Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-01-11

William Wentzlaff cut his foot half
! off while chopping cordwood at Maple
1 Grove.
Work on the Wisconsin Central shops
in Fond du Lac has been stopped until
spring.
| ThiEpe Smith, young man of Graf
! ton. accidentally fell from a load of hay,
breaking both of his arms.
Father Condor, of WATERFOWL, has
left for a three-months stay in New Or
/ leans for the benefit of his health.
Eau Claire people have raised $3.50 for
relief of fishermen's families suffering
by reason of storms on the coast of Nor
way.
! a. ]. Duncan, Indian inspector, is max
ing a thorough inspection of the schools
and other institutions at the Oneida res
| ervation.
The Stolz Manufacturing Company of
Manitowoc has an order from Denmark
for large number of it's newly patented
candle holders.
| A. w. Wilson, agent for the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Com
pany in Sparta for over twenty-five
years, died of cancer of the liver.
Rev. r. III. Colby of Waupaca has re-
ceived a call to the Baptist Church at
Sardinia, n Y. He expects to decline
this call and devote himself to scien-
| tific research.
| A message from Congressman Cooper
announces that Capt. Charles Franz has
been nominated to be postmaster OF lie
nosha. This is the end of keen strug-
| gle for the Office.
DR.. S. S. Bowers, formerly Mayor OF
Fond du Lac, died as the result of par
alysis He had been a practicing physl-
clan in that city for thirty four years.
He was 63 years of age.
Nelson Stokes of Eau Claire hung his
lantern on a peg in the barn while feed
| ing the horses. The lantern fell down
and set fire to the barn, which was burn
ed The horses were burned to death.
The boiler shop of Lawrence Hunt at
| -Iarinette was burned. The loss is about
| 1880. The thermometer was III below
zero and the fremen suffered consider
ably. a number of them freezing fingers
and toes.
Zenos Maxim. formerly of Milwaukee,
now connected with the Golden Fate
mine at Rouse, who is prospecting for
"copper" has struck gold-carrying rock at
81 ton, with native silver and quite
noticeable traces of copper.
Herman Fitzlaff and wife and five chill
dren were made critically i'll at Mil
waukee by eating bologna sausage, sup
posed to have been affected with trlchl-
nae poisoning The children range in
ages from 10 to Is years.
c. B. Tiff, the largest hardware firm
in Algoma, burned to the ground. The
loss is estimated at $4,000 on the stock
and building. The insurance is $4,000
on building and $500 on stock and fix
lures. 1t is not likely he will rebuild.
The barn of Joseph Schesel, with it's
contents, containing some farm machln-
cry, was totally destroyed by fire at
Manitowoc Rapids. Mr.. Schiesel was
away from home and he arrived just In
time to save his homestead from destruc-
ton The cause of the fire is unknown.
| The loss amounts to about $500.
| An explosion of a kerosene stove in the
art studio of Miss Hattie Balm at ke-
| nosha caused a serious conhag grafton. All
the furnishings in the room were burn
ed and many of the pictures We're dam
| aged beyond restoration. Miss Balm had
| Just returned from three years study
! in Paris and her collection of pictures
| included several masterpieces.
| In defiance of two injunctiOns, with
| doors locked and guarded by policemen,
! the twenty-five Milwaukee aldermen who
| have favored the street railway company
| passed the ordinance providing for eX-
| tending the franchises of the company,
against which the people and press of
| the city have fought for two months.
| When it was done Mayor Rose signed
the measure.
During the engagement of 'Hogan's
Alley company at the Crescent Opera
House in Fond du Lac the building
caught fire and for a time there was a
lively time. The cry of fire came just
at the close of the second act and the
female members of the company were
busy packing away their wardrobes. The
fire was extinguished with only small
loss to the management. The audience
then returned to the hall and the play
continued. The fire caught from light
ed cigar which had fallen through the
sidewalk.
John r. Davis of Neenah will I'M
doubtedly be one of the heaviest loggers
in Wisconsin this winter. Mr.. Davis
purchased several thousand acres of tim
Der land last year in the vicinity OF
Phillips and will make all haste to get
the timber off the stump. The extent
of his possessions can be guessed when
it is known that it will take twelve years
to clear up the logging. Agents for Mr..
Davis have been engaged for some time
in the country for miles around, buying
up heavy teams to be used for logging
and several carloads have already been
shipped for Phillips, which is the base
of operations.
Twenty girls, employed by the Isabel
Manufacturing Company of GAINESVILLE,
have received notice of discharge be-
cause they talked too much. The girls
are indignant and say that the manage
ment never notified them that they were
not allowed to talk during business hours.
The manager who ordered the discharge
said: 1.-THE average GAINESVILLE girl talks