.-The Rev. ]. R. Holden of
Fairwater has accepted call to the
pastorate of the Union Baptist church
in this city.
Oconto-A touring car, driven by
Herb Telford, capsized, injuring Mrs.
F. Nerenhausen, Mrs. H. Telford and
daughter Agnes and the driver.
Neenah. = Wrapped in an oilskin
sack, the body of a newborn baby girl
was raked out of the fumes of the Nee
nah mill of the Kimberly-Clark COM
pany here
Poynette.-A number of mail bags
were opened at the Milwaukee road
station here during the night and con-
tents of parcel post packages were
stolen.
Portage.-The body of Dannie SUIT
fin, seven years old, drowned in the
Wisconsin river here last December,
was taken from the river at DEBORAH,
nine miles below Portage.
Racine.-Mrs. ]. w. Rogers, eighty
years old, was instantly killed when
she fell down the stairway in her
home The heel of her shoe became
entangled in her dress, causing her to
plunge to her death
Kenosha.-Herman Roloff, ST., fa-
Their of Herman Roloff of the United
States navy, given high praise for his
bravery at the battle of Vera Cruz,
died on Friday.
Milwaukee-State girls industrial
school building, with so occupants,
caught fire, but fire was extinguished
with little loss, though two of prison
ers escaped.
land have been working up a
great deal of enthusiasm in their
campaign this year. 1t is the first
serious attempt the "drys" have made
to vote down the saloons of Ashland.
Appleton-A mile Of wire, part of
the Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat
and Power company, was torn down
when a farmer near Child's Corners
allowed a tree he was telling to strike
the line.
Janesville.-Mrs. Charlotte Brandt
Wilmington, seventy-four years old,
widow of Charles B. Wilmington, in
ventor of the self-binder machine
that made the McCormicks famous
and wealthy. died here
Antigo.-The two men burned to
death when fire consumed box car at
Deerbrook, have been identified. One
is John Marook, Chicago, and the 9TH
err John Kurz, whose home is un-
known.
Appleton.-Two hundred dollars was
the price of pearl found in an oyster
served to M. w. Broughton at the Ran
| dolph hotel When he bit upon the
pearl Broughton thought he had broken
a tooth.
Madison. = William M. Leiserson,
| formerly employed by the state
industrial commission as superin-
tendent of the state free employ
ment bureaus, has resigned his posi-
ton with the federal labor depart
ment and returned to Madison. He
said he didn't like the federal work.
Superior. = Father John Lindler,
pastor of the Catholic church of
the Holy Assumption, barely es-
capped with his life when the structure
was destroyed by fire. Going into
| the blazing building to save the bless
| ed sacrament he stumbled and fell.
He was overcome on the way out,
| firemen rescuing him. The loss is
| $4,000
Notwithstanding to his story
that he had been tool Of an
other man in an effort to burn up the
| plant of the Richard Jellier Stone
company here, Samuel Czerniak plead
ed guilty to charge of arson in the
municipal court and was sentenced to
IS months in the state prison. He
declared after sentence he had been
urged to burn the plant by another
man, but he asserted he could not
make known the name of the man.
| His loyalty to his partner in crime
failed to win consideration from the
court.
Waukesha.-Recent gifts to the his
torical collection are reported as fol-
| lows by Custodian j. H A. Lacher:
| Two pictures by Mrs. Elizabeth But
terrified, Brookfeld; one by A. H. At
kins. sculptor: pictures of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Dreyer, pioneers of
| Ottawa, by Henry Dreyer; card
photo of the Smith stone farmhouse,
1912, by L. C. Smith; old newspapers
by Mrs. Lottie Carver; copies of old
documents. by George PETER I'm
framed pictures of pioneer men and
women of Waukesha county are so
licited. with biographies of same. to-
| gether with old utensils, papers and
| documents pertaining to early life In