Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-03

Cullough of the Episcopal Church Off
ciating.
Peter Plant, an employee of the Max-
nette Lumber Company, was terribly in
Jured In peculiar manner. A fellow
workman was chopping near him when
the ak few off the handle, the blade
striking Plant in the face, fairly cutting
1t in two across the nose It took many
stitches to sew up the wound.
George p. Zimmerman of Monroe. adj
m1nlstrator of the estates of Amelia
klass and David Klass, who absconded,
taking with him all the money belonging
to the estates, has been arrested and is
in Jail at Huntington, w. Va. f. II.
Fyree, chief of police, made the arrest
and will doubtless receive the 81 900 re-
ward that was offered for Zimmerman's
capture.
Peter johnson, mechanic % years
old, was brought in from Western Uuion
junction in dying condition and taken
to Racine hospital. He went into a
saloon at Western Union Junction with
some companions, ordered drinks, refus-
ed to pay for them and was assaulted
by one of the inmates of the place. The
assailant hit Johnson on the head with
club, crushing his skull.
Unusual excitement prevails in the
aristocratic section of Racine on account
of half a dozen blooded dogs having been
poisoned. Arthur Guilbert lost a Scotch
collie that came from the Pierpont Nor
gan kennel of New York and was worth
$1,000. Edward Baker lost a blooded
Scotch terrier from leading Eastern
kennel, worth $500; Frank X. Bull had
setter, worth 5000, poisoned, and there
are at least ten others.
After a search of more than six years
John Lane, well-to-do citizen of Phil
lips, w. Va, discovered his long-lost
daughter in Kenosha. Several years ago
Edna Lane, theaonly daughter of the fam
lily, eloped with one Fischer, to whom
her parents objected. The couple went
to Chicago. There Fischer died. The
wife, leaving her child in charitable
home, came to Kenosha and sought en-
ployment as a domestic. Father and
daughter returned home.
Mrs. Josephine Cheney of Kewaunee
has been pardoned by Gov. Sco6eld She
was sent to the State prison in 1892 on
an 1S-year sentence for poisoning her
husband, John Cheney, who occupied
small farm in the town of West Kewau-
nee She confessed at the trial, which
came off year after the murder, that
she had mixed rat poison with pie, beer
and coffee for the husband. He had been
a drunkard and was noted for his cruelty
to his wife and children.
The steam barge George Dunbar Of
Michigan City, laden with 215,0O0 feet
of hemlock lumber, bound from Empire,
Mich, to Chicago, went on Racine reef
during a snoWstorm The crew worked
all night throwing the deck load over, and
10000 feet Of lumber was jettisoned. At
daylight the boat was seen from Racine
and Capt Breckenfeid organized vol
unteer life-saving crew, and with the fish
ing tug Emma Bloecher went to the res
cue. The boat was released and steam
ed into port. She is leaking somewhat,
but otherwise uninjured.
In the Circuit Court in Oshkosh, 49,
year-old Clara Gregg was granted di-
vorce from Oscar Gregg, her soldier hus-
band. whom she married Feb. 10, 1899,
while he was home on a furlough. Mrs.
Gregg testified that her husband left
home about month after the wedding
and rejoined his regiment at Fort Smell
ing, Mimi. From that time to the pres
ent, she said. she has received but $l5
from him. While she has not heard from
him directly. she understands that he is
now in service in the Philippines.
The names given by the four men cap
tured at Ridgeway after an attempt to
rob the bank of p. T.. Stevens at Mont
fort. are Harry Devett, j. X. Montague,
J. f. Berry and James Hopkins. 1t is
said the men are notorious criminals. Inc
leader is Devett. He is "a years of age.
His overcoat has the stamp of st.
Louis clothing house Montague is
veritable giant. being 6 feet / inch tall
and broad-shoudered. He has tattoo
marks OH his arms. wrists and hands.
Berry is 80 years old and near-sighted.
He wears. glasses. Hopkins is 81 years
old, with gray hair and mustache
BY the. prompt action of tramp two
Jefferson people were saved from GROWN
ING in Rock river. Frank Williamson
and his little daughter were crossing the
river. when the ice suddenly gave way
and they sank into the river. a tramp
who was walking on the railroad track
few hundred feet from where the acci-
dent occurred, pnlled off his coat ana nat
iumped into the river and succeeaeu III
reaching the struggling par. Inc tramp
was clad in overalls and thin SHIRT Wleh
he made the daring attempt he sue
eeeded in holding the man and gil ABOVE
tbe water until boats were brought to the
aid Of the victims After hard work all
wore saved. A subscription was taken
nm for the tramp and complete outnt
Of clothes was purchased for him.
Sheriff King, after an exceedingly
hard struggle succeeded in arrestins
Charles Thorn at Schieisingeryille. lnom
was surrounded by a number OF frlenos ;.
who helped him to resist, and the sher = !
had to shoot number OF times Dei %, ne
was able to make prisoner u
Thorn assault ana