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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
Minor State Matters.

At Waupun, Benny Shean, aged IL
years. was drowned in Rock river while
skating.
w. w. Cargill, a grain operator of La
Crosse, has secured the Hodson ware
house in GAINESVILLE and will enlarge it.
While excavating near Platteville, Jas.
Fawcett found the skeleton of prehis-
toric animal in a fair state Of preserva-
ton.
A vest-bound freight train on the Wis
consin Central was wrecked at Stanley
and fourteen cars were ditched, several
being consumed by fire.
At Manitowoc, Lillian Clark, Lucy
Schneider and Lulu Peterson were run
down by fractions horse. Miss Clark
back is said to be broken. She may die.
disappeared and was supposed to have
been smothered in a cargo Of grain on
the steamer Empire City, has returned.
Karl Dierks, who sued the city of Ra-
cine and the Racine Gas Light Company
for $4,000 fo- the death Of his boy, who
was killed by falling pole, was given a
verdict for $1,000 against the city. The
case against the gas company was non
suited.
At West Superior, Judge Vinje granted
Judgment for the defendant in the $780,
900 damage case of Helmer Juberg
against Russell & Miller Milling Com
pany.
After cleaning out the hot ashes and
coal Of a baking oven, Mrs. G. Strub of
the town Of Rhine slipped and fell on the
hot ashes and was severely, if not fatally,
burned.
Anton Heckel, farmer on Apple creek,
lost his barn by fire and its contents, con-
sisting Of one horse, FIVE head OF cattle,
500 bushels Of grain and all his winters
supply Of hay. Insurance very light.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
Pine Lands Taken Up.

The rapidity with which the vacant
lands of northern Wisconsin are being
purchased by homeseekers is shown by
the weekly sales of the large lumber COM
panles, which own the greater part of the
wild lands in that section. In one recent
week the Lyman Lumber Company dis
posed of 1000 acres in Wood County in
forty and eighty-acre lots to prospective
settlers, and the sales of the other con-
Germs, which have large tracts of "cut-
ever hand, will foot up nearly as large.
Ihe purchasers of these lands are gen.
orally from the southern part Of the State
-well-to-do renters who desire to secure
homes of their own, and farmers sons,
who are unable to buy the high-priced
lands of southern Wisconsin. Quite
number of settlers come from Indiana,
while nearly all the Western States con-
tribute their Quota
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09

Sir Wilfrid. 81 don't want # now Arr
want is YOU -
But that will not be very satisfactory
Tor poor Mr. Denham,'' said Rosie. aMay
day?' - niih ano'nef
say anything you like. But can't Won
come with me now?'
NO; it is impossible! Neither must ron
return for me. We don't want them to
Know that I'm your sister. Only saw
where | can see you, darling-alone. re-
n,ember-and 1 VIII be there bv five
O'clock ~ n'e
1ou must come to my chambers. in
nochester street. You remember the old
place, don't you?' -
LIVING in chambers, Wilfrid! And
where, then, is your wife,"
Sir Wilfrid's brows contracted with q
frown. .
she is staying with her mother in Ons-
low Gardens. She prefers it to living
win me. But will tell you all about
that when we have time to talk together.
ana You promise me faithfully to come to
my chambers at five?"
promise you, dearest; and I shall he
SO impatient for the moment to arrive.
that | do not know how I shall get
through my work till them
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
DIRE DISTRESS IN CUBA.
Shocking: Conditions Observed in the
Devastated Island.

