Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-09

ror;zad tbe residents of South Oshkosh.
Eiyhte cen were arrested ~
The residence Of Max Frederick II
Oshkosh was damaged by fire TO the eA-
tent of $500. .;nc
alarming in Racine county. Not onIy
are thn crops being burned up but held
after field of grass and hay IS beng con-
sumed. The grass caught IRE IN . the
fields at Western Union Junction ana ~, lne
flames spread with hghtnlng, 1 1ap Wy,
Fences were burned and it took ~, men men
to stop it from burning barns ana laIL.-
houses At the farm OF John Scnulleh
hay. oats and grass were burned. t1fass
caught fire adjoining the sauerkfaut FAC
tory. and the immense buildings were
only saved by the prompt action or the
people living near by. PloWed efouAu
was all that saved number OF homes
The twelfth annual convention or the
Wisconsin German Press assoclatlon VIII
be held at La Crosse August L. 70 ahu
10. Preparations are already under way
to give the members Il cordial reception:
The president of the association IS Attoll
Witteman. editor of the ManltoWoc ToS-
fen. and the secretary, Editor Raetznan
of the Nolksfreund, who has heid tha1 po-
sition for several years. There IS one lauy
member of the association. She is edl-
tress of the Watcher at Portage.
In the circuit court at Racine FRANK
Miles pleaded guilty to the charge of
highway robbery and was sent 70 Nau
nm for one year Miles is from Nauke-
gan. Ill.,, and attempted to rob George
Award.
-Adebert Miller was sitting on a Win
dow sill in the second story OF his home
at GAINESVILLE when companion pushed
HIM out he tel hran ah hiy S raeo1er the pave
Miss Lessel of Appleton is recovering
from Il dangerous surgical operation.
About six inches Of dead femur bone was
removed and quite a bit Of the hip joint;
John II. Hodson, aged G2 years, died
at his home in Chicago He formerly re-
sided at .Jancsvile.
Mrs. Hugh NJ. Joyce fell on loose
board in a sidewalk at GAINESVILLE. She
sustained internal injuries of a serious
nature.
salesman, and Hugh Schulz of Marinette
have applied for a patent on what may
prove a valuable device for protecting
pneumatic tires from puncture. The de-
vice consists of Il simple strip OF tine,
hard steel as thin as paper, rolled SO as
to fit in a tire. Sample protectors are
now being made and will soon be tested:
The protector will be very light and will
add no appreciate weight to a wheel
Charles Matthews, Patrick Barry.
Charles Robertson and Vincent Murray.
on charge of robbng Richard Cushman,
an old soldier of Milwaukee,: Cushman
was sleeping in an open held when the
boys went through his pockets and got a
dollar. Robertson was sent to jail Tor
sixty days and the others were dis
charged, there being no evidence against
them.
A canal is to be dug through the
Portage marsh large enough to drain the
whole marsh and reclaim something like
5000 acres of land. The canal will be
u feet wide at the top, ~ feet deep
and II feet wide at the bottom. The sur
veys have been made recently, and a
steam dredge is expected to be put to
work before long
Bert Crawford, son of a well-to-do
farmer living near Evansville, is missing.
Search has been made everywhere for
him, but without avail. A Madison clair
voyant has comforted the distracted par
ents with the statement that the boy IS
in GAINESVILLE and will soon return home.
Mrs. Margaret e. Bennett, who has
held the principalship of Grafton hall at
Fond du Lac for some years past. has
left for New York. She will be joined
in that city by her sister and they to-
gether will sail for Paris, where it is
their intention to open Il school 70" girls.
John H. Faringer, aged 50 years.
died at his home in Madison from trouble
growing out of injuries he sustained ir
an accident three years ago. He came to
1864. He was Il manufacturer of sash,
doors and blinds
Charles +. Dana. a wel-known resi-
dent of Duluth, was drowned in Lake
Superior while on Il pleasure trip to Port
Arthur. Canada. Mr.. Dana was born and
raised in Portage. He was 36 years of
age.