Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-18

was struck by lightning and killed while
at work on his granary.
William Densmit of Ashland was ap-
pointed teacher at the Normantown,
Mimi, Indian school at $50 a month
Crazed by grief for her late husband
and child, Mary Strandburg drowned her.
self in Newton creek in West Superior.
George A. Brewster. chief clerk at the
Milwaukee depot at La Crosse has been
appointed agent for the company at Still
water.
Michael Dugan, a single man "a years
of age, who came to West Superior from
Toronto, was run over in the Northern
Iaclhc yards and died as the result.
Jacob Mueller was buried alive by the
banks of ditch fourteen feet deep, cav
ing in upon him, near Merrimac When
the dirt was cleared away Mueller was
dead.
a pitchfork was accidentally thrust
into one of Carl Wrinkles eyes while
threshing at Howard. The fork pene-
trated the brain and it is thought the
young man will lose the sight of the eye.
The old La Crosse vinegar factory has
been leased for a button factory, and at
last the long talk has come to head.
Henry Hallauer, who has just returned
from Europe, will own the bulk of the
stock.
The contract of building the stone
bridge at Combined Locks was let to
John Wendt for $1,546. The bridge will
be in one single arch with a span of 36
feet. The structure will be completed by
Oct. Is.
The Rev. r. T. Roberts, who resigned
as pastor of the Welsh Presbyterian
Church of Racine, and who was request
ed by the congregation to reconsider his
action and remain in Racine, has refused
the request.
Six cattle out of herd of twenty
sever belonging to Charles Schultz of the
town of Greenville, were poisoned by
sprinkiing Paris green with salt at their
drinking pool The poisoning is suppos
ed to be the work of an enemy.
Claire Drake, a 7-year-old boy, while
playing near an old well at Cumberland,
fell to the bottom, a distance of seventy
five feet, but escaped with slight bruises.
Willis Drake slid down the pipe in time
to rescue the boy from drowning.
DR.. Robert A. Kits of Racine, who
was injured on a street car about year
ago and had an eye torn from the socket,
made settlement with an insurance COM
pany for $4,000. Altogether he has re-
ceived $4,000 for the loss Of the eye.
A rope was found in a cell at the Osh-
kosh police station, which was occupied
by prisoner being taken from Ashland
to Waupun prison. The rope was made
out of pieces of blanket. The police
think that the man intended to commit
suicide.
Deputy Game Warden linn confscat-
ed several boxes of venison in Milwaukee
which were on the way to Chicago. The
game wardens are now on the track Of
the Chicago sportsmen who killed these
deer out Of season, and if they are caught
heavy fines will be imposed on them.
Game wardens arrested Mic Storm and
Mic DreXler, charged with shooting ducks
before sunrise on Little Lake Buttes DIES
Morris. After securing the prisoners, the
warden stopped at a fishing resort, and
while there their guns, with those of the
prisoners, were stolen. No clue to the
thieves can be found.
Daniel McKinnon, the 17-year-old son
of a well-known lumber scaler of Ash
land. was killed in the Wisconsin Central
railroad yards. Young McKinnon was
employed by the company. AS he was
passing through the yards on his bicycle
he fell in front of a switch engine and
box cur that were moving very rapidly,
and lad his skull crushed and his legs
and arms cut off.
Herman Uldricks, resident Of Ash
land, was found in his bedroom with a
bullet hole through his head A revolver
lying near by explained the mystery. III
dri.ks was employed on the Reiss coal
docks The cause of his taking his own
liss is said by his wife to be the out
ccme of quarrel he had with neigh
bar concerning the ownership of some
chickens.
A bad wreck occurred at Neenah when
The Wisconsin Central north-bound pas
senger train No. Z had tail-end coils
ion with special freight train. The pas
senger engine buried itself to the pilot
house in the caboose of the special. A.
fiat car ahead Of the caboose was broken
in two and mounting preceding one,
passed underneath two box cars ahead,
leaving mass of six pairs of trucks all
in a heap beneath the fifth car.
A. p. Deer, an aeronaut of Chicago,
fell to his death at Gays Mills from a
balloon which had assembled to height
of 200 feet. The ascension was made at
a fair and was witnessed by 5,OOO per-
sons. The balloon exploded and fell 100
feet before the parachute opened and the
sudden jerk caused Deer to lose his hold.
His body FELL turning in the air, and he
struck the ground on his head and shout
ders His jaw, nose and one arm were
crushed and he died in less than two min
utes.
A woman giving the name of May Ber-
lyn Weinberg of Chicago came to Racine
ami tried to take possession of the Bos-
tor, dental parlors. She said she was the
wife of Nathan Weinberg and had a
right to the place. which is now being
conducted by his widow. The Chicago