Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-24

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nerd. Mimi. He had a wife and three
children.
At meeting of the voters of the To
NAH school district it was decided to bond
the district for $4,000 to erect new
school building.
The first auto party to enter la Crosse
from a distance reached there Saturday
night from Chicago. The trip was made
i'll about three days. No travelling was
done at night.
Mrs. Louise Beasau, of Washburn,
committed suicide by drinking carbolic
acid. She picked up the vial and swal-
lowed its contents in the presence of a
number of her friends.
The building of an electric interurban
railroad to connect Oshkosh and Fond
du Lac, a distance of eighteen miles, will
be begun in a few weeks. Al franchises
and rights of way have been obtained
Charles Mahnke, well-known young
man of Manitowoc, tried to kill his wife
with a razor and coEAmit suicide. He was
arrested by two policemen, who had Il
hard fight before they placed Mahnke in
Jail. 1t is thought that he is deranged.
a. G. McComb has sold 25,000,O00 feet
Of hardwood timber in Iron County,to the
Milwaukee Lumber Company, which will
hold it as an investment. There arc
5000 acres in the tract, and it contains
liemlock. birch bass, ash, elm, spruce
and cedar.
Fire in the Hudson Produce Building
spread rapidly to all portions Of the
building excepting the engine and butter
rooms. The loss is nearly total. The
insurance on the building is $4,000 and
on stock approximately $4,000. Over
1000 cases of eggs were in store.
The National Association Of Dentists
at Milwaukee passed a resolution for the
appointment OF committee on ways and
means to fight so-calcd bogus diploma
mills" This legislation is in line with
the work mapped out by the National
Association of Dental Examiners and the
National Association of Dental Facul-
ties
Frank Buelow, Waterman at the Wis
consin Manufacturing Companys chair
shop, of Jefferson, was the victim of n
serious accident. He was sleeping in his
accustomed place and one of his legs ac-
cidentally fell over the rails of the spur
which ran to the shop. While in this
position, a swatch engine sent some cars
on the spur mad cut off his leg above the
ankle.
4 party of capitalists, headed by AL
bert f. Smith, of Milwaukee, has closed
a deal with the Union Pacific land de-
partment at Omaha whereby they be-
come possessors of $4,000 acres Of graz
ing land in Lincoln County, Nebraska.
The land is located near the GothensburS
irrigation canal, n few miles north of
Gothensburg.
While four bodies were being moved
from one part of an Oshkosh cemetery
to another, Sexton Noe found one of
them to be in a remark able state of pres
ervation. The corpse was one Inferred
about ten years ago and was i'll con-
dition of mummifcatio ton, though not petri-
fed. Mr.. Noe has been sexton for thirty
years and this is the second body he has
found in this condition.
j. l.. Lemmenway, a farmer near 30
yina, and the team of horses which were
attached to the wagon on which he was
at work, were struck and instantly killed
by lightning. A number of other per-
sons who were assisting him loading hay
were knocked to the ground by the shock,
but sustained no severe injury. The
lightning came from clear sky, as, with
the exception of an approaching thunder
storm, there was scarcely cloud in sight.
Robert II. Barker, wealthy young
man of Racine and friend, while rid
ing in an automobile, were overturned
and thrown into sand hill twenty feet
Dal- ,tn
chine, which was frightening horse,
and threw off the current and put on the
brakes so suddenly that the auto was
thrown over backward. Neither men
were seriously injured and the auto was
not much the worse for the accident.
An investigation has been going on to
determine the cause of the typhoid fever
in Baraboo, and it has been found that
the suction pipes and valves at the pump
ing station are defective and that Bara-
boo River water has been pumped into
the entire system. These pipes are con.
nected with the river, to be used only in
case OF fire, but it is now believed that
the arrangement has brought the cpl
demic which has caused several deaths
and over 100 cases of the fever. Six
leaks were located in the pipes and
valves.
John Gales, one Of the bcst-known
young men in Kenosha. met death while
working on the new building being erect
ed by the n II. Aliens Sons tannery.
Gales who was in charge of the work,
gathered together large bunch of heavy
timbers and chained them to the hook of
a block and tackle. He then stepped to
one side and began to turn the crank.
The timberS had been raised to a height
of about eight feet when the knot slipped
and the tmbers fell back to the fourth
floor. striking Gales on the back, knock
ing him to the floor and breaking his
neck and causing almost instant death.
Grace Fox, the 5-ycar-od daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Fox, who reside
near Kenosha, met with terrible acci-
dent, which may result fatally. The lit
tie child had been left alone in the house
while the father attended to some work
at the barn. While alone, the little girl
went into one of the rooms and attempt