Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-28
BADGER NOTES.

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the southbound passenger train.
A sESE2E thunder and wind storm
visited Boscobel. Crops in that vicinity
were leveled. Lightning struck the
Wisconsin Telephone Company's Office,
| demolishiDg the chimney and burning
out the wires.
JOHN D. DECKER, instructor in dairy
| ing at the State University, is making a
tour of the various cheese factories IN
| the state.
| A Transfer named Ramsey created a
sensation at picnic in Eau Claire by
| throwing the children's lunch baskets
| in every direction and attacking one Of
| the musicians and biting him about the
face in horrible manner. He was ar
rested and placed IN jail.
LARGE catches of bass are made at
Sturgeon Bay.
PRESIDENT HARRISON refused to par
| don John S. Galloway, of Montfort.
THE Bay View Rolling Mills, after be-
ing idle nearly month, have started
| up, the labor differences having been
settled and the scale signed.
THE stone trade, which has been very
dull at Sturgeon Bay the past few years,
| is having boom this yean
ISAAC STEPHENSON, of Marinette, has
sold 10O0O,OO0 feet Of lumber to Perley
Lowe q Co., of Chicago.
THEODORE N. PoRR, an employe of the
Etna Building and Loan Association, of
Eau Claire, has been arrested on q
the company to the extent of about
So 400. He was released in the sum of
81, 500 bonds.
AT Monona Lake, on the banks of
which the assembly is held, sea SER
pent has been seen by several credit
able people. 1t is a snake about ten
feen long with a head something like a
dog fish.
MOTHER CAROLINE, the head of the
Western Province of the Order O..
Sisters of Notre Dame, died at Notre
Dame Convent at Milwaukee on the
22d.
AT a meeting Of the congregation of
the Lutheran Church at Eau Claire, it
was decided not to accept the resigna.
ton of Bishop Hoyme.
WILLIAM SULLIVAN, a notorious ex-
convict, was arrested at Pence for re-
newing his old occupation of running
disreputable house, and was. fined $500
and ordered from Ashland County at
once by Judge Calkins.
A MADISON syndicate, headed by A.
L. Sanborn and J. M. DIN, has pur-
chased 100 acres along the shore of
Lake Mendoza, just west Of Eagle
Heights, q. tract until now known as
"Bellaire."
The expert employed to examine the
books of the city clerk and treasurer Of
Washburn has completed his work.
His report is not yet public, but enough
has been learned incidentally to show
that nothing of criminal nature has
been found, although it will be shown
that the affairs of the city have been SO
badly conducted as to cause no incon-
siderable loss during the past five years.
THE reunion of the Nineteenth Wis
consin Volunteer Infantry was held at
Madison on the 2lst and 22d.
Mrs. T. C. SMITH died suddenly at
Ashland few days ago. She was the
wife of Coroner Smith, and was sick but
a few hours.
FREDERICK WEYERHAUsER, the Eau
Claire lumber king, with ex-senator
Sabin, Thomas B. Walker and several
other millionaires, has been sued by
Austin T. Jencks, Samuel Mcclure,
Robert M. Coles and James Mulvey, of
Saltwater, Mimi, for 81 100000. The
suit involves about 25, 900 acres of land
in Mile Laos County, MINI.
THE Gentlemen's Driving Association,
of La Crosse, has been organized with
B. E. Edwards president and W. Z.
Lockerby secretary.
SHERIFF MEAD, of Dane County, went
to Council Bluffs, Ia, few days ago to
bring back to Madison Byron Butler.
who had been arrested at that place on
a charge of embezzlement while en-
ployed by the Singer Sewing Machine
Company, at Madison. When on the
cars the prisoner requested permission
to get a drink of water, which was
granted. Instead he opened the door
of the coach and leaped to the ground,
while the train was going at full speed:
He was seen to enter the woods, but
when the sheriff returned to the place
where the prisoner jumped no trace of
him could be found.
WORK has been commenced at Stur-
geon Bay on the factory of the w. 0.
Brown Manufacturing Company. It
will turn out chair bottoms and shin
giles.
KEEL voted 96 to II to incorporate as q
village. -
MADISON has 4,47S children of school
age, POI boys and 2,261 girls.
AUGUST EGGEHT, q farmer, near jack
son, Washington County, was killed by
St. Paul train.
THE propeller Wisconsin, of the
Grand Haven line, went on the rocks
just south of Milwaukee light on the
morning of the goth, during q heavy
fog. Passengers and crew were taken
ashore and later the boat was got Off
with small damage.
In the Eau Claire district Il. B. Shaw
has been nominated for Congress by the
Republicans.
THE Catholic Knights of the state be-
gan their annual convention at Ashland
on the 10th.
AN old Indian deed, given May 81,
1744, to Jonathan Carver for 10000
acres of land in Eau Claire and adjoin-
ing counties, has been received at the
Office OF register of deeds at Eau Claire
from Duluth to be recorded. 1t is
signed by two chiefs named Turtle and
Snake. This is supposed to be a new
step of claimants in matter which has
been before Congress twice.