devastated 1SIanQs
Deplorable as the condition of the re-
concentrates may be, SPANS first duty
is clearly to relieve the sufferings Of her
own troops, writes correspondent Of the
New York Herald. To begin with, the
Spanish soldiers have received no pay for
many months, and consequently they are
not able to buy any thing ON their own &C
count in the small towns in which they
are stationed. Then, too, the credit Of
the troops has been in most instances ex-
hausted, the shopkeepers refusing to de-
liver more goods unless they were paid
what is long due to them.
If the captain general were to go to the
country he would see i'll soldiers lying by
the wayside, he would find many forts
that In reality are nothing more than hos
pitfalls, and in many of the small towns he
would experience difficulty in getting to-
gether a force Of any size that would be
able to tackle an ordinary band Of rebels.
| am not in any way exaggerating when l
write this, for l have seen these things
myself. l took the train for Artemisa
early Sunday morning At every small
station that we passed I saw I'LL soldiers.
In many INSTANCES the mark of death
was plainly visible in their faces.
l visited a church that had been turned
Into jail. Half the guards were invalids,
and had the prisoners not been weaker
than the guards there was little to him
der their escape. One Of the prisoners
watched his chance and slipped me note
begging me for Gods sake to give him
some money to buy clothing. Another
prisoner, who had evidently been at one
time a well-to-do planter, was allowed to
roam about the church on sort Of parole
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
DEALS DEATH AND RUIN.
Furious Hurricane Lashes the Islands
of Great Britain.


of Great Britain.
1t is believed that thirty vessels, large
and small, and 100 lives have been lost
in the hurricane that for twenty-four
hours dashed the British Isles. The dam
age to other property is extremely heavy,
especially at the watering places, where
the invasion of the bowling waters has
swept walks, gardens and parades and
carried off fencing and small cottages.
The Government loses heavily at the
Woolwich arsenal and the Sherness dock
yard. The loss in Government stores will
reach thousands Of pounds.
In London, the squalid region below
London bridge was submerged, and hun
dreds of houses and cellars have been rem
dered uninhabitable. The marine disas-
ters will be keenly felt by the insurance
companies, which already are serious suf-
ferers by the recent big fire. The storm
was one Of the severest in recent years.
All the coast towns suffered heavily.
Failing walls and flying debris added to
the loss Of life. Vessels were reported
ashore on every part of the coast, and
many ships are known to have foundered,
with the probable loss Of all hands.
AT Lowestoft, Yarmouth and elsewhere
the sea has flooded the quays and neigh
borhoods, washing away the esplanades
and doing other serious damage. The sea
wall at Scarborough was washed away,
and the passenger and mail services
across the channel had to be suspended.
AT Liverpool the squalls blew off the
roofs of several houses, threw down CHM
neys and tore up trees. The Mersey food
ed its banks on the Chester side and del
uged the shore district for miles. Similar
disasters occurred at Holyhead, where
number of valuable yachts were sunk at
their mornings. Scarcely a vestige re-
mains in sight of the wreck of Lord Mel
sons old flag ship, the Foudroyant, long
fast in the sands off Blackpool. The
scenes at such popular resorts as Var
mouth and Margate were of great gran
deur, but the damage done was enormous.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09

Nothing, my dear boy, but what vo,,
think best for yourself. Just listen -
me. Lena has been spoiled all her l;fe
and you continue to spoil her. and she
won't like you a bit the better for IT.
women never do. They're made TO no
ruled, and they love to feel the curh If
It's not too tight. Your best plan for tho
present is this: Let her remain with her
mother. Pretend it makes NO difference
to you where she is, but don't let her i'm
aglne that you fret. Take some cham
bers IN town, and keep them for your own
convenience and run up whenever you feel
hcnned. III Introduce you to first-rate
set. and We'll put up your name at the
clubs. No man can belong to the fashion
VINO mopes in the country all the year
around. You don't know how it would
pnghten you up to pay us an occasional
visit"
AS soon as the pheasants were slaugh-
tered and his guests had taken their de-
parture, he went up to London with Can
tain Dorsay, and settled himself there for
the winter months.
Lady EWeH was not particularly pleas
ed when she heard of the step her hus-
band had taken. Bachelor chambers and
absence from Lambscote sounded yery
ike an attempt at freedom ON his part.
and Lady Otto showed no sympathy for
her alarm.
L told you how it would be, when you
insisted upon accompanying me to Paris. /"
she said to her daughter. 'You had no
right to leave your home at such a sea-
son, and sir Wilfrid resents it by showing
you that he also intends to take his pleas
ure i'll his own way. You are playing
very foolish game, Lena, and you will
live to repent it,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
PINES FOR HIS BRIDE.
Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay Yearns for the
Return of His Wife.


