Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20

contents valued at SZ,QUO. burned. IL
was total loss.
St Johns Independent Polish Catholic
Church at Milwaukee was destroyed by
fire, entailing loss Of $4,000.
Gov. Scofeld has appointed Charles 81.
Oakley Of Osceola county judge Of Polk
The Boston store, l. Rusky, proprietor.
was closed at Amigo by the sheriff. The
court has appointed F. w. Thai of Mil
waukee receiver.
Otto Burke of Auburndale, 10 years OF
age had his leg crushed below the knee
by log rolling on him at Arpin. The
limb will have to be amputated.
At the meeting in Chicago of the Amer
lean Association of Fairs and Exposi.
tions, the dates Of the Wisconsin State
fair were decided for Sept. 8 to IA, q
little earlier than heretofore.
Joseph Lempke, farmer Of Green
vile, was knocked down in hog pen
and bitten and trampled upon by a vi
cious hog. His injuries may prove very
serious, his legs being badly lacerated.
At West Superior Mrs. George Beams
was seriously burned and her child ia
tally so. The child pulled the table COW
er, upsetting lamp, which exploded.
The mothers burns were received in try
ing to save the child.
Albert Melby, prosperous farmer liy-
ing near Coon Valley, was fatally IN
jured in a runaway. His team TOOK
fright at trolley car, throwing him out
on his head. A fractured skull and
wrenched right knee are the result.
By the death of Fred G. Schultz at
Ableman, the A. @. U. w: lodge at that
place has ceased to be the banner lodge
because it had no death rate. The lodge
was organized twenty years ago and up
to the present time had never lost MEM
Der.
While they were skating on the river
opposite the Manitowoc water tower,
Frank and Joseph Paska, aged IL and IA
respectively, broke through the ice.
Frank was drowned, but the exertlons
Of the older boy enabled him to keep
up until assistance came.
Because of Withdrawals Of deposits,
which have amounted to about $4,000,
the Bank of Brillion, at the village Of
are estimated at $4,000 and the liabili-
ties at $4,000, and Cashier Neal says
creditors will be paid almost in full.
The La Crosse camp, No. 26O, Modern
Woodmen of America, has voted on the
question of having reserve fund, mat
ter that has been submitted to every
camp in the country, and strangely
enough it resulted in a vote Of 1OS for
and 1O8 against the proposition. There
was one blank ballot cast.
Edwin S. Lindley of Reedsburg and
Mrs. Hattie L. Reed Of Delong, Ind,
have been married at Baraboo. They
were lovers as school children, thirty five
years ago, and had not seen each other
for twenty years. Both married years
ago, but were widow and widower when
they recently revived their schoolday ac-
Quaintance.
The County Board of Vernon County
has distinguished itself by passing
measure providing for bounty on rattle
snakes. 1t is the first county in the Unit
ed States, it is thought, to take such an
action. The amount to be paid is 80
cents and the applicant for the bounty
must appear before the town chairman
with the entire body of the snake.
Charles Holtz, farmer of the town OF
Liberty, has brought suit against John
Hansen, young farmer of Stephensville,
for $50 ana interest for one year, for de-
priving plaintiff of the services of his
hired girl by marrying her. One year ago
the present Mrs. Hansen was a servant
in the family of Holtz under contract, it
is claimed, to stay a specified time.
Traces of an attempt of prisoners to
escape were found when party of men
were looking over the old Oshkosh jail.
The prisoners were removed to the new
jail recently, and it would appear that
had they been given but a few hours
more time in the old one there would
have been no tenants to remove to the
new structure. A f1agstone had been re-
moved and the men had dug a tunnel
twelve feet long to the outer foundation
wall.
Articles of incorporation have been fled
at Madison for lawyers home for the
care of INDECENT, homeless and aged law
yers and their wives. The home, which
will probably be established next spring,
will be especially for Wisconsin lawyers,
but attorneys in need from any part OF
the country will be welcomed within it's
doors. There is no capital stock and as
soon as officers are els cted popular subj
scrlptlons for the establishment of the
institution will be started.
Mrs. Betsy Woodward has won a vic
tory over the heirs Of the Collier estate
at kenosha. Richard Collier, a farmer,
died some years ago. When his estate
was settled Mrs. Woodward, who had
lived with him, claimed to be Golfers
daughter and demanded third of the
estate. Her claim being denied. she
brought suit for services rendered to Col
l1er and secured verdict for $1,000 She
brought another suit to recover her part
Of the estate, when compromise was eff
fected. She is acknowledged as Golfers
daughter and the heirs have decided her
fifty acres of land, virtually oue-third Of
the estate.
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