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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
BURIED IN A WELL.
August Schultz, Random Lake
Well-Diqger, Has a Thrill
ling Experience.

Random Lake, Wis, Dec. 19.-[Spe-
cial. August Schultz. a well-digger re-
siding near here, had narrow escape
from death yesterday. He was stoning
we'll at Mr.. Geib's place, near Bolton
vile, Washington county, and had gone
down to depth of thirty-two feet. He
started to move piece of the curbing,
when the earth on one side of the well
gave way and forced the stone on all
sides in. Mr. Schultz was buried be-
meath the earth and stones, but the tim
bers loft an air hole, which no doubt
saved his life.
The men about the place at once start
cd the work of rescue. and it was just
fourteen hours later when Schultz was
taken out, more dead than alive. lie
was nearly exhausted, but soon recovered
and is none the worse for his experience.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
Origin of the Phrase ITO Fat Crow

The following is given as the origin of
nc saving ITO eat crow: During he
twill war. or shortly after its close. II
United States soldier shot tame crow.
The owner of which came upon him be-
fore he had time to reload his piece. and
compelled him to eat a mouthful of the
bird. This satisfied the owner of the
bird, who walked away, but before he
had gone great distance he was ever
hauled by the soldier. who had loaded up
again. and compelled him to retura IND
rat n mouthful or two of the crow. The
owner the next day complained IT the
most. The commander sent for the sol
.sier complained of and asked him: DO
yo,, know this gentleman?' The soldier
,lrawled out: "Ya-as: we dined together
Yesterday" In every day conversation
ITO eat crow" is understood to mean that
an individual takes back all he previous
Nv said in regard to Il certain matter
San Francisco Call.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
OFFICES ALL FILLED.
NO More Appointments will be
Made by the Governor
elect

Marinctte. Wis, Dec Isl Special. j
Goy.-elect Scotield arrived here this
morning from Madison. He said that he
is through with the work and making
of official appointments and will return
to Milwaukee after tho holidays.
The finishing touches will be put to his
message, but no otfice-seekers need apply
from now on.
He will ret>lrn to Oconto for Christ
mas The entire Scofiel1 family pass
this holiday together. The major IS
greatly pleased at the welcome he re-
Ccived in Madison
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
DROWNED IN A CISTERN.
Beaver Dam Woman Falls While Dipping
Pail of Water.

Beaver Dam, Wis. Dec. 17.-[Special ]
Shortly after 6 o'clock last evening
Mrs. Henry Fisher was found dead in
the cistern at her home, into which she
had fallen while attempting to draw a
bucket of water. The cstern was in a
woodshed and there was not more tina n
twenty-eight inches of water in it.
1t is the impression that she fell in
head first. as the opening was not large
enough to allow her arms to go through
if she had gone down feet first. She
must have been there three hours, as
she was last seen at 3 o'clock. She was
So years of age and an old resident.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
LET THE CONTRACT.

Milwaukee Company to Build New
Bridge at Green Bay.
Green Bay. Wis. Dec. ID Special I
AT the city council meeting last night
the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron com
pany of Milwaukee was awarded the
contract for building a draw on the new
bridge over Fox river Greling Bros. of
Green Bay will construct the piling
work
Dora Hcindel presented Il claim for
$4,000 damages against the city for in
jury to foot through an alleged de-
fective sidewalk.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
DEATH OF AN ACTOR.
Gilmore Hogan Expired Suddenly in a
Town Near MayvilIc.

Mayville. Wis. Dec. 1S.-[Special. i
Gilmore Hogan, an actor with the Texas
Oil Medicine company, which was Civ
ing Il show in Leroy. Il town six miles
from here, died yesterday afternoon. He
was about 45 years old and was an Odd
Fellow in good standing. He had papers
on his person showing that he was from
Fort Wayne. Ind, and owned consider
able real estate besides other property.
An inquest was held and the decision
a stroke of apopleXy. His body will be
shipped to Fort Wayne Ind, tonight.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
PHOTOGRAPHED Ely NATURE.
a Forest Landscape Pictured in Coiors
on n Chestnut Slab.

