Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-12


!oo4' and was a member of the State
Assembly in 1S19-SO.
arthur ;. Frain was found dead in bed
d. Tue CiH House, Devils Lake, with one
nuiie. noie III his mouth and one behind
the "a right cal. The jury brought in YER
uic' VI suicide. His home was in Chi
cago and he was manager of the stone
ciusner Tor the Western Granite Com
pany.
y. "A. Nye, while working around the
planer IN his planning mill at Norrie Sat
urday, got his right arm caught in the ma
chlnery and before the machine could be
stopped, had strip of flesh torn down on
ms forearm four inches long. The doctor
had to put in fifteen stitches to hold the
torn strip in place.
There will be big bicycle meet held
at Juneau On Saturday, Aug. %, under
tne sanction of the League of American
Wheelmen. Ex-Judge Bachhuber is at
the head of the movement and no pains
VIII be spared to make it a success. A
number of races have been arranged for
and valuable prizes will be donated. w.
u. Schuetz of Juneau and Frank l.. Crit
I'm OF Portland will race for the champion
ship of Dodge County.
The heirs of Denison Baker of the town
of Rubicon, Dodge County, have appealed
from the decision Of the county judge ad-
mitting to probate his last will. Mr.. Bak-
er died Feb. % last, leaving an estate val
ued at $4,000. His will practically gave
all to the widow, who was his second wife.
The disinherited children of the first mar
rage are contesting its validity on the
grounds of testamentary incapacity of the
testator and undue influence on the part
of the widow.
Two valuable pearls were found in the
river by Magnolia farmers, near James
vile. William Acheson sold one to John
Young for 5000, while Frank Howard
sold one to George Thurman for the
same price. Young and Thurman make
business of buying fresh water pearls,
and Thurman recently sold one to a Chi
cago society woman for $4,000. Many
people are now hunting for the pearls, the
industry being revived by the fact that
clamshells are worth 1 cent pound to
pearl button manufacturers.
1t is expected that the reorganization
of the West Superior Land and River In
proyement Company will be successfully
consummated and the company be out of
the hands of receivers by next January.
The affairs of the company are getting
well Strengthened out, and they will soon
turn over the amount of their back taxes
to the city government to apply upon the
bond issues, some of which are now in de-
fault. The land company has already
paid in $4,000 and under the tax settle
ment agreement owes 5000, 900 more.
The difficulty between the Illinois Steel
Company and the Amalgamated Asso-
citation over the wages to be paid to the
employees in the top and bottom mill at
Bay View has been adjusted. Both sides
made concessions, but the proposition
which the men made, which amounted to
a 10 per cent reduction in all departments
of the mill, was accepted. The company
about Il month ago announced that it
would pay the men by the day. This the
men refused, as in some lines the company
proposed to make a reduction Of about so
per cent.
Early Monday morning Company f left
Racine for Camp Douglas, but before
leaving about two dozen of the militiamen
took charge of resort. The canteens
were filled with whisky and then the fun
began. In a fight between soldiers and
IL
of it. Black eyes were numerous when
the train left. Society circles are greatly
stirred up over the affair, as number of
the young men who departed for Camp
Douglas with blistered eyes were social
favorites. The chief of police threatens
to add to their troubles by reporting the
matter to the Governor.
George M Otis, representing the Grand
Falls Irrigation company of Grand FAILS,
Texas, was in Marinette, Thursday, to Sc
cure colonists to settle in Southwestern
Texas. Eight families will leave MARI
nette next month to locate there. line
Grand Falls Irrigation Company owns
100000 acres on the Pecas River. Cap
italists of Stoughton, Madison, Deerheld
and other Southern Wisconsin towns are
interested in the company. Several nun
dred co,onists, it is said, are going there
from various parts of Wisconsin. Tx
Gov. Hoard has just purchased 600 acres
on the Pccas, and will start creamery.
G.. III. Wilson and Lewis S. Ladue were
residents of Fond du Lac who emlgrated
to Alaska q few years ago ana are at
Dawson City. Mr.. Ladue went dlrect,
while Mr.. Wilson resided for some time
at Seattle. Wash In letter to John lie
Folyer of Fond du Lac Mr.. Ladue wrote
in glowing terms of his success in the MN
ing district; he was, he said, getting ricn'
hit had not as yet accumulated enough
of the yellow metal to return to tond gu
I,ac and live as a millionaire among his
former acouaintances. Ladue is car
renter by trade and about SO years OF age
Mr.. Wilson is conducting hotel at DaW-
con and is also represented to be on the
high road to success.
Further investigation Of the records IN
the register of deeds once at JUNEAU 1
r,;tb reference to the Rambusch forged
mortgage on the farm OF Pe.er Lachas'
=, tha town of Ashippun reveals that there
was a previous forged mortgage on .ne
same land, placed there oy ha is =,
a., Two "a. 1891, Rambusch placed IN
- = e. rocnrd mQrtgage