Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05
BADGER NOTES.

Babb filed on the same piece of land
February %, 1891. The case will be ap-
pealed.
JOSEPH KRAMER was caught in the
machinery OF the Empire Lumber Com
pany's mill at Eau Claire, where he was
employed, and instantly killed. The
Jury OF inquest returned verdict that
the accident, which resulted from his
trying to step over belt, was due to his
own act and the Empire Lumber Com
pany was in no wise responsible. Mr..
Kramer was a member OF Eagle Post,
G. A. r.
Miss NELLIE CHANDLER, of La Crosse,
has sued the St. Paul Company for SlO,-
600 damages for permanent injuries re-
ceived in the wreck on the NiroQua
branch January Is. Her case will be
tried at Madison.
MILWAUKEE Will have something like
] 800 licensed saloons the coming year.
In the presence of large crowd at
West Superior, on the 3Oth uh., was
launched the largest whaleback steamer
vet built on the lakes. She is called the
Wilson, and will carry 1000 tons Of
grain.
Plans for nearly all the new state fair
buildings have been completed, and
specifications will soon be ready for the
contractors.
THE state weather service crop bulle-
tin for the last week Of April gives an
unfavorable account OF crop conditions
IN Wisconsin. Seeding of small grain is
about completed, but the weather has
been too cold, and in many cases the
wind has uncovered the seed. There
can be no pasturage for two weeks, and
dairy interests are beginning to suffer.
THE residence of Wilbur Stone, Of the
town of Ludington, Eau Claire County.
was destroyed by fire. The loss will
reach about ST 600.
THE Rev. G.. +. Gordon, stock raiser
at koshkonong, after retiring from the
ministry in Milwaukee, is now a mem
Der of the editorial staff of the Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
THE Touring mill at the side of the
Milwaukee River near Fredonia was re-
Gently destroyed by fire. Twice before
flames had swept the site. The recent
structure was valued at 81 600.
FRANK LIEsEN supposed to be Mil
waukeean, died at St. Louis on the 30th
from pistol shot fired by himself.
THE schooner SnoWd1op, of Chicago,
went ashore off North Point, Mllwau-
kee, on the 3Oth. A heavy sea was run
e.
was three-master and valued at only
So 600.
Action has been begun at Rice Lake
against the bondsmen of the late post
master, to recover an alleged shortage
| Of $SG9.S3.
THE body of Peter Rupp, a Milwaukee
lawyer, was found in the river at that
place on the 29th. He had been miss
! ing about a month. Suicide Is the sup
posed cause Of death.
| THE long bridge built by the Milwau-
| kee 4 Wauwatosa Motor Company
across the Menomonee River is COM
pleted. The bridge is 2,OSo feet long,
about 100 feet high in some places and
is the largest iron bridge in the state.
THE Monona Lake assembly will open
July 10 and close July 20.
| WHITEWATER is to have 1000 pound
fre~bell of Milwaukee manufacture.
AT Marinette, P. O'Brien, of Henry
Vile, Wis.,, fell off log in the river and
| drowned. John Mcclure, d fruitman
on the Milwaukee and Northern road,
was run over by Il freight car and died
in twenty minutes. He lived III Memo
| minee, Mich.
THE Grand Lodge of United Workmen
! is to meet in Appleton, May and 5.
the state and is i'll prosperous condi-
ton.
IT is reported from Porter that the
tobacco plants are coming up nicely de-
spite the chilly atmosphere.
| ArPLEToN's new mailing plant is to
| have a capacity of 100000 bushels year.
| The elevator is to hold from $4,000 to
| 40 600 bushels.
JAMES A. LOWELL, who about four
years ago left Oshkosh to enjoy fortune
| left him in Canada, was nominated for
| Parliament recently on the Liberal
! ticket in the province of Ontario, and re-
| ports from that section are to the effect
that he is pretty sure of election.
THE Metho6ists at Florence are build
| ing new church.
JouN E. MElGHAN and Alonzo Taylor,
| the last two of the men who helped to
| lynch Anton Sieboldt at Darlington,
and who were adjudged insane by the
jury, have been released from the
Merdota Hospital.
| JOHN STEINMETz, formerly of Sheboy-
gan County, set fire to a barn in the
town of Charlestown belonging to Mic
Jacoba. Cattle, horses, mac hinery and
1000 bushels of grain were consumed.
| Stelnmetz gave himself up. Jacoba's
| loss is $1,000.
| LIBRARIAN X. AUGUST LINDERFELT, of
the Milwaukee Public Library, is in jail,
| accused of embeZzlement from the city
of sums aggregating not less than 81 900,
sum which may grow to consider
ably larger amount before the expert
accountants who are going over his
| books complete their labors.
Miss RETrA BISHOP, of Winneconne, is
winning considerable fame as a hunter.
She has been out after ducks several
| times, and on one of her trips she
brought in fifteen. Recently she won G.
new dress as wager with W. H. Rog-
ers that she could make better record
i'll shooting at target than he.
The La Crosse Lumber Exchange had
meeting on the 9th, and after a full
canvass of the situation. issued the fol-
lowin. notice to the public: lowing to
the upSettled condition. of tho la hOr