Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-12-21

burglars "Isckeu the store OF &. :.
Ellis at Windsor and got away with $500
in cash and jewelry.
Company X, Second regiment, w. N.
G., of Beaver Dam will erect a $4,000
armory building in the spring.
Otto Bucholtz pleaded guilty to blowing
the safe of f. Nj. Guernsey's law office
in Clintonville Nov 27 and was held for
| trial
| The West Superior Hebraic congrega-
ton, Sharel Tsedeck, is making arrange
ments for the erection of new syna-
| gOgue.
The school board is considering the ad-
visibility of establishing a department
of manual training in connection with the
| Washburn high school.
Benjamin Castle, while grubbing trees
near Eau Claire with an unmanageable
team, was jerked under falling tree,
which came down upon him, injuring his
head, left arm and leg.
Two men, James Inman of Kentucky,
unmarried, aged % years, and William
Campbell of Apolonia, aged 3D. were kill
ed at logging camps. This makes four
fatalities of like kind this fall.
Henry Rueping( one of the victims OF
the De Pere wreck of June "a, 1900, re-
celyed verdict at the hands of jury
at Fond du Lac of $4,000 against the
Northwestern Railroad Company.
Ten thousand dollars worth of goods
in the factory of the Modern Shirt and
Skirt Company in Racine was damaged
by fire. The damage to the building will
nnOnnt n cnVprol Thousand InIt
Capitalists of Kewaunee have come to
the conclusion that the business interests
of the town demand a new banking insti
tuition. A State bank with a capital of
$4,000 or $75, 900 will probably be or
ganzed.
The grist mill at Browntown, owned by
G. w. karn, caught fire from the chin
ney and was soon burned to the ground.
The estimated loss is $1,000, with $4,000
insurance on the building and machinery,
flour and feed.
The restaurant of Edward J. Buehler
in Prairie du Sac was burglarized the
other night. The crooks forced an en-
trance through the rear door, broke open
the safe and secured $500 cash and sew
eral boxes of cigars.
W "a AAObllCl Stutidi olOlc at w
Iona was entered by burglars and about
So in pennies taken. They also entered
the office of II. H. Cochrane, produce
buyer, and opened the safe, which was
not locked, but did not secure anything.
John McCabe of West Superior has
been appointed agency director for the
New York Life Insurance Company and
will have charge of the company's inter
ests in the upper peninsula of Michigan,
northern Wisconsin and northern Mime
sofa.
The Marinette Natural Gas and Oil
Company has formally decided to make a
thorough exploration for gas and oil. a.
Z. Smith of Washington, Pa, Il well
drellcr, was wired to come on with his
apparatus. A shaft will be sunk ZOO
feet if necessary.
The furniture store of Goldsmith & Co,
26O West Water street, Milwaukee, was
destroyed by fire. The loss will be about
$4,000, of which $4,000 is on the stock
and $4,000 on the building. When the
fire broke out the store was filled with
customers, but all got out in safety.
Washburn's four sawmills have finish
ed an exceptionally big seasons work,
having sawed 132,000,0O0 feet of logs,
besides many more millions of lath and
shingles. The Bigelow mill alone sawed
55,00O0O0 feet, which is about as great
as any mill has done in the country.
Chippewa County has abolished the
county poor farm and appropriated 3d.
600 for the erection of building of a poor
house on the county asylum farm so that
both institutions will be run under one
management. The poor farm has not
been paying expenses for five years past.
Fred c. Miller, resident of Friend
ship, went to Necedah on Dec. and IS
known to have taken the Chicago and
Northwestern train for Camp Douglas
that day, since which time he has COM
pletely disappeared. His relatives have
made and are still making every effort TO
locate his whereabouts. lie was subject
to fits of mental depression. during which
he was in the habit of wandering away
in the woods, and it is feared he may
perish unless he is found.
Anton Cook died in 1873, and his wife
and three children recently applied to the
court to determine the disposition of 200
acres of land near Racine. Mr.. Cook
was twice married, but by his first wife
there was no issue. 1t was not known
that there was an adopted son, but such
appears to be the case. He is Charlese
Anton Cook. 81 years of age, who has
been living in the South. He made claim
in the County Court to one-fourth of the
estate, which in all is valued at $4,000
to $4,000.
Because he thought he got the worst or
a land deal and felt that he had lost con-
siderable money through real estate
transaction, Michael Caspar of Sheboy-
gan put revolver in his mouth and pull
ed the trigger. 1t caused instant DEATH
his head being nearly blown off. Caspar
was only u years of age. lie was mar
ried two years ago and is survived by
widow and child. A short time ago he
traded his farm near Howard's Grove Tor
some property in Sheboygan. He opened
saloon. Business was not good and ne
soon became discouraged. He told his
friends that he wished he had his farm
hack and that he felt that he had gotten