Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-27
State Items of Interest.

8 Attorney J. c.. Keefe of Milwaukee has
Been disbarred for unprofessional con-
duct.
M Albert Bloch of Oak Center, an en-
ploye of Silas Weed, was struck by light
ning and killed.
A well-developed plan is on foot at Eau
claire to buy the water works plant 1t
will cost the city 100000.
8 Robert Maxwell, aged S years, and Ar
thur Young, aged 10, were drowned in
the river at Richland Center.
ss There is a movement on foot in Mil
Waukee to secure an entrance for the
WISCONSIN Central Railway into the city.
1 The ST. Croix County Agricultural So
4 ciety, in spite of the heavy losses by the
& Tornado recently, will hold a fair this
year, Sept. y, % and 20.
IN Four Beoit milk dealers were arrested
for violation of the State pure food laws
IN having used a preparation to assist
milk to keep sweet. Two pleaded guilty
and were fined SO each.
At Marinette the infant son of Mr..
and Mrs Joseph Giniesse had a narrow
II escape from fatal poisoning. He drank
"a sauccrful of water which covered u
Nz1bl VI pOISbllOuS IlS pupil
II John Wilson, formerly of Marinette,
who was killed by lightning in Montana,
q left. an estate valued at about $4,000
and most of it was in money. He was
about 40 years old and bachelor.
Beloit College has selected Prof. Wal
lace of Toronto, Canada, to teach Eng
i fish literature and rhetoric in place of
Prof. II. NJ Whitney, who has been
granted years leave of absence.
II The stove factory of Nye, Lusk & Hud-
I son at Thorpe was destroyed by fire, with
Y damage resulting of $4,000 on the build
s. ing and $4,000 on the stock. No insur-
Il ance was carried. The plant was stocked
to the beams when the fire, the cause of
which is unknown, started. a great many
people are thrown out of work.
] The striking coopers who walked out
of the Pabst brewery at Milwaukee be-
cause the company used its cooperage ma
chinery to manufacture barrels have been
ordered by the State executive board Of
the American Federation of Labor to re,
turn to work on the ground that the
company was entitled to use machinery.
James Markham, who resides on the
northern limit of Outagamie County, re-
Gently sold his farm for about $4,000. A
few days later he started for Appleton
and has not been heard of since The
farmers fear foul play. Markham has no
relatives living. as far as is known. He
was a man of about So years of age.
Adjt Gen. Boardman has issued orders
for the annual encampment of the Wis
consin National Guard at Camp Douglas
The Second regiment will be in camp
from Aug. to II. the First from Aug.
II to Is, the Third from Aug. 10 to %
and the Tenth, separate battalion and the
light horse squadron of Milwaukee from
Aug. 20 to Sept. 1.
At Oshkosh, Henry Ziebell was badly
burned about the face and arms in the
Diamond Match works by the explosion
of grinding machine. He was grinding
rosin when the explosion took place
Marinette people are losers to the ex-
tent of about $4,000 in the tax land
scheme which brought the Stoughton
bank to an untimely end. Eight or ten
weil-known Scandinavians invested from
$1,000 to $4,000 apiece in the land sold
by the Grand Falls company They ex-
changed valuable city property for the
wild forests around Grand Falls, Texas,
and are now rueing their investment