Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-31

/ "a small fortune at Baraboo is waiting
/ william Elfermann, formerly or thar
! city.
August Stocton. farmer 90 years DID,
hanged himself near Collins. No cause
/ is known.
| a man named Eldred committed sui
| eide at Kiel. He was 20 years OF age
| and in poor health.
Clara Abel, IL years old, left her nome
at Spring Valley for bicycle ride ana
] has not been seen since.
/ John w. Black of GAINESVILLE secured
| a verdict of 5000 against q. A. Ian
phier for alternating his wife's aHections.
| Sever Gregerson, single man about ~
Years Of age, accidentally fell from lad
| dor and was instantly killed at St0ugn-
| ton.
The name of Warner has been changed
| to Ladysmith Postmaster Fritz has Just
| received notice from the Postomce De-
| partment.
| At Rib Lake fire destroyed the engine
and boiler house, bark mill, teaches ana
| cooler watts of the Fayette Shaw tannery.
| Loss $4,000, insured.
Nels Nygrea, chairman of the town OF
| Bramaur, was killed by falling tree.
| Mr.. Nygrea was we'll known and was
| candidate for sheriff.
The home of Charles Stinson, promi-
| nent Chippewa Falls logger, was burg
| larized. The burglars secured gold
| watch and $50 in cash.
| The Perley-Lowe Company of Chicago
| purchased the seasons cut of the Pesh-
| tigo Lumber Company, which amounts
| to between 25,0OO,0OO and 3OOOO,OOO
| feet. The consideration is about $4OO,-
| 600.
isaac Stephenson, father of /. Watson
| Stephenson, who was united in marriage
with Miss Kathryn Mclaughlin at Mari
| nette, has given the couple as wedding
| gife house and shares of stock worth
| $4,000.
ALBION Lindbom, a hatch tender, en-
ployed on the Ohio Coal dock at Ashland,
was killed while walking along the der
rick trestle He fell under the wheels
Of a moving derrick and his head was
taken off above the ears
The Peshtigo town board has granted a
franchise to the Marinette street railway
for line from Marinette to that town,
a distance of eight miles. The right of
way will be secured Immediately and CON"
struction will be commenced next sprinS.
Silver City, a large settlement just out
side the western limits Of Milwaukee,
was menaced by large fire. The loss,
however, will not exceed $4,000. One
block of stores and dwellings was de-
stroyed A dozen families We're made
homeless.
A log driver by the name of Frank
Meyers, employed by the Bay Shore
Lumber Company was drowned in the
Pechekee river near Champion. He slip
ped off the logs and before he could make
any attempt to swim was carried by the
current under them and drowned.
Andrew Schoetz a student of Law
renee University and son of ex-Mayor
Schoetz of Menash, experienced mar
row escape from drowning while out fish
ing in Lake Winnebago. Young Schoetz
was out from shore perhaps three miles
when he capsized. He was rescued by
Frank Zandig.
Dr. Wingate of Milwaukee, secretary
of the State Board of Health, conferred
with the Eau Claire Board of Education,
decided there were twenty three cases OF
smallpox on the east side hill. An active
quarantine and other measures have been
enforced. 1t is believed the disease will
soon be stamped out.
Harry Cappalan, a bad boy whose
home is in Kenosha, was sent to the
State industrial school at Waukesha for
term of two years and nine months.
Cappalan is but IS years of age. At
Jefferson Junction he boarded passen-
ger train and held man up in true high
way robbery style, relieving his victim Of
much cash. He held sharp knife to the
mans heart and threatened to plunge it
in if the man refused to hand over his
valuables. Cappalan pleaded guilty.
The celebrated Haskins triplets at
Baraboo received congratulations on
their passing birthday recently. In 1864
there arrived at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Haskins of South Starks-
boro, VT, three boys. The parents con-
sidered the task too difficult of finding
names for the three sons and sought the
aid of President Abraham Lincoln. They
have in their possession letter written
by the martyred President in which he
offers the name of Abraham Lincoln for
one of them, Gideon Wells for another
and Simon Cameron for the third These
names they still retain and feel proud of
the honor.
Laura Humber II years of age, daugh-
ter of John Humber, was brought into
court at Chippewa Falls, charged with
attempting to murder her parents and
three sisters. The girl broke up glass
into fine particles and placed it in several
articles of food about to be served, but
the glass was discovered by one of the
sisters before any of the food was eaten
According to the fathers story the girl
is utterly depraved. He stated that she
had tortured to death three domestic ami
mails and dozen chickens and destroyed
most all the family apparel. Judge Com
dit committed the girl to the industrial