Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-28

Dean Palmer and Ned Brown were
drowned near West Superior while bath
ing.
At Hudson, the city brewery, owned by
J. A. Casanova, was totally destroyed by
fire. Loss, $4,000.
Earl A. King has been appointed post
master at Pleasant Prairie, vice Thomas
A. Yates, removed.
DR.. Charles A. Schiper has been ap-
pointed member of the board Of pension
examining surgeons at Sheboygan.
At Milwaukee, William Frederick Card
sen, 6 years Of age, was run over by a
delivery wagon and instantly killed.
The Canada-Atlantic liner German col
lided with the tug Welcome of the Mil
waukee tugboat line and damaged her
seriously.
At Spring Valley, Albert Olson had a
large hayfork, which broke from it's rope,
run clear through his thigh. The limb
can be saved.
]. B. Schreiner. for the past four years
principal of the schools at Iron Belt, has
accepted the principalship of the schools
at Butternut.
Frank Riley, 81 years Of age, commit
ted suicide by. cutting his throat at Mil
waukee. He was respondent because OF
lack of employment.
The aged father of Assemblyman A.
Jensen of Manawa fell in front of the
cutter Of a mower which he was driving
and was badly mangled.
Peter Weiss, a member Of the West
Superior School Board, is missing. He
left there for La Crosse last month and
has not been heard from since.
At Milwaukee, William Halverson of
Chicago, sailor on the schooner Lucia
A. Simpson, fell from the crosstree to the
deck, receiving injuries that proved fatal
Joseph johnson was struck by train
and badly injured near Eden. His skull
was badly fractured and it is fenred there
is conclusion of the brain. He cannot
live.
Henry Aebli, one of the few survivors
of the original Swiss colony that located
In Green County and founded New Gla-
rus, died at Monroe. He and the wife
who survives him We're the first couple
to be married after the settlement was
formed
At Walton, Andrew Fike aged IA, shot
himself, the ball piercing his breast and
leaving through the back. He was alone
at the time and crawled into the house
and into bed, where he was found dead
by the family. The cause for the deed is
unknown.
The case of the State against King e..
Staples, present member of the Leglsia-
ture from Bayfield, County, under arrest
for alleged embezzlement of funds from
the town Of Iron River, was continued
at Washburn for the term on technical
| ity in drawing the jury.
A ferocious dog at Ncillsville attacked
and badly manged a 2-year-old child OF
| Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Schiller, biting Its
neck and face in horrible manner. The
~childs recovery is doubtful. The dog
also attacked and bit James Campbell,
who succeeded in killing it.
Charles Mite, a Sheboygan teamster
employed by the Alderman coal yard,
| was seriously injured about the head and
chest by being caught between the seat
Of the wagon and doorjamb. His in
| juries are thought to be fatal, but there
are slight hopes for his recovery.
During the violent storm which passed
hotel at Twin. Lakes was set on fire by
lightning and a panic ensued among the
guests, but none was seriously injured.
The storm caused great damage to all
standing crops throughout the county.
The fine large farm residence Of George
Kneisler, located one mile from Coloma
| Station, caught fire from defective CHM
ney and burned to the ground. The other
| farm buildings were saved by prompt as
| sistance from the village. The loss is
about $1,000 and the insurance $1,000.
Attorney Charles w. Felker of Oshkosh
was found Frustrated and unconscious on
| Brooke street, Fond du Lac, the other
| night near the Northwestern depot with
large cut under his chin. He refused
| to say anything in explanation Of the IN
| Jury. and it was impossible to find out
| anything further In regard to the matter.
| He was taken to Oshkosh. Friends say
| the attorneys collapse was duo to the hot
| weather.
Lochryst and Aloah have their annual
| pest, the lake fly. Never were they known
| to be Matched in such vast numbers. They
covered every building, walk and the
| beach, and were found on every bush and
tree in countless millions, making life
burden in these usually attractive sum-
mer homes Some of the residents LEFT IN
disgust, the stencil from the dead flies be-
| ing so unbearable. OF course this null
sance is of only short duration, but 1t is
all the same hard to be tolerated. A low
swale just back of Lochryst is said to be
the Matching place Of this pest, and ac-
tive measures are now being taken to I'LL
! ing do with
sions of the plague.
Alexander Bell, who has charge Of the
Mississippi Logging Companies interests
on the Indian reserve in Sawyer County,
was asked for statement regarding the
/ present condition of Wisconsin's timber
lands. II expect this will be my last year
in that section of the State. There was
only about 100000 feet logged there last
winter. the smallest cut Of any year since
I have known that country. The truth is
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