Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-17

10 the ponce every gay at La CFOSSS.
Frederick Hager, formerly Of Ply
mouth, died at Neillsville, aged 6S years.
John J. Mckenzie Of La Crosse killed
six wolves IN one day at Pine Greek val
ley.
Mrs. Marie Pleya has confessed ut Ke-
nosha that she poisoned her husband be
cause he abused her.
Frank Williams of Chicago was sent to
jail at Neenah for four months for at
tempting to throw vitriol in his wife's
eyes.
Twenty five men engaged in digging
sewer at Racine struck for higher wages.
They were receiving $1.25 a day and de
manded $3.50.
J. W. Smiths sawmill, griat mill and
blacksmith shop, located at Coloma Cor
ners, burned. The loss is about So, 600; no
insuraac The fire started in the engine
room.
At Stevens Point, James j. Clark, who
pleaded guilty to stealing Joseph J.
Schantz's bicycle, was sentenced by Coun-
ty Judge Murat to one year at hard labor
in STATE prison.
William Bower, of Prairie du Chen,
employed ON the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul gravel train at North McGregor,
lost foot and hand by being run over by
the gravel train
Nathan f. Nichols, prominent farmer
residing a short distance south of Juneau,
suffered a cowardly and most brutal as
sault Sunday at the hands of fOOtpads,
who waylaid him.
Capt. Olaf Jurgenson of Neenah made
a haul Of nets in Lower Lake Butte dies
Mortes. They were what is known us
double nets and comprised $50 feet Of net
ting. He contiscated the outfit.
Walter Sambetske of Austria is in Nee
nah looking over the paper mills. Mr..
Sambctske's father is at the head of the
largest and best equipped mill in Ger
many, which is situated at Schloegmehle.
1.-The president of the Two Rivers School
Board has been notified by the secretary
of the State examining board that the re-
quest to have the high school placed on
the accredited list of the high schools of
the State has been complied with, the
necessary requirements having been
found satisfactory.
Burglars effected an entrance into the
Fox Lake postofiice and drilled hole into
the safe. Dynamite was put into the hole
and the lock smashed by the explosion,
but piece of the lock lodged behind one
of the tumb,ers and prevented it being
moved and the burglars were fooled in
getting into the safe.
The John Ryan Lumber Company made
an assignment at Milwaukee to &. A.
West. The bond was fixed at $50, 1000.
The company early this spring entered
into a number of building contracts and
also built fifteen houses as it's own ven
ture. The contracts were at too low
figure and the company has been in trou-
be almost from the time work was be-
gun.
Fire broke out in the Bachelor build
ing on the Island ait Neenah Sunday even
ing and destroyed the coal sheds and
crockery department. of the Bachelor
company. The saloon of z. kley was de-
stroyed and the residence of =. Kiiey was
badly damaged. The loss ON the Bachel-
Ger stock and building is 1000; insur-
ance, $500; ON the Kiiey saloon and resi-
dence, $1,OCO insured.
Fire Played havoc in the town of Kan
sasyille, Racine County, Saturday after
noon. The grist mill, two-story struc-
ture, a two-story wagon factory and
two-story machine and blacksmith shop
were entirely destroyed. In addition there
were several s1Iefll sheds containing farm
implements which We're also burned. The
property was mostly owned by William
Sheared. The total loss is between $4,000
and $4,000. Tie fire caught from a spark.
Mrs. Joseph Deuster, wife of the super
intendent of the south side postal depart
ment of Milwaukee, and sister-in-law of
=. Y. Deuster, United States consul to
Crefeld died Wednesday after an attempt
at suicide by fire. She had long been
sufferer from nervous prostra ton and had
several times threatened to take her life.
Monday morning her husband was horri-
fed on awakening to see the woman
standing at his bedside enveloped in
flames. She had applied a match to her
own clothing. Her death followed after
Il day of agony.
The County Board of Supervisors of
Dodge County decided to establish and
maintain Il workhouse for tramps. Dodge
has been noted for years as the greatest
tramp-ridden county in the State, and the
nuisance became so burdensome ON the
taxpayers that very vigorous means to
rid the county of tramps has become nee
essary. The county Will erect work
house of two stories, the lower in which
to break stone and the upper for sleeping.
1t will be near the poorhouse, where all
food will be prepared, and the poor sup
erintenlent has been elected superintend-
emit of the workhouse. 1t is estimated
that the house will be erected and fur
Eished ait cost of 81 500 or less, which
will be let to the lowest bidder.
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e. The weekly climate and crop bulletin,
issued by the weather office, states that
the conditions in Wisconsin have been
unfavorable for growing crops on account
of the long continued low temperature
There was very damaging frost, which