Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-02-22

left side OF her body and the right side
of her face. Her recovery is doubtful
Emma Rogers had her ankle broken.
CAPT. W. n. LEWIS, soldier during
the late war, died at his home in Union
Grove, Racine County, aged 81 years.
He was 8 member OF the G. A. r.
A YACHT club has been organized at
Neenah. The incorporators are w. 4.
Stuart, John and James Kimberly, Ed
ward Sherry and Lutte Henry.
CHARLES SCHLoTTER was caught by
pulley while hosting ice at La Crosse
and pulled twenty feet in the air. lie
fell to the ground and broke his leg,
also receiving internal injuries.
Mrs. ANTON NANDERHoFF, Of Apple
ton, fell upon a slippery walk and broke
since the case of smallpox made Its
appearance in the Dane County jail
tramps are giving Madison wide berth.
A few weeks ago the place was overrun
with tramps, but now there IS not one
to be seen within the radius Of five
miles.
THE gymnasium of the Fond du Lac
Young Mems Club is used regularly by
over 200 individuals. The club has
membership of ITS.
A BARE-KNUCKLE prize fight took place
at Racine between young butcher and
a ieweler. The jeWeler was put to sleep
in four rounds. The stake was purse
of $40.
MATTHEW ASHTON, who is suffering
from smallpox in the Dane County
jail, is said to be recovering RAPIDLY,
F. A. HUsHER, who died few days
ago at Grand Forks, n. D., was at one
time editor of the Faedrelandet at La
Crosse, and during President HAYES
term he was register of the land office
at that place. At the close of his official
term Mr.. Husher removed his newspa.
per plant to Minneapolis. President
Harrison appointed him consul at St.
Thomas, Canada. Mr.. Husher was
widely known as gifted and accom-
plished writer, and in his mother tongue
was most eloquent and pleasing speak
err. He was at the time of his death ed
itor of the Normanna, at Grand Forks.
Two daughters survive him.
EVANSVILLE people who wedged into
the court house during the last day of
the Ashton trial and pushed through the
court to get near the prisoner are now
rolling up their sleeves to permit the
family physician to dose them with the
smallpox preventive. Ashton is down
with the disease in Dane County Jail.
HOG cholera has broken out on a farm
a mile from La Crosse. Twenty hogs
have died and twenty more are sick
in a herd of IT'S. The state veterinarian
has been telegraphed for. There is con-
siderable alarm among the farmers.
JESSE Crouch, aged 81 years, died at
his home in Appleton. He was mem
Der of Co. Z, Sixteenth Wisconsin
at the battle of Shiloh, and afterwards
discharged for disability.
MARY KICKS, the Wisconsin window
Smasher," has put in an appearance at
Eau Claire She was taken into custody
by a policeman as she was about to
wreck a fine plate-glass window i'll
store on the main street.
GEORGE SANGER, Of Beloit, was in
duced to cash draft Of 500 that after
wards proved worthless at the request
of man who had ingratiated himself
as cousin, A. II. Sanger, of Boston.
The Pioneer Furniture Company, Of
Eau Claire, has decided to add to it's
big factory department for the manu-
facture of burial caskets.
Four prominent Fond du Lac citizens
who own fast horses were taken in by
"hayseed" a few days ago. The men
were speeding their horses on the ice
track when along came a farmer with a
loose iointed animal hitched to an old
fashioned cutter. The city chaps made
fun of the farmer and his outfit, but
they were surprised when he chal-
]enged them to race. The smart young
men accepted, and when the affair was
over the farmer had the track to him
self The farmer resides in the town of
Byron and is said to own few horses
that can easily 60 a mile better than
2:3O.
The body Of Hugh Storey, an old
resident of Madison, was found in his
residence. Doctors say he had been
dead about two weeks. He was
bachelor about 60 years of age and
lived by himself in the basement of the
house The people living in the upper
part had not seen him for two or three
weeks, but thought little of it. No
marks of violence were on his person.
Rats had eaten away a portion Of his
face. An inquest will be held.
JOHN A. KING was arrested at La
Crosse on a charge of larceny and SEN
fenced to 60 days in the county jail.
Upon leaving the court room he took
the judges overcoat with him and the
theft was not discovered until King had
reached the Jail.
Two men giving their name as Pat
rick O'Brien and John Hobson escaped
from the Fond du Lac Jail. They were
under arrest on charge of larceny.
AUGUST ENTERS, of Grand Chute, Outa-
gamie County, has been arrested on a
charge of cutting John Steifenburg with
a knife. He was held in $500 bonds.
A SLEIGH load of Menasha young peo-
pie was overturned and the occupants
thrown down an embankment. Several
were slightly injured.
AN open switch caused a wreck on
the Northwestern road at Appleton
Junction, Several freight cars were de-
molished.
HENRY 7. INLAND, North Western
brakeman, had his right hand crushed
while making coupling at Fond du Lac.
A BARN belonging to B. Korsch, of
Oshkosh. was DESTROYED BY fire. The