Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08

pest to the farmers OF tHdt Section'
Chris Solum was struck by logging
engine in the yards. of the n. G. Foster
Lumber Company at Fairchild and prob
ably fatally injured.
A mad dog entered a hall in Collins
while a dance was in progress and hair
dozen of the dancers were bitten before
the animal was killed.
Ten men saw boy fall off the schoon-
err Coral into the river and drown at Ra-
cine, but being on the opposite side were
unable to rescue him. The name OF the
boy is not known.
Edward Hubert Kau, aged 16 years,
was instantly killed by bullet from
gun carried by himself when hunting
rabbits on the farm of James Snyder, IN
the town of New Berlin.
F. L. Preston, Beloit, has sold half
interest in the Potter gold mine in Bonl-
der County, Colo, to. corporation tor
S. 100000. 1t was bought by him thir-
teen years ago for $4,000.
William Preschle, son of one of the
est-known pioneers of La Crosse, COM
mitted suicide by taking two bottles OF
poison, one of chloroform and one or OPT
UNI. The sale of the Zeisler Brewery
few weeks ago threw him out of employ
ment
The passing of the village of Parrish
will soon be complete. Parrish was at
one time the scene of busy operations by
the Ross Lumber Company, but after the
timber was cut and hauled away the vii
lage was abandoned, and thirty good-sized
frame cottages owned by the company
were vacated. These were purchased
few days ago by Hebron Bros, and Will
be removed to other places.
The barn containing 600 bushels of
grain, large quantity of hay, some farm
machinery and two horses, owned by
Martin Huesener, was struck by light
ming near Appleton and completely de-
stroyed by fire. One of the most destruc-
tive thunder storms of the season passed
over the vicinity and various farmers III
Outagamie County sustained severe losses
by fire caused by lightning.
Profs. c.. T. Burgess and G. Hambue-
chen of the college of engineering at
the University of Wisconsin have in
vented what they call an electrolytic rec
tifier 1t is device for changing an
alternating into direct current, and con-
sists of aluminium and iron plates placed
in a bath of fused sodium nitrate. 1t can
be used in charging storage batteries IN
automobiles and other electric vehicles.
Max F. Scheff1er and Jessie Kreiter
went to Racine from Oconomowoc and
secured a marriage license After two
hours they found Il judge who would
grant them special dispensation and
they were married by Rev. Mr.. Haylett.
They said that they had both been mar
ried and divorced and that they did not
want their friends at OconomOwoc to
know that they were going to be married
again.
Congressman J. H. Davidson has re-
ceived a telegram from the Navy Depart
ment at Washington that MldShlpman
Harry Cleveland of Fond du Lac, who
has only been in the United States naval
academy a month"; has resigned. No rca-
son is given in the dispatch and the Con-
gresham is asked to name principal
and five alternates at once, who will re-
port at Washington Nov. u for the ex-
animation.
Another record-breaking timber deal Of
white pine timber lands has been cOnsum-
mated. a. II. Stang, a prominent sash
and door manufacturer of Merrill, has
purchased from William Bradley what is
known as the Bradley tract, on the north
shore of Lake Superior, this side of Cross
river The deal has not yet gone on rec
ord, but it is understood the transfer in
wolves 200,O0O,O0O feet of pine, and that
the sale was made for 81 100000.
Fred Voge, in the village of Franks
vile, attempted to kill his wife and COM
nit suicide. Both are in critical condi-
ton. A mob went to the Voge house
when it was learned that the man had
shot his wife, and it was intended to
IL L. .x.l,o
he was found dying the mob dispersed.
Voge is about 20 years of age and his
wife is 60. They were married two years
ago. Both had been married before and
had many children.
George Beaudeau, manager of the Ar
pin Hardwood Lumber Companys nam
moth stock farm, son of William Beau
deau, the man who a short time ago was
blown to atoms by a heavy charge OF dy-
Mantle on this same farm at Atlanta,
had a miraculous escape from death by
lightning. During the passing of a Sc
we're electric storm, while hitching up one
of the Arpin companys finest working
teams, valued at about $3.50, the light
ming struck, killing both horses and reD-
derng the young man unconscious for
some length of time.
Albert w. Yahn, a German farmer re-
siding near Veedum, was found hanging
by the neck in his barn. AS nearly as
can be learned he committed suicide in
partially deInented condition, caused by
injuries received from an explosion of
dynamite with which he was blowing out
a stump on his farm, forty rods from his
barn. His fingers on both hands were
partially blown off and his arms, breast
and face were manged. 1t is supposed
he crawled to the barn in that condition
and procuring a rope tied it around his
neck and throwing it over a beam stran-
glcd himself by pulling the other end.
Lizzie Lapar, the 13-year-old daughter
of Mrs. James Lapar of Lake Villa, H.,
is thought to have been kidnapped from
Salem. Her mother lives at Lake Villa
and the girl had been making her home
with relatives. Mr.. and Mrs Crowley