Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-17

for bicycles.
The Douglas County Board has been
restrained from authorizing the payment
of livery bills for the county physician.
The plant OF the Mineral Point Zinc
Company is shut down on account Of
Doth blocks of furnaces being cayed in.
At Dunkiri Michael Erickson single
man about 43 years of age, committed
suicide by hanging, while temporarily
insane.
1t is positively announced by officials
of the Wisconsin, Michigan and Northern
road that line will be built to Norway
this year.
Charles Baker, prominent farmer of
Melrose, was thrown from his wagon.
breaking his leg ard otherwise receiving
serious injuries.
Eau Claire County business men have
selected committees to work for the build
ing of a railroad from Eau Claire to the
Mississippi river.
Mrs. Rebecca Smith, who was horribly
burned while making fire in her cook
stove at La Crosse, died in terrible ag-
ony. She was SO years Of age.
A lighted match, accidentally brought
in contact with jug Of alcohol in an
Eau Claire saloon, caused an explosion,
| much excitement and about $500 damage.
| The Sank County Board unanimously
voted resolution to petition the State
Legislature to protect deer in Sank
County for five years, and also to extend
the law on quail for five years more.
| A 5-year-old Phallas colt of Charles
Bayerman Of Racine was poisoned in
peculiar manner. Rough on rats was
placed on the stable floor to kill rodents
and in some manner the horse ate it.
| DR.. d. X. Pearsons of Chicago has do
mated 100000 to Beloit College. The
condition of the gift is that $15O,O0O be
secured in addition. Friends of the col
| lege believe this amount can be raised.
Walter Brown, author of Mytaine"
and other books, died suddenly at the
West Salem sanitarium, where he had
been for over year. He was Is years
Of age and settled in La Crosse about
1856
President James Smith of the Enter
prise Laundry Company was fatally
burned in West Superior. He was in bed
at his residence when the house took fire.
He was badly burned before rescued by
the firemen.
Burr Trumbull's team, drawing a wag-
on in which several school children were
riding, ran away at La Vale. The chill
dren were thrown out and one of them,
George Golden, aged 8, died from the
injuries received.
The report from Appleton that the
Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company had
practically concluded the purchase Of the
sulphite mill of the Kaukauna Fiber
Company is declared by Mr.. Thilmany
to have no foundation.
Dependency over alleged neglect by
his family is said to have impelled FL.
Nicolaisen, New Denmark. farmer, aged
60 years, to take the paris green route to
death. He lived alone and was found
sick in bed by a relative the day after
swallowing the fatal dose.
G.. H. Delavan was held for trial in
the municipal court at GAINESVILLE. In de-
fault Of $1,000 bail Delavan was re-
manded to jail Delavan is charged with
representing himself as a physician and
druggng e. M. Smith Of Owatonna,
Mimi, in a room at the Grand Hotel,
and then robbing him Of his watch and
money.
Paper mill projects representing an in
vestment Of 100000 in the Fox river
valley have been decided upon. These
include a $4,000 tissue mill at Brokaw,
for the Wausau Paper Company; the
sale of the Kaukauna Fiber Company's
sulphite mill at Kaukauna to the Thil
many Company for 100000, and new
thirty-ton sulphite mill at Menominee,
Mich, for the Marionette and Menomi-
nee Paper Company, to cost $4,000.
Joseph Kopcrstein, who resides near
Baraboo, was fatally injured by being
thrown from his wagon. 1t is said that
Koperstein was racing with some farm
ers on their way to town. While he was
going down hill at high rate of speed
Kopcrstein's wagon lurched and he was
thrown out. The reins became wrapped
around the mans neck and he was drag
ged several rods. His skull was injured
and one Of his arms was broken.
Some amusement has been afforded by
the discovery of a sealed package on an
island in the Mississippi river, near La
Crosse, which, when opened, was found
to contain manuscript entitled ''Bible
Passages Explained" The writer de-
CldTGS ludL TIE I1cDlGW SCIlpLulSo HdNC
been enormously translated; that there
were no miracles ever performed except
a few by Christ himself, and that He
will soon return to earth to reign 1000
years.
A stabbing ARRAY that came very near
proving fatal to one Of the parties oc-
Cured on North Eighth street, Mantle
voc. Fred Carus of that city and Is. III.
Butterfield of Valders, while engaged in
a conversation, got into an alteration
about something when, it is alleged, But
terfeld pulled out a knife and quite Sc
riously wounded Carus by stabbing him
in the neck and face. The police was
at once summoned and Butterheid was
lodged in Jail.
Mrs. Fannie 3. Davis, well-known
young widow of Kenosha, was the hero
inc of an exciting fight with burglar.