That nature is a rare artist in co.oTs.
applying them with incompatible effect.
everyone knows; but few persons are
aware. nrohab!y. that occasionally she
also tries her cunning hand at photogra-
ply. Frank S. Peabody Of Pawcatuck;
Conn, ut the extreme southeasterly emu
OF the Nutmeg state, has wonderfully
precise and curious specimen OF her
handiwork in this way. 1t is natural
landscape photograph on chestnut slab.
A day or two ago. white wandering
about the Lodging woods. Il vast and In
describably dreary wilderness of tangled
forest. morasses and ferns. III the north
ern part of the hill town OF North Sion
ington. Mr. Peabody came into u clear
ing in the heart of the jungle that was
bestrewn with the PROSTATE trunks OF
many forest trees felled by the woods
mans AK. Stumbling about the tumble
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
Y. III. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.

The Outlook for 1897 at GAINESVILLE is
Very Bright.
GAINESVILLE, Wis, Dee. 19.-[Spcciall-
The management of the Y. Nj. G. A.
is much pleased at the outlook for 1897,
and the membership committee reports
an encouraging canvass. 1t was cX-
pccted that the hard times would cause Il
considerable dropping off in membership
when the time to renew tickets came
around, but this has not been found to
be the case, and it is now thought that
the list will show n large increase the
coming season.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
New Wisconsin Companies.

Madison, Wis, Dee. 1S.-[Special.l-
The Boyd Manufacturing company of
Boyd, Chippewa county, filed articles of
association with the secretary of state
today; capital. $4,000: incorporators.
A. Il. Mcdonald, Albert Butzscher. The
odore Butzscher and Charles Nelson
Also by the Clarion Land company of
Superior; capital, $4,000: incorporators.
Charles z. Craig. \. o. Titus. L. j.
Seguin and ElsA- a. Wingate.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
Ideal Logging Weather,

Grantsburg. Wis.,, Dec. 1S.-[Special. !
For the past twenty-four hours 1t has
showed continually, several inches cover
ing the ground. This will resume ac
tivity in log hauling Ed st. John. one
of the heaviest loggers on the st. CroiN.
viii nut in 100000 feet this winter.
He says he has never witnessed such
ideal logging weather as this fall and
U-infnr
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
SUIT OVER A WILL.
Effort to Set Document Aside at Jeffer-


Waterloo. Wis. Dec. 1S-Suit was be-
gun at jefferson yesterday before Judge
Grimm. by Mrs. Annie Munson and sew
en- nephews of Knutc Jensen. lately de-
ceased, for the purpose of setting aside
the WILL
the entire property. consisting principally
of mortgages, amounting to nearly $40
600. is left to three of his nenhews. The
executor named in the will is Fl. A.
Wedcmcyer. Al his death Il codicl was
made to the document. naming II. A.
McCracken of this village as executor.
The date of the codocil is four years
subsequent to that of the will which was
drawn about the year 1883.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
NEW LEASE OF LIFE.
Ellsworth Man Convicted of Murder Gets
a New Trial.

Ellsworth. Wis. Dec. ID Special. i
A verdict in favor of the plaintiff was
rendered this morning by the jury in
the case of John W. Fertig VS.. the state,
defendant in error. after being out four
teen hours and II new trial will be held
in January.
Fcrtig has been serving Il life sentence
at Waupun on the charge of murder,
having been convicted in 1891. This
case has no parallel in the state of Wis
cDDSiO
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
HENVIS GOES FREE.
Case Against the Superior Real Estate
Man NOlled.

Case Against the Superior Real Estate
Man Nolled.
West Superior, Wis, Dec. Isl Spc-
cial. district Attorney Sloan entered
ROLES in three important criminal cases
in the superior court today. The most
important was that of Joseph C.. Hen
Wis. the Philadelphia real estate man who
was ut one time found guilty of rccciv-
ing money under false pretcnscs and
granted a new trial. The states wit
nesses, who reside in Minnesota, have
been paid off and refuse to testify. 9th
or cases nolled were Gabriel Payette.
cmbezzlement, and Phillip Cannon. may
hem
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
MISSED THE MARK.

Shot Fired Through n Drug Store Win
dow at Eau Claire.
Eau Claire, Wis, Dec. 1S.-[Special. l.
Late last night bullet crashed through
the plate-glass window of Godding 4
Carey's drug store Godding and law
yer named Casey were in the store. Dill
gent investigation fails to secure any
..lfy
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
BURGLARS Around Hebron.

pebron. Wis. Dec. 19.-l Special. i
last night Browns dry goods store was
robbed of wearing apparel and goods to
The yams of 800. Several summer cot
tames NJ Lake Ripley were also entered,
robbed aud greatly damaged by hacking
and cutting With sharp instruments.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
Robbed a JeweIry Store

Back River Falls. Wis. Dec. 10
Especial. THE jewelry store of !. A.
Eckern was robbed last night. Gold
mus and light jewelry amounting to 500
were taken. This is the second time
this year the place has been robbed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
SAWMILL BURNED.
Wallace & Karner's Plant at Stevens
Point Destroyed.

