Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
WISCONSIN NEWS.

Bennett decided in the case OF Rock
county against the city of Edgerton. Inc
| county brought suit against the city OF
! Edgerton to compel the payment OF soo
! on each LIQUOR license granted D! the
Edgerton council The defendant put III
a demurrer alleging the law to be I'M
| constitutional and the demurrer was sus-
| tanned.
While Mrs. John Manning was pick
ing berries a short distance from Arcadla
f! she came face to face with Il large she
! wolf with Il number of whelps. he
woman was terribly frightened, her
| screams attracting the attention OF some
workmen near by who carried her home
| She is IN a critical condition. and 1t Is
! feared she will lose her reason.
The warehouse of the Paul Paper
company at Menasha was destroyed by
fire. entailing loss Of $4,000: partly IN
| sured 1t is the opinion Of the authorl-
ties that the blaze was of incendlary
origin.
While the family of John Gieble,
| living near Fond du Lac, were attending
the circus thieves entered the house and
carried off considerable jewelry and other
articles.
George Holm of Ives Grove, Racine
county. was struck by lightning and rem
| dered insenslble. His left side was par
alyzed and the flesh has turned black.
v.
Brown. pastor of the African church at
Racine was transferred to the African
| church at Aurora Ill. When the annual
conference was held at Des MONIES, Ia,
| it was discovered that the accounts OF
| Mr. Brown were not correct. The matter
Was reported to headquarters and an in
vestigation ordered Presiding Elder Z.
| H. Thomas of Chicago Went to Racine
for that purpose The Rev. Mr.. Brown
was temporarily suspended from the MN
istry pending the action of the next an
nual conference at Chicago next Septem-
! Der.
| Grin Lord was sentenced to one year
| at hard labor at Waupun in the Green
| Lake county circuit court for stealing u
| gold watch from G. II. Thomas OF Ham
| cock, last summer.
In the BAPTIST Scandinavian church
conference at Racine the Rev. J. A. Ohrn
| of Milwaukee was elected president and
| the Rev. Mr.. Henningson of Chicago vice
! president.
| William Peters, convicted of passing
| counterfeit coin at Oshkosh, was sem
| fenced to four years and four months III
| state prison.
The members of the Racine Business
Mems association, 25O strong. have adopt
| ed a set of resolutions denouncing certain
members of the city council Tor their ac-
| ton in delaying the erection OF a 100000
| high school and also improving other
schools. all of which are inadequate for
| the rising generation. Over 800 children
| in the city are unable to attend school on
| account of there not being room.
AT the business meeting of the Four
teenth Wisconsin regiment ut the Depere
reunion constitution and bylaws were
adopted, making it permanent organiza-
ton. The old officers We're reelected as
follows: President, f. IL. Magdebnrg,
Milwaukee; secretary, f. 4. Sphinx, Osh-
kosh treasurer, John D. Cook, Fond du
Lac; also ten yice-presldents, one from
each company. The place of the next
meeting was left with the officers. A dim
ner was furnished the veterans by the cit
liens. An entertainment, asso provided
by the citizens, closed the days pro-
gramme.
Judge Bailey, at Eau Claire, decided
the ease Of Otto Neitge ct al versus the
State of Wisconsin, the Chicages, ST. Paul,
Minneapolis q Omaha Railway company
ct al. IN favor Of the railroad company,
the ground OF the decision Being the
Eaches of the elder Neitge, tive original
claimant. now dead, who neglected to
properly assert his claim. The case in
volved the title of the site of 5he village
of Deer Park, st. Croix county.
-Four little boys of Stevens Point
caused quite a crash at McDll by loosen
ing the brakes Of twenty empty box cars
so that they ran down the incline. They
coIlitEed with three loaded cans at the
NIcDiID fiouring mills, knocking one of
them into the river and breaking up the
Others The crash was heard Il mile from
there. The wheat car at the nill con-
tanned 600 bushels.
The dispute over the contrast for the
Racine high school has been eaded. 1t
was decided to award the contract to
Hugh Il. Edwards. whose bid was $46,-
I'll. THE combination bid wass S4G,6)0,
er sos less than Mr.. Edwards bid, but
the committee concluded that it was bet
ter to let tire contract i'll whole. The re-
ports made to the council heretofore will
be- recOmSidered.
The body of the man found in the
fumes OFF the south race at Naenah has
been identified as that of Neili McCully,
who escaped from the Northern Insane
committed suicide by jumping into Lake
WinnebagS. and his body WEES carried
tEsMn into the race.
Prof. Henry of the Wisconsin Tx
pertinent station writes of a Sudden and
extra ordi aiary decrease of the state dairy
herd. The decline of one of the number
last winter led him TO order test with
the Koch sMRerculin. The work was per-
Formed by Dr. Russell, the bacteriolo-
gist. anef DIR. Clark, lecturer on veteri-
nary science. Twenty-Five animals out of
the herd of thirty responded! to the test
Twenty animals have been killed
up to date. twenty-sX showing tubercu-
lar consumption of the lungs. Hereto
fore this herd had been fuly up to-
average in health and this trouble was
surely of recent origin. DIR Russell is
now preparing Il bulletin giving the re-
suits of the Investigations. This will be-
issued shortly.
-Ex-Sheritf Christansan of Racine
county brought his son Martin, a ravng
maniac, to Racine. The man is six feet
tall and weighs 200 pounds. He has been
living OFT the farm of his father in the
town of Yorkville. Twss weeks ago he
showed signs of insanity. When being
brought in his little SON was in the wagon.
He struck the lad on the nose and nearly
broke it and wanted te Kill his fatheH with
| & cane which he had. At the jail the city
| marshal had desperate struggle with
| the man. Three years ago he disappeared
from home, leaving 81 wife and chaAd, and
was not heard from for Il year. He will
be taken to the Nogthern Insane asylum.
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