Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21

Ole Oleson, mail carrier between
Franksville and North Cape, aged 70
years, was injured in a runaway aud died
| in short time.
The steamer City of Duluth had a mar
row escape from destruction by fire while
lying at her dock at Milwaukee. The city
engines saved the craft.
At Milwaukee, the plant of the William
son & Haylett Company, manufacturers
of soda water apparatus was closed by
| the sheriff on executions aggregating ST.
| 1874.
| John Eimerman, a farmer who resides
| about three miles west of junction Cave.
killed large bear and captured three
cubs. The bears were in large pile of
brush and logs.
Fleming & Holman, Eau Claire, retail
| shoe dealers, made an assignment to s.
w. Lockwood, cashier of the Bank of
| Eau Claire. The assets are about $4,000;
| liabilities not known.
Chairman Zillmer of the County Bccrd
at Milwaukee refused to sign the bills of
| eX-Sheriff Stanley for board of prisoners
! until he renders an account of fees receiv-
| ed during the latter part of his term.
The special session of the County Board
which convened at Grantsburg, refused
| to set off two new towns in the county.
The question will be submitted to vote
| of the people at the annual spring cleo
! ton.
George Bradley and Claus Blixt, perch
ed on opposite ends of an Eau Claire
lunch counter, ate custard pie for SIS a
side. Bradley ate six pies and walked
| out. Blixt quit on the fifth pie and lost
the match.
Eddie Staudenraus, the 6-yearold son
of Joseph Staudenraus, was struck by
| Northwestern passenger train at Osh-
kosh and his neck was broken. The acct
| dent happened at a crossing where there
are no gates.
Thieves entered the home of S. III. Allen
at Marinette and stole his pension money
from his trousers which were hanging at
| the head of his bed. Only $2350 was
| TAKEN but this represented Aliens cash
on hand and was his quarterly pension.
| Peter Ellison, Menekaune fisherman,
went out on the ice with his sleigh to set
| ten fish nets, and, after getting out a mile,
| man, sled and nets went through. ELLISON
hung to the sled, and after half an hours
work he reached thicker ice and saved
| himself.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
| is bringing pressure to bear on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul and sew
| eral other railroads to enforce the COM
| MISSIONS order made five or six yea2s ago
| for equalization of lumber freight rates
| from Eau Claire to Southwestern points.
Two mail pouches stolen by burglars
| from the Omaha depot at East Superior
| Friday night have been discovered by the
| section crew of the Omaha railway. They
were lying, without any particular con-
| cealment, near the right of way. Both
| had been opened with knives and the con-
| tents rifed. The letters were nearly all
opened and thrust back into the bags.
How much has been stolen it is impossi-
| bic to estimate until the parties who had
outgoing mail that night make reports.
Matthew Slush president of the electric
| railway which runs between Milwaukee
and Racine, served a summons ON the
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad as
the beginning of suit for damages. 1t
is a personal matter and Mr.. Slush wants
damages for having been sprayed with
steam a few days ago when his men were
| attempting to build crossing over the
| ra1lFOdu TRICKS ut loOutu NAAN duhCc. AAS
was severely scalded and a number Of his
workmen were also injured and will bring
| suit for damages.
While Herman Decker and Anton Muel-
lenbach were chopping Eastwood stump
on a farm just north of Marshtield, their
ak struck an old coffee pot. On opening it
they found q copper coin of the Upper
Bank of Canada, dated 1850, and span
ish coin dated 1915, also paper purport-
ing to be a claim of David Dawson on the
State of Georgia for 60, bearing date
] 1886: a claim of Abraham Barrett against
the State of Georgia for f25 for services
| as assemblyman. Counterfeit "shin plas-
ters'' and four proof sheets of engravings
of counterfeit plates of all kinds of United
| States currency, from 81 to $50, were also
| found.
A successful operation for aphonia, or
loss of voice, was performed by Chicago
physicians upon Charles Schrank, son Of
| Mr.. and Mrs Albert Schrank, who live
on farm eight miles west of Peshtlgo.
Twelve years ago Charles then lad OF y
wears. was so badly frightened that he
| lost the power of speech entirely, and
from that time till recently he was not
able to utter a word. Last November
| his father consulted local physician for
the purpose of learning whether medical
or surgical aid would be of any avail. AS
a result the son was sent to Chicago
hospital for special treatment three weeks
ago, and word was received that his
! speech was restored
The Milwaukee police are trying to
solve two murder mysteries. Mrs. Annie
Schrums, a woman aged 70, was muir
dered for her money Jan. II, 1894, in the
old Cream City Hotel. Peschmann was
convicted of the crime upon his own con-
fession, and is now serving life SEN
tence. 1t is now claimed that there were
two others implicated in the crime, and
! that the confession was obtained from
| him under threats, and that those who
were really guilty escaped. Mrs. Pesch-
! mann claims her husband is entirely inno-
cent. The police claim that while they
| are convinced Peschmann was guilty they
now believe that there were others who
| helped. There is no doubt now that Mar
| tin Braasch and the man whose body was
| dove