Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-02-04

SICK with the grip. !,
Mrs. Emma rambling is on the sick
list.
Frank Davis the flour and feed man
spent Sunday in town.
p. Bogrand who has been quite
sick with the grip has so far recovered
as to be out around.
Hugh Rogers Tomahawk lumber
man and general good fellow spent Sat-
urday and Sunday in town.
John Manson who has had charge
OF the selling out of the O'Connor stock
has finished his labors for the present
and left for home Saturday.
%. K. Lewis, an Ironwood insurance
agent spent couple days in town the
forepart of the week adjusting the loss
on the Review outfit.
The soft weather the latter part of
last week very nearly ruined the roads
Tor the loggers and they have beeny
looking very blue ever since.
Frank Beardsley and DR.. Neville
began work Monday morning on the
hospital building fixing it over for
drug store.
i n town board at their meeting
last Saturday evening appointed Ben
Minton night policeman in place of
Jas. Cavner who has held the position
since last spring.
Miss Emma Blanchard teacher in
the second primary room was confined
to the house the latter part of last week
with an attack of the grip. Miss Gertie
Morrison had charge of her room dur
ing her absence.
Rev. John Coldwell, the evangelist
who has been holding services at the
church for the last two
weeks closed his meetings Sunday eve
ming and left Monday noon for othor
fields.
j. S. Hunter the Merrill Lumber
man, logger and polite i'm spent Satur-
day and Sunday in this city, Mr.. Hunter
is the present sheriff of Lincoln county
and is making tour of the camps now
operated By his firm, Hunter Il OCon-
nor.
John Mclaughlin of Marinosco
spent Sunday in town. He came down
to try and collect debt which young
follow had contracted up there and the n
left owing. Upon getting into court
the young fellow swore that he was I'M
der age and the ease had to be dismiss
ed.
The fire company was called out
Monday afternoon by an alarm of fire
which proved to b. in John Retell's
house on the north side. 1t was only a
small blaze and was put out before the
company got on the ground. The fire
caught from stove pipe passing through
the roof. The damage was only a triho.
"A representative of Baron Hirsch,
the London millionaire, is.at Medford
looking over the territory to see what
can be done in the way of colonizing
Northern Wisconsin with Russian Jews.
The plan is, to purchase thousands of
acres of land in Ashland, Oneida, Tay-
lor Lincoln and Marathon. counties,
Each Jew will be given forty acres to
pay for the same when he is able. 1t is
yp,,t,l that % ONO TauS y;1l Ia hconubt
over from Russia.
,,.I Before he could say announcer w
w.; uon electric lights suddenly went out
NV were in total darkness.
{, % 20 The clerk lighted the gas jel
oe,oie walking to the door we looked
9nSt't"- the street and saw the three
,, u.;a mentioned in Egyptian dar kness,
saiu some time the dim rays from
-ecom- eoii.o ,,,,,,s Earon ~ l-ilf off the q
Mine sene i" starapand after a good de
u uP, time had passed we saw the ON
,' Jiuoi the other two trying to conq'
DOS Gloom and continue their busil
the feeble and Pickering light OF
youns candles.
my The electric light stayed out jus
and tv minutes by the clock, and thel
I'D not janiv came in again.
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CARD OF THANKS. Nv 81
We wish to publicly extend our sim
cere thanks toour neighbors end friends
for their assistance and kline II .ss dur
ing the illness of our daughter and for
their sympathy in our bereavment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Walters.