Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-05-12
Joseph Diehl, aged -, farmer OF the
town of Troy, committed suicide by hang

Frank Mohr, while engaged in WreSt-
ling, with friend at Racine, had one of
his legs broken.
The Fish Bros Company at Racine
has received an order from the War De
Iartment for 500 wagons.
George Schneider was severely kicked
near Black Hawk. He will probably re-
cover.
Ex-Congressman Thomas Lynch died
suddenly at Amigo. He was a member
of Congress from the Ninth district from
1890 to 1894.
The 2-year-old child of Joseph Gram
Itch. Racine, was terribly burned. The
child got hold of match and set its
clothes on fire.
Ray Lombard. Is years old, son of
Charles Lombard, drowned in Willow
in leaky boat.
The Northwestern Fair and Race cir
cult offers an aggregate of S14, 800 in
purses for races. OF this amount Dur
rand offers $1,000.
The Northwestern road has bought
property valued at $4,000 at Oshkosh,
with the intention of building brick
freight depot thereon.
Mayor-elect Dumphy of Elkhorn de-
clined to qualify and Mayor Norris APP
pointed d. w Stanford, president of the
Council, to fill the vacancy.
AS Manager Walter Ladwig has gone
with Company G it is understood that all
plans for the Lawrence University ball
team have been abandoned.
All difficulties which have existed be-
tween the city Of Menasha and the Fox
River Valley Electric Railway Company
have been satisfactorily settled.
John Lyon, one of Racine's oldest and
best known Irish citizens, is dead, aged
rs years. Mr.. Lyon was born in Ireland
and went to Racine nearly fifty years
ago.
One hundred and forty-four bales OF
as fine grade of leaf tobacco as has left
GAINESVILLE in many Il day were put aboard
the cars there, billed to Rotterdam, Hol-
land.
William Fredericks, while engaged at
work at the J. |. Case 7. NJ. Company
at Racine, was struck on the head by q
falling pulley and was seriously cut and
bruised.
Frank Englc, a well-to-do farmer OF
Talbot, Mich, was in Marinette looking
for wife, and made the standing offer
Of 500 to the person who would secure
him Il spouse.
Leo, son of John Fletcher, who runs
boot and shoe store at Kaukauna, was
drowned while fishing. The body was
recovered 1t is less than month since
Mr. Fletcher lost his wife.
frankie, the 2-year-old son of Henry
Tower at Beloit, was fatally poisoned by
drinking a portion Of a bottle of carbolic
acid. The little fellow fingered in terri
bic agony for eighteen hours.
Mrs Mary Nelson of Nora, 60 years old,
ended her life by hanging. Melancholia,
brought on by worrying over financial
matters. is said to have been the cause.
She leaves only one daughter.
When Owen White returned home the
other day at Baraboo he found his wife
dead In a chair. Deceased was about 20
years old and it is supposed that her
death was the result of heart trouble.
Il. Plaunte, convicted of robbery and
sentenced to four years in Waupun, es.
capped from Jail at Ashland. No bars
were cut and District Attorney McCloud
thinks that plaunte must have had
confederate.
The Wisconsin Free Library Commits
sion has received gift Of $500 from Jo-
seph Dessert of Mosinee. Mr.. Dessert
asks the commission to purchase and AZ
range the libraries and send them where
they will do the most good.
The Palmeter cranberry marsh, consist
ing Of 1000 acres, near Berlin, was sold
at sheriff's sale to J. II. Porter of Osh-
kosh and Frank w. Stanley of Chicago
for $4,000. The marsh has been in
receivers hands for about one year.
Edwin II. Bragg of Fort Atkinson fell
from a roof thirty-six feet to a landing,
crashing through Il strong railing and
landing on his right side. He was terri
bly, bruised, and his right arm, which
struck the railing and broke the fall some
what, is shattered.
AS result of the recent visit of East
ern stockholders to the plant of the Wis
consin Grass Irvine Company at Oshkosh
the company has decided to add ten more
twine-making machines, thereby making
total of twenty machines, exclusive OF
the weaving machines.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Sweet, who for
five years have been missionaries under
the American Baptist Association in
China, 800 miles south Of Shanghai, hare
arrived from the Orient and are ut the
home of Mrs. Sweets parents ut Sheboy-
gan. They w:ll remain in this country
ysA3r and thpn return to continue mis-
sonary work.
There was very loud explosion ut
Able. when blast of powder was fired
in the Chicago and Northwestern stone
quarry. Holes thirty-fvc feet deep hsd
been drilled and it required twenty three
kegs Of powder to fill them. A solid wall
of stone Is feet thick, so feet long and
% fcnt doom showed ont rnady In be