Stevens Point Wis. Dec 17.-[Spe-
cial. 1.-The sawmill belonging to Wal
lace & Karner was totally destroyed by
fire at $50 O'Clock this morning. The
origin of the fire is not known but it
was probably incendiary, as the mill had
not been running for the past two
months.
The loss is placed at $4,000. with in
surance approximating $1,000 Mr.. Kar-
ner is at Menasha today. where most
of the insurance was placed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
DRY GOODS STORE BURNED.
Loss to Wirth 4 Co. at Stevens Point is
$4,000.

Stevens Point, Wis, Dec 1S-[Spe-
cial. Fire broke out in the Golden f;ule
department store. Max Wirth & Co. pro-
prictors, at | O'Clock this morning. en-
failing Il loss of about $1,000 The origin
of the fire is unknown. The building be-
longs to Capt. J. O. johnson and sus-
tanned 81 damage of about $1,000 The
stock, consisting of dry goods. clothing
etc. was insured for $4,000 in the fol-
lowing companies: German American,
$500; Continental $500: London and
Lancashire. $500; Grand Rapids, Mich,
Insurance company. $500.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
Death ofTwo Sisters.

Baraboo. Wis, Dec. 1S.-tSpecial.l-
Mrs. Susan Kendall. aged IS, died yes
terday. Her sister, Mrs Mary Paddock.
died in the same house where both lived
together for many years. Both were
buried together today.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
ACCEPTS THE APPOINTMENT.
DIR. Wilmarth to Have Charge of Feeble
Minded Home.

TN Madison Wiz is 81 pee cn+r nSblSpeea NO.
received IA telegram from DR.. a. W.
Wilmarth. accepting the position of SUI
perntendent of the Home for the Feeble
Minded at Chippewa Falls, to which he
was elected by the board at its session
in milwaukee, Thursday
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY.
Ripon Woman Wants Damages to the
Amount of $4,000.

Amount of $4,000.
Ripon. Wis, Dec. lbs Speech. l.
The $4,000 claim of Mrs. III. A. We'll
against the city of Ripon for a broken
arm. sustained by fall on an alleged de-
fective sidewalk, has been appealed to
the circuit court. Attorney S. S. Bar
ney of West Bend has been engaged to
represent the plaintiff and =. III. Martin
of Green Bay will assist City Attorney
Rountrec in the city's behalf.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
The Knee Always Co,a

VA ~ tn the reception given to Dr. ~,
Matson III Syracuse some finn d.. Jonn
s saosehm men, IN Highland costnm ego Two
senaed themselves. AS the dav M.ns Pre- pre-
from their ' he y Would suffer discomfonrff
# the esss laughed HSss5n ct this one
,;l 20 you know that = A' ,nan and said:
n .'ne DOG nose? It is bound 70 h hn is
t tns Wy Wy Ihat is a fact, and - We cod,
MAKE rne knee n ilannes and trousers sWda.nng
make me body bit warmer, efs doesn't
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
GZ::KaAHm

swamp shrubhery and spindling sto5ders
an, ana shoats, clearly defined in the Mani.
likeness. The slab, since it was INA ;n
nearly reeumbent posture of course. nbo
, wsrs d;e only the trees and brush that that
the Hkrnesly IN i; front and above it, but
Furthermore, it is a colore5 . , S,.sle one.
1 1bn the , outlines of the objects traced
me ine plank plate are of a deem No,io On
i4he ocher. Westerly III. II Tr;SS' eilo",
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
BATH CAUSED HIS DEATH.
Stevens Point Man Had a Peculiar Way
to Cure rheumatism.

to Cure rheumatism.
Stevens Point, Wis. Dec. 17-[Spe-
cial. Carl Schepke. a section foreman
on the Wisconsin Central road. died last
evening from the effects of q steam bath.
He was troubled with inflammatory
rheumatism and sought to cure it by tax
ing oil and steam baths. at the advice of
some friends He was severely burned
in the steam bath and died from conges-
ton of the brain. caused by the bath.
He was Is years of age.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
DROVE INTO A TRENCH.
Sank County Farmex Thrown from His
Buggy and Killed.

