Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-10
Minor State Matters.

At Juneau, John Gallitz. young man,
shot himself with suicidal intent and is
expected to die. He was sick for some
time.
A 1week- baby boy was found in the
river near Lynxville, tied up in a sack.
There was a wound in the head, evident
~ made by knife blade.
The Bankers and Merchants Life AS
ISOLATION of Chicago and the Bankers
Life Insurance Company of New York,
both assessment organizations. were Ii
.censed to do business in Wisconsin by
Commissioner Frickc.
A human skeleton was found by boys
while fishing on Lumber Island, near La
Crosse. 1t was partly buried in the sand.
The bones are thought to be the remains
of peddler who disappeared about year
ago. The police are Investigating.
Sufficient snow fell Saturday to cover
the ground at Bayfield,, and the thermom-
eter dropped to 80 degrees. Snow fell at
Oshkosh Sunday morning and at noon
the thermometer registered 10 degrees,
the lowest in many years a this season.
The millinery store of Miss Elizabeth
johnson at Appleton was closed on fore
closure of chattel mortgage of 500 held
by Charles II. Fitzpatrick, Chicago. 9th
er outstanding claims amount to about
$500. The assets are $1,000. Miss John
son expects to be able to resume business
at once.
Michael Pleva, Hungarian employed
in the tannery at Kenosha, died under
peculiar circumstances and the report was
given out that he had committed suicide.
Nl,n hnx 1nd
on this point, and made thorough inves-
tigaton. which has resulted in the belief
that the man was murdered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Brown, whose
combined ages are 2O4 years, were at the
st. Paul depot in GAINESVILLE. Neither of
them looked as if they had spent a CEN
fury on earth, but the woman said she
was 100 years old, while her husband was
1O4. The woman could walk, but her hus-
band had to be carried on stretcher.
Felix Benbey has been retained by the
Ferris Wheel SLOT Machine Company to
defend it in a test case about to be begun
by the city of Sheboygan against q. G..
Neumeister. president of the Neumeister
Drug Company, to compel him to remove
a wheel slot machine from one of the
company's stores in violation of a city
ordinance.
Mrs. Elsie Neumiller committed sui
de at Milwaukee by taking carbolic
ad She died a few minutes after taking
tn, fatal dose Before she took the poi
sonherself she gave some to her Swear
old IN, but the little fellow swallowed
only small quantity and may recover.
Two h,nths ago she secured Il divorce
from he husband, but she still loved him
in spite { their domestic troubles. She
grew deshndent and sent word to him
that in can he did not care for her she
would kill hsself.
A circus wich is to be in Milwaukee
had eNtensives advertised that a diver
would jump tr@n the roof of the Mack
book into the dver, and big crowd
gathered, But Ae circus people disap-
pointed the crowd Not so Browning,
King \ Co Seeing the people waiting
patiently. they shpyea one of their dunn
my figures up to the of and with great
osteutatlon 1t apparently made the fright
tul leap. The figure srrck the water
lengthwlse and many sArieked feeling
certain that the man mus AVE been kill
ed 1t was some time bel "a Tho nrac-
teal joke became generally own.
At Junction City, Charles Rassell aged
Is years, was seriously injured wh;,a dr;v.
lng young horse hitched to a Md oort
Inc horse ran away and the Nov was
pitched on his head by the roadsite
The woman in white" was taken ;,+a
custody at Marinette after soaring hslf
the inhabitants of the city. She Is a.
gently insane and dresses entirely !,
NAi'e' with back Grape bands around hay