Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-25
BADGER NOTES.

waukee fire department, and two fire.
men were severely injured by the ex-
plosion of ten gallons of gasoline at a
s. fire.
81 THE North LudiDgton Company, of
IS Marnette, has made a contract with
81 William Holmes d Son, of Menomnee,
q Mich, for putting in 120,000,00O feet of
81 logs the coming five years, over a log
q ging road to be built by Holmes & Son
q from the mouth of Muscauna Creek,
distance OF thirty miles southeast strik-
ing the MenOminee River near Dunbar
q at point three miles south of the North
j Ludington Company farm. They will
4 also put in for the Kirby Carpenter
Company about 100000, 900 feet over
this road.
john r. WOLF has been appointed
press agent of the Wisconsin Agricul-
tural Society, and will boom the state
fair.
THE Wright Drug Company, of Mil
waukee, has been incorporated by
George H. Wright, Arthur T.. Wright,
S. A. Eekstein and H. S. Pierce. The
company will conduct the drug busi-
ness of George Wright & Bro, on Wis
consin Street.
LOUIS AUER has been appointed lieu
tenant-colonel of the Fourth Battalion
in place of Col. King, resigned.
MORGAN O'BRIEN, a resident of Oak
Creek, was found dead in barn. His
death was due to natural causes.
INGLE OLSON, a 15-year-old bootblack,
went out for walk at Eau Claire on
the night of the 18th and amused him
self by shooting at dead walls. Nils
Halle, workingman aged %, with two
companions, was passing along the
street, and ball from Olson's pistol, %
caliber, struck him in the abdomen.
He was removed to the hospital, with
little hope of recovery. Young Olson
is locked up. He says it was accidental.
Halle made an ante mortem statement
saying he knew no reason why the boy
should shoot him and believes it was
accidental.
JAMES LEWIS, laborer, was struck by
train on the st. Paul road, near
Eighth Street, Milwaukee, and badly
injured about the head He was taken
to the Emergency Hospital.
The Board of Control has ordered that
the Dane County jail must be closed by
October %. 1t was condemned ten
months ago as unfit for use.
CONDUCTOR TEMPLE, who was arrested
and arraigned at 1 yield, on his pre-
liminary examination for the murder of
William Finney, at Ashland junction,
was discharged. There is considerable
Indignation felt by citizens over the &C.
ton of the court. Bayfield, County Of
ticials expressed the sentiment several
times that they did not wish to try the
case in that county, but it was neverthe-
less ordered to be tried there by Judge
Brisley.
ANNA JOHNSON, a girl employed at the
Knight Hotel, Ashland, was suddenly
taken sick and died in few hours. 1t
was discovered by the doctors that she
had taken opium in sufficient quantities
to cause death. 1t is supposed she had
become respondent over a love affair.
AT a meeting of Wisconsin millers
held at the Republican House, Milwau-
kee, it was decided that if fifty or more
millers would join, they would con-
tribute at the rate of $40 for each unit
brought by Mr.. Russell, of Michigan,
for royalties alleged to be due on the
use of machine known as Smiths
purifier. The first suit is a test one, but
if it is successful 100 more will be
brought against Wisconsin millers.
GEORGE CRANDALL, a resident of La
Crosse, was arrested. charged with hav-
ing stolen a horse and buggy from Will
lam Goodenough, at that place. Gram
dali pleaded guilty. He said he stole
the horse so that he would be sent to
He will no doubt be given the oppor-
tunity. HIS bail was fixed at $500, in
default of which he was remanded to
Jail.
CAPT. B. DoHERTY's residence at Ash
land was struck by lightning. 1t
crashed through the whole house.
The occupants of the house were
shocked. but not seriously.
A REoU1srr1oN has been issued at Mad
ison on the governor of Missouri for
Dick Mack, an alleged horsethlet I'M
der arrest at st. Louis.
THE furniture warehouse and mattress
factory Of Scott q Prince, at Ashland,
was DESTROYED by fire. The loss is
about 5000; So, 500 on stock and 81 500
on buildings, with about 1900 lnsur-
ance.
THE large planning mill plant fGeorge
Poppert. on Poplar Street, Milwaukee,
was partially destroyed by tire on the
night OF the 10Th, involving loss OF
$4,000. The blaze was discovered
about o'clock and is supposed to have
originated in the basement of the TAG
tory.
royal P. HouGHToN, the Milwau-
kee banker, died on the night OF the
10th, from the effect Of an attack OF
paralysis, which first confined him to
his bed about two weeks before. MT.
Hous hton was one of Milwaukee's
earliest settlers and one of it's leading
citizens and business men. He was
born at Guilford, VT, in 1881. and came
to Milwaukee with his father when but
- years OF age.
THE Northern Grain Mercantile Com.
pany, of Ashland, has completed deal
whereby it has secured possession OF
eight elevators in Dakota and Nebraska,
the capacity of which is %, 900 bushels.
The company is also trying to purchase
nine elevators in this state on the lines
of the Wisconsin Central and Omaha
railroads. Hereafter the company Will
buy grain for use at their Ashland mill
direct from growers and ship from their
own elevators.