Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

Near Babcock Ole Della lost his house
| by fire. Three children. the oldest 5
years of age, were burned to death.
William Hilton, farmcr residing near
Ahnapee, died from n complication of
! grip and asthma, aged % years. Mr..
| Hilton was born and married in England
and came to this State about forty years
ago.
| Postmaster Roll, of Burnett, informed
| the Juneau authorities that burglars had
! broken into his postoffice and stolen
about 500. 1t is supposed to be the work
| of tramps. They have not been cap
| tured.
The family of w. J. Whipple, of Cen
trail Park, returning to their home Friday
morning. found the house blazing. 1t
was eNtinguished without much loss, and
investigation showed the basement to
have been robbed and the floors saturated
with kerosene.
At Chippewa Falls the little 2-year- Did
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Stengcl was
| perhaps fatally burned while both parents
were temporarily absent from the house.
The child's clothing caught fire from a
live coal and the mother appeared just in
time to save its life.
At the Fond du Lac Council meeting
Aid. Hughes introduced resolution
which was adopted, providing for the tax
ing up of bond issue Of 100000, made
in 1854, and now bearing 5 per cent. in
tcrest, the city to make new issue for
the same amount. The money can be
secured at much lower rate of interest.
clever swindle just now largely prac
ticed about Hebron is that of the travel
ing salesman with a small, inferior look
ing potted plant, appearing to emit a
! sweet, pungent odor that comes from =
bottle of strong perfume concealed in the
dirt. The plant is represented to be Z
native of the Holy Land or some foreign
country, three seeds of which may be
| purchased for 30 cents. Lady window
gardeners in country farmhouses are
| largely the victims.
The West Superior City Council has
instructed Treasurer Ekstrand to notify
property owners carrying insurance with
companies not licensed to do business
! in Wisconsin to pay the per cent pre-
, MUM tax provided by law. There is, it
is estimated, nearly $2,O0O,O00 placed in
such companies by mills, elevators and
coal docks. The difficulty lies in ascer-
! placed, though it is pretty generally
| known that it is with companies un-
| licensed in the State and having no agents
| there.
| There are strong suspicious that muir
! der has been committed in a lumber camp
north of Grantsburg. 1t is known posi-
! lively that there was a quarrel. ''Billy"
! Taylor, who is a half-6reed, when found
| had his head smashed as though with a
| heavy club and that his Indian relatives
took his body to near the center of Bur-
nett County and buried it without an in
| quest. The report was circulated that
| he died after being sick several days, but
this is known to be false, as he was seer
at work short time before tho burial
Ernst Huending, young Watertown
man at Juneau charged with contempt
of court. was released by Judge Dick OH
writ of habeas corpus. Buending is the
defendant in an action commenced by his
wife for divorce, and failed to comply
with the order of a court commissioner,
| requiring him to pay alimony and suit
! money. Judge Dick held that the de-
/ PENDANT should not have been committed
until it was clearly proven that he was
! able to pay the alimony and refused to
do SO, a fact which was not made out be-
| fore the commissioner.
| Bloodshed may be the result of mis-
understanding between two Superior peo-
! pie. The parties are Col. G.. d. Loud
| from Savannah, Ga, and w. J. Holden,
a Superiar ssiipbuilder and politician. Col.
/ Loud is engaged in encouraging mmigra-
ton to the fruit-growing sections of Geor-
| gia. Holden was sent with the Colonel
a short time ago to Georgia by a party
/ Of shipyard men to look over the country.
| While away Holden conceived the idea
| of going into the business himself and
/ started Il rival business three miles from
| Col. LIQUIDS lands near Mason. Now
there is talk of duel.
For several days Officer Earles has
been sharp on the scent of some thievery
! committed Mt Kaukanna about two years
ago, and of which no good evidence could
! be obtained at the time. Friday Officer
Earles came home from Stevens Point
with John Ward, who, the officer says,
! has confessed that he helped to rob Haas
| & Breier's hardware store of about $50
| in money and goods at that time, and i'm
plicated another boy. The lads were
! taken before Justice Mulloy, who placed
them under $500 bonds. They were COM
mitted to Appleton Jail to await the time.
The will of Mrs. Elizabeth Pister, filed
at Milwaukee, is very brief, disposing Of
! an estate reported to be valued at more
J than 81 100000 in less than 500 words.
Three special requests are made to Rosa,
Bertha and John Christmaz, nieces and
a nephew of the deceased, and the residue
is to be equally divided between Charles
/ II. Pfister and Louis +. Vogel her adopt
| cd children. A final settlement of all
/ interests under the will Of George Hiles,
who died year ago, was made. All liti-
| CATION has been dropped and an agree
ment reached between all the persons in
terested. The estate is estimated at be-
tween S3,O0O,COO and $4,0Oo,OOO.
At juneau in the case Of Augusta Yahr
VS.. Joseph Saick and Alkaline Saiick. his
wife, action was to recover land decided
by the plaintiff to the defendants and for
| judgment in the sum Of $500 cash loaned
to the defendant, Joseph Salick. The
complaint set forth that the defendants
/ falsely stated that they were repre-