Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-11-22
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Improvement and Northern Elevator COM
panies, was organized at Duluth.
The pne hundredth anniversary of the
birth of William Cullen Bryant will be
celebrated November "A in Princeton, Ill.,,
the home of his only living brother.
A receiver has been appointed at New
York for Rev. DIR. Daniel $. Gregory,
seven years professor in the Worcester
university and eight years president of
Lake Forest university.
The holders of the bonds of the Colo
RADIO Midland railroad, who have been in
tending for some time to ask for the APP
pointment of a separate receiver for that
property, have been induced to wait until
plans are completed for the reorganization
of the entire Santa Fe system.
Unknown persons have made two at
tempts to wreck the midnight messenger
passenger train over the Chicago & Alton
road at Joliet.
Miss Edith Duval, aged 20, disap-
peared from her home in Quincy. H. 1t
is feared she has killed herself from grief
over the death of n friend
-Gertie Lawton, aged ID, of Dubuque,
Ia, died few nights since and now it
is thought she committed suicide. 1t is
said she had trouble with her stepmother.
The distilers, wine growers and
wholesale liquor dealers of Ohio are quar-
reling with the State Retail Liquor Deal
ers' association. They think it is respon-
sible for the anti-liquor league and ad
verse legislation.
Carolina Phelps Stokes built IL
brary in memory of Arson @. Stokes,
presented it to Ansonia, Conn. and sup
ported it two years. Now she has closed
it and is indignant because the town
would not accept the gift.
--Morganfield, the train robber, who is
at Il hospital in Cincinnati with broken
leg, will be taken to Virginia for trial
next week. He has been using opium
for years, and became savage us soon as
his allowance was cut OFT.
Jacob Harpole aged 30. cut his throat
at Bonneville Ind, and will die.
Fire entirely destroyed the Cheney
hotel at Missouri Valley, la. Loss $1O,-
900.
Citizens of Strathroy, Ont. discovered
u plot to wreck the Erie limited express
from Chicago to New York.
A joint committee has been formed
to prepare 4 comprehensive plan for the
reorganization of the Santa Fe.
Charles Packwood was killed by a
train on tho Louisville, New Albany Il
Chicago road, near Borden, Ind
Emanuel Otto, n wealthy farmer liv
ing near Morton, Mimi, was killed by
robbers, who riiled his money chest
j. A. Hurlburt. % years old, commit.
ted suicide at hotel in Hillsdale. Mich.
Hurlburt registered from Cleveland, O.
Twenty negroes left New York for
Liberia. the advance guard of an army
of 1000 awaiting means of deportation.
"A monument to the memory of Mich
olas Conner founder of Der Luxemburger
Gazette. has been erected at Dubuque, Ia.
William Dawson. n storekeeper of
Smiths Ferry, o., was killed by shot
e.,
Yale college trustees have adopted a
new system of commencement exercises
and discontinued the valedictory and salu-
tatory.
-Nergie G.. McDermott of Washington,
who was bitten by dog nine weeks ago,
died with all the symptoms of hydro
phoba.
Coy Altgcld appointed Elijah p.
Ramsay state treasurer of Illinois to fill
the vacancy occasioned by his fathers
death.
Henry Binder, retired business man
of Ann Arbor, Mich, was burned to
death in his barn by the explosion of Il
lantern.
Suit for 100000 has been begun
against Herman Aich, a New York inn
porter, who is alleged to have under
valued goods.
ella Cooney of Cato, n. Y, alleged
to have been abducted by negroes, was
found at the House of the Good Shepherd
i'll Syracuse, N. Y.
Edwin Booths memorial portrait has
been presented to the city of Baltimore.
Iowa will get around it's jury law by
drawing jurors in advance. Courts may
summon jurors after July 1, 1899.
The prevailing spirit Of reform has
reached Evanston, Ill.,, and its police
force is to receive q searching investlga-
ton.
Charles Moore's contest of the will of
Risdon Moore, who left his estate of $40,
600 to his third wife, was begun at Belle
vile, Ill, with $50 witnesses to be exam
ined
Michigan Supreme court admitted to
$4,000 bail Inspector Lephart of De
troit's board of education. convicted of
soliciting a bride, and will review the
case.
In the investigation of alleged munich
pal corruption at New Orleans it was
shown that the profits of Mayor Fitzpat
rick in the plumbing firm of Manion "
Co. amounted to $4,000 in ten years.
"A good-citiZenship committee has be-
gun war on vice at Muncie, Ind.
Saginaw (Mich.) horse car lines have
been consolidated and will be operated by
electricity.
Salvation army members from all
over Ohio gathered at Cleveland to wei
come Gen. Booth.
Fire did $4,000 damage at South
Waukegan, ILL.,, burning a two-story brick
store and flat building.
jacob Schaffer fatally shot William
Taylor at Thornton. Ind. Both are en-
ployes of the National Gas company
"A civic federation has been formed
at Sedalia. Mo-, to begin crusade against
gambling houses and Sunday saloons.
j. Hood Wright. member of the
banking firm of DreXel, Morgan q Co,
died suddenly in a New York l. road sta
ton.
Frank Argyle. mine promoter, charged
with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, was arrested at Burlington, Ia,
and held for trial.
Judge 2. O. Halves, an attorney Of
Omaha was sent to Jail for fifteen days
by Judge Scott. Halves had refused to
practice before Scott.
The federal grand jury at Jackson,
Miss, has refused to indict the governor,
treasurer and auditor in the matter of
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