Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
BADGER NOTES.


caused by The explosion of a gasoline
lamp.
TRACHGToMr was successfully per
formed on horse at Madison by John
Tail The animal was a valuable trot-
ter, owned by Charles Carmen.
J. 4. KoHN, an elderly man living at
Eau Claire, dropped dead near the
depot at that place. Heart failure Is
The supposed cause Of death.
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, aged 20 years,
fed under the cars at Madison, and had
his leg 80 badly crushed that amputa-
ton was necessary.
SYvER O. MoEN, of Perry, Dane Coun-
ty, fell Oft q load of hay and broke
three Of his ribs. Halvor Gramm also
fell and broke his leg.
THIEVES broke into the residence of
Mrs. Adams, at Eau Claire, and stole
q small amount Of cash and some cloth
ing.
THE amount of logs sorted this season
to date by the Menomonee River Boom
Company, at Marinette, has been $780,
100000 feet. There will probably be
yet two weeks more Of sorllng before
the close of the season, which will bring
the amount up to about 600, 900, 600 feet.
GEORGE w. BLOOM, the wealthy land
owner Of North Freedom, against whom
Mrs. M. Neppert received q judgment
of sever raj thousand dollars in a breach
ot-prOmnSe case, was recently married
to a Milwaukee woman. Mr.. Bloom is
past 20 years of age.
-ALBERT ENGLUND, a SWede, aged 10
years, employed by the Marinette Lum-
Der Company, at Marinette. while work
ing about some machinery, had his leg
badly crushed in q cog wheel. 1t is
feared the limb will have to be ampu-
tated above the knee.
mTHE summer resort at Idlewilde was
destroyed by fire during heavy blow.
The hotel was unOcCupled, and the
origin of the fire is not known. Idle
wilde is situated at the mouth of Stur-
geon Bay, and four miles from the city
of that name.
GEN. C. P. CHAPMAN is slowly improv-
ing at his home in Madison. His right
side is paralyzed, and his power of
speech gone, although the physicians
are confident that his speech will be re-
stored.
IT is rumored at Prairie du Chen that
James Fisher, Jr., the defeated Demo-
cratic candidate for Assembly, will con-
test the election OF J. O. Davidson on q
technlcality. The town and village of
Soldiers Grove have heretofore voted
together, but Soldiers Grove has been
Incorporated, and the law requires
them to vote separately.
ED. ANDERSON, q chopper in Bigelow's
lumber camp. near Washburn, was in
stantly killed by a falling limb. This
WAS the second man killed in the same
way within week.
THE case of the Montreal River Lum-
Der Company against the Madison Car
Company, at Madison, has been settled,
neither party taking judgment and each
paying Its own expenses. The suit in
VOWED claims and counterclaims
amounting to over $50 900. The de-
tendant was awarded q judgment in the
lower court, which the supreme court
reversed. The trial lasted thirteen
days, and was very expensive to both
sides.
THE Unitarians at Madison have ex-
tended cali to the Rev. George Hunter
Clare, of Walpole, Mass, to become
pastor of their church, to fill the vacan-
cy caused by the resignation of DR.. Il.
{. McDouga!l.
CLAIM has been entered against the
Madison Electric Railway Company by |
Patrick Eeeney for damages caused to |
ms buggy by 81 collision with an cleo
trlc car. teeney and a companion were !
was struck by an electric car, throwing |
them out and completely demolishing
the vehicle.
Mrs. KNIFE, who shot Policeman
Kelley in the fore head, two months ago,
at Hurley, was sentenced by Judge |
Calkins. at Ashland. to one year in the
penltentlary. The policeman was en-
forcing an eviction when shot by Mrs.
KNIFE, but the bullet glanced, doing
but slight damage.
One of the largest deals in residence
real estate ever made in Milwaukee has |
just been contaminated, and Milwaukee |
real estate men were surprised to learn
that nearly 81 100000 of Chicago capital
had been invested in city acreage by
the real estate firm of f. y. Cummings
q Co. The property secured lies in the
north end of the Eighteenth Ward and
is known as the Wightman estate.
THERE is q large and robust rumor
afoat in Milwaukee of probable addi-
ton to the daily press of that city in the
form of q wide-awake Democratic morn
ing paper. The alleged plans include
capital of $500, 900,
-JbSEPH JouNsoN, one of the inmates |
Of the Dane County Jail who assaulted |
Robert Lockwood, turnkey, several |
weeks ago. pleaded guilty to assault with
intent to do great bodily harm in the
Madison municipal court, and was SEN
fenced to two and q half years in the
state prison. His partner pleaded not
guilty and will stand trial. Lockwood |
was nearly killed by two prisoners in
their attempt to overpoWer him and |
make their escape.
Coz. T.. A. CALKINs has retired from
the Chicago Evening Journal, with
l., oh hD has
since he sold out his interest in the Mil
waukee Sunday Telegraph, and has
been succeeded by Lewis A. Proctor, of |
Milwaukee. Mr.. Proctor was formerly |
associate editor of the Evening Wiscon-
sin.