Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-07-11

nome IS at Monroe, was drowned in the
! Chippewa River at.Chippewa while bath
| ing. He went out beyond his depth and
was unable to swim. His body was
ronnd.
Two men broke into the home Of Mrs
lima Beiscamper at Lancaster, and
threatening her if she made any cutlery
robbed the house and afterward assault
ed her. Several suspects have been ar
| rested.
While the 2-year-old child of Mr.. anc
Mrs. Henry Haag, of Jefferson, wa:
playing in the kitchen he pulled the cof
fee pot off from the stove and was ter
ribly scalded about the head and arms
He may not recover.
The deal whereby the Calumet anC
! Hecla people, through young Mr.. Agas
sz, were going to explore and develop
property on the new copper range IL
| Northern Wisconsin, seems to have fallen
| through temporarily.
Street railway traffic across State street
| bridge in Racine was suspended for a
long time on account Of the extremely
hot weather having expanded the iron
work of the structure, causing the ends
| to jam against the stone approaches.
The body of Miss Emma Beebe, the
| young woman who escaped from the
county insane asylum at Chippewa Falls,
was found in the log jam half mile
below the asylum. A verdict of suicide
was returned by the coroners jury.
James Church was stabbed in the groin
by Charles Start at a barn raising near
Cataract. Both are prominent farmers
and wealthy. The two were wrestling,
apparently friendly, when, it is alleged,
Start became enraged and used the knife.
A locomotive engineer on the North
western Road was held mp by two wom-
en- in Baraboo and robbed of over $50 in
cash He notified the police, who ar
rested the pair. After a search the
money was found and returned to the
owner.
William Lee, son of the sheriff Of La
fayette County, was killed on his farm
near Shullsburg. He was cultivating
corn and stopped forward to clear the
cutivator when the horses started His
head caught in the wheel and his neck
was broken.
At Phillips fire broke out in e. Fret
del's cabinet shop and completely Destroy
ed it. The building adjoined his furni-
ture store, which was badly burned and
was also damaged by water. Most of
the furniture was saved. The loss is
about $1,000.
Miss Ethel Torrey. daughter of Regis
ter of Deeds Z. c. Torrey, and Edward
Dedeimar, a son of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. n.
Dedeimar, are reported to have eloped
to Waukegan from Kenosha, where they
were married by Congregational minis
ter. Both are well known socially.
The stone-crushing plant, used by the
city of GAINESVILLE to crush rock with
viii h to pave the streets, was destroyed
by fire last evening and the building and
machinery are a total loss. This places
GAINESVILLE in an embarrassing position,
as many streets are now torn up, prepa-
ratory to being macadamized. The loss
will exceed $4,000.
Carl Emmanuel, mechanic in the en-
ploy of the Christensen Engineering
Works. in Milwaukee, insists that the
story printed the other day that he is
the natural son of the emperor of Aus
tria is true. He says he was we'll sup
piled with money by his imperial father
not return to Austria to claim his rights,
he said he was perfectly content to sever
all relations with his titled kinsman and
to earn his living henceforth as plain
American citizen
A severe tornado aud thunder shower
passed over Outgamie County, doing
much damage over Il section ten by thirty
miles in area. At Apple Greek ono man
was killed by lightning, and throughout
the county much stock was killed. At
Appleton two schoolhouseS were unrOof-
ed, Il church steepic wrecked, several
plate glass store fronts beaten in, and
many trees were blown down. The city
park is impossible from fallen trees. At
Kaukauna several buildings were unroof-
ed and many trees were blown down. At
Uoronville. Mackyilie and Greenyillc the
damage to cheese factories and farm
property is reported large.
John Gehl, who was found dead in his
pasture on his farm near st. Lawrence,
was murdered instead of being killed by
a horse The wounds on his head indi-
cate that he was stabbed with knife
three times and struck with a stone on
the forehead, one Of the wounds IN the
knife and stone with which the bloody
crime was committed were found The
knife was found near the house of the
murdered man. 1t is thought that the
body was taken about twenty rods to
the pasture and it seems that the man
was not dead and the stone. which was
found covered with blood, seems to have
finished the deed.
A mad dog is causing havoc in the
town OF Scott Ii attacked five COWS be-
longing to a. Nitchke, three of which
died.
Prof C. A. Bacon. a member of the
Betloit college faculty, fell and fractured
one of his hips. The injury will prove
serious. as Mr.. Bacon is in very delicate
health. He is rs years of age.
George Shaw, of Onalaska, while driv-
ing hay rack, was overcome by heat
and fell from his seat. The horses took
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