Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30
WISCONSIN NEWS.

his home in the town OF Chiffon from
bleeding at the nose.
DEMp8TER SEELEY, a pioneer Of Yer
non County. died at his home IN Seeley-
burg, aged 50 years.
Mrs. JOHN p. PRIsE. an early settler
of Mineral Point, died suddenly at her
home in that city.
TIE attendance at the Wisconsin State
University this year is ops, an increase
of over last year.
john ELDRED, a farmer OF the town OF
Wheaton, Chippewa County, has been
arrested on a charge of passing coun-
terfeit money. Eldred is now i'll jail at
Eau Claire.
WILLIAM BLAKE, who was sent to
GAINESVILLE from Beloit to serve thirty
clothes, will 90 to Waupun under the
name of William Cronin, to serve the
state for five years. At the end Of tina
time he will return to Janesvllle
and serve the remainder of the
thirty days term in the James
vile county jail. Three years ago
Cronin was convicted Of larceny and
sentenced to state prison for eight years
on condition that if at the expiration of
three years, his behavior in prison was
good, he was to be released on
parole, and to have his liberty
until forfeited bv some INSIDE
meanor He was let out on Novem-
Der |, and reached BelOit few days
later. He soon found lodgings in the
county Jail for the larceny otsome cloth
ing. He was identified as Cronin, so
the State Board of Control ordered the
prisoner returned to Waupun.
CAPT. II. WooD, of the Racine Light
Guard, has decided to receive dona-
tons for the suffering miners on the
Gogebic range. The armory at Racine
has been opened, and clothing, provls-
ions or money will be received at all
hours of the day or night. An effort
will be made to collect and ship a car
load OF supplies before next week. The
citizens Of Grand Rapids and Centralia
have loaded car with provisions and
will ship it to Hurley at once.
JAMES McNEEsE, who was stabbed re-
Gently at GAINESVILLE, has been dis
charged from the hospital. Jacob Ben
der, who is charged with cutting Nc
Necse, viii have his examination on
November 20.
NICK and Pete Meyer, of Fond du
Lac, and A. Bailey. of Oshkosh, were
found guilty OF a charge of stealing
turkeys and each was sentenced to six
months IL the county Jail.
INSURANCE CoMMIs~oSER Roof has not
taken any steps to revoke the certif
Gates of agents in Wisconsin of the in
solvent American Casualty Company.
LEVI j. ALDEN, one of the pioneer
newspaper men in Wisconsin, died at
his home in Madison. For several
years Mr.. Alden had been a sufferer
Irom cancer, which developed on his
face, and gradually worked upward
toward the brain, affecting Lis reason
and making it necessary to keep him
under the influence OF opiates. His
disease developed into ur;cmic poison
ing, which caused his death. Mr.. Al
den was born at Claremont, \. H., July
q, 1915, and was educated at Union
College, Schenectady, n. Y. He was
married in 1874 and came to GAINESVILLE
in 1919, and August 1t of the same year
commenced the publication of the James
vile Gazette, Of which he was editor
was elected member of the
Assembly for the GAINESVILLE dis
trict, and in 1853 was elected
clerk of the Rock County circuit court,
which position he held for eight success
sivc years. In 1867 he was appointed
superintendent of public printing in
the Office of the secretary of state,
where he continued six years, leaving
it in 1873 to take a position on the edi-
toral staff of the State Journal, wher5
he remained until a change in the office
took place on the death of Gen. David
atwood. Since that time he had done
little labor Mrs. Alden died in 1871,
and seven years later Mr.. Alden mar
ricd Miss Mary Dean, 4 sister of the
late John S. Dean, who survives him.
Rive 1ouuItnrS uprn horn of his flyer
marriage, of whom four are still living.
Mr.. Alden was a close student of ma
fopal and political affairs, and his writ
Sngs were logical conclusions drawn
from wide experience and observation.
The funeral will take place at the Uni
tartan Church at Madison, November
Is. The irtermcnt will be at GAINESVILLE.
WHILE stroling along the lake shore
near Parishville, Aid. Bonn, of Ash
land, discovered Il tOmahaWk in the
roots of a pine tree that had fallen into
the water. The roots of the pine had
entwined themselves about it, and had
even grown through the socket. From
the size of the tree. the tomahawk
must have been buried IS or leo years
Perhaps some warrior, in times bygone.
was buried on the spot his Ratchet and
weapons with him. 1t may even have
been the property Of some early voy-
ager, or even of some companion of
Marquette himself. Mr.. Bonn did not
explore the spot further, but certainly,
it is a very curious place to fnd a toma
hawk, under the roots Of sood-sized
pine tree.
HENRY BURKE, Il young farmer of the
town of Erin, Washington County, met
bis death while driving to his home
from Hartford. His body was found
aifcless under the wagon box. 1t is
thought that he must either have fallen
asleep, or in the darkness lost sight of
the road and drove too far up a steep
bank and thus tipped the box up, he
falling underneath. He leaves wife
and five small children.
JOHN SMITH, a Superior man, had to
suffer the amputation of his arm as Il re-
suit of a bite by man named William
Whalen. The men We're room-mates
and it is alleged that while Whalen was
in an intoxicated state he chewed
Smiths thumb partly off. Blood pois-
oning set in. Whalcn has been arrest
ed and bound over for trial in bonds of
$l00
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