Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-22

4 as part of its curriculum.
+. Joseph Sheldon was badly burned by
steam at mill in Appleton.
i Joseph Bosehert has been elected presi-
i dent of the La Cross Board of Trade.
Munson Paddock, former district attor-
ney of Kenosha County, died at Salem.
August f. Hesse was killed by falling
tree at lumber camp near Long Lake.
Owing to i'll health Miss Katherine
Graham has resigned as instructor of elo-
cution at Lawrence university
Henry Tarrant ex-member of the Leg
islature from Rock County, was badly
injured in runaway at GAINESVILLE.
Dana Leavitt, a resident of Mineral
Point, was found dead in the granary of
his farm, nine miles east of there.
S. Ell. Brown of Belle Plaine, Iowa, has
been appointed trainmaster of the Madi-
son division of the Northwestern road.
The Grand Rapids Paper Company has
prepared plans for adding to its paper
mill at Grand Rapids sulphite plant
with a capacity of fifteen tons of sulphite
pulp a day. Work on the plant will be-
gin shortly.
The death of Mrs. A. l.. johnson took
place at Beloit. She was the heaviest
woman in the State, weighing nearly 450
pounds. 1t was necessary to make an
extra-size coffin for her. She was buried
at Racine
A large barn belonging to John kohn
Of Lake Geneva was destroyed by fire,
There were over fifty head of cattle in
the barn and all persisted. The cause of
the fire is unknown. The loss is esti-
mated at $500.
At Eau Claire the jury in the case Of
Mrs. Myrta Wanzer against the Chippe-
wa Valley Electric Railroad returned
verdict of $1,575 damages. The plaintiff
was hurt in jumping from car which
had collided with a wagon.
The Northwestern Railway Company
has effected a settlement with Libouri
Roy, father of Miss Olive Roy, who was
instantly wiled at the Northwestern
crossing in Fond du Lac last fall BY
the terms of settlement the father gets
$1,000 and 5000 for the expense of the
funeral
About fifty farmers living in the neigh
borhood of Poplar, are planning for CO.
operative creamery association. Ihey
are working to raise $4,000 and will get
the patronage of farmers having 3Ou
cows. About $3.50 has been raised al
ready. Those already pledged to support
the creamery have 200 cows.
At Oconomowoc fire broke out in the
McCabe building, destroying the upper
floor The remainder of the building was
damaged by water. The fire originated
in the rear upper part of the building,
where stovepipe went through the cell
ing. The damage is estimated at $1,000,
partly covered by insurance.
Daniel Herzog of Manitowoc, a brake
man in the employ of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway Company, was Sc
riously injured by having his right arm
and leg crushed. He was switching on
the lake front yards, and while standing
on the rear footboard OF the locomotive,
which was covered with ice, he slipped
and fell, thirteen loaded freight cars pass
ing over him.
Mike GraZialny, an employee of the Me-
nasha Woodenware Company, went vio-
lently insane while at work He was tax
en- with fit of insanity and rushed out
Of the building where he was employed
and started to yell frantically. 1t was
not long before every one of the thousand
employees of the Menasha Woodenware
Company joined in the chorus with their
yells, not knowing the man was crazy,
and the entire city was awakened by the
din. Grazialny was finally taken in
charge by an officer. He is man of
family and his insanity is said to be due
to religious troubles.
Phil Beaulin, an empioye of the Fay
cite Shaw Il Co.'S tannery at Mellen,
was killed in a most horrible manner.
| While Beaulin was inspecting l2-foot
corrugated wheel enclosed in a box he
and Il companion were suddenly caught
OH swiftly moving wheel. Beaulm was
whirled around against sides of the box
with such rapidity that before the wheel
could be stopped nearly every bone in
his body was broken, his body being left
a shapeless mass. His companion was
knocked down and escaped with but slight
injuries. Beaulin was native of Can
ada and was about p years old.
The first perjurers ever to be sent to
prison from Douglas County We're SEN
fenced at West Superior the other day.
Charles Wilson, Mrs. Amelia johnson
and Mrs. Annie Lesman were given two
and a half years each in Waupun, Judge
Vinje of the Circuit Court passing SEN
tence. The defendants all pleaded gull
ty to the charge, the case against them
being very strong. They were arrested
some time ago to answer for the murder
of Abraham Carlson. Before the coro-
ner's jury they testified to one story, but
after being separated several days pend
ing their preliminary hearing, these three
admitted to the district attorney that they
had not told the truth. In court they
pleaded ignorance Of the law as the ex-
cuse.
LAUNDERING by moonlight is the extrem-
| ity to which the lumbermen of the Me-
nominee river valley have been driven by
the lateness of the arrival Of snow sufti-
GENTLY deep to enable them to haul logs
to the river. A. ID. Curtis, secretary Of
the Menominee and Marinette Box Com
pany, told of the unprecedented efforts
the lumber companies are making to ex-
coed the cut of last year to meet the