Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-09-14

JUDGE WALTER CLARK, of the North
oalol!ha supreme court, is at Mad;so Va
thAa1lnlhg documents in the librarv &c
the State Historical Society for i MY "a
tlon concerning the revolution 'oi iiia-
NINE pickerel and seventeen hoo
were taken from Lake Mendoza in p nra
gay oy George Gillies, of Madison and
george Gold, OF Milwaukee. Gnu
Y, MILDRED II l0-year-old daughter Of :
c,de Itr IN 20, 81 Madison; met with an >
small cart which resulted in the br .sai a
ing OF leg III two places.
GEORGE SHELDON, of Madison. has ra-
celVed curiosity from Alaska
IN the shape OF mastodon's tooth
sent him by Rev. J. W Char,
man ma Episcopal bishop Of Alaska. Who
1 'S Il'iS e OF a mission at AnVlk. in the
lmrpfrtnefn part of the frozen territory
ne tooll was found OH the banks ofthe
upper lukon River, and the Rishon
writes that mastodon skeletons are nftopp
dlsclosed there by the breaking away of
the river bank. The tooth sent is ner-
lec1 specimen, 8 inches long, 81 inches
Wlde and ) inches thick in the heaviest
mart, and weighs about pounds.
=, "A NoiLE was entered at Oshkosh in
the case OF the state VS.. c. A. Mather
ana this ends one of the most noted
criminal actions in the history of Wis
conslh A year ago the defendant, who
Is 90 years OF age, was indicted for re-
ecelvIng deposits when he knew the
Mather Bank, of Berlin, of which he was
president and, owner. to be insolvent
The trial lasted month and resulted in
disagreement. His wife, young
woman and a graduate of Madison Law
School, assisted in the defense. A
trusted nephew had wrecked the bank
and absconded. Mr.. Mather had no
active participation in the management.
1t was shown at the trial that a box of
poker chips had been carried for months
as 5000. 1t is the belief that no Jury
could be found to convict.
SNAKES are more numerous along the
Mississippi and Wisconsin river bot
rattlers have been killed. They are
driven from the highlands by the dry
weather.
THE Ashland Daily News has been
transferred by Clarence Dennis and
Clarence Snyder to syndicate consist
ing Of Fred. H. Burke, +. w. Smith, O.
n. Calef and Charles Burke.
THE Mississippi River is lower than is
known to history. La Crosse is the
head of navigation now and all freight
for northern points is transferred to
rail there
STATE GAME WARDEN FERNANDEZ has
the mounted skin of a two-headed calf
on exhibition in his office at the capitol.
john MORRIS, of Yorkville, Racine
County, is the possessor of a curiosity
III the shape of a horned pig.
VIRGIL A. HENWooD, a resident of
Madison for over thirty years, is dead,
aged So.
ATTORNEY GENERAL O'CoNNoR is i'll at
Madison.
WAR EAGLE, one Of the tribe of Win
nebagoes in the village on Midway
Plaisance, Worlds Fair, died at the
Mercy Hospital on the 4th inst, aged
-. For many years he had been gov
city about six weeks ago and was soon
taken sick 1t was found he was suffer-
ing from paralysis and he was taken to
the hospital. While the physicians
were endeavoring to save War Eagles
life, Green Cloud, the medicine man of
the Winnebago tribe, arrayed himself
for lamentations and sang weird songs to
the Great Spirit to save War Eagle, but
neither art nor sorcery availed and the
spirit of the brave sought his fathers.
AN examination of the affairs
Of Seymour's bank which failed
recently, is being conducted at
ILL ppC q <lllo bN1oIO Sb Nou1 SoiAiiAh0
sioner. The president, d. E. Seymour,
has been on the stand two days, and
thus far has shown surprising lack of
knowledge of the banks affairs. The
bank is in bad shape. On the afternoon
of the 4th after the examination closed
a woman who had 5000 in the bank at
tackled Mr. Seymour, and crowd gath
ering he had to be hurried away. There
is much excitement.
BAHMAN CLARK, aged 95 years and
IS days, died at Hebron, on the farm
where he had lived since coming to
the state in the spring of l949. His
father was Revolutionary soldier, and
was present at the surrender Of Bur
goyne. An iron-bound wood mortar,
with wood trest!e, picked up by him on
the battlefield Of Saratoga, has been pre-
served and is now owned by his grand
son. His mothers name was Mary
Lee, of the Virginia family of Lees, and
not remote from the family of Gen. Il.
L. Lee.
BEARS make it dangerous for children
to frequent the woods near Florence.
A fine cow belonging to Editor 1oungs,
of the Mining News, was shocklngly
mutilated by savage bear recently.
SPARKS from a hunters gun lgnlted
the grass on Barnes Flats, near Racine.
Fifty tons of hay in stack were de.
stroved and over 100 acres of land were
CunDt by the flames