Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-03-04

while ELMER Francis, of Sumpter, was
r,,,,,;nc . feed mill he had his LETT nanu
conpht in the gearing and it was so Dauls
mangled that amputation was heceseai''
A man registering at the La crosse
Enrona,n hotel as Edward Folsom, Grahu
Meadow. committed suicide by taAihs
mornhine. He was crippled, Old ana ou'
of work.
saturday evening the Palmyra corner
band surprised their instructor, DR.. II.
Tr;nne a prominent member, with sere-
noda and present of a $40 horn, in ap-
probation of his services.
The West Superior Common Councli re-
stored the salaries of the fire ana ponce
departments. which were greatly reduceo
some months ago, the city having recel'"
ed sufficient money on the new taxes.
A chattel mortgage sale was held at
Beaver Dam on the bottling works or +.
7. Redig. Ernst Matthews was the hlgh-
est bidder. The mortgage was hcld py
Emil Kiewert & Co., of Milwaukee.
Abraham Tabit, the head of Syrian
family that located Mt La crosse t"o
wears ago, quarreled with his wife ana
stabbed her in the abdomen. lie also
stabbed himself two or three times In the
same place. She may live, but he VIII
probably die.
+. WetZler, of Hurley, has collection
of rare coins which he estimates to be
worth over $1,000. They consist OF cop
per, silver and gold and some dated as Tar
back as the sixteenth century, others be-
longing to class of which there were but
a limited number coined.
fo6
eide ut Minneapolis, was well known to
Appletonia'Is as Babe" Cirkel. Mlsfor-
tune has attended the family and Mr.. Cir
kers father and brother are buried in APP
pleton. WIN Cirkel was asphyxiated at
a Northern city some years ago.
Thomas Barton was tried in justice
court at Hudson for allowing minors to
play billiards and pool in his temperance
saloon. He was found guilty and appeal
ed to the Circuit Court. He was to ap-
pear in court to answer several other
charges, but he is not to be found.
A caye-in occurred at the Section 10
mine at Iron Belt, operated by IL. A.
Shores of Ashland entombing two miners,
Jack Heath and Joseph Thomas. The
unfortunates were entombed for nearly
three hours before being released by their
fellow miners. They were quite badly
bruised and Heath suffered some injury
to his Fight ankle. Several hundred tons
of ore were covered up and mixed with
quicksand which came down upon it.
Gen. Charles King delivered an address
before the Milwaukee College Endowment
Association on the subject Of the respect
due to the flag of the country. He de-
clared that what the Senate did not dare
to do the women of the country could ac-
complish by bringing the children up to
revere the stars and stripes. The soldier
novelist wishes Il law passed which Will
prevent the flag being used for advertis-
ing purposes, and he even goes further
and insists that certain homage should be
paid to it on all occasions.
AS soon as practicable arrangements
will be made whereby the Northwestern
National Bank of Superior which has just
undergone Il complete reorganization in
the eliminating of the Fowler interests
from its management, will reduce it's la
bilitcs by $15O,OOO by the reduction of its
capital stock. The means of doing this
are not yet decided upon but will proba-
bly, be by the stockholders turning in so
per cent of their stock, after which, if de-
sirable, the bank can increase to it's for
mer figure by the receiving of new money.
The Supreme Court has declared the
rule of the State Board of Health requir-
ing all children to be vaccinated before
attending school invalid. The lower court
found that the statutes preclude the idea
that the State Board of Health possesses
legislative power in itself, and it's rule
must not be inconsistent with the laws
of the State or the rules prescribed by the
local boards of health, pursuant to law.
The court found further that the child in
the suit in question was of such age that
the parent was bound to send her to school
under the law or suffer the penalties.
From the decision of the court below the
school board appealed. The case was
brought to test the powers of the Board
of Health, and has been closely watched
by the local boards in every town in the
State.
Considerable of a sensation hiss been
created in Deutscher Club circles at Mil
waukee by the charge that Miss Libbie
Black. daughter of John Black, was rob-
bed while at the ball Tuesday evening Of
Il diamond necklace valued at $1,000 The
police have found no trace of the dia.
monds or the thief. Miss Black says that
the last she remembers of the necklace
was when she submitted it to the inspec-
ton of several women who admired the
jewels. Afterward she went into an
other room and later found her necklace
was gone. She Immediately reported the
loss, and there was hurried search of the
club rooms, but no trace of the necklace
could be found. Every effort has been
made to keep the matter quiet. both for
the name of the club and for the addi-
tional reason that it was hored to catch
the thief, but the story got out.
The citizens of Oshkosh hare decided to
erect monument to Chief OSHKOSH in
Northside Park. Oshkosh was the last of
the Menominee sachems and PLAYED y
prominent part in the pioneer history of
the Northwest. The settlement at tho
mouth of the Upper Fox river, planted in
1886, had been called Saukeer Point and
Stanley's Tavern, but in 1910 the settlers
named 1t Oshkosh in honor of the chief.