Return of His Wife.
Dora Richardson Clay, the child wife
Of the famous abolitionist, duelist, soldier
and war minister to Russia, Gen. Cassius
Marcellus Clay, has left her husband and
returned to her home in Valley View, ten
miles away on the Kentucky river.
Hhe marriage of Gen. Clay to Dora
Richardson, dependent in his home,
which occurred Dec. 10, 1894, was great
sensation. Dora was then IA years old
and Gen. Clay, now in his S7th year, was
seventy years her senior. His relatives
made strenuous objections to the mar
rage and the general converted his mag
nifcent mansion at Whitehall into reg
ular fort. He armed his army Of en-
ployes on his farm with shotguns, rifles
and revolvers and planted cannon around
the place to warn off intruders. Amid
these surroundings he married his child
wife.
The years seem to have passed happily
enough to this strangely mated couple.
Gen. Clay provided for every comfort Of
his wife, carefully educating her and
treating her more like father than
husband. Mrs. Clay, on the other hand,
administered to his every want and antici-
pated his slightest wish. During this
time Dora's brother, "Clelr" Richardson,
was overseer of the Clay property and
made his home at the Clay mansion. But
about six months ago he and Gen. Clay
quarreled and "Clelr' left. Then Gen.
CLAY went to Cincinnati to have his eyes
treated. During his absence Mamie Big
gerstaff lived at the Clay mansion to keep
Mrs. Clay company. Beaus called to see
her and Mrs. Clay for the first time since
reaching girlhood enjoyed the society Of
persons of her own age. On the generals
return Mamie went home and Mrs. Clay
became unhappy. Three weeks ago she
went home to see her brother ''Clell,"
and now Gen. Clay fears that she will re-
main away permanently. He says she Is
a free agent, free to remain away or to
return, but he would give much if she
would again take up her home in the
Whitehall mansion. Unless Dora returns
to him soon it is believed the old hero
will quickly give up life's struggle, and
that the end will not be far off.
Mrs. Clay will not say whether she will
return, but states that sh, may go home
when she gets ready.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
Told In a Few Lines.

Since the incoming of the present adj
mnistration at Washington twenty seven
American prisoners have been released in
Cuba.
decided that wife may recover by legal
proceedings money lost by her husband
IN gambling.
Angel Paz, who betrayed Gen. Cas-
tillo to the Spaniards for $1,000, was cap
tured by the insurgents ON his way to
Cienfuegos, court aartialed on drum
head and han9sAA
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
Drowned While Skating.

w. F. Campbell, principal of the Flor
ence high school, was drowned in Fisher
lake. There was an open spot in the lake
and earlier in the evening Annie Ander-
son, one of the high school girls, had a
narrow escape from drowning. Later
Mr.. Campbell and Miss Whitfield, one of
the teachers, skated into the open place.
Miss Whitfeld's cry for help was heard
and assistance came in time to save her,
but no trace Of Mr.. Campbell could be
found. The lake was dragged and the
body recovered
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
10 be cont,nued.)
Ginseng Culture.

The secret of raising ginseng has
been discovered. at last. 1t is being
grown upon Missouri soil and cult
waited by a Missouri farmer, says the
st. Louis Republic. China has an I'M
limited demand for the ginseng root,
and because of it's scarcity pays the
handsome price Of $3.50 for a single
Mound of it. Heretofore the market has
been supplied from certain mountain
sections, where the herb grows wild.
Repeated attempts to cultivate it have
proved failure. But, according to
Waldo Parks, a guest at the Laclede
Hotel, Spencer Brown, farmer down
in Texas County, is cultivating an acre
of ginseng. 1t natures in six years.
From the product of that acre he ex-
meets to realize the modest sum Of $780,
600. He will limit the product SO as to
keep the price up.
Mr.. Brown says that ginseng -four
ishes in rich limestone soil, shaded
from the sun. 1t requires eighteen
months to terminate and six years for
full growth. He is making no secret
of the discovery, but explainssits mys-
teries to any one.
Ry the Chinese ginseng is considered
= medicinal ingredient of wonderful
mowers. A liquor is distilled from it
which is supposed to cure all diseases.
They have never been able to find the
secret of it's culture and have depended
mon the wild roots found here and
there. for their supply.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09

Surveyor of Customs Robert Calvert
seized several patches of lottery circulars
and tickets which came through mails to
parties in Alma, Elroy and elsewhere.
The parcels fell under suspicion in New
York and at the office of address were
opened and confscated. Calvert has had
lately as high as twenty-five parcels Of
contiscated lottery matter at one time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
Pupils Used by a Hypnotist.

