Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-10

II. *. LOOMS of Sheboygan Falls will
erect a large cheese factory near An
| tigo.
| The house of John Arquette at james
vile was burned with a loss of about
| $500.
The Superior Cuban league has been or
| ganized to assist in q material way the
| Cuban cause.
| Burglars broke into Theodore Riels
store at Burlington and stole $3.50 from
| the cash register.
| John and Edward Engert, aged and IL
| years, were drowned in the Milwaukee
River at Milwaukee.
A badger weighing over twenty-one
pounds was caught in the town of Green
vile by Henry Rein.
| A homing pigeon, released by f. A.
| Jacobs at La Crosse, made Il fight to st.
| Paul in two hours ard six minutes.
| Thomas Grahowski Of Marinette fell
| thirty feet from a housctop and injured
| himself so badly that he may not recover.
The jury in the manslaughter trial of
| DR.. G. Il. Wentworth and Paul Mertz of
| Menasha returned verdict of not guilty.
Milwaukee is at the head Of the cities
of the country in point of health. The
| death rate was only 9.6O in every l,OOO.
Edward Guenther, one of the first resi-
dents of La Crosse, aged C2 years, COM
mitted suicide. Dependency was the
| cause.
Two churches are to be erected at Val
| ley Junction this spring, one Methodist
and the other will be built by the citizens,
to be used by any denomination.
Sheriff Brown Of Marinette County has
sold 500, 600 feet of logs belonging to John
Holmes of Wagner which were attached
by nine of his men for labor claims.
"Bry" Berry, former ironmoulder Of
Racine, who went to Colorado some
time ago, has just been heard of as
partner in gold glacer mine near Boul-
der worth $4,000.
j. A. Reul of Appleton has started for
the Klondike with a stock of cigars, to-
bacco and playing cards valued at SIS, 600.
Mr.. Reul expects to make handsome
profit Oh his enterprise.
| The Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way has presented $1CO to the widow Of
Jerry Vosburg, the fireman who was kill
ed in running to fire on the railroad
company's property in Oshkosh.
The right of way for an electric road
from Berlin to Oshkosh is assured. The
line will not follow the Fox River as was
first reported, but will be built along the
country roads from Omro to Berlin.
The three lodges Of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen at Oshkosh have
been consolidated and will be known as
| Oshkosh Lodge, No. 125, in the future.
The total membership of the three lodges
was 1913.
| The proceedings preparatory to Su-
preme Court decision upon the constitu-
! ticnality of the workhouse law passed
by the Legislature in 1895 were quashed
at Appleton by Judge Goodland of the
Circuit Court.
The Lcedle Milling Company Of Edger-
| ton has made an assignment to w. 5.
Heddles. The failure grew out Of the
Bank of Edgerton troubles. The assets
are about $12 900, while the liabilities are
not more than $4,000.
| Horace Simms, the 13-year-old vocalist
Of Racine, who has been studying under
| Sig. De Grant, at Steinway Hall, New
York, has returned to his home. He is
considering an offer to remain in New
York and sing in one of the large churches
of that city.
| While attempting to arrest Patrick Red
den at Stevens Point Policeman Edward
Regain was pushed over a bannister and
fell into basement twenty-five feet be-
| low. His left ankle and right shoulder
| were severely sprained. Redden pleaded
| guilty and was fined $32.45.
At q special term of the Circuit Court
| for Shawano County at Appleton Henry
| Walters was convicted Of highway rob
berry, committed in Shawano County, and
was sentenced to three years in the peni-
| Tertiary. Walters trial. conviction and
sentence occupied less than an hour.
Fire broke out in the Chicago and
| Northwestern Railway coal sheds at An
| tigo and the larger part Of the building
was consumed. The sheds contained
about $500 tons Of coal, about 10 per cent
| of which was burned. Two freight cars
| were also destroyed. The loss is $4,000.
The affairs Of the Oshkosh Fire Insur-
| ance Company, which went into bankrupt
| cy in 1880, have been wound up by final
| dividend of 5 per cent. Over 40 per cent
| has been paid On all claims during the
| ten years since the concern failed The
receiver, G. w. Davis, was paid $1,000.
| Word was received at Marinette that
II. w. Hamilton, formerly Of that city,.
now living III Arizona, had q narrow es-
| cape from death. He was working on
| the top of windmill and fell to the
| ground, a distance of sixty feet. He es-
| capped serious injury. He is son OF w.
| G. Hamilton, a wealthy Fond du Lac
! lumberman.
| At Berlin, fire Quilted the building oc-
| cupied by 8. W. Horizons saloon and res
| taurant. The smoke and water badly
| damaged the frame building adjoining,
| occupied by A. L. Coopers grocery and
T. NJ. Shumekosky's music store The