Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-08

Mrs. Bessie OShea, WIDOW, ~ years
old, was knocked down and fatally injur-
ed by a runaway team at Eau Claire.
British Hollow was nearly destroyed
by heavy wind. The town hall and sew
eral small buildings were blown down and
other damage done.
Mrs. Andrew Lohn of Kewaunee COM
mitted suicide by drinking carbolic acid.
She was about AZ years old, and Is sur
vived by a husband and six children.
Arthur Lehman of Milford, aged 3
years, was missed from home, and on
search being made was found drowned in
a barrel of water used for watering stock.
DR.. George W. Chittenden, said to be
the oldest practicing physician in Wiscon-
sin, died at his home in GAINESVILLE, aged 70
years. He leaves a son and two daugh-
tiers.
Marshall will have free rural mail de-
livery, to go into effect July 1, the inau-
guration of which will cause the discontin-
uance Of three postoffices and two mail
routes.
H. Schneider, living four miles west of
Butternut, shot huge black bear recent
ly close by his home. The animal was
an unusually large specimen, weighing 3OO
pounds.
Miss Katie Lee, aged Is years, and
Miss Maud Anderson, aged II years, were
drowned in Prairie lake, ten miles north
Of Tomahawk. They were out in boat
by themselves and were capsized.
The worst storm in years visited the vi
cinity of GAINESVILLE, doing extensive dam
age two miles south of the city. 1t wreck
ed a number of wndmills and fences, be-
sides destroying hundreds Of trees.
Daniel O'Neil Of Galena, ILL.,, who has
been at Alma looking for his son, William,
who was drowned on May 9 from the
steamer Kit Carson, about four miles
north Of there, has found the body below
Alma.
C. Goulet, employed on the Chippewa
Lumber and Boom Company's lumber
road in Chippewa Falls, was seriously
crushed between the cars and horse he
was driving in hauling cars to the lumber
yard.
By the capsizing Of a sailboat on Lake
Winnebago William A. Skinner and Ar
thur Pratt were drowned and Adelbert
Burnett was only saved after drifting
with the overturned boat for over three
hours.
The State Eclectic Medical Society
opened a three days session in the Senate
chamber at Madison. Mayor M. j. Hoven
gave the address of welcome and it was
responded to by Prof. George Covert OF
Clinton.
Mrs. Jane e. Watrous died at her home
in Hayton, where she had lived since 1919.
Mrs. Watrous was in her eghty-hfth year
and first came to Wisconsin from New
York State in 1874, with her husband,
Orrin J. Watrous. .
At West Superior, Albert Day fell into
an oven at the steel works and sustained
injuries which may cause his death. He
was employed as a hammer and had to
work on top of the ovens. crane struck
an oven, Earring it, and Day lost his BAL
anec.
At Marinette, Mrs. Alex. Deau, aged 65,
went to feed a pet COW. The animal at
tackled the woman and hooked her. The
horn entered at the neck and came out OF
the mouth. The woman is in precarious
condition. Physicians took sixteen stitches
to close the wound.
The body of Hi Henry's $1,000 dog was
found in the river at Marinette. He was
notified by telegram at Calumet and the
body was embalmed, awaiting further in
structions. The teamster who found it
will receive the reward of 500 which was
offered by the minstrel king.
During terrific electric storm John
Bruzgs, a farmer living four miles south
of Kenosha, was struck by bolt Of light
ming and instantly killed Bruzga had
gone out in the storm for the purpose Of
driving into the barn a large herd of sheep
which were in field near the house.
United States Commissioner of Indian
Affairs w. A. Jones, accompanied by In
dian Agent Campbell, has been at Hay
ward to select a site for the new Indian
school. Just before Congress adjourned
Congressman Jenkins secured the passage
of bill appropriating 100000 for an In
dian school at or near Hayward
At Stanley, the young child of Joseph
Waldor while alone in the house, put his
hand through the draft of the kitchen
stove into the fire and turned it in such
way as to be unable to extricate it. His
mother, who wAs in the garden, heard his
screams and ran to his assistance, but the
hand was nearly burned off before she
could rescue him.
Captain Benjamin G. Cameron of the
Kenosha life-saving station has been pre-
scented with silver medal by the Govern
ment for bravery and gallant conduct in
saving lives. With the medal is a letter
from Secretary Gage in which he men
tons six special wrecks in which the cap
tain had distinguished himself. They
date from the year 1875 to 1897. During
his twenty years of service at the Keno
sha station Captain Cameron has rescued
more than 400 persons from wrecks and
has saved many thousands of dollars in
valuable property. He is the second man
in the State of Wisconsin to be honored
in this way by the Government.
A lumber deal of considerable impor-
lance to northern Wisconsin and especial
ly to the cities bordering on Lake Supe-