Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01

While working in the woods near Ap-
/ polIonia, Frank Worth had his right srm
broken by log falling on to it.
In Manitowoc the jury in the case or
| the State against Andrew Hunt, charg-
ed with highway robbery, returned a yer.
| dict of guilty.
y. Nj. Rousseau, a carpenter at worE
on the new canning factory building Mt
New London, fell from the building.
breaking two ribs
At Marshfield fire almost totally de-
Stroyed the plant Of the Marshfield Bed
ding Company. The loss is $4,000, fully
covered by insurance.
The Bellevue Hotel, one of the largest
summer resorts at Powers Lake, owned
10y Mrs. NJ. Molter, burned, with furni-
turc. Partly insured.
While working in a well at Berlin,
William Noelter, through the breaking Of
rope fell thirty feet to the bottom of
well, breaking both legs above the
knee.
The Mazomanie brewery was destroy
ed by fire. The loss on building and stock
will approximate $4,000, with about
$4,000 insurance. The cause Of the fire
is mystery.
The Chicago ice companies working on
henosha County lakes are paying no at
tent!on to the ice tax law and are ship
ping ice to Chicago at the rate Of a hun
dred cars per day.
The Central House at PittsvIle was
destroyed by fire. which for time threat
cned the City Hall, postollicc and other
nearby buildings. Several Of the guests
had narrow escapes.
John Melzerek Of La Crosse skated into
an open space, was carried under the ice
ana narrowly escaped death. He finally
caught a floating stump, to which he
chung for an hour until rescued
Russell, the 7-year-old son of p. H. Van
Curren, residing southeast Of Cumber-
land, accidentally shot himself in the
thigh while playing with a revolver The
injuries are severe, but not dangerous.
Henry Brutus, a woodsman employed
in the Red Cliff Lumber Company's
camps near Bayfield,, was struck by a
falling tree and received injuries which
will probably cost him his life. The tree
struck him in the head and back. inhict-
ing several fractures of the skull and
breaking his back. Many ribs were also
broken.
Edward Hines & Co of Chicago have
bought the seasons cut of the n. Luding-
ton Company and the II. Witbecl< Com
pany at Marinette, aggregatng S0,00O,-
600 feet of choice white pine lumber and
costing over $1,500,0O0. The entire out
put of lath and shingles is also contract
cd y, ! D Lon ci1 10 10
ever made on the Menominee river
The high school building at Oconomo-
woe was completely destroyed by fire.
The loss is $4,000, with no insurance.
The fire was discovered by Miss Jessie
Davis. who gave the alarm and warned
the children, who were in the building. in
time so that all were able to escape.
Most of the books in the library and the
piano were gotten out The origin of the
fire is a mystery. 1t started in the labor
atory on the third floor and was burning
fiercely when discovered.
Fire in the factory of the Tabor Glove
Company and the Kalamazoo Knitting
Company in Milwaukee caused a panic
among the 200 girls employed on the
fourth floor of the building occupied
jointly by these concerns. The smoke
became so dense that the girls joined in
a rush for the exit. The girls in the glove
factory on the second floor leaped from
the windows, but none of them was seri-
ously injured. The damage to the build
ing and stock was about 100000.
Christ Larson, Il resident of Racine,
was found in ditch three miles west of
the city in an unconscious condition. 1t
was believed that he was dead. a farmer
loaded the supposed dead man on his
wagon and started for town. On the
way Larson revived and told the farmer
that he was thrown from his wheel some
time during the afternoon and had lain
where found for number of hours. y
physician made an examination and
found the mans shoulder dislocated~ and
that he had sustained Il conclusion of
the brain.
Relatives in Cumberland have been adj
vised that Carl Jacobson, Il former we'll
known Cumberland boy, had been fright
fully cut up in Il sawmHl at Vending,
Ore. While feeding the edger in the
mill Mr.. Jacobson's apron got caught IN
the roller and, in trying to eXtricate HIM
self. his hand went on to the saw. The
saw split the hand in two and sawed
up the arm four inches above the wrist,
taking out four inches of bone. The I'M
fortunate man fell face forward on to
the saw and received an ugly cut in the
jaw.
The report that ore taken from the
bluffs north of Prairie du Chien includ-
ed gold and silver in remunerative guam
titles was confirmed by assays made by
! professional chemists and metallurglsts
whose standing places their reports be-
vond the realms of speculation. The as
saws show bullion running from $1.3O to
| S17.30 per ton on samples taken from
| the ledge. The average per ton is about
| SIS. The ore body is upon land owned
| by Mrs \. s. Dousman, who is making
a thorough investigation to determine the
| average yield of the ore at various dis
| canoes from the surface.
Watertown police have been notified OF
a daring attempt of assault upon wom-
an. Mrs. Bertha Waldersee, when OPP
posite the entrance to Washington Park,