Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22

Milwaukee-Mrs. Martha EIizaho,
Stephenson, aged II, widow Of ,[I
late United States Senatos Isoas
stephenson, died at her home in Nh
waukee on July II. Mrs. Stephenso,
had been i'll for several months NJ.
son, Lieut.. Com. Grant Stephenson 80
Seattle, was at her bedside when tho
END came. Mrs. Stephenson ,ras
Martha Elizabeth Burns of Two Bi,'
ers. She was married in 1884. Aftor
the death of her husband she came r.
Milwaukee to live.
Antigo-Mrs Beulah Schisel wos
acquitted of the charge of murder ~
her husband, Charles, by q Jury baro
AFTER q minutes deliberation. Schisel
died in hospital on April Is from :.
knife wounds in his throat, inflicted
nVe days previously Just before he
Gled he accused his wife. She has
consistently denied his charge. She
testified that he arose during tbe nioh+
ana went out of the room and that She
found him later with his throat
! slashed
Neenah-Sylvan landScaping being
carried out at Doty Island park, Nee.
nah's future playground, will provide
an ideal setting for the Old Loggery.
original log cabin of Gov. James On
/
ane Doty, third territorial governor
OF Wisconsin. The cabin will be moved
to the park and preserved. The narl,
situated on, the banks of the Fox river
here, will not be completed for several
years, but 1t will probably be opened
Tor public use by the latter part Of
this summer
Green Bay-Frank Renard, 50. was
drowned, and Knute Christensen. G3
was seriously injured when a freak
storm swept the toll house from the
pay bridge at Sturgeon Bay. Both
men had sought shelter from the
storm. Little damage was done to the
famous cherry orchards of Door conn
ty although the high winds tore IN
trees, blew in windows, and broke HIGH
tension cables, temporarily putting the
power plant out of commission.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS who park on the.
dark side of streets in Kenosha have
given police new avenue of ACTIVITY
but 1t ,ook a complaint from the ST
George Cemetery association to place
the police in a new role. Officers of.
the association have reported that
spooners are trampling graves, going
IN ana out of the cemetery at night.
Patrolmen will be placed in the GENE
terry in an effort to keep spooners
out of it,
Rhinelander = The discovery of
moose antlers imbedded four feet be-
low the earth's surface on the farm
OF John Mishak, Villas county, is be-
heved to substantiate the claim fire.
quently~ made by the Indians that
moose at one time inhabited this por-
tlon OF upper Wisconsin. The antlers
were found in a bed of clay and were.
IN a good state of preservation.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Coolidge has
granted stay of execution for one
month to Edward Grieb, former city
real estate agent, of Milwaukee. SEN
fenced to five years in Leavenworth
for conspiracy In connection with the
Union Food Stores stock swindIe case
Petitions signed by clergymen and Law
men for Grieb are thought to have
been effective.
Wautoma-Robbers with a penchant
for ladies silk undergarments and silk
neckties entered the Colma Mercantile
Co. store at Colma and obtained goods
estimated to be worth about 81 800
Inc safe was blown omen with dyna-
mite but nothing was found in 1t Of
value.
Eau Claire-Mrs. Emma I. Griffin.
76, widow of Gen. Michael Griffin,
congressman from this district for two
terms and who had a distinguished
career in the Civil war, died here on :
July 10 after a long illness. Gen.
Griffin died in 1899.
Sparta-Sparta voted against mu-
nlcipal ownership of the light and
power plant here, by majority of
to l In special election. The prop
erty is owned by the Northern States
Power Co. and is valued at 100000
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