Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-07-08

coHsuinptIOn at Heath Mills, Jefferson
County.
Frank Vosbeck, Albert Fisher and Ed.
Fisher were arrested at Appleton on
charge of theft.
| John Lashfeld Of Chinatown, Eau
Claire County, expired suddenly while
going on fishing trip.
At Ashland, Ezekiel WEIGH, barber,
drank hair tonic because he could not get
| whisky, on the Bad river Indian reserva-
ton. 1t killed him.
| Secretary Jardeau of the State Board
| of Arbitration, visited Shawton, the saw
| mill district of Eau Claire, but found all
| labor troubles settled
The Chicago and Northwestern depot
at Stratford burned Tuesday morning.
The fire started near the telegraph instru-
ment and is supposed to have been caused
by lightning.
At Mellen, the 2H1a-year-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Toney Nordell fell into the river
| and was drowned. She was playing on
| the bank Of the river unnoticed and no one
saw her fall in.
| Dennis Burns was instantly killed at
! the Montreal mine at Hurley. 1t appears
he was repairing a fly wheel when the
engine was started and he was ground to
pieces in the pit.
Mrs. Abbie Dearborn, widow of Col.
Lyman Dearborn, died at the home of her
| daughter, Mrs. Prichard Of GAINESVILLE.
She was 50 years of age. She was a great
| grandniece of Gen. John Stark of reyolu-
| tionary fame.
William Gardiner, ex-member of the
| Assembly and ex-chairman of the County
Board of Supervisors, died at GAINESVILLE,
aged Il years. He was native Of Glou-
cester, England. He was elected to the
Assembly in 1878.
Marinette is to have a great factory for
| the manufacture of beet sugar and sugar
| making machinery The company has
been Incorporated with a capital stock of
81, 900, 900, and it is stated that much Of
| the capital comes from Europe.
The house on the Glynn farm in Wyo-
| cena was struck by lightning during the
| recent storm. Mrs. May Cutsforth daugh-
ter Of III. w. Cutsforth, was rendered I'M
| conscious by the stroke and was left par
| TALLY paralyzed on one side and blind in
| one eye.
While Tom McCarty was working with
|
| Wilson'S saloon, at Hayward, the gun
went off, the bullet passing through the
floor. 1t struck Davidson, injuring him
| seriously. His recovery is doubtful Nc
| Carly is in Jail.
| The barn situated on the farm of Adam
Schliessmann, near Cambria, was struck
| by lightning and was totally destroyed,
| together with all it's contents, which in
/ OR ,jOI tvOo low,
The adjacent buildings were also burned.
The residence was saved.
The Outagamie Land Company has pur-
chased 5000 acres of wild land in the
town of Deer Greek, Outagamie County,
through which they will open roads, drain
and divide into farms. Arrangements
have been made with Milwaukee parties
to colonize the tract with Polanders.
The last Of several contests in the set
Element of the estate of the late Frederick
S. Moul of the town Of Burnett came to
close in the County Court at Juneau
when Judge Christensen decided that
Mrs. Minnie Wilson of Chicago should
have judgment ON her claim of $159.44.
The Upham Manufacturing Company
of Marshfield has contracted with w. j.
Starr of Eau Claire to cut and saw into
lumber all the timber on his lands in Clark
County, estimated at over 40, 100000 feet.
The timber is hardwood and pine. 1t
will be sawed in Marshfield and at the
rate of from 100000 to 100000 feet
a year will afford work for some time.
The lands lie along the Omaha Railway
and the Greenwood branch of the Wiscon-
sin Central, and the logs will be brought
into Marshfeld by rail.
Queen Victoria, with all her millions
of wealth. is debtor to a resident Of James
vile to the amount of 500. DR.. William
Horne says she owes him that sum. He
sold her Newfoundland dog and she did
not settle the bill. In 1913 DIR. Horne,
then a resident of England, was the pos
SCISSOR of valuable blue-blooded canine.
The animal was of the Newfoundland
breed and was so admired by all that
many people suggested to the doctor that
the canine could be transferred to the
royal kennels. The transfer took place,
but the price has not yet been paid.
One of the killed and nearly all the in
jured in the frightful wreck at West Chi
cago of train bearing Christian Endea-
yorers over the Northwestern road were
Wisconsin people. Following is the list:
Dead: Mrs. r. Shipman, Appleton. In
iured: Mrs. S. A. Russell, Amelia McCay,
Mrs. w. d. Gibson, Mrs. s. B. Murch,
w. D. Gibson, Mrs. A. Galpin. Miss
Sarah Shipman, Miss c. g. Shipman, all
of Appleton; Miss Daisy Blackwood, DE
Pere; William Michelstetter, his wife and
three children, of Seymour; e. r. Ripley,
L. A. Williams, Mrs. NJ. D. Mcintosh,
Fond du Lac; DR.. e. A. Miller, w. III.
Finney. ClintonviIle; Miss O. L. McAllis-
ter, Oconto; Mary Baird, Neenah.
The financial result of the saengerfest
Just closed at Oshkosh is very satisfactory
to the local committee, who claim they
will have a surplus of about 81 900 after
all expenses are paid. The attendance on
Sunday was over 10000 and everything
xras c,;nt ond orderly only two arrests