Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-25

he put the muZZle of a shotgun In his
mouth and pulled the trigger The
discharge did not kill him instantly
and he had enough strength left to
make his way to the house, where he
slashed his throat When an ambN-
lance from Madison arrived an hour
later, he was still alive, but died en-
route to a hospital Family troubles
are alleged to be the cause of his act.
Neenah-A. c. Homan, Proprietor
OF a bus line operating between Nee
nah, Menasha and Appleton, has drop
ped suit begun in circuit court at
Oshkosh attacking the constitutional
ity OF three ordinances of the city of
Neenah which license and regulate
bus lines coming into the city, includ-
ing MIR. Homan's. A settlement was
affected and Mr. Homan viii continue
to operate according to the city laws
Menasha - Extensive improvements
to Menasha's Fairgrounds and play
ground facilities are to be made, ac-
cording to plan adopted by the Me-
nasha common council in conjunction
with a number of interested citizens.
The council will call on the firemen's
pension fund for bonds in the sum of
$4,000, bearing interest. Immediate
expenditure of $500 is to be made in
the construction of concrete tennis
courts at the city park
Marshfeld-C Children in schools in
Marshfeld have made splendid gains
in weight as the result of the milk
lunches served underweight students
since September At that time less
than 40 per cent of the children were
up to normal weight, and Miss Alberta
Jones prescribed the milk lunches.
The last inspection showed many of
the children had gained normal
weights. The milk lunches will be
continued next fall
Rhinelander-With % caliber bull
let in his body, fired by a neighbours
boy while they were at play, Jacob
Seidel, the 4-year-old son of Henry
Seidel, an Enterprise, Wis, farmer,
lies at the point of death at st. Mary's
hospital, Rhinelander After investi-
cation by sheriff's deputies, it was
held that the shooting was accidental.
Crivitz-Because of a technical legal
error in holding the election to vote
on bonding the village of Crivitz and
mi ~ In Of of
Stephenson for the purpose of build
ing joint high school graded school,
it will be necessary to hold another
election. The contract for the build
ing has been let.
Stanley-Trout fingerlings and trout
fry have been received by the Stanley
Rod and Gun club from the state
hatchery at ST. Croix Falls and the
federal hatchery at Dubuque. The
shipment was received in q special car
Of the Wisconsin conservation commits
sion. The club also plans to plant
bass and pike.
Johnson Creek-Bandits blew open
the safe of the Johson Creek postof-
fee early Tuesday morning, June II,
and escaped with $40 and a small
amount of stamps. The robbery oc-
Cured at about 1 80 a. m. The blast
aroused the villagers and a posse was
organized. The bandits fed in an au-
tomobile.
Stevens Point-Walter Shelburn, 50,
prominent Buena Vista farmer and
a native of Portage county, hanged
himself with a hayfork rope in his
barn. The family included his wife, a
week-old baby and five other chill
dren. Dependency over poor health
is believed to have prompted the sui
eide.
Marshf1eld-Three horses were kill
ed by a single bolt of lightning during
storm that passed over Marshfield.
The animals were owned by Aid. L.
Fehrenbach and were pastured on his
farm east of the city. One horse was
killed outright and the other two so
badly wounded that they had to be
killed
New Lisbon-August Hoeffs, super
intendent of the Shawano county asy-
luIu, has been confined to the hos
pital with an infection which set in
after August Weber, patient from
Tigerton, objected to being put in his
room at the asylum and sank his teeth
in the superintendent arm. :
oughton-Stoughton has a fine
new tourist camp with a good cook
house, running water, tables, electrici
ty, an elecric hot plate with three
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