Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-26

Mrs. Albert Lambrecht of SaylesyiIle
lost three fingers of her right hand by
having them caught in the machinery of
her husbands beehive factory.
Berth Hamsey. president of the Wis
consin Malt and Grain Company. was
robbed of $50 near his home in Apple
ton by two masked men, Both escaped.
The plant of the Latin Rand Powder
Company at Pleasant Prairie was forced
to shut down on account of a strike. The
men demanded full pay for overtime and
the company refused.
About fifty feet of the Post lake dam,
located four miles from Elchow on the
Wolf river, went out and about fifteen
square miles of surrounding country is
under water as the result
Chris Christensen, a farmer of the
town of Seneca, is missing. He has been
lost track of between there and La
Crosse. He started for La Crosse some
days ago, saying he was coming to get
married.
A water tank on top of the new fac
tory building of the Blake Knitting Com
pany at South Belot dropped through
the building, causing damage which may
reach $1,000, one end of the building be-
ing wrecked
A young mans cap, an oar and portion
of a boat seat hoated ashore on Lake
Winnebago, about three miles south of
Oshkosh. 1t is thought someone who had
been out on the lake met with an acct
dent and was drowned.
In a case in a Clinton justice court
Max Kiesner accused Peter Carls with
poisoning ten of his horses The horses
in question died very suddenly and upon
investigation it was found that arsenic
had been given to them.
Mrs. Jones of Chippewa Falls, aged 81
years, was so badly burned that she died.
She was smoking a pipe, when her dress
caught fire from the ashes. Being al
most helpless from old age, she was I'M
able to extinguish the flames.
The mills of the Fox River Knitting
Company were destroyed by fire at Ap-
pleton. The boat building and establish
ment of the Andrew Lind Company ad-
joining was also burned The loss is
about $4,000, covered by insurance.
John Clark and Albert Strosebach es-
capped from the county Jail at Hudson.
Sheriff Bell offers a reward of $500 for
their capture. Clark was serving a six
months sentence for larceny and Strose-
bach was found guilty of criminal as
sault.
Fred He'll. a German farmer living
mile and a half from Milton, hanged him
self His wife noticed that he was not
in the field at work, and began a search
for him. After an hours search she
found his body hanging in q shed with
his knees just above the ground. lie
had been respondent for some time.
Conductor Hitter of a north-bound
train on the Wisconsin Central turned
over to the Medford authorities John
Swanson, an insane passenger, who re-
fused to say where he was going, and
who finally disrobed in the smoking car.
1t required four men to take him to the
train on which he was sent to the Osh-
kosh asylum.
The members of the family of J. E.
Story at Stanley were chloroformed
while they slept on a recent night by an
unknown person who had gained en-
trance into the house. When the family
awoke in the morning two gold watches
and $24 in cash was missing. The burg
lar exchanged his clothing for better and
left his old clothing behind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Morris, an
aged couple of Dale, were elected from
their home by the sheriff Morris is SO
years old. his wife being but few years
his junior. The property upon which tie
couple resided has been the subject of
much litigation. 1t consists of forty
acres Last year in the case of Thomas
Newland against Archibald Morris. the
court found for Newland, recognizing
him as the rightful owner.
Lloyd L. Hackley, the 17-year-old son
of w. L. Hackley. was stabbed twice
in the head by burglar at kenosha and
fired five shots from a revolver at the
fleeing night marauder, one of which 1T
is thought took effect. The man was i'll
barn in the rear of his grandfather's
residence, where w. !. Hackley had his
household goods stored. Young Hackley,
as he was about to retire, saw a light IN
the barn and taking his revolver went
alone to investigate.
August Kirbeck of the village of Ath-
ems was bound over to Circuit Court on
the charge of attempted murder. hir-
beck, 1t Is alleged, IN QudfFel Win lis
wife, attempted to kill her with Win
chester rifle. He fired one shot at her
while she was in the house and another
as she was escaping across an open field.
Later he was arrested by the constable,
assisted by his son. who found him in bed
with the rifle and after a hard fight he
was disarmed and taken into custody.
Four Mile Island. piece of land in
the Mississippi river, some miles below
La Crosse. and for years pleasure
point for picnickers. has entirely disap-
peared The island was also one of the
best-known landmarks on the Mississippi
among steamboat navigators. The dis
appearance of the land is due to change
in the current of the river which has
worn the island away gradually. 1t has
taken several years to do the work and
even this winter there was small por-
ton left The ice moving out this spring
took the last vestige of it.
Fire in the main dry kiln of the Me-
nasha Woodenware Company's plant,