Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-07-26
WISCONSIN NEWS.

While Hugh McMahon anu i1u II
gladden. were engaged in drilling III ,Hs
drill broke into an old hole containing
three or four pounds of powder Wilcn eA-
| nloded. Hugh McMahon. who was noiu-
| ing the drill, lost his right hand ana Iour
fingers on the left hand. hugh Cad gen.
who was striking. was Landed aDou' ~
few fingers. Thomas McManon M eas
separating the stuff about thirty Ieet
away and was seriously injured WIN ny
ing missiles. one of them striking MN upon
the head and leaving painful scalp
wound.
Hugh Mcmillan. attorney for the De ;+
! troit Electrical works. has begun a SUIT
| against T. I. Case and the Belle CITY
Street Railway company for 5000 dam
ages for alleged breach of contract IL
is claimed Mr.. Case and his two partners
obtained very low figures on contrac.
Racine from the Detroit Electrical WORKS
on condition that the latter would also
be given the contract for the equipment
| of another street railway at Green Day.
The Detroit firm did not get the Green
Bay job, and hence the suit: summons
was served on Mr. Case while he was
attending the race meeting in Detroit.
The Wisconsin Central railroad ice
house at Ashland was DESTROYED by hre.
| The blaze spread to an adjoining barh
and Angvick Bros furniture warehouse,
which were both burned. From these
places the fire worked to the Pabst Brew
ing company's warehouse. ana also II.
! Obermanns warehouse. Both the latter
buildings were badly scorched. Angv1ck
Bros. will sustain about $500 loss; Wis
consin Central $500: III. Obermann, 5000;
William Wender, $500, and Cramer n
| Co., $500.
George w. Ford of Delavan, who
| Las na+ o,>,,f 70 IoJI OF
for year for assaultins DR.. G. {.
Blanchard of that place, has been par.
doned by Gov. Peck, a large number of
Delavan people having signed a petition
asking for his release. The case was the
subject of considerable comment at the
| time, Ford being a Well-knoWn neWspa-
per man, and being a member OF tam
| lily that stood high in social circles.
| While Herbert Block and War Lob
man were sailing on the river at a point
opposite the swimming school in Sheboy-
gan their boat suddenly capsized: Miss
| Muth and her sister, Mrs. Muth. who
were in the water at the time, calamity
! swan to the sailors of the capsiZed boat
and assisted them in their dilemma until
| Charles Frazer came to the rescue with
a boat.
A severe hail storm passed a few
miles west of Waupaca, running the crops
and trees, and unroofing and damaging
more than half a crop of potatoes is now
past. The early ones are spoiled and the
| late ones are badly stunted in their
growth from the recent drouth.
-Sadler & Houghton, proprietors of a
millinery establishment at GAINESVILLE,
| made Il voluntary assignment. Aid. Il. >.
| Winslow was named as the assignee.
Mrs. Sadler places the liabilities at about
| $1,000, while the assets are fully $4,000
| and she thinks they may reach $4,000.
Lightning struck a barn ON Charles
| Spencers farm near Evansville, killing
| horse and setting fire to the building,
which was totally destroyed, together
with a tobacco shed and Il cow barn near
| by. Considerable hay and machinery
| were destroyed.
A very peculiar case Of sickness is
attracting the attention of the medical
profession and laity at Chippewa Falls.
The case is that of Paul Lavelle's daugh-
| ter, aged IA years, who has been Ill for
| the past two months, and for nearly slA
weeks of that time the girl has not eaten
a particle of solid food, her only diet
! being water and lemonade. There is
| scarcely Il pound of flesh on her bones.
Some of the medical men claim it is due
to nervous prostratlon.
In compliance with resolution adopt
ed at the last meeting of the Dane coun-
ty board instructing the district attorney
to look up the law as to the liabilities of
the county for the expenses incurred on
behalf of Mathew Ashton, the smallpox
patient who died in the county Jail last
February, District Attorney Leary has
| filed an opinion stating that the personal
representatives of Ashton are liable for
the pay of the nurses and other neceSsi-
ties, and that the city of Madison is liable
for the clothing of the nurses and the
| disinfecting of the Jail.
Herman Salisbury, who went to work
OF E.,1l. fho sim
trail road in the place of a striker, was
taken to his home almost dead. He was
riding on one of the three hand-cars that
carried a crew of lmen to Bateman, when
he fell off, the next car following passing
| over his head and chest. He suffered in
ternal injuries also, and will probably die.
He has Il wife and three children.
Aid. Charles Jorgensen of Racine has
begun a suit for alleged libel against A.
D. Hyman of the liquor firm of Hyman
Bros. Recently the application of Hy
man Bros. was brought before the COM
mon council and action deferred, it being
said that the firm sold to minors and al
lowed women in its place. Mr.. Hyman,
it is alleged, stated that AID. Jorgensen
was at the bottom Of the move.
IN. S. Neseroff, representative Of the
Russian government, is at Chippewa
manufacturing lumber. He is taking eX-
! tensive notes on the plant of the Chippe-
wa Lumber company and will take away
| with him photographs Of the different
pieces Of machinery used.
The Rev; w, Cane Of the Primitive
Methodist church of Dodgeville, who
went to Dakota Il few weeks ago to i'm
prove his health, died there of consump-
ton. The remains have been shipped to
Dodgevile for interment.
Daniel Sullivan. Indian farmer at
the Lac du Flambeau reservation, has
sent in his resignation to the department
at Washington. 1t will take effect as
| soon as his successor is appointed and
qualities.
George Osterhouse was instantly
killed in the town of Ontario, Vernon
county, by the collapse of Il wooden bridge
under the weight of traction engine
he had in charge.
M. NJ. Schoetz and w. w Reed of
Menasha and George Hilton of Oshkosh
have purchased the Brighton Beach prop
| orfy Sif1 no