Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19

burned at Baraboo.
| Many deer have been seen along the
banks Of the Peshtigo river.
At Sparta the residence Of John Bur-
roughs was destroyed by fire.
A second crop of strawberries has been
picked at the farm of George Hoaglin in
] the town Of Omro.
A barn and joining sheds belonging to
| G. Hammond, about two miles east Of
| Waldo, was burned.
William Hill, one of the pioneer set
tiers of the city of Kenosha, died at his
home, at the age Of 80 years.
Alvin Blood of Kenosha has returned
home from the Philippines, where he has
been in the Eighteenth infantry.
Work on Roundy Hall, building for
musical instruction in Wayland Academy
at Beaver Dam, is progressing finely.
Haword, the 2-year-od son of Eugene
Morarity of Horizon, was scalded to
death by upsetting pot Of boiling coffee.
The Marshfield Council voted to appro-
pirate $500 year to the Second Regi-
| ment band to give series Of open-air
concerts.
The total gate receipts of the Waushara
County agricultural fair for the two days
were 81 ,2O5, a trife less than the previ-
Gus year.
Prompt work Of the fire department
prevented q disastrous fire in the Stanley
Manufacturing Company's plant at Chip
peWa Falls. Es
Mrs. q. G. Simmons died at Kenosha.
| The decedent was a daughter Of Captain
Morris Robinson, a pioneer OF Lake
County, Illinois.
Clara Harkins, the Necedah girl who
caused sensation at Jacksonville. Fla,
| by attempting suicide, was examined by
| the medical board, found to be insane
and will be sent to the Chattahoochee In
| sane asylum.
| An earthquake shock was felt at Ke-
nosha and caused some alarm in portions
| of the town. Reports show that the
| shock was felt in all parts Of the county,
| but no damage was done. The shock was
less violent than that Of three years ago.
Eddie, the 13-year-old SON Of Erick
Madison, died at the Calumet, Mich, hos
pital from bullet wound. He was shot
| by Angelo Kelly, aged 1S years, who IS
under arrest for causing his death. Kelly
claims that he accidentally shot Mathe-
son.
| The large store building owned by the
Parsons estate and occupied by j. Gins
burg & Co. as a general store, burned at
Rosendale, together with the fine stock
| Of goods. The loss on the store, stocks
| and fixtures will amount to something
like $1,000.
Three cars and the locomotive Of o
freight train were derailed a short dis
| lance from Kewaunee by running into
| a drove of cattle. The locomotive and
/ cars went down an embankment twenty.
five feet. The engineer and fireman jump
| ed, escaping injury.
| Charles Peterson, who gave his resi'
dence as Pierceville, was killed three
miles east of Watertown. He was on his
way to secure employment with a ralk
road contractor and in attempting to get
| off train was whirled under the wheels.
He was 10 years Of age.
| The large new farm barn of j. II.
| Pratt, situated in Pine Grove, burned,
| together with seven horses, large guam
tity Of hay, grain, harnesses and orner
| articles, also 600 bushels Of potatoes
/ stored temporarily on the barn floor. The
| barn was one Of the finest in Pine Grove
and was worth 5000 and was insured for
obiut $500. Mr.. Pratt's loss will De
about g, 500. Spontaneous combustion is
supposed to have caused the fire.
Mrs. Johanna Soil Of Fond du Lac,
who had been an invalid for years, re-
Gently expelled big frog from her stom-
ach. A young son was with her at the
time and his story is corroborated by her
/ family physician, DR.. Council, who had
been summoned because Of her illness.
For years Mrs Soil has been troubled
with her stomach and had frequently told
her physician that she believed her con-
/ dition was due to the presence of some
thing alive in her stomach. This idea
was secuted by ALL All the physicians Of
the city are deeply interested in the case.
A public library building to cost $780,
900 is practically completed at Oshkosh.
The city has fund Of $15O,O0O made up
of a bequest Of $4,000 from Marshall
and Abbie Harris, the former pioneer
lumberman; 5000 from former Senator
Sawyer, and the rest voted by the city.
Now the Harris heirs propose to contest
the beuuest, claiming that the will is not
legally drawn, and tie battle of lawyers
has already begun. The will provides
that in case the city shall at any future
time cease to use the property for public
library purposes it shall revert to the
heirs. This clause is claimed to be for a
longer period than the statutes permit.
The city is making strong preparations in
defense.
A most daring robbery occurred at Ke-
nosha when two unknown men held up
John B. Smith and relieved him Of money
and valuables to the extent of $50. When
Smith was about block away from his
home two masked men came out Of the
shadow, and one, man of powerful
form, leaped upon him and attempted to
throw him to the ground. Smith, who is
quite an athlete, showed fight and a ter
rible encounter ensued. Another man,
who had been secreted in the shadow,
came to the assistance Of the highway
man and they soon managed to hurl
Smith to the ground. In the melee re-
| volver was DISCHARGED by one Of the men.