Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-12
BADGER NOTES.

In the case of Anton Schillinger vs..
the Town of Verona at Madison, in
which S., 600 was claimed for damages
resulting from defective bridge, the
jury returned verdict for $500 IN favor
of the plaintiff. but the same was set
aside by the court and judgment Or
dered tor the defendent.
THE special law class of the University
Law School, which is composed entirely
of capitol employees, who recite after Of
fee hours, in the evening, will be con-
tinued by the dean, Gen. E. E. Bryant,
during the coming summer.
THE insurance underwriters of Mil
waukee have increased the rates on
manufacturing plants 10 per cent.
SYDNEY D. TowNLEY, until now assist
ant at the Washburn observatory, has
accepted position as assistant at the
great Lick observatory on Mt. Hamll-
ton, Cal. He will leave for his new
place in June.
The Milwaukee Cold Storage Compa-
ny has been incorporated by A. i. DeX-
ter, E. r. Godfrey and E. K. Dexter,
with capital stock of 100000. The
company is located on Reed Street near
the new Lindsay block, and has the
Dexter storage system.
THE funeral of Patrick O'Sullivan, of
Cronin murder case fame, who died in
Joliet penitentlary, was held at Argyle,
Wis, on the 9th inst.
ASHLAND merchants will order their
Chicago and Milwaukee goods to be
shipped by lake. The water rate is
about 80 per cent. under the rail
freights.
THE new Dunlap Hotel at Marinette,
owned by T. A. Clark, has been sold to
1ocorh oro1 op2 Tlr ,IrocOry
both of that place.
THE rumpus between the Milwaukee
School Board and the state superin-
| tendent has been settled by Attorney
General O'Connor, who decides that the
board itsef is the sole Judge of the quail
| ification of teachers in it's jurisdiction.
| Mrs. DUCARE, of Washburn, fell into
an excavation in that town and was in
jured. She sued the authorities and
! Banker A. c. Probert. The circuit
court at Bayfield, has awarded her SIS 900
| from the banker on the ground that due
care was not taken by the defendant
| to prevent such accidents. The city
loses nothing.
A BAREFOOT man proving about the
streets of Ashland in his night clothes
early on the morning of the 9TH inst.
created sensation among the people.
1t was Gus Bergstrom, and he was in
sane. He was placed in confinement.
| AT the annual contest of the North
ern Oratorical League, at Evanston,
! Ill.,, the second prize was awarded to j.
F. A. Pyre, of the Wisconsin Universe
ty. The first dispatches gave him first
place, but the decision Of the judges
was afterwards revised.
THE Milwaukee Whist Club was beaten
| h1y+ of hn
city on the evening Of the 7th by score
of $3.50 to $40. After the game the
visitors were given banquet at the
Pabst Hotel.
A NEW altar at St. Agnes Church III
Ashland has been dedicated with i'm
posing ceremonies. It cost ST 800, and
was the gift of the Ladies' Sodality.
LIGHTNING struck the barn and sheep
shed on the farm of Mrs. Mary Hum
bert on Caldwell's Prairie on the 5th,
and both were completely destroyed.
The loss will be about 50. 900.
GEORGE L. SHERMAN has been ap-
pointed as chief of detectives at Ash
| land.
THE La Crosse saw mills started on the
5th in better condition than expected.
Some had full crews, all but two had
over half crews, and at Paul's, where
the trouble started, seventy-ive men
reported.
THE Marinette Eagle reports that
there are over 100, 900 feet of logs at the
sorting gap there.
THE rainfall IN Milwaukee during the
first six days of the present month az
gregated over four inches.
The season of summer opera at Schlitz
Park, Milwaukee, will open on June 6.
THE state teachers examination for
applicants for life and limited certif-
Gates will be held at Madison from
August to 6. The university summer
school for teachers will open July 5.
Col. WATRoUs, collector of customs at
Milwaukee, has been appointed dis
bursting agent for the new public build
ing in that city.
AMONG the projected Improvement at
Marinette are an armory for the Mari
nettIe Guards, Union chapel, an NJ.
E. parsonage, new Baptist church edi-
ice, an enlargement or new auditorium
| for the Pioneer Presbyterian Church.
and a new Y. M. G. A. building. The
outlay will be about $4,000.
A LOGGER named William Anderson
has disappeared from his home in Eau
Claire with $500 which he had drawn to
pay his men in the woods. Foul play
is suspected.
| Col. KNIGHT, of Ashland, purchased
about l 900 acres inside the city limits
from the Wisconsin Central Railroad,
under the act of March 3. 1887. A num-
Der of settlers took possession of por-
| tons of the land, and the Colonel ap-
pealed to the courts. A decision has
now been rendered which leaves Col.
knight out in the cold and confirms
no
will probably be carried to the United
States supreme court, as the property
is now very valuable.
THE position of chairman of the Ash
land County Board of Supervisors,
| made vacant by the resignation of III. L.
| Besse, has been filed by the election of
j. H. Leasia.
The great state of Wisconsin, by its
RCcrpNltpd rAnrasantati1 has hanl1n