Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-27
WISCONSIN NEWS.

~ rar1niOn took place in Green
: l1 %ich * worthy of mention. Seven
Bay md sisters of the Massee family
bro,nT snenr the day, it being thirtyone
pei a" .;n1a they had all met together
years ,n,aS are John and Charles A.
IAPi' II Sturgeon Bay, A. @. NJ, AL
WI and Joseph Massee and Mrs. Celia
.'' =" If this city, and Mrs. G. Deranitz
b'I r.rf Howard. In 1862 the seven met
OIL ',o,s9 Bav and had a photograph TAX
Z. 4f,r If the boys being about to enter
En- lgn ',,, AT that time they hardly expect
tl' Ill III III meet again, but after thirty one
el 10 a." a., same seven had another photo
gear |tar.an. each occupying the same po-
graph ~ n the first one. The two pict-
I.i'" r,T he treasured as valuable me-
1r,oes Of the family.
,,,n annual reunion Of the Third Regi-
- Wisconsin Volunteer infantry was
men, I at Portage. Following are the
l a''.r. elected for the ensuing year: Pres
o 4, T. Giddngs, Neenah; vice-presi-
l.ar. c. II. Bates, Lamartine; secretary,
~ r Gnodhue. Milwaukee,; treasurer,
wv UmkIey, Minneapolis. Fond du
,.' wa, selected as the place for holding
~ nnyr reunion, and it will begin on
u. Inoslav nearest the anniversary of
W, haff,p Of Antietam, which was fought
o'i' hard-hearted brakeman elected
e.,, his train Philo Mccoy, little blind
iaJ Of Fond du Lac, who had been lifted
:"4, an empty car by some of his COM
Dn;,ns iust as the train began to move
ID, Tbp boy felt his way along fence
5,j very luckily stumbled against a
f'rmhonsp. where he was well taken
car. Of.
col. Gabc Bouck, seeing about fifty
.lHIrrn ut the entrance to the Oshkosh
q t"ir uaured the price of admission for
tb ,,' vonngsterS. The ticket seller hesitat-
o nj q moment and then replied: about
e. well. let 'em ill.," said Gabe, and
s b. drew from his pocket the required
sum.
The feet schooner yacht Merlin has
boan purchased by Jesse ID. Sarles, a
nrominnnt member of the Racine Yacht
rInb from Commodore Horace J. Conley
Of tbe Green Bay Yacht club. During
th. coming winter the Merlin will be TAX
on 70 the Shipyard and given d modern
overhang bow and stern, iengthening the
~ Inf ten feet on the overall measure
mpnt. without changing the water line,
however. The present suit OF sails is
considered by Capt Sarles to be too small
far yacht of the Merin's size, and
,hrwf,l lo fitted out with new lofty masts
feet Of canvas to the breeze. The cabin
will rpcciy" Il complete oyerhauing, and
II will hr much improved. The Merlin,
under tie command of Capt. Conley, has
proved herself to be the teetest schooner
Yacht on Lake Michigan for her size.
She is the only one that has been able
f., defeat the crack Hawthorne of Chicago
during the season. and in two races has
managed to keep within her time allow
anre
GAINESVILLE saloon men will contest the
election which placed the license at 5000
on the ground that the election was not
conducted in accordance with law. There
were three separate ballots, one for 5000,
one for 500 and one for $500, which
they claim were irregular. They also
claim that the ballot clerks in some cases
compelled voters to name the amount
they desired to vote for and handed out
ballots accordingly.
The marriage of Miss Laura e. Ma
son. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Mason Of Chicago, to Robert l. Wall,
Wisconsin representative of the n. *.
Farbank company of Chicago. took place
in the Presbyterian church at Fond du
Lac. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev r. Wall of Fairfield. Ia. father
of the groom, who was assisted by the
Rev, John Baltzly.
Fire originated from steam thresher
on the farm of Fred Gertz near Alma.
Before anything could be done the thresh
ing machine, Il new one owned by Il.
Ayrrback. was burned The loss to Gertz
was about 1000 bushels of wheat, 500
bushels of oats and some barley. The
house barn and contents were also con-
eumed
Mrs. Laura Weaver McM m. who
,ri. Il II
Fond du Lac September 6. and whose
husband died two weeks ago from the
same cause. died on the Goth inst. after
two weeks of the most acute suffering.
A II. eastman, the young man who
disappeared from Racine recently. has
been heard from at New York. He is on
his way to Florida and gives as an eX-
cuSe for leaving that his health failed
him.
Austin Whittemore. on trial at Ke
noSua for shooting Schmarrow and For
rey, was acquitted The defendant
claimed that the killing was in self-de-
tense
The Diamond Match company will
shortly begin the most extensive seasons
logging operations ever known in Wiscon-
SIN Timber to the extent of 2OO,OOO,OOO
ieet has been burned over and the match
company wishes to save the logs from
the destructive worm that so quickly eats
the best part of the pine away. To do
ihlS, this immense amount of timber will
nave to be put in the streams almost at
once. The Diamond Match company is
very wealthy concern and proposes to
preserve most of this burned timber.
" It'll this in mind the most extensive
logging operations ever carried on by one
company i'll the world will be started in
the Northern forests. The company Will
hire lnnumerab!e jobbers who will have
on their pay rolls an army OF men. Ii
the 700 100000 feet of charred logs can
De rolled in the water soon an untold
amount of money can be saved. 1t Is es-
tmated that between 2OOO and 5000 men
VIII be given employment, and work Will
be afforded hundreds of teams.
-Adolph Dalzer, Il Russian residing at
laneSvIie is about to return to his native
iaud. He has taken out naturalization pa
prrS, as during November the Russian Of
ngaiS 60 through the country picking up
I'LL the abie-hodied young men FOR service
III the army, and some who refuse to
serve. are transported to Siberia as po-
Atcal prisoners
Burglars attempted to rob the safe
u the Rev. Father Boucher at the St
LOUIS church parsonage at Fond du Lac
while the reverend father was absent
The safe shows marks of the heavy
bounding it received, evidently with
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