Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-07-20

store at Elroy, broke jail at Mansion
and no trace of him can be found.
Joseph LIE May, a 1O-year-old boy re-
siding in Lafayette Township, was kick
ed in the face of a colt. and the sight Of
one eye was destroyed.
Fred Frugh, Dayton cheesemaker,
aged %. committed suicide by blowing
his head off with a shotgun. No reason
is known for the suicide.
A large barn belonging to r. Schram in
| Freedom was destroyed with its contents,
including farm machinery and this years
crops. The loss is $4,000, insured.
Mrs Peter Olson committed suicide by
hanging at Stevens Point. She had late
| ~ complained OF severe pains in her
| head. Her husband works at Mosinee.
Five tramps broke into H. Raetzmann's
saloon in Elroy. Officer Clarity was call
ed and after chase of three miles on
handcar, succeeded in capturing them.
Clara Wade, aged / year, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. II. E. Wade of Sheboygan,
fell out Of Il go-cart, and bit her tongue
nearly off, the parts hanging together in
shreds.
One thousand people were precipitated
to the ground by the giving way of an
amphitheater at Monticello during
windstorm, and many We're more or less
injured.
Charles Wal!en, an employee of the Al
| len tannery in Kenosha, fell from the
Balm trestle Il distance of twenty feet.
| He only suffered a wrenched back and
few bruises
Section Foreman E. Kingsley, aged 80.
attempted to jump from an engine on an
| east-bound passenger train at Boycevllle
| and was thrown under the train. One
| leg was severed.
In GAINESVILLE a terrible explosion oc-
Cured at the Beaker creamery. The
boiler and engine were entirely blown to
pieces, and the buildings were shattered.
! No one was injured.
Mrs. Charles Ross and her niece,
| Maude Brewer of Jefferson, We're acct
dentally shot with gun in the hands of
Claude the 10-year-oId brother of
Maude, at the farm of Charles Koss.
At Milladore Stephen Bemish, a child
of years, came very near being drown
| ed. Mrs. Remish left the house for a
| few minutes. When she returned the
child was head down in a 50-pound lard
can full of water
Maurice Brewer of New York was in
Prairie du Chen recently and purchased
a pretty pink globe-shaped pearl of q
clam digger for $1,000. The gem was
found near Stoddard a few days ago, and
weighs 6613 grains.
Outagamie farmers fear for the potato
crop. Wet weather has prevented work
on the land, and it has been impossible
to fight the potato bugs, which are I'M
usually plentiful this year. The wet is
also causing potatoes to rot in the ground.
Elias Ashford, an Assyrian of La
Crosse, was badly injured at Abbotsford.
He was firing off fireworks and picked up
a giant firecracker thinking it a Roman
candle. The cracker exploded in his hand
and three fingers were blown off.
A Northwestern train carrying the Bos-
took circus from the Marinette street
fair was wrecked at Pensaukee. One
man was killed and another had his legs
cut off. The wreck was caused by
wheel on one of the cars coming off. The
train was ditched.
A horse belonging to Philip Schatzel,
near Appleton, was stabbed and died.
of neighborhood row among farmers.
| Two other horses in the immediate vi
cinity have been stabbed and mutilated
within two weeks, but recovered.
In the probate court at Racine Jennie
L. Matheson of Pilger, Neb., the daugh-
! ter of the late Calvin II. Peck, appeared
for the purpose of contesting the will Of
her father, who died about a year ago
leaving an estate valued at about $780,
! 000 To Mrs. Matheson was left $1,000,
and two sons, Calvin and Eryine, born to
| the second wife, We're left two large
farms in Racine County. The rest of
| the estate was left to the widow, Ida l..
| Peck.
The village of Franksyille came near
! being destroyed by fire. A spark from
the smokestack of the tow-miil set fire to
the roof of mill. The mill was burned to
the ground and the flames spread to the
barn and house of Fred Fogie. The barn
was destroyed and a part Of the house
was burned. A bucket brigade was form
ed and did much in fighting back the
flames. Had it not been for shifting of
the wind the village would have been
destroyed The loss is estimated at $S,-
| 600 with light insurance.
The police authorities of Marathon and
| Lincoln counties were on the alert when
thrilling tale of bold robbery near
Pine River was flashed throughout the
counties over the wires. The robbers,
as their victim alleges, entered the home
of James Finn near Pine River on the
! pretense of delivering an enlarged pic
ture, and upon the refusal of Mr.. Finn to
| accent tho Dic+urp drew WpaD0nS and
threatened to shoot if he did not tuIn
over his money. Finn gave them $o75
and they departed, but he says that his
| life was threatened by the robbers before
they left. The local officers captured two
! men.
/ The mystery of the brass and bell metal
thieving in Kaukauna and Appleton, and
the mills at Combined Locks, Kimberly
and other points in the Fox River valley,
| is likely soon to be completely solved,