Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-15
BADGER NOTES.

saventeen stacks of oats on the Iarm OF
A. A. Bovce, at Vienna. The loss was
500, or about 5000 above insurance.
THE Ashland brewery turns out aoout
100 barrels week.
OR1ENTA is the name Of new town
site plated, but not yet recorded, aoou!
the mouth of Iron River, IN Bayhelo
County. The plat comprises ABOUT lhlf-
ty acres along the river and LAKE snor9'
and is very promising point tor eAcel.
lent developments. There Is apunuan1
building stone in the vlcinlty. Inc
ouarrles are at present worked by J. t.
1aroill A long tram road has been
constructed from the quarues TO the
water front, where q dock has been
built. The depth Of the water Will al
nit vessels drawing II feet.
The Rust-Owen Lumber Company, OF
Eau Claire, will send to the word
Fair pictures of an immense load OF
logs: one is taken in the woods and the
other at the landing just before they
were unloaded. The load contains SIX
ty-four logs, which scaled l,41O teet,
and were put in by the Ann River Log
glng Company.
early on the morning of the 18th
private dance on Canal Street, Madison,
terminated in row, some OF the guests
attacking a crowd of boys and young
men on the street who hfd been inter-
rupting the proceedings more or less
during the night. A young man named
Johnson, who claims to have been,
mere passer-by, was stabbed III the
fracas, cash being cut III the lett tenn
pie. A physician was called to dress
the wound, which will not prove serl-
Gus. No arrests were made.
CAcp.p HENNECEF one OF the best
known German residents of Milwaukee,
died at his home in that city on the 18th.
He had been in poor health for nearly
two years, and his death is indirectly
due to the grippe, which attacked him in
February, 1890.
A TRAILING line wire detached from
pole at the side of the street car track
brushed against Joseph Trokey, street
car 1notorman at Eau Claire. He was
instantly killed. He leaves wife and
three children, and suit will be brought
against the street railway company.
ATTORNEY EUGENE S. ELLIOTT, repre-
sentlng the Milwaukee Bar Association,
appeared in the Milwaukee County SUI
perior court on the 10th, and, in pre-
senting the memorial adopted by that
body, delivered an eloquent and touch
ing tribute to the memory of the late
ITdukliA O11SOu w 1ISA 1A1.
Elliott concluded Judge Johnson Or
dered the memorial spread upon the
records.
SUIT has been brought at La Crosse to
break the will of Mrs. Margaret Thomas,
of the town of Bangor. She left an es-
tate of 81 900.
THOMAS MCILRoY, All Ashland watch
man, has disappeared. The police have
warrants charging him with passing
forged checks Tor about $50.
w. A. RADCLIFFE, of Missouri, private
secretary of the supreme chancellor Of
the Knights Of Pythias, was given a
farewell supper at Eau Claire by the
members Of the order and his friends.
THE assistant secretary Of the interior
has affirmed the decision of the land
office in holding for cancellation the
second application by G. A. Drisco on
tract of land in the Ashland land dis
trict.
PROF. J. ALLISON, A. NJ, of Minneapo-
lis, has recently visited Marlnette as
correspondent of several Eastern
papers, but chiefly for the purpose of
identifying the landing place of Father
Hennepin, who brought the schooner
Griffin to Green Bay in 1880. The
Griffin was built on Lake Erie, near the
present site of the city Of Buffalo, n. Y.
She was the first vessel that navigated
the great lakes.
THE saw-mills at Marinette were all
closed down by mob of strikers on the
morning of the 9th, the men at work be-
ing driven out with kicks and blows in
some instances. All the mills started
up and about three-fourths of their en-
ployes were at work when the mob be-
gan its work. The action was the result
of meeting of the Trades and Labor
Council the previous meeting. The
meeting was attended by about 500 men.
No satisfactory answers had been re-
some had declared themselves willing
to pay the minimum scale of $3.50 per
day, but refused to raise the wages Of
higher-priced men.
THE fisherman at Sturgeon Bay are
putting in good time. The average
catch is given in recent report at two
tons. per day. Trout and club repre-
sent the largest catch, Whitetish being
unusually scarce.
THE assistant secretary of the interior
has affirmed the decision of the land
office in holding jor cancellation the
second application by G. A. Drisco on a
tract of land in the Ashland land dis
trict.
AT Marinette, Leonard Traversey,
aged Is years, while moving from one
street car to another fell in front of the
car and the wheels passed over his
head, killing him instantly.
A MORNING passenger train on the
Omaha road collided with a handcar
containing crew Of section men, near
Mason. One OF the section men, named
Ferguson, was instantly killed, and sew
eral others badly injured.
THE steam tug Paige burned to the
waters edge at the mouth Of Siskiwita
River. The origin Of the fire is I'M
known. 1t was discovered at 10 P. NJ,
and spread quickly to all parts of the
boat. Loss, $4,000; insured for $1,000.
The owner IS W. Il. Singer, of Chicago,