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

| photographer for the Worlds Fair, and
will be engaged during the coming year
IN taking" points of interest in Wiscon-
| sin.
A NEW Catholic monthly publication
mas made It's appearance in Milwaukee.
1t is called "Our Young People"
MILWAUKEE COUNTY is facilitating it.
self over the fast that its Indebtedness
has been reduced to paltry $4,000.
WITH 22-caliber revolver Francis J.
Gress1ne, a court Interpreter at Milwau-
kee, made away with himself. He was
~ years old.
The President has refused q pardon
to John S. Galloway, of Wisconsin, in
jail for conspiracy.
ID THE Saddle Mound Sandstone Com
pany has offered to get out stone any
size desired, and deliver it on the cars
at Goodyear, free OF charge, to be used
as pillar or for any other purpose in
the Wisconsin Worlds Fair building.
THE biennial state council of the Cath
olic Knights of Wisconsin will .be held
at Ashland, beginning on the 10Th inst.
SUPERVISOR MOORE, of Ashland Coun-
ty, who was indicted by the grand jury
which was recently declared illegal by
Judge Goodland, and who was tried
and discharged on the indictment, will
sue the county for $4,000 damages.
Supervisors Freisenberg and Cunning
ham will sue for 1900 each. Other
indicted officials who were tried will
probably begin suits.
WHILE Clarence Snyder. of Ashland,
was travelling en- route from Milwaukee
to Madison on the Chicago 4 North
Western road some unknown person
threw stone through the car window,
striking Mr.. Snyder on the head, bruis-
ing his eye and cutting a cash in his
forehead.
The State Agricultural Society has sold
to the Dane County Horse Breeders
ASSOCIATE On the fair grounds near Madi-
son for the sum OF $50. 900.
II has just come to light, through let
tiers sent TO the register Of deeds of Ash
land County, that parties at present un-
known have sold to innocent purchas-
ers land which, up to the present time,
still belongs 10 the government, and
generally located in the Odonah Indian
reservation. The fraud was first dis
covered when Agent Leman. residing
IN Chicago, forwarded an abstract TO the
register inQuirirg if it was correct with
the records. The abstract bears the in
dorsement Of George +. Baker, who
pusports to be abstractor of Ashland
County. Upon looking up the records
the lands IN question were found to be
government lands, never having been
opened TO settlement.
SOME Of the pickpockets who shadow
Ringing Bros circus, got away with
1923 from d lady in Ashland. During
rush to the ticket wagon her pocket
was picked. She gave her name as
Mrs. Burke. She is a widow and says
she took all her cash and valuable
papers with her to the circus for fear
burglars might enter her residence
while she was absent and secure them.
Mis-. Mattson was robbed of $40. The
city police ran in about dolen crooks.
SIDNEY HIDDERT, a resident of La
Crosse, was badly hurt in railroad &C
cident at Red Wing, MINI. His leg was
broken and he received serious internal
injuries.
ANNA THESE, resident of Ashland,
has commenced suit against that city for
-, 900 damages for injuries alleged to
have been received by defective side
walk.
THE assessment Of the city Of Ash
land for the year 1892 is 81 POI 900 less
than in 1891. The total assessment this
year amounts to S., 100000.
EDWARD DUpEE, who was injured last
winter by a hose cart topping over up
on him at Ashland, has brought action
for 81 600 damages.
HENRY KELLY, the young man arrest
ed at Madison on the charge of burglar
lzing the residence of John Madigan,
IN the town of Dane, was released from
custody, there being no proof to hold
him.
Mrs. KINGSTON, an elderly woman,
mother Of James Kingston, landlord
the Merchants Hotel at La Crosse, tell
down flight OF stairs, breaking her
arm and was otherwise badly injured.
IT is expected that the log output this
season by the boom company at Mari
nette will reach over 600,UOO,0 900 feet.
CHARLES LECLAIR, who was recently in
dicted by the grand jury at Ashland for
running reputable house, has been
discharged on the ground that the
grand jury which indicted him was il
legally drawn. A grand jury was first
drawn by the County Board. This was
discharged by Judge Parish, as it con-
tanned two unqualified men. He or
dered a special venire to issue to the
sheriff, and that officer furnished the
Goodland holds that the court had no
jury of seventeen men, but only to fill
deficiencies. The supreme court has
never vet passed upon this point, and
Judge Goodland's decision is an impor-
tant one, ss the same state of affairs ex-
lists in Waupaca County in regard to the
grand jury which indicted the men who
will shortly be tried for the murder of
Banker Mead.
A QUEER method of arriving at YER
dict in libel suit was practiced by the
jury in the case of Emma Schraer VS..
Peter Stefan, at Ashland. Being unable
to agree on the amount Of the damages
they added together the amounts
thought to be prober by the different
jurors, divided the total by twelve, and
the result was 1881. for which they rem
dered verdict.
THE Ashland Gas Lighting Company
has settled the remaining suits for dam
ages for injuries received at the gas ex-