Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-29


logs. He had just jumped on jam of
logs and was pulled off into the river and
taken under the jam. Nevers was %
years old and came West last fall from
Pennsylvania.
The new civil service law providing for
a board ofsfire and police commissioners,
has got La Crosse into queer muddle.
Retiring Mayor Powell, who was at st.
Paul, sent down a list of four names Mon
day night. AS the Mayor was absent,
President of the Council Murray appoint
ed board Tuesday morning. Incoming
Mayor McCord qualified, and as his term
began at midnight he holds that Murray's
board is illegal, because the actual Mayor
was in the city; also that Powell's board
is illegal, because, although Mayor at
the time, he was debarred from acting on
account of being out of the city. McCord
will now name board and the three
bodies will fight it out, probably in the
courts.
The Hatteberg veneer factory at Marsh
field, w. 81. Roddis, president, was burn
ed at an early hour Tuesday morning. The
loss is estimated at $4,000, with an in
surance of $4,000. The cause of the fire
is not known. The building was filled
with large quantity of dry material and
1T did not take long after the fire started
before the place was in ruins. BY hard
work the boilers, engine and some of the
machinery were saved. Fifty-fve men
are thrown out of employment. There
were many orders on hand to fill, and it is
probable that some means will be found
whereby work can be resumed at once in
some other building. 1t is impossible to
state definitely whether or not he will
decide to rebuild.
A somewhat remarkable document was
| filed in the register of deeds Office at Fond
du Lac. 1t is a land patent, dated April
10, 1S49, and granting to John Ponnan,
former private in the Louisiana volun-
teers, quarter of a section of land in the
township of Eldorado The patent is
granted under "An act to raise for linn
| tied time an additional military force and
for other purposes The patent was
| filed Tuesday by Attorney A. A. Kelly,
acting for Mr. Lawrence Cain, to whom
| the property now belongs. Mr.. Cain filed
| the patent to perfect his title to the land.
The document is stained and weather
beaten, and bears the original signature Of
Zachary Taylor, then President of the
United States The patent is printed upon
sheepskin folio the same as is now used
| for collegiate diplomas.
William Koepsel August Eberlein and
Richard Stelow of Neenah nearly lost
| their lives by capsizing in Lake Winnie
| bago. They were returning from hunt
ing trip, and when opposite Wheeler's
point, their boats were overturned by the
high waves. For nearly an hour they
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finally driven ashore in an exhausted con-
dition. Stelew, who had been sailing
little skiff reached shore. The other two
men chung to their boat for nearly on hour
and when they reached shore ISoepsel
sank into Inconsistencies, but with the
aid of stimulants, soon recovered. The
boats were broken and lost and three
guns, including ammunition, hunting jack
cts and decoys, We're lost, making total
loss of S175. The men have now entirely
recovered from the effects of their expe-
rience.
Rev. Charles Starkwea Their of West Su-
periOr took the seat from which he was
ousted two years ago and presided vlgor-
ously over the Common Council. He ap-
pointed his personal following Co Office,
naming Heber McHugh for city attorney,
ACI1uSu udFlHS UclcuueO I'LL S'l LAIPcdCA-
ment proceedings; Charles Tomas for city
clerk, Tomas, then an alderman, having
voted against impeachment; r. Banks for
city engineer, and w. 2. Crawford for
assistant city attorney. Mr.. Starkweath-
er, in his inaugural address, outlined
conservative policy and pledged the ad-
| ministration to meet all interest on bonds.
He stated that until his city attorney gave
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fire and police commission law, he would
take no action to appoint chiefs of those
departments. The Council elected Alex.
r. Mills, brother of Senator Mills, presi-
dent of the Council.
Unseasonably cold weather mas created
the gravest fears among the fruit growers
in this section of the country. Through
Illinois and Indiana and the southern part
of Wisconsin the cold has been especially
severe, and the reports are anything but
reassuring The records of the weather
department show that the temperature
was Il degrees below the average for
April. c.. E. Linney, superintendent of
the weather and crop service report, sent
out bulletin which takes cheerful look
at the situation. He is inclined to the
belief that the fruit buds in Illinois are
not far enough advanced to be hurt by the
cold weather. The heaviest damage was
inflicted in the southern section of In
diana, where the fruit was farthest ad-
vanced, and in the great fruit belt which
includes the counties along the Ohio river
and extends north for fifty miles. 1t is
estimated that nearly all the fruit in this
section is killed, but time may prove that
this estimate is incorrect.
A sadly afflicted family is that Of Joshua
Bibby, residing near Galesville A few
years ago the father died, leaving u wife
and FIVE grown-up children-a son and
four daughters. AT that time the chill
dren were apparently in good health. Soon
the son, the eldest of the family, was
taken i'll and consumption carried him
quickly to the grave. Within a few months
one of the daughters died from the same
disease. In less than year the disease
seized upon two more of the family, and
hoping to stay the malady, the young
women, accompanied by the remaining Sis
ter went to Florida this winter. Two
weeks ago one of the invalids died, and
last week the other was carried to her
grave both being buried in the South.