Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-02
The residence of Henry Diener at Bara-
boo burned at loss of $1,000, insurance

A stock company with a capital Of $1O,-
900 has been formed at Baraboo to oper-
ate canning factory.
The Philadelphia aud Reading coal dock
at West Superior was damaged by fire
to the extent of $1,000.
At Nebagamon, fire destroyed a block
of buildings in the business section. The
damage will aggregate about $4,000.
Mrs. Samuel Dowd of the town of Dali
las died Of cancer of the stomach, having
lived without food nearly five weeks.
The Northwestern Railway Company
has cleared up the blockade in pulp-wood
which tied up the trains for a week at APP
pleton.
Henry Harris, employed in the lath mill
in Bird & Wells Lumber Company's plant
at Wausaukee, cut off two fingers of his
right hand.
Miss Elizabeth Shepard will represent
the Oshkosh normal school at the State
oratorical contest to be held at Stevens
Point March II.
Allie Murphy, an engineer on the North
western road and a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Murphy of Fond du Lac, was killed in
collision near Chicago.
Bertha Macy, aged 20, died at La
Crosse. She was the daughter of e. q.
Macy, a coal dealer, and went to Chicago
for surgical operation.
While crossing Sturgeon bay from Me-
nominee two members of an ice-boating
party were seriously hurt by the spar
breaking and striking them.
The Bigelow mill at Washburn will be
nearly as good as new when it is started
in the spring. The owners are expanding
$4,000 in making changes and repairs.
The village board of Elkhart Lake
awarded the contract for putting in a sys
tenn of water works to the Sanitary Con
struction Company of Green Bay for 3d.,
900.
The largest wolf pelt ever presented to
the county clerk at West Superior for
bounty came in from Albert Peterson of
Hawthorne The animal was 5 feet and
3 inches long.
Henry Halberstadt has announced that
he is ready to give to the city of Kenosha
as an ornament to the new city hall which
has been proposed a memorial clock, to
cost between $500 and $500.
1t is just announced at Racine that
Miss Caroline Hatchwell and Frederick
L. Monroe, two well-known society people,
had been married at Milwaukee April 20
last by the Rev. e. w. White.
Allie Laubach, Peter Keller and Jo-
seph Strachan, three Oshkosh lads, plead
ed guilty to stealing copper and brass
from the Rahr brewery and were sentenc-
ed to the reform school at Waukesha.
No city can be held liable for damages
resulting from the unsanitary condition
of it's schools, unless there is special leg
islation with that end in view, according
to a decision given by Judge Ludwig Of
Milwaukee.
The First ward school building at Ste
vens Point, erected in 1895 at a cost of
$4,000, was almost totally destroyed by
fire. The loss is covered by insurance.
The origin of the fire is not known, but
is supposed to have originated in the fur
mace room.
Burglars broke into II: p. Christ's store
at Wausaukee by breaking pane of glass
out of the front. Two watch chains, two
pairs of rubbers and some shoes are miss
ed. They also had a lunch, opening sew
cash was taken. There is no clue.
Lizzie Sweige used a hatpin with such
effect that she routed man who attacked
her and sent him fleeing down the street
with blood streaming from his face. Cross
ing the Becher street bridge in Milwau-
kee, a man suddenly sprang out in front
of her, at the same time crying: "Now
have got you. If you make any noise
will kill you" Miss Sweige broke away,
and, drawing her hatpin made a jab at the
face of her assailant. Her aim was good,
and with howl of pain the fellow releas-
ed his hold. Miss Sweige followed up her
advantage and proceeded to puncture the
face Of the man again. He at last broke
away and ran across the bridge.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
destroy the home and perhaps the life of
NJ. Marquardt at Rhinelander. In build
ing the kitchen fire preparatory to getting
breakfast he placed dry piece of pine
in the stove. He had picked up the piece
in his back yard. Scarcely had he touch
ed match to the kindling than a loud ex-
plosion occurred, which filled the kitchen
with flying iron and wood. When the
room was cleared the frebox Of the stove
WAS eAIIuluou anu ii piece VI NOOu obOut
eighteen inches long and four inches
square was taken out 1t was blackened
and splintered, but evidences of carefully
executed plans were plainly to be seen. A
hole perhaps ten inches deep by an inch
and a quarter diameter had been drilled
in one end and it had been filled with
powder and sealed up with unquestioned
evil intentions.
Plans are said to be assuming definite
shape for the building of a new railroad
by the Union Construction Company, re-
Gently Incorporated, that will extend from
the Illinois State line to a point in Wal
worth County to some point in Douglas
County, probably Superior. 1t is said
work on the proposed line will be COM
menced with a large force as soon as the
frost leaves the ground. This road is
planned to follow the line surveyed about
twenty years ago by the Chicago and SUI
perior Air Line, and will endeayor to ac-
quire some of the right of way that was
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