Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-08-09

the city a population of 1918, an IN
crease over two years ago of l,Oo5.
Verne Payne, the youngest SON of J..
c.. Payne, fell from barn near Prairie
! du Sac and sustained serious if not fatal
injuries.
Fire destroyed the barns of ex-SheriH
Emil Jensen of Calumet County. Two
horses persisted, with all farm machinery.
The loss is heavy.
The cooper shop Of the Cook-Brown
Seine Company at Clifton was totally de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is $1,000, COW
cred by insurance.
George Simmerlich of Wrightstown. in
attempting to catch on a train for ride,
was thrown under the wheels and had
one of his legs cut off.
The 14-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
George Addie died at Milton from the
effects of a kick by horse, which re-
suited in lockjaw. His skull was frac-
tured.
Thirteen West Superior saloonmen
have been summoned by the police to
appear in court and answer to the charge
of running saloons with both doors wide
open on Sunday.
Isaac Johnson of Rice Lake fell from
Lake Shore train near Warren Station,
Ind, and his body was cut in two. John
son was returning to Rice Lake from
trip to Sweden.
Otto ZumerIink, aged II years, tried to
jump the freight train between Little
Rapids and Wrightstown. He fell under
the cars and one leg and the toes from
the other foot We're cut off.
A. B. Taylor, for fifty-one years res
ident of Fond du Lac, and at one time
Mayor, was struck by Northwestern
passenger engine and instantly killed, his
body being carried on the pilot for 200
feet
The mystery surrounding the disappear
ance of little Freddie Sieger. aged Z, was
solved by finding his body in a slough two
miles south Of La Crosse, washed upon
the sands by the waves. The body was
badly decomposed.
A bitter contest is pending in the Outa-
game County Court over the will of the
late Michael Sweeney, a wealthy farmer
of Bear Creek, who left his three grown
children S. each and the balance of his
property to his second wife and several
friends.
Benjamin Armstrong. the oldest white
settler on Lake Superior, died at Ashland
of heart disease. He came to this State
in 1885 and was associated in trading
with Indians in connection with the Amer
lean Fur Company, Of which John Jacob
Astor was the head. He the author
of a book of early Lake Superior history.
Emma King, aged II. and Harvey
Skeel, aged Is, eloped from Stevens
Point They had 81 in cash, which they
got from the girls father. They were
apprehended at Stockton. six miles away,
walking slowly along the highway, foot
sore and weary. Both were glad to re-
turn for parental forgiveness. They are
from well-known families.
Patrick Doherty, aged G5 years, was
struck by the fast mail train near Apple
ton Junction and instantly killed. The
old man was under the influence of liquor
and was walking on the track toward his
home between Appleton and Menasha.
He had twice before been struck by
trains under similar circumstances, escap-
ing with only slight injuries.
A corps of engineers and surveyors has
commenced the survey on the new Hills
boro and Eastern Railway, for which the
right of way and depot grounds have been
secured and the general Offices opened
in Hillsboro, with Secretary W. j. Abbey
in charge. The general manager and
treasurer's Office is located for the present
in Elroy in charge of A. H. Smith. Smith
H Bracey of Chicago has taken the con-
tract for construction.
Bertha Wentzloff Of Ia Crosse was ex-
amined by physicians and declared to be
insane. At the investigation it appeared
that she is jealous of her husband and
threatens to do bodily harm to her sup
posed rival. Neighbors say that she has
habit of waiting at the fence with an
ak to get the woman she imagines is
breaking up her home. Her husband and
sister are opposed to having her sent
away and may insist upon jury trial.
Safe blowers blew open safe at the
Lamb hotel at Camp Lake. The robbery
was most peculiar one. 1t is supposed
to have been committed late in the night,
and the safe, which weighed several tons,
was taken from the Office of the hotel
out on the lawn, where it was opened. Al
though there were over a hundred guests
in the hotel. none of them heard any
noise from the moving Of the safe. 1t is
impossible to tell how much booty the
robbers secured, but there was quite a
sum of money in the safe.
Fire completely destroyed st. Mary's
Catholic Church at Rhinelander, the larg-
est house of worship in Oneida County.
The cause of the fire is unknown, but is
thought to have originated from guam
tity of Stacking lime which was in the
rear of the edifce or from careleSSly
thrown pipe or match of workman who
had been employed on the building. The
church was built in 1884 and had seat
ing capacity of 1000. With interior
equipments and frequent remodeling it is
said to represent a loss OF $4,000.
Two shots were fired into the bedroom
occupied by Mrs. McGinty and her daugh-
ter at their home in the town of Byron.
The women were awakened from their
sleep by the first shot and the next in