Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Laurence lI,riscolI and Mae Andrews
were marriedlat Spencer

Deaths The State Rudolph Eckers.
aged 45, Rtline; James Peterson, aged
"a, Racine.
L. B. Mclean, an edger, was killed at
Tomahawk by board which flew from
the saw. lie was 45 years old.
Mrs. Richard Brodwel of Racine gave
birth to triplets, three girls, and will
name them Faith, Hope and Charity.
According to A. G. Wright. the new di
rectory which he has just completed will
show that Milwaukee has population of
2S5, 900.
A. Vesper, prominent Rolling Prairie
cattle buyer and once a commission mer-
chant in Milwaukee, died suddenly the
other day.
AT Baraboo, a stranger about 80 years
old dropped dead in the street. From pa
pers found on mis- person it is supposed
he was James Taggart of Chicago.
At Delavan, the residence Of James
Brown was struck by lightning and burn
ed to the ground with all its contents. The
loss is $500, with insurance of $1,000.
Riverside Park, a summer resort on the
Fox river, near Appleton, was damaged
by fire to the extent of about ST 800. The
property was insured and will be rebuilt.
Isadore Cohen was taken to GAINESVILLE
from Milwaukee by Sheriff Appleby on
the charge of obtaining 5000 from the
Hamburg Bremen Fire Insurance Com
pany under false pretenses.
A new yacht was launched in Neenah
by Messrs. John and James c. Kimber-
ly. Gene Ramaley of White Bear Lake,
Mimi, built the yacht. 1t has been
christened the Harpoon.
Miss Hattie Van Luven, 20 years old,
took out homestead before the clerk Of
the court at Marinette. She came way
from New York State to prepare place
of abode for her parents, who will arrive
as soon as she completes a dwelling for
them.
At Milwaukee, Arthur Bittlekow, a son
of Charles Bittlekow, will probably lose
his eyesight as the result Of a carnival
prank. Someone threw powder in his
eyes. 1t is claimed the powder must have
been heavily charged with lime, as the
eyes are badly burned
The town of Jacksonport is all stirred
up over two suicides which took place the
other day. About noon the body of Fred
Raatz was found hanging in the barn OF
Paul Leist The suicide had contracted
to carry mail across Deaths Door to
Washington Island, and, claiming the
matter had been misrepresented to him,
refused to fulfill his part. A lawsuit was
threatened and his trouble SO preyed on
his mind that he committed the rash act
to get out of it. He was 80 years old
and leaves a family. About 3 O'Clock the
same afternoon the dead body of Mrs.
Ernest Steminger was found at her home
in the same town She had taken paris
green. The cause Of the act is unknown.
A beekeeper named Travis, whose home
is at Elkhorn, recently moved 300 sWarms
of bees a distance of nearly 200 miles.
Travis has one of the largest apiaries in
the State Last winter the severe wealth
err killed about all the white clover in the
vicinity of Elkhorn and he was forced to
seek other fields on, which to feed his
honeymakers. Travis and his son hauled
| the 300 traps on a hayrack to Elkhorn
| station, where they were loaded into
| box car. Father and son climbed into the
car and rode withA4he bees from one end
| of the journey to- the other at Vesper,
neither suffering a5sting. The 200 buzzing
| families Immediately went to work in
! their new home. Mr. Travis will return
| to Elkhorn with the bees in the fall
| There have come to light two cases Of
| mysterious death in La Crosse. In a
| barn in the rear of a saloon the body Of
| a man was found, badly decOmpOsed and
| evidently dead a week or more. After
| considerable difficulty it was identified as
| that of John Dolan, Ii laboring man, 26
| years old. Dolan resided in that city, but
| had not been missed. He was supposed
| to be out of town working. John Platt
| was found dead in Jehlen Bros meat
market, where he had been accustomed
| to sleep on top of an ice box, some eight
| feet from the floor. He celebrated his
seventy-fifth birthday the day before. 1t
! is presumed that he went to bed and fell
| down, crushing his skull in two places.
| He had no money. and nothing to indi-
| cate foul play.
y surprising case of youthful depravity
| has come to light at La Crosse. Mary
| Melzarek, IA years old. reported to the
| police that burglars had entered the home
| of her father. John Melzarek, and had
| stolen over 500 belonging to the Young
| Ladies' Society of Holy Cross Polish
! Catholic Church, of which she was treas
| urer. Following the alleged theft the
house was set on fire and the blaze extin-
guished with considerable difficulty, after
much damage had been done. The police
| made a thorough investigation and the
young girl broke down and admitted that
she had stolen money from time to time
and spent it, and to cover up her crime
had set her home on fire. The girls
| father will make good the shortage in the
| cash account, and owing to her age she
probably will not be prosecuted.
A most atrocious murder by an I'M
known assassin occurred at Harshaw.
Charles +. Ball, & saloonkeeper, was shot
| through the head and instantly killed by
some person whose identity cannot be as
certained. Ernest Day, woodsman, was
seen outside of Ba!l's place WHOM he