Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-06
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at Palmyra, o., and the mother lost her
reason in consequence.
Joseph Mendonsa, aged %, was
drowned in a lake in Reservoir park.
Springfield, ILL.,, while endeavoring to
rescue a companion who went through
the ice while skating
Two policemen mistook Waterman
Leavitt, in the building at IS Blocker
street, New York for a burglar, and he,
in turn, thinking that they were thieves,
jumped from third-story window to es-
cape them and broke both legs.
Frederick Whittier shot and instant
ly killed Harry Bloomington at Sioux
City, la. Written is il and Blooming
ton IL years old. Bloomington refused
to give Written a chew Of tobacco
uhereupon the latter shot him.
Policeman Lynch of the Eldridge
street station, New York, had desper-
ate encounter with two thieves on the
roof of fve-story building and came
within hairs breadth of losing his life
by being pushed over by the struggling
thieves.
IS. B. Linski, crazy over religion,
took live GOALS from the car stove on his
way to Grand Rapids and declared they
cid not burn. Then he held his face
against +he steam pipes. He has a wife
aud four small children dependent upon
him He is noted singer.
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were shooting off anvils and celebrating
the approach of the new year at Wallis,
Tex, a shotgun in the hands of John
Huff was accidentally discharged, the
entire load taking effect in the abdomen
of A. J. Kinney, causing his death.
Col. Henry Williams died at God
send, Ala, in horrible agony, but, b.
fore losing consciousness he charged his
wife with having poisoned him. He was
working in a cotton mill, and about half
an hour after dinner he went home COM.
planning that he was sick. Three hours
later he was a corpse. Great indigna-
ton prevails, but no arrests have been
made.
Discussing the political situation, Ig-
natius Donnelly, mouthpiece of the Pop
ulists of Minnesota, made this eXtraor-
dinery propositions: Il suggest that the
three parties meet in the same city at
the same time and attempt to agree on
platform looking to the welfare of the
whole people. | see no reason why an
agreement should not be reached and
only one electoral ticket placed i'll the
field
w. D. Cation. the San Francisco
manager for w. Il. Grace 4 Co., and the
CHILEAN vice-consul there. is dead.
Patrick Soden, capitalist of Kansas
City, was sued for $4,000 for breach
of promise by Mrs. Katy Green, who as
serts Soden promised to marry her last
September, but instead married another
woman the day previous. Soden has
three grown sons and Mrs. Green is 40
years old and was deserted by her huS-
band several years ago after having been
married to him twice.
The treatment of the truant boy
Henry Weeks by Supt. James w. Pierce
of the Westchester On. W temporary
home for INDECENT children will be the
subject of a searching Investigation. A
great deal of pressure has been brought
to bear upon members of the board by
people of White Plains who are deter
mined that the practice of claiming boys
and logging naked girls shall cease.
Miss Anna Griffin, a young lady of
Indianapolis, is possessed with an I'M
controllabl mania to marry Rev. Father
Gavisk of St. Johns parish, and is
making the life of the priest a burden.
On several occasions she has appeared
at the church with the avoWed intention
of marrying him and mutual friends
have had great difficulty in preventing a
scene.
All the zinc smelters in the country
with the exception of four. have formed
a combine with capital of 100000.
The Penny Press of Minneapolis,
the only United press paper i'll the North
west, has gone into the hands of re-
ceiver.
Peter Snyder, aged 70, who lived in
the township of Pine Plains. Mich, COM
mitted suicide by hanging. The cause
was family troubles.
While Miss Dora Zertanna was pre-
pairing dinner at st. Louis, a tramp en-
tered the kitchen and with a butcher
knife sawed off her thick braid of hair.
1t is reported on what is regarded as
good authority that 800 acres of Colo
RADIO placer ground and eleven lode
claims have been sold to Welsh syndi-
cate for $3,600000.
Charles Thompson, a gambler, lies
at his home on Franklin street ST. Paul,
strangely enough, refuses to tell who did
the deed. Thompson is a faro dealer
in a Minneapolis resort.
{ Edward Miller was shot and killed
at Circleville, O., by Mrs. Josephine
Pursell. Miller had been paying atten-
ton to Mrs. Pursell for some time, much
against her will. and when he broke in
the door of her house she shot him.
Arrangements have been completed
over Iowa. Dakota, Nebraska and Kan
sas, to settle in a body in the Grand
river valley near Grand Junction. Col,
during the coming spring. Over 100 fam
lilies. all well to do, will settle there.
At the mouth Of Salt creek, on Tug
river, w. Va, Fletcher Wallace, prom
inent citizen, was shot fatally by How
ard Newcome, a neighbor. Wallace had
gone to Newcomers residence to borrow
a horse, when Newcome thought he was
Il burglar and shot him.
Thomas Willford. an insurance agent
of New York, who had documents pur-
porting to show that he is member Of
the Suicide club, attempted to kill HIM
self at the Palace hotel, Newark, and
was with difficulty resuscitated He
had previously announced his intention
of committing suicide.
The Michigan Supreme court has de-
cided that stockholders in corporations
cannot be held liable for labor debts con-
tracted before, they became stockholders,
but that such liability is confined to the
persons who were owners of stock at
the time the labor was performed.
The schooner Edna M. Champion,
which sailed from Philadelphia, October
u, for Port Tampa, Fla. with a cargo
of coal. has been given up as lost. The
ship had a crew consisting of Capt.
Frank Somers and nine men. The yes
sci and cargo were worth $4,000.