Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-03-17
BADGER NOTES.

ward Golf. while playing on the street,
fell in front OF street car and the
wheels passed over his body, killing
him instantly.
FIRE broke out in t. H Wang's store,
at She'll Lake. on the 14th, and con-
sumed the building together with most
Of the stock. The Masons occupied the
| upper floor and owned that part OF the
| building. They saved nothing. Mr..
| Wangs loss on stock and building is
about 1880; insurance, $4,000, on
stock. The Masonic lodge did not save
any records. Their loss viii be about
| 81 500; insurance, $500.
BUTLER 4 MUELLER's sawmill. at Ellis
| Junction, was burned on the 18th.
Loss, 900; partly covered by insur-
ance.
THE regular annual meeting of the
Inter-County Medical Society will be
held at Eau Claire in July.
THE County Board of Ashland County
will employ an expert to Investigate
| the records OF the county clerk and
| county treasurer.
AN effort is being made at Marinette
| to construct bridge across the Me-
nominee River, near Wallace, Mich, to
cost $4,000. 1t is claimed it would
greatly benefit Wisconsin farmers.
THE new town of from River, Bayfield,
| County, is on the line Of the Northern
! Pacific Railway, about half way be-
| tween Superior and Ashland, and in the
center of large number OF settlers.
! A STUDY and lecture room are to be
added to the Vaughn library at Ash
land. Mrs. Vaughn will also provide q
stereOpticon apparatus for an elaborate
course of free lectures on current top
les.
CLEMENS WALLorH, aged q years, was
fatally injured at the icehonse at the
foot of Washington Street, Milwaukee,
owned by the Wisconsin Lakes Ice
Company. Young Walloth was en-
gagged in getting out some blocks of ice
to load upon q wagon. The blocks
| were frozen together Id the sawdust in
which they were packed. In endeavor-
ing to loosen some Of them big pile
suddenly broke loose and tumbled to
the ground, burying Walloth beneath
them.
WILLIAM BooTH, an early settler of
Milwaukee, died at the home of his son,
Wilwot A. Booth, 1875 Twenty-third
Street. The deceased was a pioneer
tailor of Milwaukee. He was rs years
of age. Mr.. Booth leaves wife and
several children, one ofWnOm is cashier
OF the Evening Wisconsin.
WILLIAM 4. PLANKINroN, the million
| aire owner Of the Plankinton House,
! Milwaukee, is at present defendant IN a
suit in which the insignificant sum of
$3.50 is involved. The plaintiff in the
action is Lem Stanley, a colored waiter
at the hotel. The cause OF the suit is g
cup valued at $3.50, which he broke
| while gliding over the floor Of the
! Plankinton House dining-room.
| JAMES j. RAFFERTY, is the plaintiff in
! damage suit against the city Of MilWau
kee. He alleges that his leg was broken
| by fall on q defective sidewalk on
Huron Street, and wants 5000 dam
| ages.
The Town Board of Bayfield, has Or
| dered the chief of police to close all
gam bling places. Several "skin' games
| have been IN progress, and as the time
| approaches for the boys to come out of
the woods after their winters work in
the logging camps these places have
! been In full blast.
WISCONSIN companies Of the National
| Guard have received letters from the
| National Drill Association, dated Omaha,
| March /, inviting them to contest in
| June in which the first prize will be
| S. 900.
THE Wisconsin Grand Army of the
Republic, at Madison, on the 10th,
elected the following officers: Com
mander, Chauncey 8. Welton, of Madi
son; senior vice-commander, 2. S. Fe--
ton, Of GAINESVILLE; junior vice-com
mander, Sidney e. Tubbs, of Superior;
medical director, DR.. E. Bantley, of
Milwaukee; chaplain, the Rev. Milton
Wells, of Rlchland Center. The only
appointment announced by Command
er Welton is: Assistant adjutant gem
eral, J. II. Whitney, Baraboo. Council
and delegates elected are: A. Il. Hol-
lister, Madison; Peter Barth, Mllwau-
Theodore Riel, Burlington; w. c. Mnf-
fert, Arena.
DAIRY and Food Commissioner Hark-
ness has returned from tour of inspec-
ton Of the northern part of the state.
The object Of the trip was to ascertain
if all oleomargarine dealers were selling
the article under the proper name.
Mr.. Hardness states that oleomargarine
has an enormous sale III that section of
the state, people buying it in prefer
ence to butter. The Dairy Commission
er says that only small supply of but
ter is kept in stores OF the northern
cities, but 1t is of an average quality,
and above the standard.
IHE case OF the heirs OF u. IL. Ewing
against the heirs of Madison Sweetzer,
both deceased residents of Fort Wayne
Ind, in the United States court at
Madison, was decided in favor of the
defendants. The suits involved the
title Of lands at West Superior valued
at $250,0UO Twenty years ago Ewing
and Sweetzer were partners and bought
half section of land on the shores
of Superior Bay with what was called
half-breed scrip. Sweetzer was a
half-breed Indian In 1866 Ewing died
and an administrator was appointed.
He gave deed of Ewing's haliinterest
to Sweetzer IN the settlement of
partnership matters. The administra-
tor died and the books Of the firm were
lost IN fire. No action was taken in
the matter until 1890, when EWing's
heirs asked that the deed be annulled
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