Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-02-28

S DoubidS county range.
Inc Monument Square artesian well
winch supplies water to several hundred
Racine families, is giving out.
reward Kruger, aged II, who lived
at o!9 Greenbush street, Milwaukee. died
from injuries received while at work in q
factory. : - :
Frank Brezinski of Winona. MINI.
was frozen to death on the farm of his
son, Joseph Brezinski, in Pine Creek. He
was 70 years of age.
Harriet Cravenger, an actress, fell in
"A rant upon the street in Chippewa
Fails. Her head struck upon a stone,
causing conclusion of the brain.
Five members of the family Of Charles
Fattalllot, residing in Kenosha, were
overcome by coal gas. The accident re-
suited from defective base burner.
Anton Kronick, blacksmith, 80 years
or age, residing at Kingsbridge, commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat with a
butcher knife. No cause foy the deed is
known
Ill. j. Bruen, the Kalam 400, Mich,
society man, arrested at Raci2e on charge
of issuing worthless checks, was released
from custody. His father, wealthy
man, came and soon afterward the
charges were dropped. The father and
son left for Kalamazoo
The board of appraisal that has been
considering the value of the Beloit works
for month gave a decision placing the
amount at $255,0O0 The plant is owned
by the Salmon brothers of Beloit, who
offered to sell to the city for $237, 900 pre-
vious to the appraisement.
The St. Louis Catholic Church Soiety
has purchased at nominal price the
school building given by the town OF
Washburn to Bayfield, County at the time
of the removal of the county seat from
Bayfield, to Washburn in 1893, and will
put it in shape to be used for paro-
chial school.
The o. J. Jensen Telephone Company,
which owns and operates telephone sys-
tenn from Cadott to Estella, has been
granted franchises to place exchanges at
Boyd and Stanley. Other towns along
the line of the Wisconsin Central Rail-
way are considering the matter of grant
ing franchises.
Conductor G. A. Scherrer of the Wells
street electric line in Milwaukee found a
pocketbook on his car containing 81, O4S.
He reported it at the office and the wom-
an who lost it promptly claimed the
money, but nothing was said to the con-
ductor about any reward for his honesty
in returning it.
Harvey S. Robinson, IS years of age,
who resided with his son in Stevens
Point, committed suicide by cutting his
throat. After cutting an ugly cash with
a breadknife he completed the job by
running a pocketknife into his throat. NO
cause is known except that the old man
was in poor health.
The discovery of marble on the West
Range Company's lands near Mason,
started quite a boom on lands in that re-
gion. e. A. Shores, who is at the head
of the company's prospecting, has sent
to New York for r. ]. Conway, marble
expert, and when he arrives an exhaus-
tive examination will be made.
Will Mink, a farmer residing near Gid
den, was killed by north-bound Wis
consin Central train. He was driving
a team and attempted to cross the Gen.
trails tracks. The approaching passenger
train struck the rig and it's occupant,
killing the horses and throwing Mink
quite a distance from the track.
G. Kieren of Appleton has recently pat
ented an invention which is likely to rev
olutionize the paper-making industry. Inc
invention consists in the manufacture OF
fiber from marsh grass and the process IS
said to be already perfected. A company
has been formed to manufacture the hber
and Kieren has resigned his position as
engineer of the River Fiber Company.
The company's stock is placed at Sio,oOo.
At present the manufacture OF hDer IS
limited to pulpwood, which is very eXpen-
sive and rapidly growing more so.
There is a rebellion going on at the
Oshkosh high school and a large NUMBER
of the students are calling upon super
intendent of Schools II. A. Simmonds TO
resign. The other morning the superlh-
tendent called the school to order ana
announced that he would expel elgnt boys
for running away and going to the recent
big fire. This announcement was greet
cd with misses and cat calls and many OF
the bows jumped to their feet and yelleu,,
..Throw Silnmonds cut of the window:
.sRun him ont of school, Cool heads
prevailed upon the excited students TO De
nuiet and the petition is the result
Plankinton Bank ledger No. / ana the
Lappen ledger are missing and no trace
can be found of them in Milwaukee. w II
liam Plankinton, formerly assignee Oh .ne
defunct bank, now reports that ne TURN
ad these books over to Assignee bean'
who was named by Judge johnson to sue
GOOD Plankinton as assignee. The hrst
ledger of the bank is very important
nart Of the evidence in the suit against
Assignee Plankinton, in which an effort
is being made to surcharge him with
nearly DiyHs 100000. The Lappen ledger ger
has been missing for some time and the tn
attorneys for the creditors have very III
tle hope of ever seeing it again.
Rv the Quick wit of an Omaha fireman
az -,r saved from destruction Dy