Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-24
WISCONSIN NEWS.

| Winnahago According to their stor! .ney
wore without food for two days anu
nights. They were On their way ron
| Neenah to Menasha in sand scow uu,
| ing the severe storm last week. o'i,i'leni'
the centerboard broke and the scow De,
came nageable The scoW drl1teu
| into the middle of the lake, ana Tue wy
cast anchor to keep from caps!A,ns n,;ohf
that manner they spent the nrst NM ~,
exposed to the cold northeast VIVA; :, ~ ne
next day they lifted the anchor ana drlll !.
cd about the lake. finally going ashore ~
| stony Beach. near Oshkosh. The wearleal
appearance of the boys partially cohhrhleo
| their story. ~
The Pelton will contest is on trial pc
an appeal from Judge Sale: Davlu M.
Pelton. of Beloit, died, leaving property
valued at $50 1000 which he willed to Ger
tain of his relatives. The will IS contest,
ed by relatives who are not reheLilpe4 tta
| in the document. they claiming tnat .ne
| old man was not OF souHu lliiio
| will was executed.
John Johnson, aged about 30 years,
a boat builder, was drowned at C0nants
| RaDids. near Stevens Point ne az
temntei to go over the Whiting dam III
a boat with a chest of tools, ana when
| last seen said he was gong TO leaVe 1or
other parts to look for work
Mrs Mary Mccarthy. of GAINESVILLE,
has received $4,000 from the Chicago,
milwaukee, & st. Paul Railway Company
as a settlement for the death OF her son,
who was killed while in the companys
employ.
Fire destroyed the residences of Mrs.
Quinn and Charles Buck at FonG du
Lac Mr.. Bucks loss is 5000 ana MIS-.
! Quinn's loss about 5000.
| Mrs. A. Il. Briggs, Il well-known res
| ident of Appleton, died in Chicago hos
pital, where she had gone to have an IN
| ternal tumor removed.
The Mississippi River at La Crosse
| has risen over Il foot the past few days
1t is still five feet below high water mark.
Frank Benane, residing near Flor
| ence, accidentally shot himself through
| the leg while handling rifle.
DIR. G. +. Phillips, a well known
physician of Stevens Point, died OF quick
consumption, aged 80 years
Work is being pushed at the Horton
| vile mine in Outagamie County. Since
| putting in machinery the company has
| been running two crews and are sinking
| the shaft at the rate OF one foot to every
shift, or two feet every twenty-four
hours. They have reached a depth OF
sixty feet and are still in the sandstone.
The pumps are throwing ont about sixty
gallons of water Il minute. 1t IS wei
known that the locality of the mine pos
sesses an attraction for Lightning. and the
miners were very fOrcbly reminded OF
the fact the first of the week by Il stroke
landing in close proximity to- the shaft.
This attraction is considered ain evidence
of mineral deposits, but the miners con-
slider the indications rs found i'm the shaft
good enough.
The summer meeting of the Wiscon-
sin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Let
ters will take place at BeOit june {, )
and 8. The sessions will be held i'm Pear
sons Science Hall at the college. Presi-
dent Eaton will deliver an address,
Edward Williams, a Nekimi farmer,
has found Il specimen of copper OF gold
on his farm which weighs five OK six
pounds 1t is of an irregular shape, and
it's elasticity lis such that it cannot be
broken with a hammer
The case of Mary Bowser against G..
Gimmer was tried in the circuit court at
Oshkosh and the plaintiff was AWARDED
$1,000 damages. Miss Bowser sued foi
$4,000 for alleged breach of PROMISE:
William H. Clifford the GAINESVILLE
f@tter carrier wise was recently shot liz
Chicago, has about recovered from the
effects of his wound.
Cook Bros. of Oconto. have begun
suit against the 500 Railway Company
for 500, 900 damages. They are extensive
cedar dealers, ansa about Il year ago lost
considerable lumber by fires along the
500 line. They alege that the flames or
ignated from fges started by section
crews
District No. q of the Beta Theta Pf
fra ternity is holding it's annual convention
at Madison. Delegates are present from
several states. ,Ehe chapter of BelDit
College is entertaining the visitors.
Christian Bachler. Il farmer of Avon,
Rock County, is tho father of twentNrsiN
children, sixteen Of whom are living. He
has been married jalree times and is now
80 years of age.
Deputy Game. Warden Lawrence's,
boat was stolen from it's mooring at Mad+
ison xsld sunk in hlake Mendoza.
james Murray wanted by the Chi
cago police, has decided to go from. Mau
Claire without Il lNuuisltion.
A race meeting will be held at Apple
ton i'm. June. Purses aggregating $l,DDO
will I've hung up.
One of the mBst important transact
tons in lumber affairs at Ashland i'll
late years is the Aorma ton of the Ash
land Lumber Company. BY the fOElnA-
ton of this company the interests Of sew
eral prominent lunshermen and capitalists,
are consolidated :snd with Il paid up capi
tai stock of $1O0,D00, the company will
easily take rank, as 0ne of the leading
lumber concerns off Ashland.
The largest tax sale in GAINESVILLE
since the days OF James Buchanan took
place May Is. six hundred and eighteem
parcels, embracing farms and City ansd
wene sold, in nearly every instance the
property being taken for the 1893, taxes
anG charges. without division.
The city officials of Ashland have
again hauled UP the agents of the out
side brewing companies for doing bust
ness without City licenses. The case re-
sulting from similar action last year is
naOSinp aunfn hn Sta TO
court Milwaukee and Chicago, hfMwery
companies ara' Interested.
The government enterprise Of import
ing Lapianders and their dogs to Alaska
for the development of that country has
been temporarily diverted into u t0-cent
freak show at Madison, that ssmtl now
being charged for a view of the visitors.
DIR. Yusengst, who is awaiting trail at
Janesville an a charge of killing William
Jameson. IS said to be diving OF aonsnmp-