Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-04-27
At Elkhorn, the residence of B. g. Ross
was burned. Loss $1,000, insurance 49,


on logs in the river at Oshkosh The body
was recovered.
Joseph Richter, aged 49, committed sui
shed of his home.
Clarence Gray, an employe Of the Mari
nette paper mills, was taken to the Osh-
kosh insane hospital.
/ The residences of Michael Driscoll and
of Mrs. w. G. Peterson at Amigo were
entered and robbed by masked burglars.
A. A. Bliss, prominent grocer at West
Superior, is missing. He drew $3.50 from
the bank and did not return to the store.
Mrs. Lars Hanson, aged 43, committed
suicide at her home in the town of Clay
ton by hanging herself in barn with a
rope.
Charles F. Timing has been appointed
superintendent of the Washburn, Bayfield,
and Ironwood Railway, vice H Parks, re-
signed.
George Lewis, former pioneer bust
ness man of Marinette, died suddenly in
Chicago. He had large property interests
at Marinette.
Fire in the engine room of the Dells
Lumber Company's planning mill at Eau
Claire did damage to the extent of 81 800.
i The mill was shut down.
Mark Davis was arrested at Amigo af
ter holding off the police and two men
with a revolver. The revolver was twice
discharged in the tusse.
Deaths in the State: John H. Garlic,
aged 81, GAINESVILLE; Mrs. Maud Caswell,
/ aged So, Of Kenosha, in Hayward, CAL;
Mrs. Carl Franzen of Chiffon.
Weddings in the State: Miss Mary
Bishop and Harvey G. Mclaughlin, Be
| lott; Miss Hattie f. West of GAINESVILLE
to Rev. William Diehl of Chicago.
D. K. Jeffries' planning mill, recently de-
| stroyed by fire at GAINESVILLE, will be re-
placed by modern two-story sash and
| door factory, to cost fully $4,000.
Albert Landreth, head of the Albert
Landreth Canning Company at Manito-
woe, died at Clearwater, Fla, of fever.
His death was entirely unexpected.
The grocery and meat market of III. f.
Henneman at Chippewa Falls was closed
by the sheriff on chattel mortgage held
by Drummond Bros of Eau Claire.
The plans of the Kenton Bridge and
Iron Company of Canton, Ohio, for jail
and sheriff's residence at Oshkosh, to cost
$4,000, have been accepted by the Coun-
ty Board.
Corporal Lester T. Penewell of Tomah,
brakeman on the Milwaukee road, was
killed at Nekoosa while coupling cars. He
was member of Company *, Third Wis
consin volunteer infantry.
The case of Hattie Everson against the
city of Elroy was decided in favor of the
plaintiff, the jury bringing in verdict of
| $1,OOS for injuries to the plaintiff from
fall upon a defective walk.
William Rasmussa, who has wife and
six children at Appleton, is missing. He
left home several days ago to go down
town and has not been seen since. The
family is in destitute circumstances.
William Churchill and Charles Warwick
blew out the gas at the Athearn Hotel
in Oshkosh. One of them got up in the
night and tainted. The noise awakened
bell boy, who broke into the room and
found it full of gas. Some difficulty was
found in reviving the men. They hail
from Marion.
Four men were committed to the State
prison by Judge Brindley at La Crosse.
John Foy M. A. Lally and Conrad Rourk
stole gold watch and got one year. N.
| Rasmussen passed Peruvian dollars for
the currency value of United States dol
lars and pleaded guilty of obtaining
money under false pretenses. His SEN
tence was eighteen months.
Joseph Landre died from injuries sus-
tanned in a runaway at Menominee while
| driving down Ogden avenue in company
with a lady friend at break-neck speed.
/! The buggy crashed into telegraph pole
and the occupants were thrown heavily on
the pavement. The lady received slight
bruises. Landre suffered a fracture Of
the skull and died of conclusion of the
brain. The horse was killed.
The A. f. Tanner Furniture Company
! of Milwaukee was put into involuntary
| bankruptcy, the Plankinton estate, the
/ Davidson estate and one other creditor
filing the petition. Mr.. Tanner says that
some days ago, when he found the firm
| would be unable to meet its payments,
he called a meeting of the creditors and
! all but 5 per cent of them agreed to ac-
/ cept 40 cents on the dollar. The assets
are supposed to be about $4,000 and the
liabilities $4,000.
Judge Ludwig in the Superior Court at
| Milwaukee directed a verdict which the
| jury agreed to in the case of the Illinois
| Steel Company versus Bernard Blot and
! wife, Jones island squatters, in favor Of
the steel company. The case is one of
| 1S5 of similar nature which decides the
title to Jones island property, valued at
about 81, 100000. The island has been in
litigation a number of years. 1t is believ-
ed this decision will cover all the cases.
| An appeal will probably be taken to the
| Supreme Court.
The newly elected City Council at Ke-
nosha repealed at its first session the ordi-
nance passed by the late Council, giving
ifty-year grant to the Milwaukee, Ra-
cine and Kenosha Electric Railway Com
pany to operate an electric line over the
streets of Kenosha. That ordinance
aroused great deal of resentment among
the citizens and every effort has been
| made to block the construction of the line.