Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-12-01
BADGER NOTES.

Mrs. KRoNsTRoM, resident of Mari
nette, was severely burned by endea-
voring to extinguish a fire from the ex-
plosion of lamp. Her clothing took
fire and she was severely burned upon
her face and body.
EMMA Sem, q young Swiss girl resid-
ing at Fountain City, Buffalo County, at
tempted suicide at Eau Claire by throw
ing herself in front OF rapidly moving
freight train. She was dragged from The
track by the yardmen in time to save
her life. The girl said she had left her
home on account of false stories that had
been circulated about her.
IT has just been discovered at Madi-
son that the electric street railway at
that place is owned by outside parties
supposed. The owners OF the road are
George ID. Cooke, Henry c. Welsh and
4. w. Horne, of Chicago, and a number
of Cleveland, o., capitalists, whose
names are not known.
FRED. FAss has commenced suit
against c. q. Young, or Ashland, for
$4,000 damages. Fass was arrested sew
eral months ago charged with attempt
ing to assault Young's daughter, but was
acquitted. Fass alleges that Young's
prosecution was malicious, rs he owed
him $1,000. Young is a prominent mer-
chant of that city.
IT is reported at Madison that the H.
linois Central Railway Company will
extend it's line north from that city to
the mining and numbering districts of
the Lake Superior region. The compa-
ny has secured an option on enough
land in the Fifth Ward Mt Madison and
along the west shore of Lake Mendoza
to give 1t an undisputed outlet. The
Chicago, Milwaukee Il st. Paul Railway
the northern outlet from Madison. and
the move of the Illinois Central people
was complete surprise.
ApEx. GERu, Frenchman, was
found on the road near Florence, shot
through the shoulder and side. He re-
fused to state the cause of the shooting.
He will probably recover.
THE Lake Shore Railway Company is
figuring on plans for new depot build
Ing ut Ashland. 1t is expected that it
will be ready for use by next spring.
THOMAS PARENT, superintendent of
the Menominee River Boom Company,
at Marnette, died ut the age of 81
years. Deceased was in the lumber
business ut that place since 1866.
Ir is possible that the two Indians,
KoZinee and Monypenny, who are
charged with the double murder which
recently occurred at Odanah, may hang.
Judge Parish, of the circuit court of
Ashland, has decided that the United
States district court has jurisdiction in
the case, and, therefore, the Indians
will be tried by federal court The
coroner's jury returned verdict hold
ing the Indians guilty of the crime.
a
tlct penalty of death for murder, but
the United States courts can, and this
may be the fate of these two Indians.
The lDdians will be taken ut once to
Madison for trial.
MILWAUKEE is having plenty of fires.
The latest was in the tobacco and cigar
factory of Louis Kindlng Il Co., on East
Water Street, by which ST 900 worth of
property was consumed.
AN Austrian named Melesque, aged
2S years, and living at Marinette, was
assaulted and robbed of $40 by two men
near Pembine. When found he was
unconscious, and both his feet We're
badly frozen, He WAS also severely cut
about the body. 1t is likely that both
his feet will have to be amputated.
THOMAS OMAIIEy and Edward Fitz-
gerald, who were confined in the Jail ut
Prairie du CHEN for robbing Anton
Schwartz, Il Bohemian farmer, who lives
near Waukesha, broke jail and took the
st. Paul freight tram going east. They
were to have been tried at Lancaster ut
the next term of court.
The dead body of Chris. McKenny, a
Dane County farmer residing near
Fitchburg, was found in the woods near
that place. 1t is thought that he met
with foul play, although there is prob
ability that he fell from his horse in Il fl
otsickness. The coroner will investigate
the affair.
j. Is. JONES, a farmer living near Stew
enstown, La Crosse County, had his left
hand and two ribs broken in Il runaway
accident.
THE Rev. George III. Clare has accept
ed the call given him to become pastor
of the First Unitarian Church at Mad1-
son.
AN old man giving his name as Nicho.
las Brsling was found in n pitable con-
dition near ladison. He was without
shoes and very scantiiy clad and nearly
furnished The old man was in the
woods when found, ana was kindling Il
fire with the evidentintention of warm
ing himself. 1t is thought that he is de-
mented. The court ordered the sheriff
to look after his wants.
pany, of Marinette, has completed it's
seasons work with record probably
never equaled by any other boom COM
pany, having sorted since April IL 1, 49,
76S logs that scaled $50, $685. 1897 feet.
Their next largest season was in 1889,
when they sorted 642, l37 ,3lS feet. The
number of logs that passed through the
scaling gap this year WAS III ,0O4 greater
than in 1889, making the work per-
formed this year in excess of that.
Upon one day the past season "a, 942
logs passed through the sorting gao that
scaled 4,652,72 feet, all of which were
catch-marked and scaled in ten hours
work by six scalers, one tallyman and
twelve catch-markers.
THE Door County Board of Super
visors has been in wrangle over bill
which was brought in by two individ-
uals for jailers fees, both claiming to
have acted in this capacity. The
sheriff's son Is one of the two. He
broupht in a bill for $500 The other