Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-05-13


c. J. Murphy and Thomas McKune
were quite badly injured in a runaway at
GAINESVILLE
A 17-year-old son of Mr.. Kaufman, a
new settler at Phillips from Indiana, shot
himself in the hand while hunting The
arm was amputated just below the elbow.
William B. Lean died at Elkhorn, aged
66 years. He was a native of Cornwall,
England, and came to Wisconsin in 1860.
His wife died in March. He leaves a son.
e. B. Lilly, the man arrested at Ste
vens Point on charge of assault commit
ted at Superior has been found guilty.
The jury in another case rendered YER
dict of not guilty.
Patrick Mann, of La Crosse, an en-
ploye of the Wisconsin Telephone Com
pany, fell from a telephone pole, a dis
lance of about forty feet, to the ground.
He broke both arms and bruised his face
and body. He may die.
A hitherto unheard of occurrence is re-
ported from Palmyra. 1t is said that
water in the larger lakes was so rolled
by heavy winds and rain that sand and
debris settled in the giils Of the fish, in
capacitating them from swimming so they
were easily caught; even large pickerel
were picked up unframed.
The main drift Of the Atlantic mine at
Iron Belt has been settling and squeezing
several feet within week past so that
running had to be abandoned. A crew
of timbermen was set to work to retimber
the whole drift 1t is claimed that the
softness of the ore is the cause. About
half Of the mining force will be laid off for
two weeks until the mine has been re-
paired.
Two West Superior street laborers en-
gagged in digging out sewer catch basin
discovered a human skull carefully wrap
ped in a newspaper of the date of April
IA. The skull was apparently old, no
flesh remaining, but had been recently
concealed there. Inside the skull were
bones of a human hand. Coroner Downs
has taken charge and ordered an investi-
cation.
William Muehl, the eX-treasurer of the
city Of Seymour who defaulted and alb
seconded some months ago, it is alleged,
but later returned and whose affairs were
generally supposed to have been adjusted
SO he would not be prosecuted, was arrest
ed on a charge of forgery. The charge is
preferred by Fred Nagel, farmer of o.
born, whose name, it is alleged, Muehl
forged to a note of SIS and discounted the
same at the Commercial Bank in Apple
ton.
Rev. DR.. NJ. G. Hodge, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of GAINESVILLE for the
past twenty three and one-half years, has
resigned, to take effect at an early date,
L, ~ III
is Is years old and desires change Of
climate and rest. He is one of the ablest
and best known Baptist preachers in Wis
consin. The degree of NJ. A. was con-
ferred upon him by the University of Yer
mont and Rochester University. The
University of Chicago gave him the de-
gree of doctor of divinity.
AS the result of an encounter with
gang of tramps Tuesday evening Chief Of
Police A. f. Gerwing of Marsnfeld lies
in a critical condition and Fred Meyers,
a brewery employee, is suffering from
severe wound in the abdomen. The trou-
bic arose over an attempt of the officer to
drive the tramps out of town. Three OF
the men were captured and had not the
Mayor called out a company of militia
there might have been a lynching. The
man who is supposed to have done the cut
ting is still at large. His description is as
follows: About 80 years old, 5 feet Z
inches high, dark complexion, black hair
and eyebrows, nose very broad at base
and slightly turned up, no beard, wore
short black sack coat and dark pants,
speaks good English, head probably bad
ly pounded up.
N. Of Hyrn~
Point at an early hour Tuesday morning,
destroying half of the best business block
in the city and causing loss OF several
thousand dollars. For time there was
great apprehension lest the fire should
spread to the smaller buildings, in which
event the whole town would probably
have been swept away. The fire was dis
covered at O'Clock in the basement of
John Aliens grocery store and took in
every building east to the next street. in
Guiding the grocery store of Brewer "
Penhallegon and Martin & Toay's hard
ware store. From there the fire spread
to the Masonic and Odd Fellows hall.
Sparks found a resting place on the city
hall and it also took fire. but prompt work
on the part of the 6remen saved the build
ing, but not until considerable damage
naQ DeGn QOne. LIT. Vivian S uWelllHS du-
joining his drug store was badly damaged
by the flames. There were number of
offices in the upper stories and the damage
to the occupants will amount to consid-
cradle Very little furniture in the offices
was saved.
The stockholders Of the Chippewa Coun-
ty Agricultural Society voted at Chippewa
Falls to terminate the existence of the So
ciety. The society has few outstanding
debts and when these are paid the money
remaining in the treasurer's hands. which
will amount to about 1926, will be turned
over to the Northern Wisconsin State fair.
A certified copy of the proceedings will be
forwarded to the Secretary of state, ac-
companied by certified copy of the con-
stitution of the new association. The
county clerk will also send a certified copy
of the resolution adopted by the ccNinty
board at it's last session transferring the
lease of the fair grounds. When these
formalities have been complied with the
Secretary Of State will issue articles Of
incorporation to the newly organized
Northern State Fair Association and it
will become a legally organized corpora
ton. The board of directors of the Chip