Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-03-18

on the st. Paul road.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. C. Kerry were over
come by gas from a coal stove at their
home in GAINESVILLE They have been crit
ically ill since.
Philip Coleman died at his residence in
the town of Lemonweir, Sank County, of
heart disease. He was in the Fourth Wis
consin battery during the war;
Peter Nelson died of consumption at
Appleton, at the age of %. Mr.. Nelson
was formerly clerk at the Wavefly, the
Sherman and the Ritger hotels, and was
well liked by everyone.
Mrs. Kate Pier won the suit brought
by her against the city of Fond du Lac
for damages for the removal of build
ing owned by her. A great deal of inter
est was taken in the. case as the Common
Council was responsible for the removal
of the building.
Two barrels of pike, bass and pickerel,
one on its way to Milwaukee and the 9TH
er to Chicago parties, were seized on an
Omaha freight by Game Warden Klofan-
da and Sheriff Henry at Eau Claire and
contiscated for violation of the game laws.
Arrests will be made.
Fred Schaubel Of Appleton, Kittie Du-
pref and Mrs. Peter Ross drove together
to roadhouse near Kaukauna Monday
afternoon. Peter Ross followed them,
| killed his wife. mortally wounded the 9th
er woman and Schaubel, then surrender
ed. He says his wife deserted him.
The Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
| reduced weighing charges on grain going
| into elevators from 40 cents to 35 cents
| per car and the charge for inspection of
grain from elevators to vessels from 40
cents to 80 cents per 1000 bushels. Both
of these reductions are to go into effect
| April /.
The 6-weeks-old child of Mr. and Mrs.
William Siegahn, who live in the county
| of Grover, was taken to the Menominee
River hospital at Marinette. The child
| has pair of squirrel hands. The fingers
have grown toward the palms and eight
| tiny nails are seen in each, which would
| indicate eight fingers but at the joints
| there are only six.
| The jury in the case Of Frank Schaefer
| against the city of Fond du Lac for dam
| ages received two years ago by being
| thrown from a wagon returned verdict
| of $500 for the plaintiff. 1t was alleged
| that the wagon caught in the street car
| tracks. Other cases in which Gen. Bragg
| is interested were held over owing to an
| accident to the little general"
| Sam Wo, one Of the most influential
Cinnamon in the Northwest, died Of con-
| sumption at West Superior and will be
| buried in the Chinese cemetery at Duluth
| with Chinese Masonic rites. Cinnamon
| claim Wo was a pauper and that a collec-
| ton was taken up for his burial. 1t is
not generally believed, however, as he
| claimed to have taken $35 600 to China
| two years ago.
| A farmer who owns good clip of wool
can sell it for round sum these days,
and the wool buyers are scarcely less ac-
| tive than the tobacco dealers. Every
| pound produced is being hunted up, and it
| is now getting scarce The Eastern mar
| ket has held strong and firm for some
time past, and Eastern buyers have been
| at GAINESVILLE in the interest of Boston
| syndicate, which is said to be attempting
| to corner the supply. The farmers who
own wool, however, are holding their
goods for better prices.
| Richard II. Cantillon died at his home
| in GAINESVILLE Sunday, and the special
train bringing his mother, brother and
sister to his bedside arrived ten minutes
after he passed away. Cantillon was a
| brother of Assistant Division Superin-
| tendent w. D. Cantillon of the Chicago
| and Northwestern of Milwaukee. His
| last request was to see his mother. There
| being no regular train Cantillon ordered
out Il special, but the race with death
failed, although the trip was made in two
hours. Cantillon died suddenly, suppos-
| eddy from appendicitis.
| Miss Lulu Reeder of GAINESVILLE was
| much astonished when she got up and
| looked in the glass to find that during the
night her long hair had been cut off close
| to her head She was positive that no one
could have cut it off as she slept and was
| much mystifed When the family went
downstairs, however, the mystery was ex-
planned. Lying on the sitting room floor,
with the shears on top, was the young
| lady's hair. She had been walking in
| her Sleep and cut her hair off without
| knowing it, the marks of the shears show
| ing on her thumb. The young lady's hair
| was twenty-seven inches long and she was
| very proud of it.
| A train robbery planned to take place
| trated by the merest accident. The Du-
| luth- Omaha limited, which leaves Duluth
| at o'clock in the evening, was to have
| been held up. The passenger was due to
arrive at Hawthorne shortly after dark,
! but before leaving Superior Junction it
| took on board about 100 armed men, who
were fully instructed how to act. The
train reached the next station south. when
| it was appraised of an accident to freight
train ahead. The robbers were prema-
ture with their plans, and instead of ditch
| ing the passenger, as was intended, they
threw train of twenty empty freight cars
| off the track. It was we'll for the bandits
| that they committed this error, as every
| man of them would either have been cap
| tured or shot.
Wisconsin is again to the front, this
time with shipment of beef to Rosen-
baum Bros, Chicago, acknowledged by
them to be the best ever received from
Wisconsin. This shipment of thirty steers
was made by NJ j. Gosa, for fourteen
years Palmyra buyer, and was his 15Sth
carload shipment to Chicago for the cur
| rent year, and pronounced the best he has
seen. They were purchased of William
r., 20 g %h<