Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The water in the river at Pierre. S.
d.. is two feet lower than any known
record and still falling. There is but two
feet III the main channel.
Rev. II. G. Vrooman of Boston,
Mass. formerly Il newspaper man. has
received y call to the passionate of the
Third Congregational church of ST.
Louis. It is believed he will accept.
DR. Forester of Berlin, Ger has
been sentenced to three months impris-
onment after having been convicted of
lese majestic in the publication of an arti-
Gle in his paper, the Ethischekultar.
in football game at Eureka, Kas..
between the Southern Kansas academy
eleven and the Lewis academy team
from Wichita. Jesse Jenne of Eureka
was SO severely injured that he is lying
at the point of death.
Judge .. d. Rose president of the
Curryville bank. nine miles east of Van
dalia. Mo-. has been hiccoughing con-
stantly for the last week. Although
several doctors have attended him, they
can do nothing for his relief.
"A decree of foreclosure has been
taken in the United States circuit court
pany of New York against the Portland
Consolidated Street Railway company.
The amount of the decree is S452.175.
The will of Alexander Dumas pro
hibits the publication Of any posthu-
nous works or plays which may be
found i'll his manuscript.
-EN-Congressman Bland arrived at
Savannah, Ga. to lecture on free silver:
At l i. m. only one seat had been sold
and Mr.. Bland called the lecture Off
1t is reported in Shanghai that the
keep the building of railways in it's own
hands, making no further grants to
foreigners.
-Conyicts in the Joliet penitentiary
were given Thanksgiving holiday. be-
ing treated to theatrical performance
and Il dinner in which $500 pounds of
turkey figured.
AT dinner given in Berlin by DR..
Miguel, minister of finance, the Emper-
or was very emphatic in declaring that
necessity exists for the passage OF the
sugar tax bill.
As a result of the football game at
Decatur, ILL.,, between the Y. NJ. c. A.
eleven of Springfield and the local team
William McGerron of the visitors is
likely to die. His home is in Chicago
and he is private secretary to the state
treasurer.
James Wallace. who recently spent
a night in the Sioux City Qa) jail for
breaking up a sidewalk in an effort to To-
CiilC Il IllSS1IS Pc SO1u plCSCs Iitto NoAAA
menced suit against Chief of Police
Young for $4,000 damages. He alleges
false Imprisonment.
In 1888, Davide Friday, wealthy
Hebrew merchant of Kokomo, Ind,
gave the city $4,000 for public library,
to be owned jointly by the city and
county. Two years ago he died and
the heirs, residents of CINCINNATI 1T
the surprise of the local authorities, it
was proved by the contestants that Mr..
Friday was insane. 1t was shown that
he committed suicide in an insane hos
pital in Berlin, Germany, when his
friends here supposed him travelling in
Europe for his health The city coun-
day decided the property back to the
Friday estate, relinquishing all claims
to the endowment.
The weather at Lander, Wyo., was
so cold the elk came down from the
mountains to feed with the cattle.
$ G.. Martin, the ossifed man, who
had lain on his back for seven years UNI
able to move a joint, died near Bryan,
Tex.
w. H. Odenheimer, who had worked
on Chicago and Baltimore papers. COM
mitted suicide at Birmingham, Ala, by
taking poison.
The jury in the case of James
Henry, charged with stealing bullion
from the United States mint at Carson.
New, failed 70 agree. A new trial will
begin soon.
There is ice in Pensacola, Fla. No
damage was done except to flowers,
which were blooming luxuriantly The
minimum temperature in Jacksonville
was 35, just escaping a frost.
Frank Harris, the ex-baseball play
o. III tn no
hanged on Friday for the murder of
Charles Bengel, will not hang on that
day. Gov. Altgcld granted a respite.
-Vice-P President Davis of the Indian
apolis WaterworkS company and Vice
President Kessler Of the Pomona Stone
company quarreled over business mat
ters and fought in the streets. Davis is
badly hurt.
Charles Mooberry had served just
one hour in the penitentiary when a par
don by Gov. Altgeld reached him. He
had been convicted at Bloomington, ILL.,,
of manslaughter, but there were mlt1-
eating circumstances in his case.
Gen. f. M. Drake was given royal
reception at Drake university, at Des
Moines, Ia. of which he was the founder
and chief patron. 1t was his first APP
pearance at the university since his cleo,
ton as governor and the school turned
out to honor him. Addresses were made
by the president and several members
of the fraternity and by the general.
During the funeral of Philip Smith
at the Milledgeville (Oo church a
heavy piece of plaster molding from the
ceiling fell and cut the head of one of
the mourners severely. Panic seized the
mourners. They rushed to the door. but
were checked by the Rev. Mr.. Wells,
whose GOODNESS prevented many acct
dents. The body was taken outdoors
and the service finished.
The sesation of the present term of
the Massac county Qll.) circuit court
was the challenging Of the grand jury
was stated by him in open court that
only two of the county commissioners
were present when the jury was select
ed; that no call was made for a meet
ing of the board, and that, therefore,
the jury was irregular and illegal.
Coy. Richards of Wyoming has re-
ceived a demand on behalf of Red Cloud
the Sioux Indian chief, for the refund
ing of fines and costs amounting to $66
collected in 1893 for violating the state
game laws The demand is made as a
roc,,l+ 81 tho rocant decision of Judge