Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Menasha- The untimely explosion
Of the copper still in which she was
cooking mash for moonshine worked
double havoc for Mrs. Anton Slom-
ski, Menasha The fire in the base
ment burned joists and the floor
above, and police called after the fire
alarm confiscated the still. a barrel OF
mash and two gallons of whisky. Mrs.
Slomsh was arrested.
Amberg-Al Forney has been con
coded Marinette county hunting hon.
ors by virtue of killing four bears
while on a recent hunting trip near
here. He shot a fullgrown female
bear and q few moments afterward
discovered three half-grown cubs in
tree which he proceeded to kill. A
year ago he shot large male bear.
Chippewa Falls - Machinery and
equipment of the Chippewa Sugar Re
f1ning Co., Chippewa Falls, is being
made ready for the fall and winter
run, which will consist of the refining
of 10000 to 10000 tons of beets.
Weather conditions have retarded the
beet crop, which is harvested late in
the year.
Observation-Disclosures on the Lac du
Flambeau reservation and other parts
of upper Wisconsin are gathering the
annual wild rice crop. After storing
enough of the rice for their own use
!. during the winter, the Indians will
sell the surplus at good price. BY
many people wild rice is considered a
delicacy.
Greenwoood--Mrs Tilsch, "a, be-
of Greenwood and was found late at
| night by searching party after she
had wandered about for eight hours.
Aside from being exhausted and badly
scratched by underbrush, she was
none the worse for her experience.
Green Bay-Brown county farmers
will utilize at least 1880 pounds of
pyrotel, the new land clearing explo-
sive, in their work this fall. Orders
for that amount already have been re-
ceived and placed by County Agent j.
begin in week.
Superior-Lucille, 8, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Grimstad, of Superior,
narrowly escaped death when struck
by an automobile driven by Wallace
Larson and dragged several feet The
child was playing in the street when
the accident occurred, witnesses
stated
Green Bay-Andrew Zeutius, 80 year
old civil war veteran and Brown coun-
ty pioneer, died at hospital in Green
Bay after a long illness. Mr.. and
Mrs. Zeutius recently celebrated their
| fifty-eighth wedding anniversary, hav,
ing been married on Christmas eve,
1865.
Sheboygan-Charles Gabert, So, fell
off the roof of his house in Sheboygan
while shingling it and landed on a
pile of brick 40 feet below His in.
juries consisted of two minor frac-
lures of the right forearm. He does
not understand how he escaped death
Shawano-A $4,000 volt high tension
line is under construction from Nichols
to Shawano running through Bonduel
and will supply current to the entire
territory of the Badger Utility Co.
The Shawano line will cost $4,000,
and will be completed in October.
New Diggings-The barn, machinery
shed and sheep house on the j. M.
Thompson farm, two miles west of
New Diggings, were destroyed by fire,
believed to have been caused by spon-
! taneous combustion in wet hay The
loss was put at $4,000.
Rhinelander-Jame Sucke, Sc, a
former Oneida county lumberman,
died suddenly from heart disease in
Bremmerton, Wash. Sucke formerly
operated a sawmill near Rhinelander
and had followed the lumber industry
in the west since 1907.
Sheboygan-Charles Imig, IL, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Imig, Sheboygan,
may lose an eye as the result of hav
ing been struck by tinfoil ball, shot
from rubber band in the hands of
a playmate three feet from him.
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