Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-11-15
WISCONSIN NEWS.


~ taken. In the evening of the same day
the home of George Fish of Waunakee
was entered and $3.50 in bills taken.
| There have also been several other small
burglar;es, and it is believed the work
vas dore by Il woman or a man who
dresses i'll wonan's clothes.
The sheriff of Fond du Lac county
through his vigilance. He was awakened
during the night by slight noise and
he at once started on an investigating
tour. He found one of the window bars
partially sawed through. The work waa
done by the three men arrested Il few
days ago on Il charge OF burglary.
During 4 thunder storm lightning
struck tree that stood Il few feet from
the corner of A. f. Perter's house in
Pacific, Columbia county The tree was
torn to sliyers The bolt then plowed Il
ditch to the corner of the house, tearing
off the siding and shaking up things in
general.
down the Burlington railroad track at La
Crosse. At Calvert. five miles distant. she
took a dose of aconite and died after eX
IRENE suffering at the house of farmer
near by. No cause is ASST gned except
temporary insanity.
Ambrose L. Lannon. whose death oc-
Cured at Lannon. was one of the Oldest
Milwaukee IN 1896 and lived there until
1851. when he went into the northern
part of the state In 1886 he was APP
pointed postmaster at Lannon Springs
George Barker. one of the Oldest en-
gineers of the Lake Shore division of the
denly attacked with apopleXy at Manito-
woe and fell to the sidewalk He now
lies i'll Il critical condition.
w. ii. Smith, farmer living near
Kenosha, found a trunk and "A vaise
concealed i'll his haystack. A book was
found in the trunk with the name of Lud-
wick Genisinger. The authorities are
investigating the matter.
There is Il movement on foot at Mad.
ison looking towards the purchase of
land at the eastern terminus of the city
street car line. in the town of Blooming
Grove, for fair grounds for Dane county.
AT the Devils Nose. Il short distance
from Devils lake, there was Il wreck ON
the North Western road which resulted fa-
tally. A gang OF men was laying new
rails, and. failing to flag freight, it
plunged into an open place. The engine,
with Engineer Hatch still at the throttle,
rolled over and over down the bank forty
feet high. The engineer was badly in,
iured but will recover The fireman had
jumped. Several cars also went down.
There was rebellion at the La Crosse
high school election day. 1t had been de-
cided not to close the schools but to give
the pupils the holiday the day after
Thanksgiving. The high school boys OBJ
jected They gathered near the school
to keep others from attending and the re-
suit was that only about a third of the
pupils answered the roll call
Dogs are again making sad havoc
among the sheep flocks of Racine county.
Nineteen sheep Of G. S. Foster of Mt.
Pleasant were recently killed, and ten
head of \. Sewel were killed and twenty
badly injured.
Thomas Brennan and Frank Burns
are under arrest at GAINESVILLE on a charge
of robbing the Columbia creamery in the
town of Turtle Both entered a plea of
not guilty. They will have Il hearing No
vember l..
Mrs. Elizabeth Dwnnell Chandler,
wife of Prof. Charles IL. Chandler, died
at her home in Rpon. Mrs. Chandler
time, and her death was very sudden.
The Philip Hendricks company of Wa,
| tertown, furniture manufacturers has
made an ASST gnnlent for the benefit of cred
itors. C. II. Jocel is the assignee. The
liabilities are estimated at $4,000.
AT a meeting of the Neenah common
council the interurban franchise came up
and was referred to the city attorney
and ordinance committee, who will inves-
tigate it thoroughly between now and the
next meeting of the council. November
| 10, when they will make a report
Henry J. Lehman, for several years
proofreader in the secretary OF states
office. died at his home in Madison of con-
sumption. The deceased was about ~
years of age, an old printer, and was
editor of several German newspapers in
this state in former years.
Stephen d. Benedict, for many years
prosperous farmer in the town of Osh-
kosh, but of late years a resident of Sl-
bin. Mimi, died very suddenly at his
home.
A man giving his name as Carlson
pleaded guilty to charge of burglary at
Peshtigo and was sentenced to one year
III state prison.
John Hose was severely injured in a
| runaway accident while returning home
from election at Wayne, Washington
county.
On the morning of July 26 Everett
| Newell started on the back of a bronchO
from his home in .Stoughton Dane county,
| for New York city. At Akron o., the
ponys back became so sore that he was
obliged to sell him. He made a KNAPP
sack out of one of the saddlebags and
| walked the rest of the way to New York
city. The route took him through the oil
sylvana and across the wild, almost I'M
inhabited mountains and valleys of the
northern part of the state He reached
New York city safe and sound and in
much better health than when he started.
Judge Henry Textor well-known at
| torney of Bayfield, and county judge of
Bayfield, county, died very suddenly. He
had been suffering for several days from
an attack of tonsilitis, but was thought
to be out of danger. He was % years old,
unmarried and without relatives there.
He was a prominent Mason and Odd Eel
| low and the remains were taken in charge
by these two orders.
John Morgan of Baraboo has begun
suit against the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railway company for $1,000
damages, alleged to have been sustained
through the overturning of cutter by a
defective crossing on a sidetrack on
Thompson street in Portage last winter
The case is for trial at the November
term of the circuit court.
William Trepanier was terribly
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