Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06
BADGER NOTES.

FIRE at La Crosse on the morning OF
the Sd destroyed the house OF MIS-
Sarah Arneson, with store attached, oc-
cupied by Mr.. Sacks, Mr.. Hass' house
occupied by Mr.. Bitter, and a NUMBER
of barns, sheds and wood piles. IL was
quiet part of the town, among RESI-!
dences, and no alarm was given untl'
everything was on fire. The loss is DC,
tween $4,000 and $1,000. The stock ana
most of the buildings were we'll insured
THE total loss by the Blair fire is cor
rectly figured at $50, 900; insurance, 9z3,
655, in the following companies: Nortn
ford, 81 ,040; German-American, $500
Pennsylvania Fire, 81 $50; Hekla, 81, 2oo'
The business men have erected tenn
porary structures, and are doing DUST
ness.
A 6-YEAR-oLD son of E. Dorm, OF Eau
Claire, fell from log into Halt MOOD
Lake and drowned.
DIR. ANNETTE SHAW, of Eau Claire, de-
ivered the principal address before the
recent w. G.. T. q. convention at Lake
Bluffs, Ill.
THE Ahnapee & Western Railroad
wants SIC, 900 from the city Of Sturgeon
Bay as an nducement to extend the
road through that city.
THE Wisconsin. moss industry IS salo
to be one of growing proportions, w.
900 bales having been sent from MatneI
alone this season for use in nurseries
and greenhouses.
A. J. MoRGENsTERN, a former Eau
Claire man, is under arrest at Snohom-
ish Washington, for obtaining money
under false pretenses.
THE assessed valuation of the Racine
water works, as returned by the asses
sors, was 100000. The Water Works
Company objects to this valuation ana
wants it reduced to S10O, 900. The Board
of Review is at present wrestling Win
the matter.
Ro1L1N D. SALISBURY, of Wisconsin,
geologlst in the employ of the Geology
cal Survey, has been promoted with an
increase of salary to 81 per day.
HARTMAN will, on the 18th inst, start
on his 1000 mile walk from Eau Clare
Wis, to Augusta, Me. He must reach
| his destination in forty-one days TO
pocket the wager Of $1,000.
ONE of the old landmarks at Madison,
| the school building of the Dominican
Sisters, is being RACED to give place to
new one. The improvement will cost
about $4,000.
AN Indian spearhead was unearthed
| at Fond du Lac. 1t is white 1lint,
measures 10 inches in length by 5 inches
| in width, with sharp edges and sharp
| point and is not over a half inch thick
in the center.
LA CROSSE mills are running short OF
logs. Some of them will be obliged to
| shut down soon. They have 100000
feet of logs lying on the banks and on
sand bars, but the water in the rivers
is so low that the logs cannot be brought
| down.
DIR. TALMAGE received $500 for his lee
ture at Monona Lake Assembly.
GRANDMA MATILDA PERINIER, who set
tied at La Pointe in 1885, died at Ash
land on Tuesday morning.
Ex-MAYoR BRAssILL, of Altoona, was
presented with gold watch and chain
on the eve of his departure for Sioux
City, his future home.
FREDERICK PRENTICE, ofAshland, offers
site at Prentice Springs for the pro-
posed Congregational Academy, and
$4,000 to aid in it's building.
LARGE RATS of logs are being towed to
| Ashland from the north shore of Lake
Superior One of 2, O00,O 900 feet reached
that port on Sunday. 1t is estimated
that 100000 feet more will be brought
down this season.
A DRUNKEN man at Madison was taken
to Jail in an undertaker's wagon.
DEALERS in lumber say the price will
be much lower next year because OF the
forest fires. 1t appears much green
timber has been attacked by the flames,
and the timber will have to be cut and
sawed Immediately to save it, as it will
decay very quickly. Few people real
ize the amount of timber which has
been destroyed by the fires in Northern
Wisconsin and Michigan, and as yet
the flames show no signs of abating.