Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-11-30

was sentenced to two years in State pris.
on for horse stealing.
Rock County, it is likely, will have a
$4,000 soldiers monument located in the
court house park at GAINESVILLE.
The new Commercial Hotel at Water
town, conducted by w. ]. Foy, was sold
to j. A. Mcconnell of Spring Valley,
MINI.
Leonard Scofield, who shot and instant
ly killed Charles Prindle at Token Greek,
was arrested at his home by the sheriff
a few hours after the murder and lodged
in jail.
A big cheese deal was closed by N.
Simon of Neenah. The deal consisted of
seventeen carloads of cheese aggregatlng
$4,000 pounds, and the price paid was
1850.
The sample trunk owned by 0. r. Ry-
an, the Chicago travelling man who died
at Oshkosh suddenly, is missing. 1t con-
tanned $4,000 worth of silverware used as
samples.
Kenosha is oyerrun with lot of
tramps and at the police headquarters it
is reported that an organized gang at
tempted no less than four robberies in
one night recently.
James Carroll and William Brady, ar
rested in Fort Winnebago, were turned
over to the United States marshal and
taken to Madison. They will be tried
for the robbery of the Colma postoftice.
William Supple, the Fond du Lac ice
dealer, is poorer by $50 than he was a
day or so ago. His residence was en-
tered by burglar, who succeeded in
escaping with the aforementioned sum.
Ira Monroe, woodsman from Mime
apolis, was brought to Marinette serious
ly and probably fatally injured. lie was
struck on the head by a falling tree, and
rupture of the brain resulted. The acct
dent occurred in a camp of the Murphy
Lumber Company.
The works of the Northwestern Glass
Company at Milwaukee were entirely de-
stroyed by fire. The buildings covered
an acre of ground at Burrell and Chase
streets and the plant was valued at
100000. The loss is $4,000, on which
there was $4,000 insurance.
Attorney Putnam, a young lawyer of
New London. arrived at Marinette from
the Eagle River country, where he ac-
cidentally shot himself while hunting.
He was on deer run and was examln-
ing a revolver which he carried. 1t was
accidentally discharged and the bullet
penetrated his leg. The wound is not
serious one.
Mrs Mary ALurphS died at Marinette.
Her death was due to a fracture of the
hip which she suffered recently at the
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes. She
had just received communion and was
stepping away from the communion rail-
when she slipped and fell and had to be
carried home. She was 70 years old
and a well-known resident of Marinette.
John A. Butter, Charles E. Monroe
and Paul Stangl, all prominent citizens
of high position, have filed in court at
Milwaukee letter of apology to John
Jordon Miles, the colored head waiter
of the Plankinton house and accompanied
by the private payment of large sum
in settlement. The men are the leaders
in the Municipal League, and at the last
election their personal organ, the Mu-
nicipal League Bulletin, contained an ar
ticle about Miles, charging him with try
ing to sell the colored vote in the Fourth
Weird. Miles promptly sued them for
$4,000 damages.
The State Board of immigration will
shortly send out about 10000 circulars
showing forth the opportunities which
new settlers can find in Barron County.
The same plan will be followed. for all
the other counties in the State, where
cheap lands are available to immigrants.
A local board is appointed in each coun-
ty which will secure lists of names Of
prospective immigrants. The expense of
furnishing information regarding the va
rious sections is divided between the
county and State. The State Board
proposes to do some active work in Sc
curing settlers for the idle lands of the
State.
La Crosse has secured another indus
try that promises to develop into one Of
prime Importance. At meeting of local
capitalists, it was voted to subscribe suf-
ficient funds to manufacture twenty
threshing machines of new pattern,
known as the "Cripple's Revenge the
invention of Frank Ewes of Jackson,
Mich. Several years ago the inventor
lost an arm in threshing machine. He
set about to improve the present patterns
and to eliminate as many as possible of
their most dangerous feateures that
threaten life and limb. Two of the ma
chimes were given thorough and practical
field tests in the vicinity of La Crosse
this year.
Messrs. Page and Thomas of Chicago
have closed arrangements with the Citi-
zens' Committee for the transfer of their
factory from Chicago to Janesville. The
Richardson building at the northeast
corner Of North Main street and Pease
court has been leased and will be used
as the factory building after being thor
oughly remodeled. The building is a
two-story brick structure. The new fac
tory will contain the latest of machinery
used in the manufacture of Women's
jackets, cloaks and all outer garments. In
the neighborhood of sixty hands will be
employed at the start, the greater por-
tion being girls.
Linnie Steinke, aged 3 years, was ac-
cidentally shot and instantly killed by
the discharge of shotgun in the bands
of Charles Schatschneider, a 14-year-old
boy employed on the Steinke farm, sew
eral miles south Of Ripon. Young Schat-