Baraboo. Wis. Dec. ID Special. i
Patrick McNulty, who resides in the
town of Bear Creek, was thrown from
his buggy and died soon after. About
100 yards from his home trench had
been dug in the road to change the di-
r,etion of a small stream of water. and
he drove into the depression. He was
63 years old and had resided in Sank
county for twenty years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
HELD FOR TRIAL.

Hebron Man Accused OF Cutting the MIL
Dam Gates.
Hebron. Wis. Dee. 49, Special. /
Frank Finney has been bound over to
the circuit court. under Justice Stones
ruling, on the charge of cutting the Rood
mill dam gates last September
The herald., 1896-08-09

His pronounced opposition will surprise
many people, who, without study of
the question, had assumed that the
growing use of the metric system by
scientific men was a sufficient fndorse-
ment of the advantages claimed by its
advocates. It appears that the metre,
in the first place, is not one-ten- mil
lionth of the quadrant of the French
meridian selected. The error is 1853
part of an inch in each metre. In the
second place, Sir John Herschel, in an
essay on the subject, argues that a part
of the quadrant of meridian is not a
good basis of measurement. He Substi-
tutes the polar axis of the earth as the
best unit of dimension which our earth
affords. These and other very scientific
questions will have small interest for
the general public.
The advantages of the metric system
are its facilitation of computa tion and
its unification of scientific records and
measurements upon a common plan,
which in it's scheme permitting decimal
extension into inflnity either UP on
down given scale, fill special require
ment of scientific men. These advant-
ages in their own line have captured sci
entific men who have thus come to ad-
vocate the metric system in all things
without having examined it's applica-
bility to the every day requirements of
the world. When we find that such sci
entific men as Sir John Herschel, Prof.
Fl. A. Hazen, Sir Thomas Bramwell and
Herbert Spencer, after looking into the
metric system, strongly disapprove of it
The herald., 1896-08-09
TOBACCO DUST KILLS INSECTS
invaluable to Preserve Plants From the Raw
~ ages of Vermin

Z A reader asks me whether tobacco
dust should be applied to vines when
they are wet with dew or when they are
dry. This moves me to say that the to-
bacco dust, or the bone meal, or the mix
ture of both is not intended as coating
for the leaves, which would make them
poisonous or unpalatable, but as a COW
ering for the soil, that will make the at
mosphere very uncomfortable for all in
sects and worms l like to have the ma
terial remain dry and dusty as long as
possible. In that case it has a more
thorough effect on bugs and beetles
that have hard shells. The wet tobacco
or tobacco tea, or even the fumes of wet
tobacco, are very unwholesome to the
soft bodied insects, worms, etc. find
that cucumber beetles do not like to
work in dust, and least of all in tobacco
dust. When l put this latter inch deep
around melon or cucumber plants, the
yellowstriped beetle promptly takes it's
departure and will stay away as long as
the tobacco remains dusty or as long as
it gives off strong tobacco smell.
Let me repeat, too, that this same
waste material is one of the best and
cheapest general insecticides. We can
The herald., 1896-08-09
IS HYDRUPHOBIA A MYTH?
Doctors Who Say That the Bite Of Dog Is
Harmless

With the approach of midsummer
comes the usual hydrophobia scare, and
nervous people are almost frightened
out OF their wits at the mere thought of
being attacked by a dog afflicted with
rabies. 1t is, of course, the part of wis
dom to give vicious dog, mad or not
mad, wide berth, both in the summer
months and when the mercury is hover
ing around the zero point. At the same
time, 1t is encouraging to be informeS
by distinguished professors Of medi-
cine and surgery that hydrophobia is,
at best, a theory and has no actual exis-
tence. 1t belongs, according to a PAM
phlet recently published in Philadel-
phia, to the class of simulated diseases
Il am of the opinion" says DR.. Joseph
w. Hearn. professor of clinical surgery
in Jefferson Medical college, that the
bite OF dog Is no more dangerous than
the scratch of a pin or the puncture of
an infectious nail. Because of exag-
gerated printed and oral accounts, the
picture of hydrophobia is so stamped
upon the public mind that the thought
of it. after being bitten by dog, throws
imaginative people into panics of ner-
vous excitement, in which they uncon-
sciously reproduce it's supposed symp-
toms.'
DIR. Charles w. Dalles, lecturer on the
history of medicine at the University of
Pennsylvania, has made the most ex-
haustive investigation, both in the Unit
ed States and in Europe, and he inclines
to the view that there is no such specific
malady as hydrophobia, and that there
is not case on record which can be
conclusively proved to have resulted
from the bite of a dog or any other
cause. The records of the London hos
pital showed recently 1868 persons bitten
by angry dogs, but none of them devel-
oped hydrophobia. st. Georges hospi-
tai, London, treated 1000 patients bitten
by dogs supposed to be mad but not a
case Of hydrophobia. At the Pennsyl-
vania hospital, Philadelphia, only two
cases which were supposed to be hydro
phobia have occurred in 14O years. One
of these was submitted to bacterioloci-
cal tests. but the diagnosis of hydro
phobia was not confirmed, and the mu-
nicipal authorities refused to accept the
death as one from that disease. At the
The herald., 1896-08-09

