Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-08-02
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/ the establishment of rural free servic'
at Waupun.
4 At Washburn Frank Blais and Ole
/ Hansen were killed on the coal dock by
4 bucket falling on them.
| The magnificent German M. e. Church
| at La Crosse was struck by lightning, lire
ensuing. The damage is about $4,OOO
| covered by insurance.
| The postofice at Bern was ordered dis
continued. Mail will be sent to Stewart.
Also the postoffice at Homestead; mail
to Iron Mountain, Mich.
Forty men employed in laying steel on
a railroad branch extending into timber
near Star Lake, and who were receiving
$1.50 per day, struck for $1.75. They
were all discharged
Rev. G. E. Plant of Arena has been
called to the pastorate of the Congrega-
tional Church at Peshtigo, which has
been without pastor since the resigna-
ton Of Rev. e. N. Andrews last April.
August Katschke, man of family, re-
siding in Chicago, who was working on
new buildings of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railroad at Rockton, was
drowned while bathing in the Rock river.
The safe in the Chicago and North
western depot at Sheboygan Falls was
blown open, but as there was less than
so cents in pennies in the safe the burg.
lars were poorly paid for their trouble.
Representative DAZZLE of the Second
District has secured the establishment of
rural free delivery mail routes from Wat
ertown, Bellville, Middleton and Mount
Horeb, and all will soon go into opera
ton.
An effort is being made to form an as
ISOLATION of the farmers Of Kenosha
County living in the neighborhood of the
inland lakes to make a stubborn fight
against the inroads of the great Chicago
ice company.
Two boys, John Douglas, aged 13 years,
and Arthur Swanson, aged 9 years, were
drowned in the bay while bathing at
West Superior. The younger boy was
taken with cramp while swimming on
his back. The older one swan to his
rescue, but was grasped and pulled down
with him.
The Sterling bicycle plant, which has
been in operation in Kenosha for five or
600 employees, will be closed down by the
retained in the work of assembling
wheels, but about 200 men will be thrown
out of work.
John Mullen, whose wife commenced
action for divorce, attempted to commit
suicide by drowning in the lake at Ra-
cine, but was prevented from so doing by
spectators, He went to the jail and ask
ed to be locked up, as he was not well
and liable to do himself harm. He was
accommodated.
The farmers in the towns of Lafayette,
Arson and Sigel are having many sheep
killed y.wolves, which are very numer-
Gus. For period of fifteen years wolves
were not known to exist in that vicinity,
and it was thought they had been ex-
terminated. Within the past three years
they have again become troublesome.
John De Young a workman employed
at the Baldwin coal yards in Keno
sha, was working on roof some fifty
feet from the ground when he lost his
balance and fell, striking on a pile Of
loose lumber. One of his legs was brok-
en- and the entire body was bruised in
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Charles Carbon, an employee of the Bird
Il Well Lumber Company at Wausaukee,
had an experience recently that nearly
cost him his life. He went to relight a
dynamite fuse when the cartridge explod-
ed. He was blown ten feet into the air
with the fragments of the stump and
when he came down was picked up for
dead. He was taken to town in an I'M
conscious condition, but afterwards re-
vived and, outside of badly bruised
body, escaped serious injury
An eagle swooped down on a group Of
children who were playing in the yard of
L. Smith, farmer Of Sheboygan Falls,
clutched one of the little ones in it's tai
ons and was making off with its burden
when it was brought down by well-di-
rected shot from the father of the baby
who had been brought to the scene by the
screams of the children. When struck
the bird let it's victim fall. but the child
was not seriously hurt The eagle meas
ured six and a half feet from tip to tip
of its wings.
Christian Eek a member Of the Mari
nette police force, was arrested on the
charge of murder in the first degree The
complainant is G. T.. Jensen, a member
of the Cigarmakers' Union. Eek shot
and killed Joseph Mitchell, journeyman
member of the Cigarmakers' Union He
was escorting Mitchell to jail for being
drunk, when the latter tried to escape
The officer fred at him and the bullet
struck him in the head, inficting a fatal
wound. The coroner's jury practically
exonerated the policeman, but the Cigar
makers Union decided to make the com
plant.
William Humphrey, WATERFOWL liv-
eryman, was robbed and beaten by un-
known robbers. He was found in help |
less condition. Shortly before 10 o'clock
in the evening the girl in charge of the
telephone station heard vigorous ring
ing from the phone of Humphreys liv-
cry and when she answered the call
voice, so weak that she could barely un-
derstand him, asked her to send help at |
once ThOrouUhIv alarmed the girl sent |