Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-07-01


kee, was run over by milk wagon, driv-
en- by Peter Burkhardt and received
probably fatal injuries.
AT Racine. the viii of the late James
Fielding was admitted to probate. The
heirs will contest the Will and carry the
case to the Supreme Court.
Crop report: Crops greatly improved,
especially corn, which is small but good
color. Oats, spring wheat and rye doing
we'll; barley fair; hay light.
Ross Hagadone, the 1S-year-o,d son of
J. 2. Hagadone, a lumbernan, died at
Ashland from injuries received by failing
from his wheel at NVashburn.
Roy Dean. aged 6 years, fell into vat
of buttermiik in a creamery near James
vile and but for the timely arrival of his
father would have been suffocated.
At Merrill, Stella Demars, u years old,
fell off the Wisconsin river dam into the
river, Il distance of about fourteen feet.
The body has not yet been recovered.
The case of Carl Brown, aged % years,
against his wife, Lottie Brown, aged IA
years, for annulmeGt of marriage, was
trietl at Eau Claire The court denied the
application.
Mrs. Bender, aged 50 years, mother of
Rev. A. Bender. pastor Of St. Matthews
Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, dropped
dead of heart disease at Sheboygan Sun
Cay afternoon.
Porter Ross, the Kaukauna wife MUIR
derer, was taken to prison to begin his
sentence of two years. With him went
Martin Haen and William Sinclair, each
sentenced to one year for forgery.
According to the late Rev. D. 0. Van
Slyke of Ga.esyille the garden of Eden
was located in Trempea,eau and adjoin-
ing counties. It is the only place in the
word where four rivers are to be found.
The residence of D. r. Hogan ait Fond
du Lac was entirely destroyed by fire.
Mr.. Hogan was away at the time and
knew nothing Of the fire until hefeturned
and found his home in ashes. The loss is
81, 300; insurance, $500.
One Of the coolest burglars of the age
entered the home of Peter Meyers at Ra-
cine. The thief ransacked the house and
failed to find large sum of money. In
the morning Mr. Meyers found his cloth
ing in dhe back yard and in a notebook
the burglar had written the words: ''You
uIASCl oDtt pdupCi, Spu navy hoI pAAN o'
for our trouble WEI call again soon."
The Van Nortwicks of Batavia, Ill,
have straightened out their financial tan
gle and will resume all their business en-.
terprises with the exception of the Ba-
tavia bank William and John Van Mort
wick failed last December. Their prin-
cipal business interests were in the West
ern Paper Bag Company and the agricul-
tural implement factory at Appleton. The
creditors bills in the Federal Court We're
dismissed and the receiver of the Western
Paper Bag Company discharged. The
bank will be wound up There will be
no losses except ON loans made to outside
parties.
The Valley Lumber Company's mill at
Eau Claire, employing go men, shut
down Tuesday morning by a strike on
the part of twenty-seyen lumber sorters
working in the rafting Shed. The men re-
ceived $3.50 per day and demand raise
of 25 cents per day. The wages paid are
the same as last year. The strikers are
not employed by the company, but by
Thomas Brandgard, who has the contract
for rafting Mr.. Carson, president of the
company, says the mill will resume OPP
erations when the rafting contractor is
ready to go ahead with the work. Efforts
are being made to secure men to take the
places of the strikers.
The example of Oshkosh has stimulated
Neenah and Menasha and there is now
weIl-detined movement to build an electric
street car line in the Twin Cities. Ine
plan is to form a stock company with am
Die CAPITAL and secure an option ON the
Neenah and Menasha Street Railway
Company's property, which is now in re-
ceiver's hands The line would then be
extended, provided franchise can be Sc
cured from the cities mentioned, to In
clude the streets leading to Riverside
Park and Oak Hill Cemetery in Neenah
and the streets leading to the Wisconsin
Central and Chicago Milwaukee and st.
Paul depots in Menasha.
A great sensation has been created at
Eau Claire by AN application to the dis
trict attorney for the arrest on charge
of forgery of prominent woman residing
there. 1t is claimed that she has disposed
of bogus paper during the. past few years
on the strength of her husbands name to
the extent of about $4,000. The specific
case on which the prosecution may be IN
stituted is that she gave note purport-
ing to bear her husbands signature to an
other woman and it came into the hands
Of local manufacturer who wants to coll
lect it. 1t is said that the offender also
succeeded in giving a mortgage on the
house in which she and her husband live.
He knew nothing of it till foreclosure pro-
ceedings were commenced. The district
attorney has the matter under advise
ment.
Miss Rebecca Peterson committed sui
eide at Hartland Saturday by taking
strychnine She was domestic and had
formerly been engaged in Milwaukee. No
reason is given for the deed.
A cloudburst at Amigo deluged things
generally Sunday night. The brick block