Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-08-03

cost OF ABOUT 9Z,oUO.
Milwaukee reports that brewery COM
bine involving an expenditure of $780,
100000 is being formed.
Joseph Orth, member of the police
force, was deprived of his star at Ke-
nosha. It is said he is the first of several
to be released.
Wilfred Casson, the 9-year-old son Of
William Casson of Marinette, was
drowned at the Pines, summer resort
four miles south of that city.
Gust Hanson Litke. prominent farm
er of the town of Knox, shot himself
through the heart after shooting at and
missing John Anderson, against whom he
had a grudge.
The -four mill of the Davis Milling
Company at Gainesville was totally de-
stroyed by fire. Loss 100000, insured
for one-third value. The fire is thought
to have been caused by an explosion of
dust.
Charles Bebault of Trempealeau was
held up by highwaymen and claims to
have been robbed of 1915. He was bad
ly injured by the robbers and left in an
unconscious condition beside a railway
track.
Isadore Cohen, arrested in Milwaukee
on June 80 charged with defrauding the
Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Com
pany of Germany, was held for trial at
GAINESVILLE. He gave bonds in the sum
of 81 600.
The Ross cheese factory, located seven
miles northeast of Monticello, burned to
the ground with entire contents, includ-
ing stock of the past two and one half
months making. The total loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
The trouble which has been agitating
the congregation of the st. Mathews
Catholic Church at New Cassel is to ter
inmate in split and new church edl-
fee is to be erected at Campbellsport at
a cost of $4,000.
Albert Lemieux, the Kirby Carpenter
Company's head woods cruiser, commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat and the
jugular vein with a table knife while in
his tent Oh the North branch of Pike
river, four miles from Dunbar.
Mrs. H. e. Allen of Marinette has re-
ceiyed heavy solid gold spoon from the
headquarters Of the Society of the Daugh-
tiers of the Revolution. Mrs. Aliens faith
er was a captain in the Revolutionary
army. She is nearly 100 years old.
Oliver G. Fuller has been appointed re-
ceiver in involuntary bankruptcy for
Charles Mayer of Milwaukee, doing bus
mess as A. w. Boettcher & Co., dealers
in carpets, draperies, etc. His habili-
ties are alleged to be 500, S14, with small
assets.
Milford Palmer, brakeman of Kau-
kauna, was thrown through a cupola
window at Greenville by the sudden
breaking of the airbrake hose. He suf-
fered very severe cash in his scalp. He
came near bleeding to death before he
was discovered.
A. s. Gray and E. A. Andrews Of
Grand Rapids, Wis, arrived at Seattle
the other day with the Alaska flyer Hum
boldt from Klondike with $1,000 each in
gold dust. The ship that brought the
party contained about 100000 of the
precious metal.
Thomas H Gill of Milwaukee and
Jackson Reuter- of Madison have par
chased the stock in the First National
Bank at Stevens Point owned by James
Reilly Of Milwaukee and w. B. Bucking-
ham and have been elected directors in
place of these two.
Charles Kading of Sheboygan has COM
pleted a bedstead in inlaid work of hard
wood, in which there are 1,5OO,0 GOO pieces
of wood. The battle Of Manila is pic
tured out on the pieces Of furniture. He
is now making commode to go with the
bedstead and will send all to the Paris
exhibition.
An increase of 25 cents day has
been made by the c. Reiss Coal Com
pany Of Cheboygan to it's employees. The
raise was not asked for and the men
will now receive $1.75 day. There are
100 men employed by the company and
they are asking for fifty more men at
the new rate.
r. D. Marshall, l.. NJ. Newman, Jas.
McKinnon, Alex. McLaren and L. G..
Stanley, directors and officers of the
First National Bank Of Chippewa Falls
have purchased the Bank of Bloomer
from Henry Marshall of Bloomer. The
surplus and capital stock of the bank
will be increased.
B. NJ McGovern, who arrived from
the South some time ago and was staying
at his brothers home in the town of Bar
ton, suddenly became insane and was
taken to West Bend for commitment to
the county asylum. Upon searching the
unfortunate man the marshal found $500
sewed up in his clothes.
The Chippewa Driving Park Associa-
ton announces the following racing cir
cult program for the season: Chippewa
Falls, Aug. Oil; Mcmillan, Aug. 1918;
Sparta, Aug. 22-25; Galesville, Aug. %
81: Tumah. Aug. % to Sept. 1; Mansion,
Sept Al; Augusta, Sept. 1915; Chippe-
wa Falls, Sept. 1922; West Salem, Sept.
1929.
A strike of the motormen on the She
boygan street cars has been avoided sue
cessfully The motormen were told to
keep $40 in change on the cars at all
times, which the men with families said
they could not do with the salary they
were receiving. Three of the motor
men quit and other men were secured in
their places and no further trouble is an
tieipated.