Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15


Forest fires ara raging in the vicinity of
Two Rivers.
Mrs. Hattie Nj, Wixom secured di-
vorce from Clare>ce A. Wixom at James
ville
Milton College kas opened with an in
creased attendance in the collegiate de-
partment.
Lightning struc3 the NJ. e. Church at
Hebron, wreckinA the interior. The
church was erecte1 in 1864.
The people of tie city of Eau Claire
voted in favor of sSsuing bonds of S4O,-
coo to build new tSidge at Kelsey street.
Thieves broke in!o the dining room of
the Taylor House ~ Chippewa Falls and
carried off all the silverware valued at
$40O
Lightning struck and fired James
Dunn's barn at Elksorn, at loss of $50
tons of hay and all Farm machinery and
considerable grain.
H D. Hill, while ksndling acid at North
Freedom, the bottle exploded and some
Of the contents entered his eyes. 1t IS
feared he will lose hA sight.
An order was issued raising the follow
ing postofices in Wisconsin from the
fourth to the third clsss: Lima, Arcadia,
Plainfeld and South Superior.
The Oshkosh trades unions have decid-
ed to take hand in t'Ae defense of Thorn
as l. Kidd, who was arrested and held for
trial in the recent lab~v troubles.
At Stevens Point, Kttle Anna Bungert,
while walking through barnyard, was
attacked by COW. A horn caught IN che
girls mouth, tearing a~ay the cheek.
While fishing in Rick river William
CARMEL fell into the ;.ume, was carried
over the dam at Indian Sord and drowned.
He was 40 years of aga and leaves fam
lily.
Miss Julia c. Reynolds of Keaosha, a
graduate of Kemper sAall. has become
leading lady in the Owes Theatrical COM
pany. She made her de out at a Kenosha
opera house.
Willie, a 10-year-old A2n of DR.. w. NJ.
Colleran, was drowned IN the Mississippi
at La Crosse while bathing. This makes
the ninth case of acci6. Aatal drowning in
the Mississippi at this lt.int this year.
James L. Tubbs. ag Il a. was found
dead in his room at E.khorn. He had
been county surveyor SEVERAL terms and
was the nominee on the Democratic ticket
for that Office at the app coaching election.
The Beaver Dam Co .acil has appro-
priated $500 for the purluse of giving the
boys of Company X, Setk.nd regiment, a
royal reception upon tfys:r return from
Porto Rico. A banqua. is on the pro-
gram.
The first step in what gay prove a bit
ter legal fight between Oshkosh city and
the water company was t..ken when a bill
of So. 1850 for alleged excess charges
made and received upon she local repre-
sentatives. If the compAay refuses to
pay, suit will be brought.
The coroner's jury in the .sase of Arthur
Erion, the Racine boy killed by the ex-
plosion of a shotgun. was Unable to deter
mine whether it was accid. antal or other
wise. John Wadicka, owl.er of the gun,
and who was taken in cha ge by the Off
GERS, was discharged.
Bird & Wells Lumber Company of
Wausaukee have shut do>yn their mills
and sent the men up in the woods $50
strong to build about two miles of rail
timber along the Chicago. milwaukee and
st. Paul tracks near AmbeTg.
A company of capitalists consisting of
]. f. Sears of Monticello, Erwin Gabriel
of Stewart and Dr. McKeLor of Blancll-
ardvile, are about to begia the erection
of long distance telephone line. The
line will run from Monroe to Blanchard
vile, including all intervening points.
Game Warden Miller and his deputies
arrested three different gags of fisher
men at Prairie du Chen an6 burned 1000
feet of seine, 800 feet of tran1mel net and
three fish boats. The parties were taken
to Wauzeka for prosecution.
What is known as the ''Dad lands in
Platteyille is considerably stirred up over
the disappearance of John Fank and the
suspicious circumstances surrounding his
disappearance. Shooting had been heard
at the place where Fank was supposed
to have been. A large posse has been
searching for Fank, but no clue caa be
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