Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-02-17

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II. Z. Renke has been appointed nos+.
master at Wells, vice r. G. Renke re-
| signed. re-
John Lauermann, resident Of Fox
LAKE, has fallen heir to $500 left to him
| in Germany. - I'm
IN runaway at Bloomington Mr.
Lyness was severely cut about the haad
| and shoulders
While working in a sawmiH at wono.
voc Charles Baton of Marion fell on
the saw and was killed.
The W. W. cargill company of La
Crosse mas closed contract to build
2o'ooo-bushel elevator at Seymour.
Joseph Rondeau, brakeman on the ST
Paul road, whose home was in Marinette
was run over by the cars at st. Paul and
killed. ''--1
August Marunde, q brakeman on the
northwestern road fell under train
near Appleton and was probably fatally
injured.
The salaries Of city officials of SINE
rior have not been paid for months the
fund for that purpose having been ex
hausted.
The La Crosse Carriage Company has
filed articles to succeed the La Crosse
Wallis Carriage Company The capital
stock is $25,OoO
The Seventh Day Advent Society of
Baraboo have withdrawn all their chill
drcn from the public schools and started
an institution of their own.
Edward Paten, q farmer was assault
ed while returning from Eau Claire and
knocked insensible. He was then robbed
Of $50 and left in the road.
Minna Malchow, aged 8. of Menasha.
tipped over a pot of boiling coffee on her
head and was so badly scalded that there
is little hope of her recovery.
William MCGEE of Amigo captured a
black eagle in a rabbit trap. The bird
weighs about twenty pounds, and meas
r,:'es seven feet three inches from tip to
tip of its wings.
Frederick Thompson, aged 9, attempted
to board a freight train at Racine june
ton. He fell under the wheels and his
left leg was crushed below the knee. AM
putation was necessary.
| Michael Bohamn, Marinette milkman,
was jerked through the glass front of his
milk wagon in an attempt to stop his rum
away team. He was badly cut by the
glass on the head and shoulders.
The mother of Miss Naomi Melville, the
school teacher whowas killed by the cars
| at Bangor, will bring suit against the Chi
| cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Company
for damages for her daughters death.
Mrs. Frank Nj. Herman, formerly a
resident of Plainfield and sister of j. IL.
| Herman of Racine, was burned to death
| at Ogden, Utah, by an explosion of gaso-
line while she was trying to light fire.
GAINESVILLE storekeepers have been noti-
| fed that the law against selling cigar cites
| to minors will be enforced in the future
and yiolators will be promptly prosecuted.
| The churches are backing the movement.
Assignee Humphrey has paid off the
| final assessment for the Hudson Savings
Bank. which failed in 1898. The amount
| is about S41, 600. or nearly per cent. The
total amount paid to the creditors is 81
per cent.
The Wisconsin Butter and Cheese Com
| pany's creamery at East Troy was burned
to the ground. Considerable butter ana
| supplies and all the machinery was de-
| i
| insurance.
John Lyden, a farmer, who was brought
! to Chippewa Falls with broken neck,
died after living more than week. Ills
wonderful vitality surprised the physl-
clans, who predicted that he could not
survive twenty hours.
y. M. Blackwood of Appleton has re-
| ceiyed three gold bricks from his mining
property in the Seine river country there
| is sic, 900 worth of gold in the bricks and
they represent the product of three weeks
running of the stamping mills.
Edward Schwartz, Marinette butcher,
while attempting to hang a piece of meat
on a hook, impaled his hand on the point
and was unable to release himself until
helned by others. The hook penetrated
the hand and inflicted a severe injury.
r. r. Sherwood of Duluth has been
convicted at Eau Claire Of being tran
sient dealer without a license and must
nav 500 for a State license and costs or
the trial. Mr.. Sherwood sold books IN
Eau Claire, claiming that he represented
local firm.
DR.. Lawrence A. Hoffmier, who was
recently fined at Grantsburg for illegal
sale of liquor, was not personally guli,y
| of the offense. He was partner IN
| drug store at which the liquor was pur-
chased. The doctor is regular PRAGUE
| ing physician.
An iron railway bridge, three-quarters
of a mile in length, will be built over
Lake Butte des Mortes near Neenah by
the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Company. 1t will be an immense piece
of engineering and will not be finished for
more than year.
The works of the West Superior Iron
and Steel Company have been sold for
100000 to George Wildwood Murray OF
New York, representing John D. Rookie
Teller. The property sold cost when erect.
ed FIVE years ago, 100000. The sale