Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30
s,,t Whitehead and Rabbi Hecht of


Milwaukee superintendent the oigali nns
ton of humane society at oteven;s
Point The officers elected are: res
dent, w. Il. Buckingham: ylce-presTlueiI,,.
Mrs. Bosworth; secretary, Mrs. Iohi,
Andrae: treasurer Miss irene ~, :;
county agent, i. e. otii.
permanent 1 mot
f-1The manufacturers of Menasha met
at the office of the John Strange paper
mill to arrange for the defense OF sun
began by the Neenah Water I,ower cor, If
pany against the owners ana use a., ;nos
pubiic water in Menasha. Neenah ciai Ils
the right to the use OF % per cent u NV
hydraulic pressure. -, IA 81,
0l;eorge Wemmert, the 17-year-old son
Of NJ and Mrs. John Wemmert, was
drowned while bathing in the lake ~ ND
oina An undertow carried him beyond
I b;a danth and he disappeared from view.
The BODY has not been recovered. AZ.
A canal is to be dug through tue
Portage marsh large enough to drain IN, me
whole marsh and reclaim something IKE
1000 acres of land The canal VIII oe
- feet wide at the top, ~ feet deep ana
:. foot wide at the bottom A steam
drelge is expected to be put to WORK pe-
fore long. os;d;ng ot
Oshkosh. was attacked by number o.
touchs at Fond du Lac and badly illJuieu.
He received Il serious wound III the pack
assailants. %t n
The annual convention of the officers
OF the town insurance companies OF tIG
state of Wisconsin will be held at Fond
du Lac commencing September ~ anu
continuing for three or four days
a special election was held at Nee
nah to see whether or not the city would
mt in sewers costing $1,000. The propo-
siton was defeated by thirty-eight ma
jority. .;
injuries in a runaway at GAINESVILLE. der
collar bone was broken and her back
badly injured. She will probably recover;
"A Republican club has been formed
at Prairie du Chen with 225 members.
The population of Madison nS0 accord
ing to the last census, IS l..uoo. e Mr. ond
Joseph, the 6-year-od son OF MI. ana
Mrs. r. Gascetski of Menasha, had his
leg taken off while trying to board IL
freight train at that place.
LIGHTNING caused considerable havoc
at the Wisconsin Central depot at Byron,
Fond du Lac county, ana nearly hll1e'l
Station Agent Tingelson during thunder
storm. The bolt struck telegraph pole
and followed the wires to the depot:
smashing the telegraph instruments ana
throwing Mr.. Tingelson with such force
against the other side of the room that
he was picked up UNCONSCIOUS.
H. d. Mckinney, the Well-knoWn
Wisconsin horseman, met with an accl-
dent at GAINESVILLE, and as Il result has Il
splintered collar bone and numerous
bruises about the head and face. He
was driving one of his horses on the race
track, the horse being equipped with hob.
bles While going at Il fast rate one of
the hobbies broke, and the horse caught
his foot in it and fell. Mr.. Mckinney
was thrown from the sulky seat and over
the horses head.
Thomas H. Farmer died at his home
in Beloit at the age of 20 years he
was for fifty years member OF the Be
lott Baptist church He was the son-ln-
law of Assistant State Superintendent of
Public instruction Prof. A. &. Hutchlns;;
Rudolph Henke, German employed
on farm in the town Of Rushtord, WIN
nebago county, was shot above the lett
eye by an unknown man. The authorl-
ties are investigating the case. Henke
claims to know the man by sight.
Bradford T. Van Vliet, 4 well-known
Illinois Central conductor, died at his
home in Madison of heart failure. MIR.
Van VIiet was we'll known in Madison,
and had been with the Illinois Central
road for thirty-five years.
w. L. WaggOner was arrested AT
Oshkosh on the strength of telegram
from the sheriff of Bates county, Mo.
He is wanted on a charge OF obtaining
money under false pretenses.
-Toleff O. Lee of the town OF Wind
sor, Dane county, had his foot crushed
under the wheels of steam thresher.
Part of the foot will have to be ampu-
tated.
The residence of William Johnson, a
farmer living at Dakota, near La Crosse,
was entered by a burglar who carried
off considerable iewelry and clothing.
William Salisbury, employed at the
lighting company's plant at Stevens Point,
was drowned in the Wisconsin river while
bathing. The body was recovered.
II ST
a row at Portage. George James is under
arrest on charge of having assaulted
CIemnons The latter may die.
Harry Barnhart and Mrs. Mary
Breskey are under arrest at Appleton on
over in $500 bonds.
John Sullivan, employed by Louis Pc
terson at Racine has disappeared. Mr..
Peterson is anxious for the return of Sui
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