the public will feel like going slow. Ma
poleons review of the metric system
was decidedly unfavorable. He was
constructive statesman in the matter of
Institutions and practically free from
prejudice His opinion is therefore i'm
portant from a French point of view.
The origin and basis of computation was
everywhere decimal, based on the five
digits doubled as still shown in the Ro-
man numerals with the emblem of the
hand doubled for ten. Why did human
ity so generally abandon their original
system and adopt almost everywhere
twelve instetd of en- as the basis OF
measurement or computation? We may
attribute this to two causes. First, the
antagonism of natural phenomena to
the decimal SYSTEM For instance, the
basis of our calendar is the Chaldean
division of the year into twelve lunar
months, with twelve full moons. Why
we have the day of twenty-four hours
or twelve of light and twelve of dark
ness is hard to under stand. except un-
der the second cause. This is the divis-
ability of twelve and the comparative
indivisability of ten. Ten is divisable
by five and two. Twelve is divisable by
two, three four and SIX. Twelve falls
naturally into the demands of trade
and commerce for halves, quarters,
eighths and thirds, while ten can only
be halved. Anything beyond a half
must be tenths or demand awkward
fractions.
The decimal system can not deal with
thirds at all. The force of this point is
shown by our decimal money. In this
the decimal division of tenths Is not
used in common every day transactions.
We do not for instance, hear of prices
quoted as two, three or eight dimes.
Prices are commonly quoted in halves.
quarters, and even yet in bits or eighths,
involving an awkward fraction. On the
stock exchange this Is even more strik-
ing, for the quotations are not in tenths,
but in halves. quarters, eighths, six
teenths. etc. This is very significant
demonstration of the demands of trade
and finance, for every divisibility on
the line of ten, one-half and one-quarter,
which twelve lends itself to and ten
does not. Spencer says that the addition
of two digits in the place of ten and
eleven, and the treatment of twelve by
points as we now treat ten, would en-
able us to use the valuable number with
the same ease for computation that ten
now has while retaining the great ad-
vantage of twelve in every other way.
The point made by Spencer, Bramwell,
HaZen, Herschel, etc, that when we
make change in our system of weights
and measures we should be sure that we
change to a better system, and that
when the change comes 1t should be to
the best system and not to one recog-
nized as imperfect, is well taken.
The herald., 1896-08-09
use it both under glass and in open air.

use it both under glass and in open air.
BY all means keep good supply of 1T
on hand. Possibly you can get sweep
ings from a near cigar factory, or you
may buy the material by the barrel at
about $3.50 or SO. 1t will last you for
years and help you to keep the premises
clear of the various pests that prey upon
your crops and animals. If you scatter
tobacco dust by hand or with bellows
over your rows of peas just at nightfall
you can kill the slugs that are SO often
eating all the lower foliage off and great
ly damage the crop. Or if you dust it in
the same way over your currant anu
gooseberry bushes when infested with
worms you will quickly see the worms
disappear. In the same way you can
quickly kill all the leaf-eating worms
and slugs op your trees and bushes
everywhere. The tent caterpillar and
the fall web worm and all other cater
pillars on trees and plants give up the
ghost within a few minutes after COM
ing in contact with tobacco dust And
besides all this, tobacco dust is worth
about what it costs as fertilizer. We
can also control, in a measure. at least,
the most unmanageable pests of our
gardens, namely the flea beetle and the
cabbage maggot. But in order to make
thorough work in Kidding the plants of
these pests we have to be very liberal
in the use Of the tobacco. For instance,
If we throw good big handful into the
heart of the cabbage plant or cauliflow-
er plant, or on even choice seeding po-
tato, we may be sure that the flea beetle
will leave, for a time at least, and if we
apply the same quantity to the stem of
caulif1ower plant we may be sure the
maggots will not flourish there for q
while.-Practical Farmer.