Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-03-24
BADGER NOTES.

THr Democrats Of Ashland have NOM
mated Col. John H. Knight for mayor.
Darlington, on the 21st, it took the
iury trying the lynchers but an noui
and half to find that all seven OF the
defendants were insane when anton
Sieboldt was lynched, September =
last, and that four of them are no"
sane.
AT Ashland on the 2lst, seven divorce
cases we're disposed OF at one sltelhg u
| court.
TIE 10-year-old son of Thomas Regan'
of Madison, was discovered by COM
ramon on Lake Monona in an insensl-
| Bile condition and badly frozen. Ihe
little fellow had been sailing al Ice boat
and in turning was thrown Oil ana
stunned.
THE case of Frank Wilbur, Trempea-
leau boy, against the Wisconsin Central
| Railroad Company, at Menom once,
was decided in favor of the plaintiff: the
| Jury awarding him $500 damages.
| Wilbur sued for the loss of an arm.
AT Ashland on the 10Th, after the Re-
| publican caucus of the Sixth Ward,
men attempted to put out the lire IN
the stove. In doing SO they picked up
a pail of what was supposed to be water;
| It proved to be u pail OF Kerosene, ana
great explosion followed. Several
men were injured and the house
| burned to the ground. Driver Bardon,
of the hose cart, was seriously injured
going to the fire by the cart tipping
over. The fire was checked in time to
prevent It's spreading to adjacent saw
mills, yards and docks. Two men were
| injured by fiving bits Of stone from the
force of the explosion.
r.. A. CHAPMAN, Milwaukee's best
known drygoods merchant, died at his
home in that city on the 10Th inst, after
an illness of only few days. He was
IS years of age.
FIRE on the night of the Goth caused q
| loss of about 1000 in the factory of
| the Union Furniture Company, MllWau-
| kee.
THE Milwaukee Board Of Public
| Works has awarded contracts to the
Filler & Stowell Company, for seventy
five fire hydrants at $34. 80 per ny drant;
| to the +. ?. Allis Company for new
pumping engine of 5000, 900 gallons ca
| pacity, $26, 500.
THE names of all persons who have
died during the year will hereafter be
| published in an appendix to the Mill
WauKee CITY directory.
The Governors Guard, at Madison, will
soon celebrate the seventeenth year of
| its existence.
LOCAL newspaper men met at Eau
Claire and organized the Chippewa
| Valley Press Club for social and fra
ternal purposes. 1t is intended to in
clude newspaper men OF Eau Claire,
| Chippewa Falls and other cities in the
vicinity Officers elected were: Pre- 81
dent, William 2. WEIGH, of the Evening
Free Press; second vice-president,
Joseph Weiss, of Der Herold: secre-
! tary, NJ. G. French, Of the Sunday
Morning Forum; treasurer. George ).
Winsow, of the Woodman's journal,
| first vice president not selected.
PARTIES have arrived in Ashland look
| ing up sites for grain elevators. They
say that number will be built the com
ing summer. Several heavy Minneapo-
lis capitalists are in the deal, and it is
thought this means that the South Shore
will extend its line about twelve miles
into Ashland. There have been sur
veyors running line and if proper ter
doubt the South Shore road will
come into Ashland this year. The
directors, who united Amigo ana
Merrill, in behalf of the Marinette q
| Western Railway met with an enthus-
iastic reception, both cities being will
| ing and anxious to do all in their power
towards aiding the enterprise, both in
taking stock and in any way possible.
Engineer Raymond is now making sur
veys into the city of Merrill for the
purpose of securing the right-of-way,
and work upon the road at
that city viii! begin in sixty days. Work
will begin at Merrill and proceed east
toward Marinette, and at Marlnette
working west. Merrill will take stock
to the amount of $75, 900. giving right-of-
way through the city and depot grounds.
The estimated cost of this road is s., OOO,-
goo. 1t will be l39 miles in length and
tOrty-tOur miles shorter from the lakes
to St. Paul than any other road
The Wisconsin Society of Veterinary
Surgeons held its second annual meet
ing at the Park Hotel, Madison, on the
10Th. Subjects OF importance to the
profession We're discussed, after which
routine business was transacted. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, J. L. Scott, of
Beaver Dam; vice-president, f. ID.
Roberts, of Janesville; secretary, G. f.
II. Ormund, of Milwaukee. Resolu-
tons In memory of the late DR.. V. T.
Atkinson, who was prominent mem
Der OF the society, were passed.
The following corporations filed arti-
Giles OF association with the secretary OF
state on the 10th: The Northern Manu-
featuring Company, of Ashland; capital
stock, $4,000. The Eau Claire Fuel and
supply Company. of Eau Claire; capital
stock, $4,000. The La Crosse I1aboring
Mems Association. no capital stock.
Inc Wolfhill Cheese and Butter Com
pany, OF Wolf River; capital stock,
$1,000. The Deer Brook Lumber Com,
IS 900.
LIE appeal of the Tanners union in
! Milwaukee to the American Federation
OF Labor has been promulgated, and it
Is expected that every branch of that
organization in the United States will
90 all III Its power to aid the strikers.