Quite a sensation has developed in pub
lie school circles in Sheboygan by the
charge that Prof. George w. Ferguson,
instructor Of drawing in the public
schools, recently took eight or ten pupils
from one of the ward schools and used
them as subjects for hypnotic exhibit
ton. Mr.. Ferguson does not deny the
charge, but asserts in his defense that no
injury was done to the children and that
he did not imagine there would be any OBJ
lection on the part of the parents. The
School Board has been asked to dismiss
him
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
"Ado Leads to a Wedding.

Levi Loshbough, wealthy stock raiser
of Belvidere, ILL.,, and Mrs. Frances
Stops, who is said to own row Of fats
in Minneapolis, were married st James
vile by justice of the peace. The match
was brought about through an advertise
ment in a Chicago ma trimonial paper, and
the couple met in GAINESVILLE by appoint
ment for the first time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
Shot by a Companion.

A gun in the hands of the 15-year-old
son of William Johnson, a farmer resid-
ing few miles north of Two Rivers, was
accidentally discharged, the load taking
effect in the legs of Lewis johns, COM
panion who was hunting with him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
Sets Aside the Verdict.

At Eau Claire, Judge Bailey set aside
the verdict by which John O'Donnell was
found guilty of numbering his wife by the
administra ton of strychnine and gave
him new trial. O'Donnell is now in
States prison ON life sentence. Irreg-
ularities of counsel connected with the
case and perjury on the part of one of the
witnesses are given as the cause.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
Mrs. Nichols Found Guilty.

One of the most interesting cases ever
tried in the Fourth judicial circuit ended
at Fond du Lac, when Judge N. S. Gil
son delivered his charge in the case Of
Myrtle Nichols, charged with enticing
Augusta Hardwicke from her home in
Marinette last April. Mrs. Nichols was
found guilty by the jury. A motion for
new trial was made
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
Strike at Superior Is Settled.

The American Steel Barge Company
has settled it's strike with the union Of
boiler makers and iron shipbuilders at
Superior, by which the old hands are tax
en- back without prejudice, but the pres
ent large force of non-union men are re-
tanned.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09

A physician has declared that if only
twenty minutes a day were spent in
nhvsical exercise as an adjunct to men
tal education, most people might live
TO 70 without days illness, and per-
hans prolong their lives to 100 years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09

Experience - Something everybody
oets after it is too late to make use
of 1t.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONClSELY
CONDENSED.

Drowning Of the Principal of Florence
Schools Superior Strike Is Settled :
Vacant Lands Are Being Purchased
Teacher Hypnotized His Pupils.
The herald., 1897-10-10
Stray Chords

M. d'Olorne, pupil of Massenet's has
been awarded the Grand Prix de Rome
in Paris this year.
Mr.. Plunket Greene's tour of forty five
recitals will cover Canada, British CO.
lumbia and California. Mr.. Greene
returns to England in January.
The song which took the prize at the
recent Welsh Eisteddfod at Pontypool
Wales, was Walther's "Preislied," from
die Meistersinger."
Madame Marchesi, the renowned Pa
rsiar vocal instructor, has decided to
postpone indefinitely her promised visit
to America.
Madame Johanna Gadski arrived last
Thursday from Berlin. She is under con-
tract with the Damrosch opera company
for three years.
Guilmant, the organist of La Trinte
Paris, will spend three months in Amer
lea, beginning early in December. He
will give recitals as he did when he Wis
tied the States in 1893.
i The Italian Banda Rosa, which Is to
give concerts In the United States this
season, sailed from Naples on the steam
ship Kaiser Wilhelm II on October1 l.
Adelina Patti laid the memorial stone
and formally opened the Grand theater
at Swansea, England, recently.
On dit that Paderewski has rival in
pianistic excellence in the person of Ed
ward Zeldenhurst, who comes from
Holland.
The herald., 1897-10-10
A4zk5|!sREQ#
.1=KEYI'@97# :

