Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-26
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

strange disease has broken ouo
among the horses in the mud-glrI re-
eions of Pocahontas and surrounding
Counties in Iowa. "Mud lever IL Is
called. and it's effect is to stlHen Inc ne
horse s legs SO that the amman nhalle
becomes unable to move. Many horses
have died from the effects.
Fire at Washington, Ind. on the 90
DESTROYED four blocks of wooden ou1 I,
ings in the center OF the, Town, !ne
fire is supposed to have been OF IN
cendiary origin, as it started IN a vacant
h1ilding where number OF tramps
we're. The loss is S11O.00O.
William II. Vanderbilt, son of Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, and grandson OF the
Iste William H. Vanderbilt, died OF
nneumonia at his fathers residence on
Fifth Avenue, New York, on the 25d.
Fire at Spokane Falls on the 23d de-
stroved property valued at $3.50, 900.
Ar Manistee. Mich, William Gallag-
her aged Is, fell into the crank-plt at
the engine house of Maxted 4 kobe's
blaming mill, and was pounded to jelly
by the engine crank.
THE Pennsylvania Military Academy
at Chester. Pa, has been closed, oW
ing to typhoid fever among the stu
dents.
The roof Of the First Methodist
Church. Pittsburg, fell on the 2lst, IN
turing seven workmen, two fatally.
4 RIOT took place at Belfast, Ireland,
ON the Dist, between, Orangemen on one
side and Catholics and Nationalist on
the other. The Orangemen were in the
majority, and when the cry of drown
the Fenians" went up an attempt was
made to carry it out. Several were
ducked. but were rescued by their COM
panions.
NEGOTIATIONS between the striking
miners of Durham, England, and the
mine owners have been unsuccessful,
and the strike will continue. The
miners offered to accept a reduction OF
10 per cent, but the owners insisted on
1333 per cent.
THE village of Handley, Eng, was en-
tirelv DESTROYED by fire on the 2lst,
leaving 800 persons destitute.
The Hotel Northwestern at Hancock,
Mich, was damaged by fire at an early
hour on the morning of the 10Th. The
blaze started above the kitchen and
completely Quilted the apartments occu-
pied by the servants, and four or flve
of them escaped in their night clothes,
losing all of their personal effects. The
loss is S. 200, and is fully covered by in
surance.
Mrs. BENJAMIN VANLUvIN was burned
fatally at Iroquois, near Sault Ste.
Marie, while rescuing her SIX children
from their burning home. The house
and its contents were totally destroyed.
FIRE at Oswego. n. Y, on the morn
ing of the 21st, which began in the big
Washington Mills, destroyed six grain
elevators and large amount Of other
property, causing an aggregate loss OF
81 5000
AT the Episcopal convention Of the
diocese of Massachusetts a motion that
bylaws he changed SO as to admit wom-
en- as lay delegates was lost, "a to 25.
JOHN A. ANDERSON, for twelve years
the representative of the First Kansas
District in the federal Congress, died at
Liverpool, Eng. Mr.. Anderson had
been travelling in Egypt for his health.
JOSEPH L. T1cE, the Rochester wife
murderer, was electrocuted at Auburn
prison at 6:39 O'Clock in the morning.
The execution is considered a great sue
cess. The witnesses saw no burning OF
flesh, no eXhalation of air from the
lungs, no struggle of the victim. The
murderer met his fate calmly. The ex-
ecution lasted but a few seconds.
F. G. WALKER, of Victoria, B. c.,
charged with attempting to oefraud 3.
F. Clinton, has disappeared, and it is
thought he is in the United States. A
large number Of judgments have been
granted against Walker. His liabilities
amount to $4,000.
THE Cotton Block, on Capital Street,
Charleston, w. Va, was Quilted by fire.
The loss on building and stocks OF
goods is about $4,000; insured.
A SEVERE earthquake was felt early on
the morning of the 18th in the county
of Cornwall. Houses rocked, crockery
was broken and chimneys were over
turned. The people were awakened by
the rocking of their beds, the move
ment lasting several seconds.
A MOB of seventy-fve determined
women caused intense excitement in
the streets of Covington, Ky. Their
purpose was to prevent a wedding.
They succeeded. The objection to the
marriage lay in the fact that the woman
had buried her husband only two weeks
ago. The bridegroom fed by the back
way, and the widow herself left the
house to prevent further trouble.
A cLoUDBURsT did considerable dam
age to property at Pierre, S. c., on the
night Of the 10th.
HE works of the Steel Foundry Com
pany, at East st. Louis, were destroyed
by fire which was caused by an plo-
sion of molten metal.
THE building of the Zellner Manner
Choir at Brooklyn, burned on the night
of the 10th. Two men, John Kutzky
and Carl Mitson, are missing. The
property loss is $4,000.
AFTER two days fair weather the hard
est rainstorm of the season began in the
neighborhood of Marshalltown, Ia, on
the 18th. This about completes the dis
enlargement of Central Iowa farmers.
Highways are impossible in ali direc-
tons.
THE British bark Earl of Aberdeen,
Capt Patrick, from Barry Dock for
Montevideo, ran OH the coast of the
County of Pembroke. A heavy sea
sea was running. It is supposed that
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