Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-06


build a new high school building at a
cost of $4,000.
John Hardcastle was returned TO the
pastorshlp of the Primitive Methodist
Church of Mineral Point.
The j. |. Case Plow Company plant
VIII not leave Racine and it will not be
removed from its present location.
GOV. La Toilette has appointed DR.. AL
ma j. Frisbie the first woman member of
the Wisconsin board of university re-
gents.
NJ. Peterson, at work in a paper mill
at Eau Claire, had his left arm and the
myers Of his right hand torn off in ma
chinery.
DE- L. a. GOttsleben of Nayyille died
OF injuries received by his horse running
away when coming home from a fire at
Theresa
Prof. Bergen, for the past eleven years
principal of the Prairie du Sac schools.
has accepted the superintendent of the
Mineral Point schools.
In the absence of Tom Wiley of Lake
Mills his wife went to the stables to feed
the horses when one of them bit and
tore Off entirely one of her ears.
A party of Wisconsin homeseekers left
Mayville on a special car for Oklahoma
territory, where land has been offered
them. About twenty were in the party.
Eugene Fosha, a boy of Hayward, has
been sentenced to the Industrial School
until p years of age. He pleaded guilty
of having robbed the till of Riyxin Bros.
D. r. Sampson will be appointed re-
ceiver of the United States land office at
Ashland, to succeed Nels Auley, who has
sent in his resignation to take effect June
80.
The Supreme Court has refused to
transfer the custody of Lille Stittgen,
a minor child, from her guardian, Mrs.
Harry Ernst, to her mother. The case
came from Milwaukee,
The Barring Gould boys, who We're kid
mapped from their mother in Oshkosh
some weeks ago by their father, are in
England. Detectives hired to trace the
boys have 50 reported.
When court convened at Chippewa
Falls Judge Ninje announced he had de-
MED the motion for new trial for Ira
Steward and Immediately sentenced him
to States prison for life.
William Bowen, a stonemason, commit
ted suicide by hanging at his home in
Whitewater. He had little work and was
thought to be respondent over money
matters. He was 43 years old.
A fire in the Marinette Christian Sci
ence Church caused loss of about ST.
600 It's origin is unknown. The large
nj inf
decorations were badly scorched.
John Youngworth, the 7-year-old son
Of Peter Youngworth of Oshkosh, had
his right foot crushed so that it will have
to be amputated, while stealing a ride
on a Wisconsin Central freight train.
While boating on the Rock river at
Hustisford village two sons of Frederick
Koch, aged II and 16 years, fell into the
river, while changing seats in the boat.
The younger boy was rescued. The eld-
er was drowned Both were unable to
swim.
Frank Charles of Eau Claire, a bridge
builder working on the Great Northern's
steel bridge across the Spokane river at
Spokane, Wash, slipped from trestle
and plunged headlong sixty-fve feet to
the ground. He was dead when his COM
pani0ns reached him.
Clarence Babcock Of GAINESVILLE met
horrible death by being almost cut in two
by an electric street car. The dead boy
was playing ON the street with some
companions and ran in front of the car.
He was knocked down and the car wheels
passed over him. Death was instantane-
Gus.
George Schneider, aged co, who has
been employed for some time past on
section work for the Milwaukee road,
was found dead in bed at La Crosse. An
inquest was called. 1t was found that
the mans heart was nearly as large as
that of an OK and this was no doubt the
caues of his death.
Hans Uermanson. an aged farmer, was
robbed just outside the city limits of Mar
nette by two highwaymen who stopped
him with shot from revolver. The
bullet cut off his ear. He was relieved
of SIS. After robbing him the highway
men beat him nearly inSensible. The
men missed So which the old man had in
his shoe.
The wife of Browne Peterson, one of
Waupaca County's best-knOwn and veal
thest farmers, committed suicide by eat
ing paris green. A few months ago Mr..
Peterson sold his homestead farm for
$4,000, possession to be given April
next year. Recently Mrs. Peterson want
ed the sale declared off, but the purchas-
er would not consent, although $500 bo-
nus was offered him. Mrs. Peterson had
brooded much over the affair. Three
children survive.
The 10-year-old daughter of Peter I<la-
yer, a Marinette farmer, was so badly
burned that she will probably die. She
was playing in the yard around a stump
that was ablaze, when her clothes became
ignited. The father ran out and seeing
her all aflame picked her up and thew
her into an old we'll. The water extin-
guished the flames, but the little girl
h,l from Lrnyyn no.