Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-03-21

49, ~ uAOWAihS AiAlSSIl. he WAS QE0D- 1
ably insane.
Mrs. Frank Hood, resident of Weyer-
] haeuser was burned to death by the ex-
plosion Of lamp.
All Slot machines have been ordered out
OF saloons at Spencer and every form of
gambling is prohibited.
At Appleton Will Curtis, Ii years old,
broke through the ice and was rescued as
he was sinking the third time
Fred Potter was fatally injured at La
Vale by load of hay tipping over upon
him. His abdomen and chest were crush
ed.
DANES III. Cameron died In Kenosha at
the advanced age of 81 years. He was
born in New Brunswick and came to this
country in 1852
Fire on the farm of Mrs. w. S. Evans,
near Hudson, caused a loss of $1,000.
Two barns, thirty head of cattle, six
horses and quantity of grain We're de-
stroyed.
The fixtures and furniture of the de-
funct bank of Brillion were sold at auc-
ton, the trustees realizing $500. The
creditors will not realize much over
per cent on their claims.
10 Yudy fell from tree and struck on
his head, breaking his neck and crushing
his skull. He was an early settler of
Lake Mills. and prominently connected
| with horticultural pursuits.
| Henry Dupee, farmer, who lives
| about three miles north Of Pittsville, was
found dead in the road near his home
He was abou. 81 years of age. The cause
of his death is supposed to be heart dis
ease.
While Daniel Stoag of Stevens Point
was working around the engine at a mill
at Milladore the lubricator glass broke
! and piece of the glass hit him in the
left eye, cutting a painful cash in the
eyeball.
At Racine John DAILY and Charles Sui
| Ivan pleaded guilty to burglarizing the
barber shop of John Lonergan. Daily
was sentenced to State prison for two
years and Sullivan was sent up for ff-
teen months.
Charles HI. Rowan, the Milwaukee ex-
matrimonial agent, was found guilty of
/ an attempt to bride United States Off
Gals by a jury in the United States
| Court 1t is claimed he offered $1,000
| to the officials.
Robert Cramer, 16-ycar-old Marinette
high school lad ran away from home be-
cause he was reproved by his teacher.
He left without any overcoat or money.
1t is thought that he went to either West
Superior or Ashland.
Andrew Carnegie has given GAINESVILLE
$50, 900 for a public library building, the
city to furnish suitable site and $4,000
annually for the library's support This
sum will be increased by bequest of
$4,000 from the late +. S. Eldred.
Fire was discovered in the saloon and
boarding house of Charles Faust on Third
street, kaukauna, and before it was ex-
tinguished there was loss of $1,000 on
the contents, the building, which was
owned by J. Merten, being but slightly
damaged.
August Rege, conductor on the Milwau-
kee road, 80 years of age, married and
with family, was killed at Junction
City. He was walking to the head end
of the train and walked off a box car.
The train had broken in two and he was
not aware of the fact.
A serious wreck occurred at Curtis.
Twenty-three freight cars we're derailed
while the train was running at high
rate of speed. The cars were badly
smashed up; some of them are leap OF
splinters. The track was torn up for
considerable distance.
Because they claim that they cannot
pay their board from the wages they
received thirty girls employed in the
dressmaking department Of the Mons An
derson company, manufacturers of over
alls at La Crosse, walked out after they
had made a formal demand on the man
agement for a raise in their pay.
William Harris was found dead in
front of the door of his home near Rox
bury. The body was frozen and the sup
position is that Harris was stricken i'll
while returning to the house. He was 81
years of age and was pensioner of the
Mexican war. His estate will revert to
the State, there being no surviving rela-
tives.
The mystery that for three months Sur
rounded the disappearance of Jacob Riehl
was solved by the discovery of his body
floating in the Fox river just below the
Northwestern Railroad bridge at Osh-
kosh. Riehl had been for twenty-nine
years in the employ of the Northwestern
road 1t is supposed that he committed
suicide.
Frederick Porotha of the town of Alma,
a middle-aged man, is sole heir to a snug
little fortune left by his mother, who
died near New London few days ago,
leaving fine well-stocked farm, togeth
err with a good bank account, to her wan
dering son, who cannot be induced to so
and look after his property. He seems
to think it is all hoax.
After vainly searching for six months
for his missing son, Michael Steinback
of Kenosha received a telegram from
Chicago saying that the boy had died of
injuries sustained from an accident in
that city. Robert Steinback left his
home about six months ago to see the
world. He was only II years old, but
was restless and hard to control.
On Nov. -, 1885, two lads, John Rau