Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04
BADGER NOTES.

coroner shows that his attention was
called to thirty-one cases during the
| month of July. OF these seven OF the
deaths were suicides. Five were from
| natural causes and the remainder were
accidental.
AT about II 80 on the morning of the
stinst., c. +. Estabrook walked quietly
| into the office of Atty.-Gen. O,Connor
and stated that he wished to file with
the attorney-general the petition OF
| c.. F. Lamb, a citizen of Dane County,
| which petition asked that the attorney
general apply to the supreme court on
| August for leave to bring suit tor the
purpose of enjoining the secretary or
state from further executing the appor-
| tionment law of 1892. Atty. zen.
O'Connor said that he would take the
matter under consideration.
SEVERAL English capitalists from Du-
| luth think of converting Outre Island,
one of the Apostle group, into a great
water-bound game preserve and sports
mems and pleasure-seekers' resort.
The island is admirably situated for
carrying out this object. 1t is high and
picturesque in topography, dotted with
| beautiful lakes, and the shores are In
denied with deep harbors. The forests
abound with variety of game and the
water swarms with the finest of fish.
THE finish in the great Milwaukee,
Waukesha bicycle road race on the 30th
was witnessed by over 1000 people.
THERE are in the city of Milwaukee,
according to the school census just COM
pleted, SO,2l6 children Of school age
over years Of age and under 20. AS
compared with last year, this is an in
crease of 1855 in the public school pop
ulation. According to the old ratio
this would give Milwaukee apopulation
of 248, $3.50.
| Ex-PREsIDENT G. X. ADAMS, of Cor
nell, has mailed a written acceptance OF
the Wisconsin State University.
SECTION of train No. 81 of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee q st. Paul Railroad,
which leaves Chicago at $3.50 A. NJ, ran
into section of the same train at the
Union Depot, Milwaukee,, at 80 on the
31st, Just as the latter section was to
pull out for Pewaukee and Oconomo-
voc, and the result was one man SO bad
ly mangled that he died soon afterward
on the spot, eight men with broken
arms, legs and ribs, two of them DrOba-
bly, fatally injured, three cars partly
smashed to splinters and an engine
wrecked.
A TENEMENT house at Sturgeon Bay,
owned by Fred Erdmann, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss about 81 800; in
surance, ST ,OGO. The origin of the fire
Is unknown.
! PATRICK O'RoURKE, a section hand on
the Omaha road at Eau Claire, had
narrow escape from death. While rid
ing from Eagle Point to Eau Claire he
was run down by passenger train.
The hand-car was demolished and
O'Rourke's right foot was crushed. 1t
is thought that amputation will be nee
essary.
THIS years crop acreage in Dane
County is: Wheat, Is, $50; corn, 1869;
oats, l03, 26O; barley, Il .456; rye, 4,947;
potatoes, 1881 tobacco, IL, 06S. A slight
decreased acreage is thus shown for
wheat, corn, barley and potatoes, an in
rease of 1856 acres of oats, 200 of rye
and S35 acres Of tobacco. The largest
acreage of tobacco in the county was In
1885, when II, l67 acres were planted.
STATE Supr WELLS says that nearly
all the educational leaders are in favor
of holding the next international
Teachers Association convention in
Milwaukee.
ANNIE, the 4-year-oId daughter of
Oscar SchGnfeldt, of La Crosse, fell out
of bed while asleep and broke her col
lar-bone.
THE Rev. Father Fabian. of Ashland,
has lately organized temperance So
| cieIy for men. 1t is in a Hourishlng
condition.
The meteorite recently found at North
Bend has been brought to La Crosse.
1t weighs about 500 pounds.
THE Marinette Eagle recalls the fact
| that forty years ago the freight on
lumber from that point to Chicago was
IS 81 thousand and it required about three
weeks for small sailing vessel to make
the round trip. Itrequlred about three
weeks time for the mill to saw a suf-
ticient amount for cargo of 100, 000fe
Captains and sailors were paid better
wages than they are receiving now.
and the voyage was dangerous one.
SEVERAL new additions to Marinette
are being surveyed and plated.
THERE is SO much new hay at Mari
nette that it sells at $40 u ton. A year
ago it was SIS ton.
ARTICLES of incorporation of the st.
Paul Consolidated Iron Mining Com
pany, of Ashland, have been filed.
The company has $2,20O,000 capital.
Capt. w. H. Knowles, Louis Johnson
and F. H. Dahle are the lncorporators.
They have extensive mining property
on the Gogebic Range, with headquar-
tiers at Epson.
THE official report of the ore ship
ments from Ashland for the week end
| ing on the 9th shows q total of 81 ST.
tons. This puts the total for the sea-
son above the l,O00,0O0-ton mark, more
than twice as much as was shipped up
to this time last year.
THE death of Chief Buffalo, at his farm
on Red Cliff Reservation, ends long
line of prominent chiefs who have done
much toward civilizing the Indians of
Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin.
He was in Washington several times on
important missions and concluded treat
les. His successor as chief of the Buff
falo tribe will be his nephew, Antonio
Buffalo,