Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28

Robert Graham, the Englishman run
over by train at Prairie du Chen, died
of his injuries.
II. Searles of Omro sold to J. H. Sayer
of Chicago 10000 pounds of wool at 20
cents per pound.
Masked men held up and robbed the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul station
agent at Elkhorn.
The barn of Archie Willet of Eau Claire
was burned by the explosion of lantern.
The loss is about 81 600.
Theodore Hanson, a Scandinavian
farmer of Whitehill, hanged himself ON
account of family troubles.
Emmett Linsdau, aged Il, son of Aid.
Jacob Li1~lau of Menasha, attempted
suicide by taking laudanum.
Frederick French disappeared from his
shanty, sixteen miles east of Three Lakes,
ABOUT two weeks ago and has not been
found.
Racine policemen broke up a prize fight
in the outskirts of that city. One of the
principals and one Of the spectators We're
captured.
Emil Peters left his home in the town
Sept. 21, and has not since been seen or
heard from.
The insurance rate war at Neenah has
been declared off The board has been
reorganized and they have established
new schedule.
George Elmauer, a German, employed
on the Government works, near Genoa,
was drowned while at work. The body
was not recovered.
It is reported there is shortage in
Milwaukee of 100000 tons of coal. OF
100000 tons is soft.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway
depot at Oakland was struck by lightning,
tearing a hole in the west end and doing
considerable damage.
The Scott Lumber Company, which has
sawed 100000 feet of lumber at Omro,
during the last three months, have closed
down for the season.
Joseph Bundy, who is in Jail at Elk
horn on a charge of shooting Isaac Sax
ton at Darien, attempted suicide by cut
ting cash in his throat.
Fire at Marshfeld partially destroyed
the house owned by A. Plath. The origin
no doubt is due to incendiaries, as the
house was unoccupied and undergoing re-
pairs.
n. A. Papineau, yardmaster of the Wis
consn and Michigan Railroad at Fisher,
was nearly crushed to death by the roll
ing of carload of logs on which he was
standing.
The body of John Sjoberg, the 5-year-
old boy who was lost May %, was found
in a swamp not more than $50 feet from
the door of his home near st. Croix lake,
Scion Springs.
William Whissen and wife Ct Sheboy-
gan celebrated the fifty-sixth anniversary
of their marriage. Mr.. Whissen was born
in 1918 and Mrs. Whissen in 1920. They
have been residents of Sheboygan since
1916.
Prof. M. G. Gray, formerly principal
of the Fifth district school at Racine,
was seriously injured in runaway. He
was thrown from his buggy, his arm be-
ing broken in two places and his hip ter
ribly bruised.
William Payne, the muatto murderer
Of John Beaman, the aged hotel proprietor
of Fond du Lac, was captured at Calvary,
fourteen miles northeast of the city, and
brought back. He processes not to re-
member the murder
Andrew Arndtson, 19-year-old boy in
the employ of the Sawyer & Austin Lum-
Der Company at La Crosse, lost his foot
as the result of an accident. He was
employed near the slab chain and his foot
became caught in it.
A farmer in Iowa County found drain
leading from a spring to a creek on his
farm stopped up. He investigated and
found that trout, some of them eighteen
inches long, had attempted to go up the
drain and had become stuck.
Lightning rod agents are working I'M
by stating that the Government demands
lightning rods on houses that are within
certain distance Of other buildings.
DR.. Clute, the State veterinarian, who
examined cases of hog cholera reported
at French island, La Crosse, found that
the disease exists but is under control,
although good many hogs are sick.
The first license to shoot deer issued to
woman in Wisconsin was issued at Ash
land. The applicant signs herself "a.
Suffer-" She gives her age as SO years,
her height as 5 feet 6 inches and her
weight as 145 pounds. Mrs. Suter is the
first woman in the State to make appli-
cation.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Taggart have GEE
brated the sixtieth anniversary of their
marriage. Their ages are 81 and 80 years.
They first settled in Racine County in
1887 and moved to Weyauwega in the
spring Of 1850.
The City Council of Racine has decid-
ed to employ an attorney to fight the suit
of Charles Wood, and carry it to the Su-
preme Court, if necessary. Wood was
appointed by the Mayor as a policeman,
under the six months law. He sued the.