Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-09

| lleIS. uIeu III the village OF Norway at
the ripe age of 81 years.
The Oshkosh postofice fight has ended
and President Roosevelt names Edward
NJ. Crane as postmaster.
Miss Hattie Puelicher outswam George
Brown in a match across Powers lake, a
distance of mile and half.
Canon j. G. II. Barry of Fond du Lac
has received a call to assume the rec
torship of Grace Episcopal Church, Madi-
son.
Village Marshal George Pousse was
shot in the leg while trying to arrest a
tramp at Bloomer. The wound is not
serious.
Milk dealers in Milwaukee blame the
mosquito for the milk famine. 1t is
claimed that the insects poster the cows
so they cannot feed sufficiently
The will of DR.. G. X. Adams leaves en-
tire estate to widow during her life, sitter
which 1t is to go to the University of
/ Wisconsin to found five fellowships.
Mrs. James Wildish, one of the oldest
and best known residents of Pewaukee,
died at her home. Mrs. Wildish was
born in County Kent, England, in 1922,
Fire in the Phoenix knitting works in
Milwaukee did $4,000 worth of damage
to the building, owned by Howard ED
red, and $4,000 worth of damage to the
stock
Elyn +. Larson waived examination
and was bound over to the fall term of
court at Durand on the charge of forging
the name of John Drummer to a note of
800.
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depot in Appleton is being discussed.
The destruction by fire of the station at
North Appleton has strengthened the new
project considerably.
Miss Elizabeth d. Villas, daughter of
the late Levi ID. Villas of Minneapolis
and niece of ex-senator William II. Villas
of Madison, was married the other even
ing to G. e. Gary of Richmond, Va.
Anthony Rape, a dock builder of Ra-
cine, aged about 40 years, died of con-
cussion of the brain. Rape was found
near the river in an unconscious condi-
ton. There is much mystery about his
death.
In Beloit gasoline stove exploded in
the kitchen Of Peter Hansen's home. I'M
mediately after the explosion the kitchen
was a mass of flames. Mrs. Hansen, who
was in the room at the time, was badly
burned.
Alma and Walter Kruger, aged and
6, have been abducted from their home
in Marquette County. Ernest Kruger,
their father, was divorced some time ago
and it is supposed that his former wife's
relatives are implicated in the abduction.
Northern Wisconsin was visited by
severe rainstorm. Several houses were
struck by lightning and many cellars
were flooded. At Marnette the country
was flooded and five places were struck
by lightning. In Winnebago County a
number of buildings were struck and
| barn on the county poor farm was de-
stroyed, with a large amount of hay ard
grain. A number of cellars in Oshkosh
were flooded Much damage was done
around La Crosse.
William Dickinson of Chicago and Der
tina Ridesel of Battle Creek, Iowa, mar
rowly escaped drowning in Lake Men
dota They were sailing in midlake when
squall struck them and capsiZed the
craft. Dickinson with great presence of
mind dashed the young woman to the rig
ging and assisted her to keep her head
above the waves. They drifted nearly
then the wind changed and they could rot
land. They finally were rescued by Il
party from the shore.
The 'scoot' suburban train on the Mil
| waukec road was wrecked at Elm Grove
by running into long freight train which
had not succeeded in getting into a sid
ing in time to let the passenger train
pass Engineer James Correll of the pas
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Thomas Chambers was fatally injured.
Correll died at his post sacrificing his
life to save his train. Fireman Cham
bcrlain was caught between the cab and
tender and seriously injured about the
hips and back. He will probably re-
cover Slight injuries to a few passen-
gers were caused by the jolt. The freight
train did not leave the track. Only the
locomotives and baggage car were dam
aged.
If the story of Captain Alaric Ander-
son. an old sailor who lives at Marinette,
be true, the 'Flying Dutchman" has
shifted its scene of action from the At
lantic to Green Bay. Captain Anderson
says that late on the night of July %,
while there was scarcely a capful of wind
stirring. full-rigged ship bore up through
| the waters OL INC bdS LlplIl tliC NllN NIiOh
of Green Island. She sailed with great
speed, heading due west, until within
forty rods of the coast, when she sudden
ly tackled and headed due south. At this
moment, Captain Anderson says the crew
rushed, with wild yells, toward the wheel
house. In Il few moments the ship faded
from sight, headed in the direction of the
Peshtigo reef.
1t is due to a mere accident that Il. B.
Dear of West Superior to-day counts Il
cool S330,O00 as his share of the pro-
cceds from the sale of the Iron Mountain
in Iron County, Utah The sale of the
property was made for S2,3O0O00. Mr..
Dear was with his family in Los An
geles few years ago and his children
got to playing with the children of Il
man an entire stranger to Mr.. Dear.
While keeping watch on the children the
fathers became acquainted and the stran-
ger then told Mr.. Dear about the iron
l. a., Il, I, L.,