Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

Inc Board OF Supervisors of Nsarou.a
County voted bonds to the amount os sa s,a
OOO for new court house. wy
All bids on the new addition :.
stevens Foint normal school were re;sa
ed because they were too high e'ee
AT Neenah, all Of the slot machine.
the saloons were ordered taken ont
the chief of police enforced the order 81
County Judge Holgate of Mar;r0+to
thoriZed the marriage of Miss ms, H.,
to Herbert E. Beinzer of Tabor lows
While handling some heavy niacos
iron at an Algona foundry. Henry Cr;n
had his leg badly broken in two n,ooa l'I
low the knee.
Stevens Point potato dealers aSt;,,o.
that for this season they have Sh;na
2Oo,0oO bushels, or what would fill trois
five miles long. '"l
Paul Boese, 20 years old, was struct h,
a Chicago and Northwestern train a. D.
cine. His leg was broken in two n,ooa'
and his head cut open.
Announcement is made of the marro,.
of Henry Olson, formerly of Sparta ans
Miss Jennie Middleton of Milwaukee,
some two months ago.
Prof. A. w. Weber has resipnad ~.
superintendency of the Fort Atkinsor
schools and will take a post-gradnata
course at the State University.
Lightning struck the barn on NJ Sal
ters place, IN the town of Trenton. and
killed his 24-year-old son. The buildins
burned and COW was killed.
Sidney Potts of Racine. the 5-vesr-old
son of Maj. and Mrs. S. d. Potts, who
had the side of his head blown away bv
the explosion of a shotgun, died of his
injuries.
Inc building committee of the Trem.
pealeau County Board has awarded the
contract TOR the county insane asylum to
the HackWorthy Construction COMPANY
of Appleton on their bid of $50, 700.
At meeting of the Galesville CITY
Council an ordinance was passed for the
construction of a system of water works
The contract has been let to the Western
Engineering and Construction Companv
for $4,000.
The anti-pass law has gone into effect
and many public officials who thought it
would not go into effect until published
have been compelled to pay fares on the
trains. Now everyone who presents al
pass must sign statement that he is not
& public official or otherwise subject to the
terms of the anti-pass law.
During the progress of a heavy rain,
storm the North Presbyterian Church at
La Crosse was struck by lightning and set
on fire. The damage is nearly $1,000. A
short time ago the First Presbyterian
Church was struck and the steeple shat
tered. All the serious damage that has
been done by storms this year, thus far,
has been done to the churches.
The new board of park commissioners
of West Superior will Immediately take
up the matter of securing a suitable park
in close proximity to the city which will
be held for all time for such purposes. The
park itself is expected to come from the
heirs OF the late Frederick Billings Of
New York, the estate having large
amount of lands in the vicinity.
A serious fight occurred in o saloon at
Chippewa Falls between Charles Garter
and az stranger named Bates. The two
were drinking together when an argument
arose and they undertook to settle it with
their fists. Carter was knocked down ard
was badly beaten and kicked about tn
head and face. The injured man will lose
the sight of one of his eyes, which is badly
disfigured Bates has been arrested.
A peculiar and very uncommon incident
marked the trip of Northwestern mall
train No. 4, south bound, the other night
Near Manitowish the engineer, hearing a
crashing noise from the front of his en-
CINE and noting that the headlight was ex'
tinguished, stopped the train to ascertain
the cause. A large owl was found lying
on the cowcatcher, alive but stunned. II
had crashed into the headlight and extln'
guished the lamp.
Louis Anderson of Neenah attempted
to ride a wheel along the Chicago ana
Northwestern bridge in that city. A side.
walk lies on the outside of the rails ana
Anderson rode on this walk until little
girl, who was with fishing party, steppeu
in his way. He attempted to pass lhe
child, and, in doing so, his wheel went Oh
the walk and rider and wheel were pre-
ciptated ten feet below into twelve zee,
of water. Anderson was unhurt anu
swan ashore.
The dead body of Mrs. Helen M. Stay
ner, who disappeared from Milwaukee on
Oct 10 last, was found on the beach OF
Lake Michigan at Kenosha. Mrs, Stayner
was Christian scientist and her dlsdp'
pearance created a sensation at the eill,e'
She kissed her two little children goou-py
and left word that she was gong 10 oni,
cago Months of search proved futile anu
the police became satisfied that the case
was one of suicide, the act beng coihln'',
ted by jumping overheard from one u
the Chicago boats.
Chief of Police Schaefer made one OIL
the finest plays in the detective arena
known in Fond du Lac for some tlllle,
when he arrested horse thief Wanteu @'
Earlville, Ill.,, together with the norsva
stolen. The crime was committed aOous
a week before and some three DAYS lasel
,.,1. --rono cont ont of which ('llef SCUdC~