Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-10-11
BADGER NOTES.

100000, and employing 200 men, is
proposing to remove from Chicago to
the Cream City.
A. GIEsLER, furniture dealer at Ash
land, has made an assignment of all his
property and credits to julius Z. Cohen,
Tor the benefit Of his creditors. The
assets and liabilities about balance at
s. 800.
Miss SUSIE KNIGHT, daughter of Col.
J. II. Knight, of Ashland, died at Madi-
son, alter an illness of several months
duration. @
THE will of O. p Pillsbury, of Mil
waukee, disposes of $40, 900 in personal
and real estate.
SUIT has been begun at Ashland
against County Cle.k Hart and Henry
L. Besse and George w. Marshall, past
and present chairmen of the county
board, by Frederick Abbott, to secure
face value on ST, 977.30 worth Of county
orders.
AsHLAND's charcoal blast furnaces
turned out 1,00l tons of Bessemer pig
iron in week.
PoTAToEs are cheap at La Crosse The
market is said to be glutted.
CHARLES BURLINGTON has resigned as
jailor of the Eau Claire County open"
CIRCUIT court is in session at Mari
nette. There are but seven criminal
cases to try.
GERMAN-AMERlcAN Day was celebrated
in Milwaukee and many cities through
out the country.
On the night of the 9Th Jacob pluard
with wife and child 2 years old were
driving across the private bridge of the
La Crosse Lumber Company from
French Island, when their wheel struck
rail and broke it, overturning the bug
gy. The mother and child fell twenty
feet into the water, while Mr.. Pluard
was tangled up in the reins so he could
drowned and the mother, it is said to-
night, is not likely to liveuntil morning.
The bridge was known to be unsafe and
signs at both ends warned people of it.
The Badger Illuminating Company
has enjoined the city of Milwaukee from
receiving new bids for electric lighting.
STREET cars will be run every twenty
minutes after midnight by the Milwau-
kee City and Cream City lines.
WHILE at work in sewer on Newhall
Street, Milwaukee, on the 5th the bank
caved in and buried August Porzinsky.
The earth was removed from the unfor-
tunate man as quickly as possible, but he
was SO severely injured that he died
soon after.
FREDERICK WGMPMEL, Marinette
grocer, has disappeared, and, it is said,
has 81, 900 with him. His store is in the
sheriff's hands.
Nc. OBERsr, of La Crosse, aged II, dis
appeared from West Superior and can
not be found, though thorough search
for him has been made.
THE Board of Soldiers Home Manag-
hava rrOviIa6 for tho oraction Of
cottage, costing So, 800, for the accommo-
dation of the treasurer's chief clerk, at
the Milwaukee home. The cottage will
be built as soon as possible.
CHART" SCoTT, treasurer of Ashland
County, is said to be short in his ac
counts.
LAKE SUPERIOR firemen held their first
annual tournament at Ashland on the Sd
inst.
DRUGG1sTs of Wisconsin are forming
mutual fire insurance company.
THE Rev. Mr.. Grassle was reelected
secretary of the Wisconsin Congrega-
tional Home Missionary Society.
The reports that Bishop Wigger had
been appointed to the archbishopric of
Milwaukee are unfounded.
WILLIAM BROWN was arrested at Ash
land on charge of burning Christian
Stader's residence.
THREE Ashland Cinnamon, All War,
Lee War and Sam Lee, left for the Ce-
lestial kingdom the other day, after
having amassed $1,000 with which to
buy their liberty. They were slaves.
FIRE at La Crosse on the LIST de-
stroyed the barn of DR.. Frank Powell.
His horses were at his livery stable, but
heavy truck team belonging to Assem-
blyman J. j. Hogan occupied the barn.
One horse was burned to death, and in
saving the other Mr.. Hogan was badly
burned.
The Milwaukee Gas Light Company
has undertaken Improvements costing
about $150,0O0, and consisting of new
buildings, machinery and the like. The
company is experimenting on large
scale with water gas system, which it
expects to make steady use of before
winter begins, such gas combined with
the coal gas making an excellent IL
luminant.
GOLD MAN SCHNEIDER" an old Ger
man about Ashland, found a barrel con-
tanning over 500 in gold silver and pa
per money, while cleaning out the alley
back of saloon. The barrel had evil
IDENTITY been there for years. Schnei-
der took his treasure inside the saloon,
and the barkeeper took it to look at
and kept it. Schneider has brought
suit to recover the money.