Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-10
BADGER NOTES.

| of President and Mrs. Charles X. Ad
ANS, of the Wisconsin University, al
| Madison.
TIE farm house of Michael McDer-
mott, at Bailey's IIarbor, Door County
was destroyed by fire, entalllng loss
of nearly vi GOO.
THE amount of logs sorted this sea-
son to date by the Menominee River
Boom Company, of Marinette, has been
$50 900, 900 feet. The season for sorting
is drawing rapidly to close, but 1t
looks as if 575,0O0,UOo feet would be
reached before the close of the season.
FREDERICK PRENTICE, Of Bayfield,, has
the new brown stone monoltll, which
is to be exhibited at the Worlds Fair
nearly completed, and inside Of a week
it will be ready for shipment. Three
sides Of the monolith have already
been finished and workmen are at work
on the last side. The monolith is at
Houghton Point, Bayfield, County,
where it was quarried, and all oper-
atoms so far connected with it have
been successfully carried on. The
monolith is longer than Mr.. Prentice at
first agreed to furnish. 1t was intended
to have the monolith 100 feet in height,
which would make it several feet larger
than the old Egyptian monollth, but as
there WAS plenty of stone that would
come up to the requirements, the mon
olith has been made lis feet high. Mr..
Prentice will get it in readiness to ship
to Chicago next month, the state to pay
the cost of transportation.
CICERO HALL, residing at Madison, al
though SO years old, has never cast
vote for President. Mr.. Halls life
has been busy one, and he has never
yet resided in state long enough to be.
come a voter in presidential year, and
this year is the same as others, for he
has only resided in MIdiso Six months.
1t is strange circumstance that in hall
a century he has not cast vote Tor
President.
&MAyoR W. Fl. Roc Frs, of Madison,
has accepted the pc sition of general
manager of the Equitable Life lnsur-
ance Company for Illinois and Wiscon-
Gin, and will remove to Chicago shortly.
TIE State Agricultural Society has is
sued an itemized statement of receipts
and expenditures from December |,
1891, to November |, 1892. The state
me mt shows the society to be in bad
way financially, having So, 33777.26 in I'M
paid bills, and a balance of only
$4 ,S70.74 in the treasury. The total re-
ce ipts, including state loan, bonuses,
TAI r receipts, subscription, ETC., amount
ed to $l97, S3l so. OF this amount $l92,-
96 0.76 were paid out in improving the
new grounds and for premiums and
salaries.
+. J. HAMILTON, of Sturgeon Bay,
when in Chicago recently, suffered a
peculiar accident. While in restau-
rant eating piece of meat lodged in
his throat so that he couldn't swallow
any IN ore food, and could scarcely
breathe. He Went to a hospital, where
the doctors were engaged almost a
whole day in removing the obstruction
from his throat
THERE is considerable indignation felt !
at Benoit, Ashland County, over the |
failure Of the town board Of the town OF |
Washburn to establish a voting precinct |
at that place. There are nearly $50 vot-
ers there, and they are obliged to go |
to Washburn, which will cost chem
time and money.
THE students OF the State University
at Madison have taken steps TO organ
iZe Il press club. The object OF the per-
sons interested is to establish 81 depart
ment in journalism at the university.
A MAN giving his name as John Bren-
nan was sentenced to five months in
jail at La Crosse on charge Of stealing
an OvercOat.
DURING the past three years the in,
crease of pupils at the public schools III
Marinette amounted to 900.
ANDREW HooDE was arrested at Min
neapolis and taken to La Crosse CHI an
alleged charge Of embezzlement. He
was held toy examination.
EZRA L0oM NAS, of La Crosse, who has
been in the Mendoza hospital for treat
ment, has been removed to tho La
Crosse County hospital.
The total registration of the City of
Madison was 3,94l an increase of sever
al hundred over last registration.
CALAIRE @aRANT, farmer residing
near La Crosse, who was badly injured
in runaway accident u week ago, died
of his injuries. He did not regain con
sclousness after the accident. The re-
mains will DO taken to New Hartford
Mimi, for interment, the former home
of the deceased.
ding of Mr.. and Mrs Ferdinand tie-
molka took place ut their home at Madi-
son.
JAMES MGKAS was instantly killed by
o falling log at ONE Of the CRANBERRY
Lumber Company's camps, near Bay
field. His home is at St. Thomas, ". ID.
A. PAPPBNEUss, q farmer of La Crosse
county, was killed by being thrown
from wagon while going to town with
3 load of produce. His neck WAS brok-
en-, and one of the wheels also. passed
over his head. He leaves largo family.
sToRX printed in Louisville XIV,
paper tells of a man named John Tuck,
living In Wisconsin, who is said to be-
the cause of the mysterious disappear
ance of George Mars, pretty Young
woman OF ~ years, and residing at that
place. Miss Mars has never seen
Tuck, but about two years ssago she an
swered an advertisement in anewspaper
Tor correspondent, and the result was
ietter from Tuck. She wrote to him
regularly, until few months ago. when
II IS SAID, she discovered that he was
not IN love with her, as his letters indi-
Gated. She brooded over her dlsap-
polntment until her mind became nm
balanced, and recently she ATTEMPTED