Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-27

head of cattle persisted.
Stella Adams of Baraboo attempted
suicide BY gashing her wrist with knife,
| intending to sever the artery. She will
recover. ss
Frank =. Williams, aged 43 years. shot
and killed himself invAIilwaukee. He was
the general agent of the Strecter Bottle
and Glass Company.
The plant Of the Palmyra Acetylene
Gas Company was totally destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at about 3d.,
600, with no insurance.
Adam Tuchscherer, dry goods dealer
Of Menasha, has fled voluntary petit
tiOn In bankruptcy. Liabilities $24,
O16.52, assets 500, 419.25.
r. Z. Robinson, secretary of the j. 1.
Case Thrashing Machine Company Of
Racine, denies the report that the COM
pany contemplates moving from Racine
and locating near Milwaukee.
A little 3-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Ward was terribly burned
in kenosha by the overturning Of
coffee pot The child was scalded about
the head and arms and it is feared that
she cannot recover.
The City Council of Kenosha has re.
fused to grant franchise to the Mil
waukee Electric Railway and Light
Company to build a line through that
city. This blocks the completion Of the
company's projected line between Mil
waukee and Chicago.
John Steiner, farmer, found large
| package of letters in hole near the
Milwaukee road tracks, a mile west Of
Western Union Junction. They were stol-
en- from the postofflce at the Grove which
had been burglarized last August.
Frank White, one of the two men be-
ing held on the charge Of highway rob-
| berry at Cadott, a short time ago, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to two years in
the State prison. Henry Westenhoben,
charged with completely in the affair, is
under 81 years Of age.
The last of the oxen of the Knapp
Stout Company were shipped from Chip
pewa Falls to Chicago market for beef.
The shipment consisted of 26O head. The
company discarded the services Of oxen
in the woods last winter and adopted the
horse, the latter proving more satisfac-
tory.
proprietors of the Modern steam laundry
in La Crosse, will be wound up by a
receiver. Gid Lang was appointed by
Judge Fruit The business was sold
some time ago to Albert Jarvis and a
dispute has arisen as to the rights Of the
partners.
Mrs. Agnes Adams, a resident of Ra-
cine, who is in poor circumstances and
who has been confined at st. Luke's hos
pital by spinal disease, has received a
dispatch from Templeton & Weaver Of
Detroit, stating that she is heiress to the
estate Of her deceased brother, estimated
at $5O0,O0O
George III. Rondeau tried to commit
suicide in the rear Of the Palace Mu-
scum in Third street, Milwaukee, be-
cause he lost considerable sum Of money
on the Gans-McGovern fight in Chicago.
Rondeau fired two shots. The first miss
ed it's mark, while the second time the
cartridge failed to explode.
News from the logging camps in the
north state that the hitherto unfrozen
swamps that have hampered the loggers
are now being covered with ice and other
drawbacks incident to warm winter are
disappearing. When the first snow fell
some time ago the loggers were greatly
encouraged but the subsequent warm
spell sent the lumberjacks to colder
climes for work. Now that the cold spell
promises activity men are rather hard to
find. In some Of the camps there is still
no snow.
William Weight, who resides three
miles south Of Amherst, became violently
insane and attempted to kill his three
children, all boys, ranging from to Il
years of age. He took an iron poker, it
is alleged, and went to their bed about
10 o'clock at night and commenced to
beat them over the head. The oldest was
severely injured before the man was over
powered. He will be taken to the North
ern hospita. for the insane. He is a farm
er in comforta BILE circumstances and has
wife and three boys.
H. Greeley Sloan, son Of the late Judge
l. G. Sloan, and Philip Koch, we'll
known travelling salesman, both Of James
vile, engaged in a conflict over a game
of tenpins Koch and Sloan got into
an alteration after they had left the
bowling alley; Sloan was stabbed three
times, only one cut being serious. Sloan
swore out warrant for koch's arrest on
the charge Of assault with intent to Go
great bodily harm, but Koch had left the
city for Milwaukee. Sloan will recover.
A stranger entered the -Four Mile"
tavern, north of Racine, and demanded
that Fred Weinburg hand over what
money he had. Mr.. Weinburg refused
and chased the fellow from the place.
He threatened to come back at night and
rob the place and kin the occupants. A
deputy sheriff went out and succeeded in
arresting the man. He fought desperate
" all the way in and broke windows in
the electric car, and before he could be
landed in Jail had to be knocked insensi-
BILE by the officer. He refused to give his
name or place of residence.
The Yellow River Lumber Company's
sawmill on the Little Jump, fourteen
miles from Chippewa Falls, was destroy
~ Nv frn optoil;pr Ice Of G10 0l0