Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14

4 The milk dealers of Racine have or.
/ gained an association for protection.
The fair at ST. Georges Church, Ke-
nosha, netted the management $3.50.
John Dalke, Appleton, has sued two of
his neighbors, who accused him of being
a witch.
Carl Rose is dead at the age of u. He
was the editor of the German Telegraph
of Oshkosh.
Wolves are again becoming trouble
some and many sheep are being killed
near Baraboo
At GAINESVILLE Mrs. James Loudon, an
old resident, was fatally burned while
filling a gasoline stove.
Three greenhouses owned by A. v.
i Broome & Co. burned at Stevens Point.
Loss $500, insurance $3.50.
The barns Of John Halder Of Maple
Grove burned with thirty tons of hay,
his stock, grain and machinery.
Alfred Richardson was killed at La
vale by his son, who was examining
rife and didn't know it was loaded.
A recapitulation of the expenses OF
Racine County for the year 1899 shows
the amount to have been over $69,l42
! At Fond du Lac James Lonergan was
sentenced to prison for life. lie was
found guilty of numbering policeman.
Work has been started on the erection
of new tobacco warehouse which IS be-
ing built by David X, NJ. 6. and Fred
J. Jeffris at GAINESVILLE.
| All the mills on Chequemagon bay nave
| closed down, with total cut OF 4R,OoO,-
600 feet, the largest in the history of the
mills of the Ashland lumber district.
| Since the advance in iron, the mines at
North Freedom, which have been lying
dormant for several weeks, are being re-
| viyed A syndicate of Duluth men Will
operate the mine.
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy was
| filed in the United States Court at La
Crosse by John III. Howe, lumberman
and merchant of Amery. Liabilities are
1 $50. 900, assets not quite half that sum.
John Schallkopf, a talesman drawn In
the trial of John Campbell of Rushford
| for the murder of Alphonse Sandon, an
old French hermit Of that place, expired
/ suddenly while sitting in the jury box
and in open court at Oshkosh.
The mail car on the Chicago, Harvard
and Lake Geneva road jumped the track
between Walworth and Fontana. No Sc
rious damage was done and the mail was
delayed but short time, as the conduc-
tor proceeded on foot to carry the mal
| to Fontana.
Miss Ethelyn McCabe of Milwaukee,
whose intended husband failed to appear
| on the date set for the wedding, refuses
| to shed a tear. She says she is glad he
did not wait until after the marriage to
tell her that he did not love her. The
! young mans name was Douglass, ana ne
| lived in Waukesha.
| Miss Helen Burton, society bells OF
La Crosse had narrow escape from
| death by strangulation while at dinner at
the home of her grandfather, Capt. [. Fl.
Moulton. A piece of oyster shell became
fastened in her throat and was only re-
moved with considerable difficulty. 1t
caused wound which bled profusely.
An injunction was served on the county
board at Washburn, enjoining it from de-
| livering to the Bayfield, Western Railway
the $4,000 county aid bonds, claiming
| that the road was not completed WITHIN
! the time limit The road was to be COM
pleted on certain day. At midnight OF
| that day the time expired with the rail
! laid within 500 feet of the finish.
Rev. D. B. Cheney aud his wife were
! shot and probably fatally injured by
burglar who entered their home in Ia
| cine at 10 O'Clock the other morning. At
| the point of revolver they were COM
PEELED to turn over money and JeWelry,
and then, thinking they were endeavorlns
to conceal some valuables, the burglar
shot them both and escaped Mr.. Che
ney is the pastor Of the First Baptist
| Church, and was for many years at the
head Of the Wisconsin A. +. A. lie came
from Superior five years ago.
| After three times reported dead, Joseph
A. Skaarda was finally killed by cars at
| Turtle Lake. His remains were taken to
La Crosse. Skaarda was 30 years old
and leaves a wife and two children. He
! had been working in thedogging camps OF
| c. L. Colman Lumber Company. Ills
wife was notified by wire Of the accident
al death of her husband, but she did not
believe it until the remains arrived, ac-
companied by her brother-in-law. Be
! fore this Skaarda's death had been re-
ported to her on two different occasions
and each time the rumors turned out to
/ be false.
Kenosha is again in the hands of the
gang Of tramps which have been making
the outskirts about the city their rendez-
vous for the past three months and three
daring burglaries have been reported at
the police headquarters. The first of the
series occurred at the residence of Dr.
Robinson The men gained an entrance
at. the rear of the house and were dlscoV-
cred in the act of looting the rooms. An
effort was made to capture them, but
they managed to get away. The residence
| of Charles Cooper was entered few
minutes later and money and yaluables to
! the amount of over $500 were taken. The
/ last house entered was the home of John
Perry, near the Cooper residence, where
the burglars secured about $500 worth OF
/ property.