Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22

Beaver Dam, died of appendicitis. he
| leaves a mother and sisters.
! At Kaukauna, fire partially burned
the warehouse and icehouse of the kau-
| kauna Brewing Company. The loss is
/ $1,000, covered by insurance.
Frank Wyman, employed on the Brown
farm at Western Union Junction, got his
right hand caught in a corn husking ma
chine and it was crushed to jelly.
i S. Michel, proprietor Of the Chicago
| Leader Clothing and Dry Goods store at
| Waupun with branch at Montello, made
| a voluntary assignment for the benefit of
| creditors.
/ A prairie fire near Kenosha for time
| threatened many of the houses in the
western part of the town. The fire de-
partment was called out and soon checked
the flames.
The will of Delos r. Moon, the million
! aire lumberman who died recently. was
| admitted to probate at Eau Claire. The
| will was made in 1882. He leaves every
thing to his wife.
The Northwestern Novelty Company Of
GAINESVILLE, manufacturers of toys, is in
fthe hands of the sheriff, having been clos
|
National Bank.
| John Kluwikowski of Casimis drank
| herb tea which had been sold to him by a
travelling agent. The prompt arrival of
| physician saved him from death from poi
son. The stuff contained belladonna.
The general merchandise store of Chas.
Simonson of Mount Morris was destroyed
| by fire early and the contents and building
| burned. The origin of the fire is mys
| terry. The stock of goods was insured for
! $1,000.
| The farm residence of J. G.. Roe, near
| Oshkosh. was burned with the seasons
| crop of seeds, plants and other garden
produce. The loss is $1,000, with partial
insurance. Mr.. Roe is living in Milwan-
kee and the house was occupied by his
| son.
The depot and warehouses of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Northern road at
| Galena Junction burned, destroying teley
| graphic communication with headquarters
and warping the track out of shape fN
quite distance The traffic was delayed
several hours.
| Royal d. Parish q brakeman on the
| Southern Minnesota division Of the Mil
waukee road, was killed at Ramsey,
Mimi, while coupling cars. He made his
headquarters in La Crosse, but his par
ents reside at Houston, Mimi. lie is one
Of the old men ON the division.
Justice Brown Of the United States
| Supreme Court has affirmed the decision
| Of the lower court in the case of the Unit
ed States VS.. Charles Loughrey and Miles
H. Wheeler. The defendants are resi-
dents of the eastern district of Wisconsin,
The complaint charges the cutting and
removing of $4,000 feet of timber and
leaving timber skidded upon lands.
Orders have been issued by the Post
Office Department, to go into. effect at
once, that will give all western Wiscon-
sin towns along the Mississippi on the
| Chicago Burlington and Northern Rail-
way greatly improved mail service. Now
| there is only one regular mail train each
way, north and south, six days out of the
week. Hereafter 4 regular railway mail
clerk service is to be put on the night linn
| tied runs, giving full service ach-way
daily. At present only lock-pouch mail is
carried On the night trains.
Herman Stahlschmdt committed sui
eide at Milwaukee. being found in his
| IOOul Will Tie gas luIutu Oll LIZ w as
the son of a millionaire dynamite manu-
facturer in Siegen, Germany, was we'll
educated and his profession was that Of
a mining expert. He had been in the re-
ceipt of large sums of money from the
old country and had lived in Milwaukee
several years, being about 30 years old.
Remittances failed to come for the last
two months, although he cabled frequent
| lx- fov a1rxy
and told his friends that if money did not
come soon he was going to kill himself.
Friends of L. NJ. Mann, United States
engineer of Oshkosh have been somewhat
alarmed by a peculiar case of poisoning
which he met with recently. Members of
| the Wisconsin battleship christening par
| ty from Oshkosh state that Capt. Mann,
! who was also a guest on the trip to San
| Fran s.sco, purchased a black silk travel
| ing cap on the train and wore it u great
| deal. On the return trip he discovered
| that the cap had poisoned his head, and
| when Milwaukee was reached he went
at once to a physician. 1t was only by
careful medical attendance that the poi
son was kept from spreading to the face
and body of Capt. Mann.
A suit of more than ordinary interest
! to lumbermen has been decided in the
District Court at Saltwater. The plain
tiffs were DENIM Boyle and William
| OBren, the defendants Musser, Sauntry
! & Co., all of whom operate extensively i'll
| logs and timber on the st. Croix and the
f! tributaries thereto. Plaintiffs tried to re-
| cover $4,000 for driving logs from Kettle
river to Never's dam in 1896. The plain
tiffs set forth that when their logs came
down stream the river was so obstructed
with logs owned by the defendants that
| they were obliged to drive said logs with
| their own in order to get them down. The
! jury returned a verdict allowing plaintiffs
| $4,724.SO
William Kennedy was a member of
| Company e Of the Third Wisconsin. Mr..
| Kennedy resides with his father, Duncan
Kennedy, for many years resident of
| ChipDeUa Falls who now lives in Eau