Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-05
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try of lumber at the DemareSt mill,
near Kruger, land seriously threatened
farm houses efore it was controlled.
Appleton.-While Prof F. w. Orr
was sitting iii his office on the third
floor of Lawrence college, a bullet
crashed through a window and just
missed his head before going into the
wall.
Grantsburg. No new cases of scar
let fever have developed for over a
week and it is believed that the worst
of the epidemic is over. Arrange
ments will be made to reopen the pub
lie schools.
Bayfield.-A.f H. Wilkinson. presi-
dent of the State fair board, and
A. H. Hale, both prominent residents
of this city, will be featured on the
program of thesroad school to be held
at Ashland for bayfield,, Ashland and
Iron counties Oh April 80
Manitowoc-T twenty priests assist
ed Rt. Rev. Lqchman, acting bishop
OF the Green Bay diocese, at
the laying of the cornerstone of
st. Joseph Catholic church at Kell-
nersville. The edifice replaces the
one which burned a few weeks after
completion last summer.
Wausau.-RayIhond Overton, aged
ten years, Slipped ON boom,
Tell into the Fad Claire river and
was drowned in the town of Wes-
ton. Arthur Kramer, aged ten, tried
to rescue him and narrowly escaped
a similar fate.
Beloit.-The death at Walworth OF
Hon. Carlos S. ! Douglas is the
first in the Beloit college class of
1878. There were Fifteen graduates.
Mr.. Douglas was a member of the leg
islature and leader lin public affairs
of Walworth county.
Green Bay.-Arsetn Leloo, aged
seven. seated himself on elevator
dock at the East iriver to fish.
In his excitement after getting a bite
he lost his balance, fell into the water
and was drowned. Meh succeeded in
recovering his body after twenty min
utes. The pulmotor was. used without
success.
Racine.-Charles Jensen, the bank
policeman who stole $1,000 in gold
from the bank where he was en-
ployed, pleaded guilty to grand lar
ceny and was sentenced to two years
in the state reformatorW at Green
Bay. Henry Soth, who stole automo-
bile accessories from local factory,
also drew sentence of two< years in
the reformatory.
Beloit-Edward Crouch, a\s gradu-
ate of Beloit High school twoEyears
ago, has received an appointment
as cadet at West Point. He, is
AN enthusiastic National guardsman
and one of the best shots of Com
pany L, First regiment. He passed
the examination and was appointed
alternate and was advised by the war
department to his appointment and
instructed to report for work in June.
He is the first Beloit boy to go to
West Point
Superior. Charging that the death
of their husbands was due to
of the defendants, located near Iron
river Alekksande Lampi, widow of
Ante Lampi, and Ami Maxi, widow
of William Maxi, have brought suits
for $4,000 each against the Rogers
Rugar Lumber company of this city.
The two men were woodsmen en-
ployed by the lumber company in it's
main camps, which are alleged to
have been poorly ventilated and gen
orally insanitary
Fond du Lac-The fifty-ninth an
nual session of the Wisconsin con-
ference of the Salem Evangelical
association adjourned after selecting
Appleton for the next meeting place
and announcing that the next state
convention of the Young Peoples as
ISOLATION would be held at Lomira
in August. The Milwaukee appoint
ments are as follows: Presiding elder,
Milwaukee district, Rev. Mr.. Schneid-
er Pastors: Zion church, F. w.
Schoeler; Salem, G. E. Epp; Tabor,
R. Robehl; Friedens, G. Friedrich;
Bethel, j. Nickel; Ebeuezer. G. w.
Schlueber, Emanuel M. Ganecke;
North Milwaukee, M. Wittenweiler,
and South Milwaukee, j. C. Etzel-
mueller
Fond du Iac.-At the annual con-
ference of Salems Evangelical church
here Rev H. E. Erffmeyer, presiding
elder of the Fond du Lac district, was
transferred to Madison and Rev. G. F.
Kiekhoefer, presiding elder of the
Madison district, was transferred to
Fond du Lac Rev. C. Schneider, for
merly of the Eau Claire district, goes to
Tabor church, Milwaukee, while Rev.
F: w. Huebner, formerly pastor OF
Tabor church, Is sent to the Eau
Claire district. Elders orders were
voted to w. w. Schilling, Butternut;
w. A. Lamke, Amigo; T. Veith, South
Milwaukee; B. J. v. Diekvoss, Port
age; E. A. Lau, Arlington. Deacons
orders were voted to B. A. Busch
weller, Wheeler, Wis, and ]. G. Sip
pie, Door county The ordinations