Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-12-29
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TIE Milwaukee County register of
deeds annual report of births and deaths
shows that there were 1870 births and
5,308 deaths recorded during 1892.
AN important deal which was recently
cOnSummated in lumber circles at Ash
land has resulted in the organization OF
one of the largest corporations doing busl-
ness on Chequamegon Bay The West
Michigan Lumber Company is at the back
of the deal, and will be on the lumber eX-
change at Ashland next year. They are
said to have already secured l50.00O ,UOO
feet OF pine in that section, and have al
ready made ARRANGEMENTS to cut 4,O00,00O
or 5000. 900 feet of logs this winter. The
Thayers, of Boston, are largely interested.
While there is no definite plan announced,
it is thought that they will have mill IN
Ashland before another year. The COM
pany owns vast amount OF stumpage
throughout the upper peninsula and
Northern Wisconsin, and will operate on
large scale.
III. S. BURTON, cashier Of the La Crosse
National Bank, and one of the oldest
citizens, died in that city after a short
illness.
The Northwestern Coal Railway Com
pany has been incorporated for the
purpose of building line from point
on Allouez Bay, at or near the mouth
of the Nemadii River, in Douglas Coun-
ty, distance of twelve miles, to point
on the St. Louis River, on the boundary
line of the state in section /, town As,
range IA, inside the county. The CAPT.
tai stock is 81 100000. The incorpora-
tors are: J. A. Morris. b. n. Saund-
ham, E. L. Shepley, all of St. Paul,
Mimi, and it is presumed they intend
to build line in Minnesota to connect
St. Paul with this Douglas County road.
The residence OF Albert Hanson, at
La Crosse, was destroyed by fire, entail
ing loss of $500; partly insured.
DONALD MCMILLAN died suddenly at
the hospital at Eau Claire. He leaves
wife and daughters at Cornwall, Can.
LUMBERMEN in Ashland County are
complaining about the condition of the
sWamps, there being SO much snow on
| the ground that the swamps have not
| frozen yet.
! JULIUS ZELLMAN, a La Crosse young
man, was arrested on charge of assault
with intent to do great bodily harm,
Ada Kopplen being the complainant.
THE Montreal Lumber Company, of
| Ashland, has three camps, averaging
sixty men to the camp, working, and
expect to put in II 100000 feet this win
| ter.
The Apostle Islands, twenty-five in
number, lie lengthWlse OF the coast Tor
| about thirty miles north OF Bayfield,,
and except as a natural ha>bOr for boats
in bad weather, they have for many
years been a problem to the owners.
! Of late years the brown sandstone, of
which they are mainly composed, has
! brought them into greater prominence,
and should the Northwest take the same
strides in the next twenty years as dur
ing the last period of that length, they
will probably become the great source
of garden supplies for Wisconsin and
| Minnesota, as they are especially adapt
ed for that purpose. Their great draw
back, however. is their isolation from
railroads. 1t is not, however, a mere
fancy to suppose that with the Increase
! in population they will be connected
with the mainland by bridges or rail
made by some who are Interested IN
their future that with the advent Of
railroad facilities they will be used as
! transfer yards for cattle shipped from
East to West.
A SUIT growing out of the famous
Omaha land grants at Ashland has bean
commenced by Charles IL. Pratt, Of
Minneapolis, against E. A. Shores and
II. f. Balch, both of Ashland. Mr..
Pratt seeks TO recover $4,000 which he
claims to have paid Messrs. Shores and
Balch for q piece of property situated
near Ashland. III 1887 during the great
land boom in Northern Wisconsin, the
defendants are alleged to have trans
ferred to Mr.. Pratt, for $4,000, tract
of land, and gave him warranty deed
hn A n
were on the land at the time, among
whom were DR.. Andrus and Peter John
son, who have contested Pratt's title to
the land. Pratt now sues his grantors
to force them to make their guarantee
good. 1t is stated that the land IN dis
pute would not bring over $4,000 at the
present time.
a STRANGER giving the name OF James
Lee was arrested at La Crosse and con-
victed OF charge Of larceny. He was
given six months in the county jail.
The sale of forfeited lands held st
Madison resulted in the disposal of
about 5000 acres at an average of 81
/ per acre. P. l.. Spooner, of Madison,
acres in Wood County for 1882.
The dead body of Mrs. Chris. Peter
! son, widow living seven miles south of
Madison, was found on her bed by
neighbors who had noticed her absence
for several days. Heart failure is the
supposed cause.
Thomas c. BoURKE, one of the pioneer
settlers of Dane County, died at mis-
home in Madison, aged 50 years. Heart
disease was the cause of his death.
| THE jury in the United States court
which tried Kozinee and Moneypenny,
the Odanah reservation Indians,
charged with the murder of Boneash
and his squaw in September, we're
called into court aud stated that they
were unable to agree. Judge Bum &C.
cordingly discharged them. The jury
had been out twenty-six hours, and the