Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-08-09
BADGER NOTES.


S172, 900 over the earnings for July,
1889.
ABRAHAM GREENBAUM was arrested in
Milwaukee for having too many wives.
He only had two.
A UNITARIAN summer assembly is to
be held at Helena Valley, Wis.
THE school census of Milwaukee shows
IS, PAS children, indicating population
of 2l1 $50.
IDA KEMENER, a little girl, was knocked
down and severely injured by an cleo
trio car in Milwaukee.
Mrs. GEO. RICHARDS, of Augusta had
wondrous escape from death. She
fell head foremost into well nearly
forty feet deep, and, incredible as it
may seem, sustained no severe injuries.
No bones broken, or anything worse
than slight bruises and some lameness
for short time.
"JIM" FIELDING, whose conflict with
Miss Kate Bushnell, of pinery horror
fame, made him quite a character about
the capitol at Madison, and "got his
name up" elsewhere, resumed his post
as messenger in the office of the State
Board of Charities and Reforms. He
was laid up with violent rheumatism.
SAM STRONG, first engineer of the
steamer Scotia, and Dan McLane,
roustabout, engaged in quarrel at La
Crosse. McLane, who is much the
heavier of the two, had Strong on the
floor, when the latter drew knife and
slashed the former in both legs, inflict-
ing deep five-inch cut in the thigh Of
the left leg, and long slash, not as
deep, in the right thigh. The injuries
were pronounced severe but not dam
gerous. Strong was placed under ar
rest, and admitted that he did the cut
ting. The ARRAY grew out of a dispute
about some previous statement made by
one of the parties, for which the other
called him to account.
Gov. HOARD has appointed as dele
gates from Wisconsin to the National
Farmers Congress at Council Bluffs, Ia,
August 26 to %: DIR. l.. A. Squires, of
Poynette; J. S. Bugh, of Wautoma; R.
S. Kingman, of Sparta; DR.. G. V. Por-
ter, of Viroqua; Geo. Martin, Hudson;
Bartlett. of Eagles Point; Thos. E.
Nash, of Centralia; Elihu Enos, of Wau-
kesha; j. A. Decker, of Fond du Lac
Byron Snyder, of Clinton; Col. c. E.
Warner, Of Windsor: Matt Anderson,
of Pine Bluff; O. L. Rosenkrans, Of
Milwaukee; Z. A. Chapman, of Milwau-
kee; j. M. Smith, of Green Bay; Rein
hardt Rahr, of Manitowoc; John Whit
tet, of Busseyville.
GEO. SHEA and John O'Neil, Lake
Shore section men, were killed on the
4th, four miles south of Odanah. They
were riding on a gravel train in compa-
ny with twenty others, not needing the
warning of the conductor to sit down,
as it was dangerous to stand while the
train was switching. They were thrown
OFT, and car passed over them The
coroner's jury returned a verdict OF ac-
cidental death, attaching no blame to
the railroad officials.
AID. SCHoMERs died at La Crosse from
the effects of injuries sustained in jump
ing off a train. The funeral was held
this morning.
LOUIS HoYT was killed by lightning at
Sturgeon Bay.
AsHLAND's Grand Army Post will not
go to Boston.
ARTICLES of association have been
filed with the secretary of state by the
Northwestern Novelty Company, OF
Milwaukee; capital stock, $25, 900; in
corporators, August Won Trott, A. Gil
bert and MOritz Schroeder.
AT Madison, John Lewis and a char
acter named Henderson, who were
caught in the act of burglarizing the
general store and post-otfice at Dane
station, were sentenced to two years
each in the state prison.
A FASHIONABLE wedding was that at
La Crosse, in which Miss Ella Leonora
Palmer and Alfred Rogers were the
principals.
Miss LAPHAM, a former La Crosse
school teacher, is candidate for super
intendent of the Houston County
(Minn.) schools.
JOS. SEMscH, of La Crosse, was arrest
ed in Caledonia, Mimi, by Sheriff Scott.
He was wanted for forgery. Semsch is
well-known.
MADIsoN's six street-car drivers struck
for $40 instead of $50 per month. The
strike lasted ten minutes, SIX more men
being put in in place of the old men, The
cars will jolt for awhile, but the compa
ny is ahead.
A STATE Labor convention will be held
in Milwaukee September 3.
CREAM City and Milwaukee City rail-
roads wiz be operated under one man
agement.
THE school census of Madison shows
4,SSS children, Of whom 2,031 attended
public schools last year.
THE earnings of the Milwaukee &
Northern Railroad for the month OF
July were $127 ,245, against $103,S57 for
the same month in 1889, an increase of
$23,379, or 223 per cent
THE name of the Wigwam Slipper
Company, of Milwaukee, under which
title the slipper manufacturing business
of A. w. Rich has been carried on, has
been changed to the A. w. Rich Shoe
Company.
THE Frawler House. at Eau Claire.