Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-07-26

in Marinette destroyed SZ,ooo worth oA
cedar bolts. Insured.
Black Earth has voted to build an
$4,000 school house to be ready for occu-
patton one year from next September.
William Henke was struck by light
ming and instantly killed while at work
on the barn Of E. p. Hume at Marsh
field.
Six young women in the garb of trained
nurses acted as pallbearers at the funerai
of Miss Gertrude Clark in the town OF
Nekimi
Nellie Handy, aged IS years, daush-
fer Of the sexton of Forest Hill cenle-
terry. fell into Eau Claire river and was
drowned.
Claude futile, the 14-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Tuttle. was drown
ed while bathing in Cornwalps pond at
Milton Junction.
Emil Johnson, aged 8 years, was
drowned while swimming in Chippewa
river at Eau Claire. This was the third
drowning there in week.
Frank McPhall, Chippewa Falls sa-
loonkeeper, was victimized out Of $3.50
by a stranger, who presented forged
check on the Lumbermen's Bank.
The blueberry crop this year will be one
of the largest for years. Picking has
already commenced and scarcely an idle
Indian or half breed can be found.
4 cyclone struck Pittsville, blowing
down part of e. w. Rings barn and
sheds at his mill It scattered the lum-
Der for a quarter of a mile, causing a
loss of $4,000.
During heavy storm lightning struck
the WATERFOWL grain elevator. Ihe nre
department extinguished the flames be-
fore much damage resulted. Standing
grain suffered from the heavy doWnpour.
Hugh Manson, laborer employed at
the Case Threshing Machine Company's
works in Racine, while carrying heavy
piece of timber stumbled and fell and
was kicked by a horse. He may not re-
cover.
The Peerless, a new launch owned by
Prof. Moritz Langstadt, said to be one
of the best ever built on the upper Mis-
sissippi, was launched at La Crosse. 1t
will participate in the regatta there IN
the fall.
Oliver Flackey, - years of age, was
sentenced at Chippewa Falls to one year
in the reformatory at Green Bay. lie
pleaded guilty of having stolen check
amounting to $35 from Edward Porter of
Estella.
Rev. Joseph A. Sternhart, the Milwau-
kee preacher who prepared his grave
and predicted the time of his death, IS
dead. The grave which he made ready
4. 4I,4 Oaro6 O06
lined with brick.
The Ross Sellinger Company Of Chi
cago is considering a proposition from
Geo. B. NATION of Sheboygan, who Of
fers to put up a four-story building as
factory for the glove company, now en-
ploying 800 hands in Chicago.
Chippewa Falls capitalists have pur-
chased the Harsheman estate interest
of $50. 600 in the Harsheman Shoe Com
many at Harsheman, Ohio. The factory
will be removed to Chippewa Falls. A
brick building $50 by 40 feet will be
erected Immediately.
At the regular school meeting 4n appro-
priation of So, 800 was voted for the con-
struction Of large modern brick school
house at Cumberland. At the same meet
ing the school board was instructed to
repeal the rule which prohibits teachers
attending dances. The ruling was made
some FIVE years ago, but the sentiment of
the people of the city has become very
strong against it.
With her mind temporarily deranged
by the shock of the recent death of her
daughter, Mrs. Theodore Walt, aged GO
years, committed suicide during a very
noticeable state of melancholy. She ac-
complished her design by hanging her
self to a rafter in a deserted house not
far from her residence at North Prairie,
and she had been dead for over an hour
when found by her daughter who was
searching for her.
The ffty-eighth birthday anniversary
Of the famous Windecker triplets was
held at Byron. This trio came to be the
Oldest living triplets in the world. The
triplets are Sylvester Windecker of By
ron, Sidney Windecker of Fond du Lac
and Mrs. G. NJ. Pier Of Wausau. Mrs.
T. w. Bostick one Of the sisters of the
triplets, although 80 years of age, trav-
eled all the way from Norwalk, Ohio, to
attend the reunion.
Pewaulee was visited by another Sc
we're wind and thunder storm. Consid-
cradle damage was sustained and one life
lost George Vincent, the victim, re-
tired jeweler of Waukesha, had taken
refuge in the barn of e. P. Reford when
the storm broke, and was standing in the
barn door talking to Mr.. Reford when
the barn was struck by lightning Vim
cent fell over dead, and Reford was stun
ned and partially paralyzed by the shock,
but he heroically dragged the PROSTATE.
body of Vincent from the burning barn,
and, crawling on his hands and knees,
went through the barn and liberated
forty cattle. just before the roof fell in.
Very little remains of the business dis
trict of the village of Welcome which
was visited by a destructive fire. The
village is without fire protection and af-
to- r Hon L