Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-03-24

to marry him, Miss Adeline Aft, Of
this city, caused the arrest of Clyde
j. E. Johnston, whose home is said to
be il Kenosha. He was arraigned in
Municipal court on warrant charg-
Ing him with threatening to kill Miss
Aft, and was ordered to Jail by Judge
n. j. Monahan, until more evidence
could be obtained.
Madison-The Northwestern road
has been ordered by the railroad com
mission to pay to the state of Wiscon-
| sin $4,000, the cost of relocating two
highways in Racine county which now
| cross the tracks of the company. The
commission, in it's order points out
| that in permitting the relocation Of
| the highways and assessing the rail
road. it is saving the company the cost
| OF track elevation which would have
| been necessary because of the danger
| to highway traffic
| Kenosha-Officials of the health de-
| partment added insult to injury when
| they took Miss Agnes Hughes, IL, to
| the isolation hospital in hearse after
discovering that she had contracted
smallpox. The police ambulance is the
| only conveyance in the city suitable
| for such use, and fearful of exposing
others who might be carried in it, the
| officials had to resort to the funeral
car.
| Baraboo-An exciting chase here
ended in the capture of Charles
Churchill, who escaped from the coun-
| ty Jail where he was being held prior
to transfer to Waupun. Churchill was
sentenced for six years for obtaining
money under false pretenses in con-
nection with Canadian land sales. He
claims to be a relative of Winston
! Churchill, British cabinet officer.
! Sheboygan = Mud baths may be
healthy, but pedestrians in the bust
ness district are particular about the
time and place of taking them. Con-
seQuently they have filed complaint
with the board of public works that
automobiles shoot along the street so
| as to splash mud in all directions and
ask to have this practice curtailed.
| The board is investigating.
| Wausau-A road school is to be held
in Wausau Friday April g. at which
all problems of road building and
maintenance will be discussed. All
| members of town and village boards
and all patrolmen and pathmasters in
Marathon county are to attend. Mem
bers of the Wisconsin highway com
mission and road experts are to take
part in the discussions.
Stevens Point-Increases in salaries
aggregating $4,000 will be paid Stew
ems Point city school teachers next
year. Supt. Snyder's salary is raised
from $4,000 to $500, Principal l.. R
klinger will get 1928 per month next
year and the wages of teachers are
boosted an average of Is per cent
Janitors were also granted substan-
tial raise.
Chassell-Tom Franchet, octogenar-
AN settler, was found frozen to death
in his farm house near here by hunt
ers. An examination revealed that he
had become too i'll to attend to the
fires and it appeared that he had made
repeated efforts to administer to his
wants while unable to do more than
crawl about. He lived alone
Madison-The eighth annual mill
| tary ball of the University of Wiscon
sin will be held on April 8, in the ar
mory. Previous to the dance the Off
GERS dinner and reception will be
given. Students and others planning
to attend may wear any military uni
form they are entitled to wear or have
ever been authorized to wear
Rhinelander-Mrs Stanley Blomski
convicted of numbering her young SON.
Alban, was taken to Waupun to serve
a twenty year sentence. Her baby
daughter, born here several weeks ago
while she was under arrest, was sent
TO a Green Bay institution. Stanley
Blomski, the husband. will care for the
4-year old daughter.
Rhinelander-While employed in q
nearby logging camp Tom Planter, a
young woodsman, was bitten by an un-
known insect. Blood poisoning devel.
oped and physicians fear it will be
necessary to amputate his left arm.
Oshkosh Herman Eilers, promi-
nent here as banker, died after an
illness of several months. He was
cashier of the Exchange bank of Osh-
kosh for twenty-eight years He is
survived by wife and two children
| Crivitz-Many new settlers are ar
irving in this vicinity daily. Five cars
of household goods came from Iowa a
! few days ago and a colony of sixty
| people from that state will be here
soon to locate near High Falls.