Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-05-31

convention July IL.
Walter Ingram dropped dead Of heart
disease at Beloit. after a boxing match
with some friends. An inquest was held
The sixteenth annual reunion of the
Nineteenth regiment, Wisconsin Volun-
teers, will be held in Sparta June 10
and II.
The 19-year-old deaf and dumb son of
John Loss of Spring Grove wandered
away from home. He was found at Lin
den. He was nearly starved to death
when found.
The Eagle Telephone Company has Sc
| cured enough contracts to warrant the
building of telephone exchange at Pal
myra, and in short time the system
will be in use.
At Rhinelander the County Board has
sold to the Lincoln County Land Com
pany 1000 acres of county lands at 81 05
an acre. The county will sell about 1000
acres in July.
Edward Lang. who, it is charged. broke
into and robbed Thomas Olsen's general
store and postofice in Wilson, will be
turned over to the United States author
tiles by Sheriff Bell.
Prof. Thomas Chamberlain, professor
of geology in the University of Chicago
and former president of the University
of Wisconsin, has been engaged to de-
liver the commencement address at Beloit
College.
George Schauffele, the 12-year-old son
of Peter Schauffele of Kenosha. was ac-
cidentally shot and fatally injured by
hunters. The woods We're searched for
the hunters, but the men could not be
found.
Representatives of all the railway or
ders on that division of the Northwest
ern Railroad assembled at Ashland and
held a testimonial meeting for f. D.
Tarbox, the retiring assistant division
superintendent.
The union lumber pliers of the Menom-
inee river went out on a strike. They
demanded an increase of from S1.15 to
So a day, which was refused by the
millmen, who claim they can get plenty
of men for the lower figure.
Rosie Munter of Menasha was drowned
about a mile off Waverly beach, on Lake
Winnebago, while boating The boat
capsized and while Peter Kelly, her es-
cort, was able to cling to the boat until
help arrived, the girl slipped away and
perished
John Dugan, who recently resigned
from the La Crosse police force, fell from
a ladder and crushed his skull, dying
later. He was placing screens on sec
ond-story windows when he fell back
wards, striking his head on the cement
sidewalk.
The geology class Of Lawrence Univer-
sity discovered q remarkable specimen
in Kaukauna limestone quarry. The
find was a very we'll preserved specimen
of the sephalopod. an animal Of the mol
usk variety which has been extinct for
about million years.
During a violent electrical storm
planning mill belonging to Thompson u
| Nichokoy, lumbermen and contractors Of
Blue Mounds, situated near the town of
Mt. Horeb, was struck by lightning and
totally destroyed. The buildings and con-
tents were valued at $4,000.
At Madison a new industry is to be
started by the NJ. l. Johnson Company,
the incorporators of which are the sons
of the late John A. johnson, former
president of the Fuller & Johnson Man
ufacturing Company. The new concern
will manufacture a gasoline engine.
Edward T. Mariner OF Prairie du
CHEN has started a shipment of 200 tons
of pearl button shells to Hamburg, Ger
many, where they will be made up into
fancy buttons and trinkets. The ship
ment consists of negroheads, the whit
est and clearest of the fresh water shells.
Judge Cleveland of the County Court
at Oshkosh refused the application Of
Philip Gaffney, father of Attorney Chas.
| Gaffney, who is charged with attempting
to kill DR.. Hansen, to have the son COM
mitted to the Northern Hospital. This
is taken to mean that Gaffney must stand
trail.
According to a statement issued by the
| State bank examiner the resources and
liabilities of the 304 State, private and
savings banks of Wisconsin when last
reported were $50, 1874, 1851, an increase
of So. 100000 over those shown by the
preceding report of December, 1901. The
increase in deposits was more than So
100000. These banks do about ~ per
cent of the banking business of the
State.
A south bound train on the Northwest
ern road ran into rig containing three
young men returning from Peshtigo, at
the Hall avenue crossing in Marinette.
| Walter Arseneau was caught by the pilot
and carried some distance with head and
arms dragging on the track. His skull
was fractured and he died. His compan-
ions were not seriously injured.
Judge Dunwiddie of the Circuit Court
at GAINESVILLE has issued an order setting
aside the divorce granted to Mrs. A. j.
Davis. or Mrs. Emma Jenkins, as she
was formerly known, and the woman
may find herself facing the charge of big
amy. \ year ago Mrs. jenkins was CIV
en- a divorce. but as the attorney and
court fees remained unpaid, the divorce
was not filed with the clerk. Mrs. Jen-
| kins has remarked in the meantime.
Rev. Charles Jungblud of Neillsville
was found guilty at Grand Rapids of as
sault without regard for human life while
his housekeeper was convicted of assault
and battery The assault was committed