Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
Sarl Smith OF Berlin was killed s

=, GAINESVILLE, Charles Millbrandt. while
killed. "a' instahtiy
W. II. Stevens of Beloit was awordod
the contract to build Emerson Hail 40
new Woman's dormitory.
Ihe store of John Parkinson A. w;ndso-
was robbed, about $500 worth of goods
peills taken, mostly bolts of cloth.
George Johnson, an inmate Of tho ,1;,
waukee Soldiers Home was straal. ~,
Natlonal avenue car and SO badly iniured
that he died. 81
MIS-. T. Danaelson, living near Grants
burg, was found dead in the road whore
she had expired while returning from
neighbours house
Michael Tobarty, a laborer for the Lee
high Coal and Coke Company at West
superior, was seriously injured by GUAM
tlty OF coal falling upon his back.
Fletcher & Zuill's cheese factory in tho
town of Johnstown was burned. together
with the contents. The loss is 81. 900
The cause of the fire is unknown.
From the action taken by the Common
Council and citizens committee Of Nee
nan the granting of the electric railway
franchise is practically assured.
The Necedah Lumber Company is put
ting IN two large camps on Rocky Run.
near that town, where they will log some
lo,OOO,CCO feet Of hardwood this winter.
A Rock County woman was awakened
by burglar who had broken a window
and was getting into the ROOM She seiz-
ed a broom and chaSad hin, 40 ~, -
Hypnotists intend to bring a test case
to determine whether the ordinance re-
Gently passed by the Eau Claire City
Council, prohibiting such exhibitions, is
valid.
William Millbrand, a prominent farmer
living near Evansville, was instantly kill
ed by failing ledge of rock in a stone
quarry. Every bone in his body was
broken.
The Norwegian church in Elroy has
been dedicated and large delegations from
the neighboring congregations were pres
ent. The corner stone of the new church
was laid.
Herman Kugel, 6 years of age, pupil
at the kindergarten school at Racine, fell
down stair rail and struck upon his head
on Il stone floor. He is still in a critical
condition
Ole Einaisom of Albion, whose mind has
become unbalanced through brooding
over religion, was committed to the hos
pital at Mendoza. He is AZ years old and
a bachelor.
The employees of Ringing Bros circus
of Baraboo have had a $500 monument
erected at Wahpeton, n. D., to the MEM
DRY of the circus men killed while putting
up the tent last summer.
A telegram was received by Vincent
Locklin of Ashland saying his son Charles
had been accidentally shot and killed
while hurting near Turtle lake. He left
Ashland about three weeks ago.
Fire nearly destroyed the Commercial
Hotel at Amigo. The building had been
unoccupied for a week or two and the
origin of the fire is mystery. The build
ing and contents were valued at $4,000;
insured for $4,000.
Edward Michaelski, treasurer of the
town of Stevens Point, who was alleged
to be in default to the amount of $S63.98,
has given a trust deed of his farm suffi-
Gent to cover the amount. The prosecu.
ton will be dropped.
Anton Cychosz, who pleaded guilty last
November to killing his uncle in the town
of Sharon and was sentenced to imprison-
ment at the Waupun penitentiary for one
year, is out, having one month Of his term
deducted for good behavior.
A new order has gone into effect on
the Wisconsin Central Railroad requiring
that herenfte all inexperienced men en-
gagged as brakemen must be between the
ages of q and q years, and experienced
men from q to 81 years old.
A triple-deck freight car containing $50
dogs of all known and unknown breeds
passed north through Stevens Point,
bound for Alaska via Seattle. The dogs
We're picked up in Chicago and will be
used for beasts of burden.
The building of the Hillsboro and Union
Center Railroad, which was to have been
in operation this fall, has been postponed
for another year, according to W. w.
Cargill and e. 3. Magill Of La Crosse,
who are the promoters of the company.
7. @. Gilbertson & Co., merchants al
Whitehall, have been closed up ON eXecu-
ton of the Friend Brothers Clothing
Company of Milwaukee and of Q. Melby
& Co. bank About So, 500 is due the Mil
YANKEE firm. The total liabilities are
about 100000 assets, $4,000.
A suit for $1,000 against the Omaha
Railway Company was brought at Eau
Claire by Attorneys Wickham and farr
for George Buck, administrator of the
estate of Dennis Hurd, one of the victims
of the North Wisconsin Junction colils-
ion. in which Hurd and several others
were killed.
Martin Hanson secured a $4,000 Judg-
ment in Judge Sales court at Janesvile
AGAINST the estate of Peter Hanson HAD
berstadt. his father. The defendant was
y rich farmer in the town of Porter, VINO
died Inst fall leaving AN estate valued at
ST.. 900 The young man sued to recover
-s..l- lo,,x, on, the fa nm