The following prospectus Whlcn is
self-explanatory, is being circulated for
the purpose Of determining how many
there. are. in this community of 100000
neople who will, either as musicians
or music-loving laymen, contribute Slo
a wear toward the foundation and sup
mort of an organization which proposes
to provide the best availabl presenta-
ton of thoroughly high-class music to
its, patrons and members in a stipulated
number of concerts. This move II put
the beginning of what, it is hoped and
believed, may grow into permanent ana
influential movement toward awaken
ing in Los Angeles real understanding
of and love for good music The lists
are open to any and all who are or de
sire to become Interested in the move
ment. The plan follows:
It is proposed that the music-lovins
people of this city join in forming an
organization which shall have for its OBJ
ject the giving of series of chamber
concerts this winter. 1t is expected that
100 people can be secured, each of whom
will subscribe the sum of $40, making
total fund of $1,000, which sum will be
used to give a series of between six ami
ten concerts. The first twenty of the 100
have been secured and their names are
given below. The organization will be
of a temporary character. If at the end.
of the season the members should desir:
to continue it for another ysar they
can subscribe again. Joining will thus
involve no liability beyond the sum of
$40
The members will receive several tick
cts to each concert. There will be soIne'
receipts at the door. but all expenses of
the undertaking will be figured inside
of the sum actually subs scribed in mem-
herships. The music presented will be
Of the very best quality, and. it will be
performed by the most expert musical
talent to be obtained. No effort will be
made to undertake choral or orchestral
work or anything of complicated or
expensive character. Piano and vocal
work, and string quartet, will consti-
The herald., 1897-10-10

nue. The time was most pleasantly
spent in playing games. Ice cream ard
cake were served.
Fred Stead of North Truman street,
was stricken with paralysis last Thurs
day and is now confined to his bed.
Rev. L. F. Laverty pastor Of the Sec
ord Presbyterian church. has returned
from a short absence and will occupy his
pulpit this morning as usual.
Frank Frary of Newton avenue has
returned from fishing and hunting ex-
pedition-
Mrs. T. G. Jones of South Walnut
street, is suffering with an attack Of
rheumatism.
L. E. Baker, who recently returned
from Tucson, Ariz., is recovering from
severe ilrAess.
Elder ]. r. Bowman will occupy the
pulpit today at the Christian Advent
church on Truman street.
Miss Nellie Barracough, principal Of
the Arroyo school, also Miss Josephine
Barraciough have moved from the West
SIDE and are now settled at 827 Downey
avenue.
The herald., 1897-10-10

tute the greater part of the programs.
1t is proposed to supplement the con-
oerts with short lectures on musical
topics by some expert authority, with
some eXegesis of the program to be pre-"
sente.d.
If this idea meets with your approval
we shall be glad to enter your name as
one of the 100 guarantors or members,
and to receive from you any suggestion
of other possible members that you may
have to offer
The first twenty who have subscribed
are: DR.. and Mrs. Norman Bridge, Mr.
and Mrs. F. X. Rule. Senator and Mrs
]. P. Jones, Mr.. and Mrs c. ]. Ellis, Mr..
and Mrs. F. w. King. Mr.. and Mrs. j.
d. Hooker, Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Sartori,
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Francis. Mr.. and Mrs.
C. d. Willard, Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Patter-
son. Mrs P. C. Baker, Mrs. Margaret
Collier Graham, Mrs. James w. Scott
DR.. w. l.. and Miss w. F. Wills Mrs.
Pierre c. Severance, Mr.. and Mrs. j. O.
Koepfi, Mr.. Jas. Slauson, Mr.. and Mrs.
M. H. Newmark, Mrs. F. A. Eastman,
Mr.. Gregory Perkins, jr.
= + 4
Alfred A. Farland, the noled banjoist,
who appeared in Los Angeles three
years ago. will give concert under d.
rection Of the Y. NJ. C. A. in December.
His reraition of such selections as
Grande Valse Brilliante Op. IS, by
Chopin; Mendelssohn' Violin Concerto,
Op. 81, and other compositions of a
similar nature, has placed him at the
head of great banjo players.