Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-30

The building owned by George Balken
and occupied by S. l.. Gordon at Slough
ton burned
f. I. Johnson, principal of the Horizon
high school, died suddenly of heart fail
ure. He was 80 years old.
Rose Bros. of Manistique, Mich. have
purchased the general store of the Upham
Manufacturing Company of Marshfeld.
Ole Danielson of the town Of Winches-
ter has been missing several days, and
his friends think he died from exposure.
He was unmarried.
G. V. Schrader, charged with chain
letter fraud, has confessed at Marinette
He is supposed to have realized consid
cradle on the scheme
L. Berbeau, a farmer Of Bay settlement
was killed by a Kewaunee and Western
train while returning to his home. His
vehicle was smashed and his horse killed.
H. f. Heldenbrand proprietor of the
Goodwin House at Beloit, has closed the
hotel. Mrs. Helen Goodwin Fifield owns
the property and says i. will soon be re-
opened.
Near Pilot Knob, Joseph and James
Soup ran across several wolves chasing
deer, and returning for gun they took
up the chase for the wolves and brought
down three Of them.
At Sturgeon Bay, Arthur Washburn
found a pocketbook containing S495 and
on returning the same to it's owner was
rewarded for his honesty by being invited
to take a glass of beer.
A contract for the erection of one of the
finest cold storage buildings in the North
west has been let by 2. NJ. Parker and
e. Knudson of Rice Lake to the Rice
Lake Manufacturing Company.
The program for the convention of the
State Fireman's Association, to be held
at Columbus, June 90, p and p, has
been completed A long list OF big prizes
has been provided for the events.
John Speaker, ST., of Appleton commit
ted suicide in bed by shooting off the top
Of his head with a revolver. He was be-
tween so and 80 years of age and had
been in ill-health several months.
Andrew Matson, while attempting to
jump from a moving train at Ashland,
struck his head against a post and was
killed instantly. His body was not dis
covered until the following morning.
A wreck on the Milwaukee road at Hor-
icon tore off the signal and ripped out
large section of platform. The car was
badly damaged and the passengers in it
were given a shaking UP and frightened.
Rev. J. S. North died at Fox Lake,
aged 50. He had been a resident of
Dodge County for over fifty years. lie
was an old friend and companion of Solo
mon Juneau when both lived at Theresa.
The Randolph mine near Superior in the
Seine river gold district has been purchas-
ed by NJ. G. French and others, whose
names are not yet given out, but include
capitalists from Milwaukee, Chicago and
Toronto.
Results of the severely cold weather
upon the feathcred game near Neillsville
are becoming apparent. Numerous bevies
Of quail are found frozen, also grouse and
prairie chickens. Partridges have winter
ed well and are plentiful.
Joseph Loeb Of Appleton, representing
Athena, won first place i'll the State Uni
versity junior "open" oratorical contest.
Joseph Koffend of Athena was awarded
second and George Thompson third place.
Eight men delivered orations Of more
than usual merit.
At the home of Rev. G.. l.. Richards in
Baraboo there was double wedding, two
brothers marrying two sisters. David J.
Marshall and Miss Lizzie Steel and Will
liam Marshall and Miss Anna Steel were
the contracting parties. They reside in
the town of Caledonia.
Mrs. Fred Hartman, wife of a stock
raiser of Appleton committed suicide,
shooting herself through the heart. While
with one hand she located her heart, with
the other she pulled the trigger Of re-
volver belonging to her husband. Death
was almost instantaneous. No reason 9TH
err than ill-health is ascribed for the deed.
The trial of M. G. Calf, agent of the
Swift Packing Company, for selling col
ored oleomargarine, took place at West
Superior before a jury. Assistant Com
missioner Chadwick failed to prove that
the oleomargarine was colOred to resem-
BILE butter, and further because his test
purchase was filled through Swift's Du-
luth branch, and the jury rendered q YER
dict of acQuittal.
. When Porter Ross, the Kaukauna wife
murderer, finished his term and was given
his freedom at Waupun he was immedi-
ately rearrested by the sheriff of Outa-
gamie County and taken to Appleton.
where he will be tried on the charge of
numbering Katie Dupreis. Ross was ag
gravated by seeing his wife and Katie
Dupreis and two male companions drive
by his home. He demanded his wife's re-
turn, and after some threats made by him
she said she would return. Ross lost his
patience and began shooting. Mrs. Ross
received the first shot and fell dead. One
of the men and the Dupreis girl were shot,
the latter being mortally wounded.
Father Hermann J. Hellstern of the
Church Of the Immaculate Conception at
Barton, is not going to yacate the clergy
house until the last appeal to the court
of highest resort is exhausted. The priest
had trouble with his congregation and the
archbishop ordered his transfer, appoint
ing another priest to succeed him. The
congregation then began ejectment pro-
ceedings in the civil courts to compel him
to vacate the parish house. This action
gave rise to sensational suits against
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