Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-12-28
WISCONSIN NEWS.

| IUMBERMEN are experiencing great
| deal OF difficulty in CARRYING on logging
| operations along the Menominee River
on account of the deep snow in the
! woods. Except at the lower camps it
has become a serious matter. One COM
! pany is employing from sixty to seven
! tv more men than it would if there was
less snow and plishing less with
them. On the upper branches of the
Menomlnee the snow averages from
| two feet to three and one-half feet IN
! depth.
| A STRANGER attempted to board a
| freight train at Heafford Junction and
! by misstep fell between the cars. His
neck was broken by the fall, and his
| body was badly mangled. There was
nothing found in his clothes that would
lead to his identification.
A. W. PATTEN, of Appleton. has just
completed and furnished throughout
with bell, organ, furnace, carpets,
chairs, etc, at his own expense, a model
| church editice for Nekoosa citizens.
ABOUT twenty feet of the Crawford
works dam at Lake Geneva went out a
few days ago and let off all the head of
water. 1t will require about 800 loads
of stone to fill the gap.
MARTIN Bull, Of Token Creek, Dane
County, was fined $40 and costs on a
charge of assaulting John Grimm, q
farmer residing near that place.
THE paper and paint store of L. A.
Nelson at Madison has been closed 10y
the sheriff on an execution for S13'3 in
favor of I. p Nelson.
DANIEL OAKEN lost a portion Of his
left hand while making a coupling in
the St. Paul yards at La Crosse.
A CLAIM has been filed by the city of
Madison against the estate of Anna b.
OFT, deceased, for delinquent taxes as
sessed against her personal property for
six years from 1888, amounting to
$794.60, with interest. Several years
ago Mrs. OFT was found to be insane and
taken to the MENDOZA Hospital, where
she died few months since. A guard
ian was appointed for her, who was and
is now resident of Florida. The ques-
ton involved is whether the tax is to be
assessed at the place of residence of the
| guardian or of the ward. The matter
will be argued at the January term of
court.
THE creditors Of David Drummond,
the La Crosse jeweler who assigned re-
Gently, will contest q mortgage for
S., 900 which was given on the stock to
Frank Shadbolt, Of that city.
TIE GAINESVILLE Tranfer and Implement
Company made an assignment to John
L. Reynolds, of JanesviIlc. The COM
pany has capital stock Of $ll 600. The
liabilities are not known.
Mrs. WILLIAM WEHEs, q resident Of
BostWick Valley, near La Crosse, had
her pocket picked Of a purse containing
500 and a gold watch and ring while
shopping at La Crosse.
RuDoLpI1 PETRIcEK, the La Crosse
young man who claimed he was held up
and shot by highwaymen at Winona,
Mimi, few days ago, has confessed
that he shot himself.
r. r. PYLE, travelling salesman for a
Louisville tobacco house, accidentally
took all overdose Of morphine at APP
pleton and was taken to the hospital in
critical condition.
Phil MoREY has been arrested at
Oshkosh on a charge of steallnga cutter
at Hortonville He was bound over in
$500 bonds.
P. w. MEEIIAS, Beloit furniture
dealer, has made an assignment. His
liabilities are estimated at s. 800.
WORD has been received at Ashland
from Washington that permission has
been granted to j. +. Stearns, of Lud-
ington, Mich, to build at Odanah $50
900 saw-mill Mr.. Stearns has left for
Washington TO file his bond Of $4,000.
He will return and begin logging oter-
atoms by January l.. This means that
employment will be given to the Oda-
nah Indians, both in the woods and at
the new mill. The Indians of this res
ervation spend most Of their money at
Ashland.
LA CRossE's building improvements of
the year cost 1874 40. Last year it was
$671 ,495, showing a gain Of $l22, 64o. In
municipal improvements there has been
gain of $40, $50.
FRED. M. KLINE, former resident of
Marinette, was recently burned out at
Pueblo, Col, and lost all his household
goods, including a library worth $500.
FRED. EASTMAN, yard brakeman for
the Wisconsin Central at Fond du Lac,
lost the finger and the thumb OF his
right hand while making coupling.
Mrs. NANCY SNYDER died at her home
in Oshkosh, aged y years. She was
quite wealthy, although for many years
she lived in secluslon.
Mrs. J. L. GILLESPIE, a resident Of
Grantsburg, died at G27 Nicollet Avenue,
St. Paul, a few days ago. under peculiar
circumstances. An officer saw three
men removing the BODY from an UNDER
taking establishment and brought the
matter to the attention Of County Attor-
new Nye, who made thorough investi-
CATION. It looked as though sensa-
ton was about to be uneartbed, but the
county attorney came into possession of
certain documentary evidence which
convinced him that the death of Mrs.
| Gillespie was due to natural causes.
Mr. Gillespie was notified, but as his
child had diphtheria he was unable to
60 to st. Paul, being under quarantine.
He sent an attorney to st. Paul to take
charge of the remains.