Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08
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verdict Tor SlOUO.
Less than 10 per cent. of the num-
Der of Christian Endeavorers who intend
ed to go left Oakland, Cal, for Boston.
The Southern Pacific road didn't keep its
promise about rates.
Daniel H Foley, capitalist of San
Francisco, who was recently sued for
divorce, will soon file an answer to the
suit, it is said, in which he will deny that
the plaintiff is his wife.
james H. Widber, treasurer of the
city and county of San Francisco, died
at midnight last night of pneumonia. He
was born in Portland, Me-, in 1923, and
went to California in iS49.
Two hundred men employed by the
Canton CO.. Steel company are out on
strike for the restoration of wages paid
two years ago which would mean an adj
vance of from 25 to 40 per cent.
Gen. A. w. Jones. Republican candi-
date for lieutenant-governor, was black
balled by the Rayen club, an exclusive
social organization at Youngstown, ..
It is alleged to be case Of partisan poll
tics
"A case involving the alleged Louisi-
ana election frauds of 1876 has been
docketed in the United States Supreme
court. The title is Caroline 2. South
worth, administrative of John P. South
worth, VS.. the United States.
The astronomers of the Lick observa-
tory at San Jose, Cal, sent a joint tele-
against the removal Of Prof George
Davidson, chief of the coast and geodetic
survey and asking for his reinstatement.
The White Star freighter Cevic that
arrived in New York from Liverpool
brought large number of fine horses
for breeding purposes for various stock
farms in the United States and "a high
class sheep dog for a Mr.. Greenwald of
Chicago.
Owing to the prevalence of rain
throughout the grazing districts of Colo
RADIO there has been a heavy increase
in the number of cases of anthrax
among cattle.
AT the request of County Treasurer
Reed, the sheriff seized the new bridge
over the Missouri river at Council Bluffs,
Ia, belonging to the Omaha Bridge and
Terminal company, for $4,000 back taxes.
Trains over the line were stopped.
Rabbi Canter, in charge Of the jew
ish congregation Sharra Solom at st.
Joseph, Mo-, is charged by his wife with
attempting to murder her, and the rabbi
claims his wife and her brother, Jacob
Ladisky, were in a plot to take his life.
The general manager of the Texas
Coast Canal company announces the in
auguration of the enterprise of clearing
a line for inland water traffic on the Pa
cifc coast by dredging the natural chan
mel extending from Sabine pass to the
mouth of the Rio Grande.
james Graham, registrar of the land
office at and former mayor of Occur
d'Alene, ID, Edward Rick and w.
Floyd Pollard were arrested at Spo-
kane, Wash, for forging certificates for
the admission of Chinese into the coun-
try. Leading federal officials in Idaho
and Montana will, it is said, soon be
arrested.
An elevator containing 10000 bush
els of wheat, belonging to j. +. Down
ing of Erie, Pa, was burned at Moore
ton, n. D.
Miss Ella Collins, a variety actress,
was thrown from a carriage at Elwood,
Ind, and received serious injuries to her
spinal column.
New York letter carriers will dedicate
monument to Sunset Cox, who la
bored so faithfully in their behalf when
he was in Congress.
Mai. William H. Hastings is flooding
Philadelphia with copies of letter vic
iously attacking Gov. Hastings Of Penn
slyyania, his brother.
The jury in the case Of DR.: D. J.
Seaman, charged at Detroit, Mich, with
the death of Emily Hall, failed to agree
after being out twenty-four hours.
The gasoline used for fuel on a
launch on the river basin at Adrian, Mich,
took fire and the seven passengers had to
take to the water. They narrowly es-
capped being drowned.
Representative Charles w. Perry's
saw and grist mill at Pierpont, twenty
miles north of Manistee, Mich, were de-
stroyed by fire. The total loss is about
100000; no insurance.
M. Gadaud, who resigned as minister
of agriculture of France for the purpose
of fighting a duel with M. Mirman, the
Socialist deputy, whom he slightly
wounded, has assumed the ministry OF
agriculture.
Elijah Morrison farmer Of McPher-
son county. Kas., met Rev. Edwin
Browne, an Evangelical preacher, and
with his horsewhip gave him a severe
thrashing Mrs. Morrison was the cause
of the trouble.
At Covington, Ky, United States
Judge Taft sentenced Edward Crittenden,
a grandson Of eX-Gov. Crittenden of Ken
lucky, to serve eighteen months in the
Ohio penitentiary for riding letters at the
Franklin postoffice.
%. O. Cottle, the lawyer who was kid
mapped from his office, failed to appear
before grand jury at Buffalo, \. Y, to
give evidence toward indicting John Z.
Emery and George Allen, accused of be-
ing his abductors.
Admiral Beardsee will probably re-
main with his flagship, the Philadelphia,
at San Francisco while she is in port,
which will be for an indefinite period He
may go to Washington to make report
on the condition of affairs in Hawaii.
Harry Dinham, aged TO- proved him
self hero at Duluth by rescuing 7-year-
old frankie Chambers, who had fallen
into the lake in the path of an approach
ing boat Dinham plunged in, getting
the smaller boy out of the way just IN
time.
-Rev. Ella g. Thorp, a rowing preach
er. and young couple from Bentley
Kas, met by appointment at the Key
stone hotel in Wichita, and the lady per-
formed the wedding ceremony. The cou>
pie We're L. G. Kennedy and Mrs. 5. f.
Helyie.
In a fight between State Constables
Pettigrew and Toland and two moonshin>
ers named Fisher and Durham at Spar
tanburg, S. c., the latter was killed. Pet,
tigrew was shot through the lungs and
will probably die. Toland is badly
wounded.
The United States inspectors, in their
report on the Colima disaster, say the yes
col was Stanch and SoaWOrthV and that