Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11

The Menomonie high school and Stout
manual training school were destroyed by
fire. Loss on high school, $4,000, insur-
ance $4,000; on Stout manual training
school, 100000, insurance $4,000.
| At Racine, the big works Of the Case
Thrashing Machine Company resumed
operations on Monday morning. Ihey
| have been closed for six months. Several
| hundred men will be given employment.
Minnie Alderman, young girl residing
at Marinctte, drank a half ounce of laud-
anum on the street When she arrived
home the drug had taken effect but the
heroic efforts of physicians saved her life.
The past two weeks have been of great
benefit to Greenwood. Logs, stave bolts,
wood and farm produce have been moving
rapidly, at fair prices. The large stave
mill started up and put about sixty men
to work.
Nearly all, if not all, the cheese fac
| tories in Door County have now suspend
ed operations for the winter. They will
doubtless all resume along about the mid
die of May if pasturage is available ut
| that time.
! James Thorpe, of Darien, had his arm
torn off by corn shredder, and nearly
bled ITO death before the doctor reached
him. Unless blood poisoning ensues he
will recover.
| Peter Johnson, aged 6S years, who re-
sided about four miles northwest of Mills
ton. died after u lingering illness. Mr..
| Johnson was one of the old citizens Of
the town Of Melrose, having lived on his
| farm for nearly thirty years.
| Nh ATru ri opianh oCnd
couple, were found in an unconscious con-
dition at their home in Sheboygan. Dur
ing the night stovepipe became unjoint-
ed and the room was filled with gas. 1t
| is thought that they cannot recover.
| John Whitford, n sawyer in small mill
west of Menomionie, attempted to take
chip away from the saw. His hand was
caught and he was drawn upon the saw,
and his hand terribly mangled, nccess-
tating amputation. His nose also was
| split
| A receiver was appointed to take charge
of the West Superior Elevator and Stor-
age Company, n grain company, the petit
| ton being made by the Northwestern Ma
tional Bank, holder Of a $1,000 note.
Frank II. Crumpton was named as re-
| ceiyer.
The suits against Dodge County started
| by Sheriff Binte and his deputies for
amounts cut from their claims for the year
1896, were decided at Fond du Lac. -Four
Of the six claims were decided in favor Of
the plaintiffs and Dodge County will have
to pay the costs.
| August Dempke, baker over 60 years
/ old, was assaulted in his store at Ste
| vens Point by I'M unknown tramp, who
| came into the store and lay down before
| the fire. Dempke ordered him to leave
the place. and the fellow jumped up and
brutally beat the old man.
Two strings of sleighbells now in pos
session Of Charles H. Stoddard of Prairie
! du Chen attract more than the usual
amount Of attention bestowed on the
relics of Wisconsins sleighing days. Mr..
| Stoddard believes that they arc 100 years
old, as near us he can figure.
| The result Of the investigation of the
burning of East End fire department at
| West Superior was made public ut the
Common Council, the special committee
finding it to have originated in the heat
ing apparatus. The committee reported q
gross lack Of discipline among the firemen
They were sleeping while supposed to be
on watch. The report was adopted and
then by n close vote, Mayor Patterson par
ticipating Fire Marshal Kellogg and Mas
ter Mechanic Schafer were exonerated
| from blame.
| John Baptist Verreau died in Tomah at
| the advanced age of more than 100 years.
| He was born in Paris ut the time of or
| just before the French revolution of
| 1792-9. His father was Major Mitchell
| Nerrcnu, and his uncle was n French
priest. who was expelled from Paris inn
mediutely after the revolution. He in
J duced Major Verrcau to go to Canada
with him, taking his wife and John Bap-
| fist, then an infant. John Baptist has
been resident Of Tomah for twenty-six
years, and was the Oldest inhabitant in
| that part of the State.
The body of Henry Haugh, partly burn
cd, was found in the ruins Of the Hotel
| Switzerland, of which he was proprietor.
and which was destroyed by fire at Nasho-
! tah His body was in a cistern in the
| basement, and near 1t was found q re-
volver with two empty chambers. indi-
eating that he had committed suicide.
coroner's jury found in accordance with
these facts. 1t is now certain that Haugh
set fire to the hotel with the intention Of
perishing in the flames. Before doing so
he wrote letter to his wife, from whom
he had been separated several weeks. saw
ing that his body would be found in tho
| ruins of the hotel, which, he said. he in
tended to burn. He was 40 years old.
The sheriff took possession of 3. d.
Eisendrath & Co.'S tannery plant at RS
cine on execution of judgments amount-
Ing to $4,000. The company employs
about 100 men. The liabilities and as
sets are not known.
The Sheboygan Gun and Rod Club an
pointed committee Of three to 90 "a
Madison and labor against the passage Of
the Timme game bill as at present con-
structed, and to work in harmony with
Game Warden Ellarson for the pasxara
OF bill now in preparation by him for
the better protection Of game in Wiscon.
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