Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-08-31
WISCONSIN NEWS.


missed him and with the baby in her
arms went to the well. Laying the
baby on the ground she looked over the
edge. She was overcome by the gas
and fell into the we'll. III the mean
time the attention of neighbors was at
tracted by the baby which had begun
to cry. The mother was raised from
the we'll first with a rope. She was re-
suscitated by physicians. The boy, was
dead when taken out. A peculiar thing
is that the well had just been dug and is
only II feet deep. After the accident
occurred candle was let down to the
bottom and was put out Immediately by
the rush of gases from the we'll. The
woman will probably recover.
BANK EXAMINER LYNCH, who is III
charge of the Union National Bank at
Racine pending it's opening, has made
statement. 1t saws that the bills receiv-
able are $655 900 and the liabilities are
$4,000. The examiner urges the re-
sumption and says that it will be to the
credit of the bank and the interest of
the depositors and great advantage to
the business public of Racine if a
prompt and generous response IS made
to the proposition as represented by
the committee of the stockholders of
the bank.
GEORGE DRAIDERs, farmer living near
Hudson, was struck by train while
driving over crossing near saltwater
junction. Botl. horses were killed.
Mr.. Uraider was badly cut about the
head.
GUSTAV ScHARFF, JR., of Milwaukee,
was sentenced to spend the remainder
of his wretched life in the state penlten-
tiary at Waupun as the penalty for the
brutal murder of his wife, Ollie King
ScharH, and the latter's 6-year-old
daughter, Oracle King.
Thomas STEVENSON, formerly q resi-
dent of Rhinelander, made an attempt
to take his life by stabbing himself at
Woodruff, Mimi. He will probably re-
cover.
JOHN r. MAxiMoR, assistant cashier of
the Seymour Bank at Chippewa Falls,
has been arrested on warrant sworn
out by Joseph Meloney, charging him
with having taken a check of $776.97,
drawn by the Empire Lumber Com
pany, of Eau Claire, on the Eau Claire
National Bank in Meloney's favor for
think the bank was insolvent. The cx
week, bail of 5000 being furnished.
1t is thought that other arrests will fol-
low.
w. J. P. MCPHAIL, editor of the re-
cent Madison Times, states that he will
go to South Bend, Ind, to take editorial
charge of the Adjuster, the organ OF the
Indiana Travelling Mems Association.
WHILE Miss Annie Hubbard, of Et-
trick, was asleep on q train someone
cut off and pocketed her hair. 1t was
over five feet long and worth large
sum of money.
A RACINE grocer has posted placard
in his store that he will give 100 loaves
of bread to the poor people of that city
twice week from now until next
spring.
TIE funeral of the Rev. Joseph
Boehm at Eau Claire was attended by
twenty-three priests from different parts
of the state.
THE residence of William Sutherland,
of Chippewa Falls, was destroyed by
fire. Loss, 81 800; partly insured.
THE examination of the Winnebago
squaw, Wenamenunkkah, for the muir
der of Rochamemuchakah, another
squaw, took place before Justice Will
Jams at Black River Falls and was con-
tinued. Wenamenunkkah is the squaW
of John Logan. Last May John and his
squaw Qrarreled at their home on the
Indian reservation east of Black River
Falls Rochamemuchakah interfered
in the domestic trouble and attempted
to defend Logan, when the latter's
squaw grasped a hugh Indian war club
and it is alleged struck Rochamemucha-
kah such a heavy blow that she died a
few days later.
c. c. PUDoR, an engineer on the Chi
cago & North Western road, while at
tempting to jump on a moving train at
Ableman, Dane County, fell and cut his
skull in horrible manner. He will re-
cover.
DURING thunder storm the residence
of Joseph Mclaughlin, of Racine, was
struck by lightning and badly damaged.
G. II. REYNOLDS, of La Crosse, was
given three months in the county Jail on
a charge OF assaulting his wife.
The Board of Normal School Regents
has issued a circular to architects, stat
ing that it will receive plans and sp2citi-
cations for a normal school building, to
cost not more than S50O00 until Sep
tember s. The architects are to as
sumo that the building will occupy a
level site of five acres with streets on
all sides and must treat the design as
having a front on all sides.
C. H. ENDERLEIN, of Chippewa Falls,
recently found an ancient Indian grave
in front of his residence. He dug into
the earth and found there the bones of
person, blanket, which was badly
decayed an old coffin, q knife, a brace
let, string of beads and small silk bag
which contained red paint such as In
dams use in painting their faces.
AT the convention of the Northern
Wisconsin Association of the A. 0. U.
W., held at Chippewa Falls, the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
NJ. Reynolds, Menomonie; vice-presi-
dent, A. Fl. Stevens, Eau Claire; secre
was decided to hold the next meeting