Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-13

tdc HASu SCHOOI quilting IN gun Hfalrle
I. L. Blakely has been reelected princi-
pal for another year.
The boiler used with a wood-sawing
machine owned by James Davis blew IN
at Hurley. Howard Paynter, who stood
near, was quite badly hurt.
A deposit of silver ore was found on
farm northeast of Prairie du CHEN,
which promises to be big producer. Old
miners pronounced it as being rich.
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
road has finished its new station at Ra-
cine. The structure is of brick and stone,
the building proper being capacious and
we'll lighted.
| Seven men came near being drowned in
the river at Horlicksville. They were at
tempting to cross in a boat when the
craft capsized. They chung to the boat
until rescued.
Mrs. Ferdinand Schoen committed sui
| eide at Mayville by cutting her throat.
A few weeks ago she fell and broke her
leg, and this is supposed to have caused
her to end her life.
Farmer Butner of Big Greek lost eight
head of cattle by poisoning. Some person
mixed arsenic with flour and salt and put
1t around a spring, where the cattle were
| accustomed to drink.
The village of Tigerton was visited by
burglars who, after gaining entrance to
the bank, succeeded in blowing open the
two outside doors of the safe They got
no further, however.
George Kehr, an employee of August
Benz, a scayenger, who hauled away all
the cattle which died in the recent an
thrax outbreak at La Crosse, is perhaps
fatally i'll of the same disease.
Christian Papzke, 40 years old, while
showing a number of men how to operate
a road scraper was thrown over the ma
chine into an open sewer at Racine. He
sustained injuries from which he died.
Rev. H P HayIett of the First NJ. E.
Church at Racine, while delivering a ser
mon before a large congregation, suddenly
collapsed, sinking into a chair. Although
conscious, the pastor was completely eX-
hausted and suffering from nervous pros
tration.
Hunters returning from their first few
days experience shooting partridge in
Douglas County say cartridges are not
nearly as numerous as they were last
year, and that persons who have pictured
the woods as being full of the birds are
practical jokers.
The 5-year-old son Of Basil Gaynard,
clam fisher on the Mississippi, some miles
below La Crosse, fell into the vat of
boiling water used to cook CLANS so that
they can be opened and pearls extracted.
He was so frightfully burned that it is
thought that both arms will have to be
amputated.
j. w. Riley, aged about so years, who
had been employed in foundries in Ra-
cine for the past six months, was killed
at Corliss while attempting to board
south bound freight train on the Milwau-
kee road. His clothing was caught in the
brake beam of car and he was dragged
several hundred feet.
W. Gray of New Orleans was held up
in front of the Star restaurant at Fdroy
by two trampS and relieved of $40. They
were caught after a short chase, but the
money has not yet been recovered. The
men appealed to Gray for something to
eat and after he had fed them at res
taurant they seized him and took his
money.
Crosse novelty wood works, who recently
married Miss Edna Nichols, president of
the Nichols Lumber Company. recently
risked his life to save that of Emily Pc
terson, 1S years old. The girl was taken
with cramps while swimming in the Mis-
sissippi and was sinking when Robarge
reached her.
A freight wreck directly in front Of the
Wisconsin division depot of the North
western road at Kaukauna made klndllng
wood of a Cincinnati, Columbus and st.
Louis fiat car, a clover huller and
threshing machine. The fiat car was
caught in the center of a heavy freight
train and jackknifed, throwing the ma
chimes into the ditch.
The city of Kenosha will make an eff
fort to make the city poorhouse self
sustaining institution, and steps nave
been taken to purchase large farm just
north of the city, on which the poor Will
he settled. There are at present forty
seven persons in the house, and 1t IS the
plan of the committee to force these peo-
Mo TO furnish the labor to run the farm.
+ D. Johnson. while fishing on sand
bar opposite Lansing, saw an alligator
calmly summing himself on sandoar not
far away. The alligator was asleep and
johnson crept up to the lazy denMen OF
the South and attempted to dispatch him
with a club. The alligator fought hard
and came near getting hold on Johnson,
when a well-directed blow killed the AMI
NAL.
Little Archie Brown, aged years, was
found living on the railroad tracks in
| Three Lakes. his foot being caught III the
cattle guards He was found by COM
panion, who pulled him out just in time
| TO save him from being run over by fast
train. which was approaching. The young
lad stated after he had been rescued that
| If had been his intention to have the tram
run over him, as he was tired of life.
Mrs. Frances Blodgett, we'll known IN
Racine and Kenosha, met with an accl-
dent which will cripple her for life. One
wear ago she was thrown from buggy
| and one of her limbs was fractured, caus-
ING her to walk with crutches. The other
night while driving with two women
| J,o buU overturned