Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-04-18

a strawstack fell over on horse and
herd of cattle on the farm of NorJriS
Bfeunlg, of RoXbury. All were killed
son, years old, 5 feet high and
weighing $50 pounds. of Fred Wiegand,
living southeast of Fairchild, died the
other day
An unknown man broke into the Oma-
ha Railroad ticket office at the Fan
CLAIRE station and stole S63 from the
money drawer
Fetef Solomonson, a Galesvilie cream
hauler, was killed by lightning while
driving his team in the country. His
horses were stunned.
-Four gamblers paid fines amounting
to S139 in municipal court at West Su-
perlor. The police have been raidins
places whenever they started up.
Leo Mitchell, of Marinette, aged IT
years, has been committed to the State
insane. asylum. His mind was wrecked
by excessive cigarette smoking.
Charles Meyer, 10 years old. was
buried alive by falling brick and debris
III an old we'll which he was cleaning at
ManitowOc. He was dead when his body
was recovered.
Frank Schmidt, Milwaukee butcher,
was found in his icebox in an unconscious
condition. He had been assaulted,
thrown into the icebox and his cash
drawer robbed of $50.
The house of Myron Brewer in the
town of Sandrock. was entered by burg
lars while the family was away and
SlOO IN money, two guns, clothing and
| other articles were stolen.
! Fire broke out in the varnish plant of
the Two Rivers Manufacturing Com
pany and destroyed the contents besides
| seriously damaging the building before
! being brought under control
The striking painters and paper hang
ers at La Crosse have gone back to
work. their demand for nine hours work
| and pay the same as when they worked
! ten hours having been granted.
Guy Merino was instantly killed at
Cumberland by the accidental discharge
of a shotgun. He was scuff1ing with his
brother for possession of the gun, when
it went off, blowing off his head.
Henry Hills, prominent politician of
Fond du Lac County and a member of
the County Board for ten years, died at
his home of pneumonia, aged 46 years.
He leaves a wife and three children.
Mrs Martin Brucker, wife of tailor
in kenosha, was picked up on the street
in an unconscious condition. She eX-
PRED in a few moments. 1t is supposed
that death resulted from heart failure.
Clifford C. Pease of Madison, junior
in the State University, won first place
in the final State Oratorical contest. lie
will represent Wisconsin in the North
Oratorical League contest at Mlnneapo-
lis May l.
Fire caused loss of over $4,000 in
the business district of Brodhead. It
is supposed the blaze was incendiary, as
shortly after the flames had been sub
dued they brought out again short dis
lance from where they were first discov-
cred.
The sixteenth annual intercounty fair
will be held at Cumberland on Sept. .,
10 and II and competition will be open to
the counties of Barron, Polk, Washourn,
Burnett and Sawyer The Barron Coun-
ty fair will be held at Rice Lake Sept.
S, Q and 10.
In a fight in a La Crosse saloon, Jo-
seph Hunt was stabbed twice. 1t is AZ
legged railroad man named Reene dld
the stabbing. Reene escaped with large
number of railroad men in pursuit, but
has not been captured. Hunt will prob
ably recover.
The Schley-Krueger breach of prom
Use suit has been settled and the appeal
taken dropped. The case was heard at
the last term of Circuit Court at Mani
towoc. The defendant, Kruger. paid
the 81, 800 awarded the plaintiff and the
costs of the action,
The Baraboo water works plant was
sold by United States Marshal Charles
Lewiston under foreclosure proceedings
| instituted by the Farmers Loan ana
| Trust Company. The only bidder was
II. G. Merritt, of the First National
| Bank of Raraboo, who got the plant Tor
$4,000.
| Samuel Clark shot May Mitchell three
| fines at Fond du Lac, causing three Sc
rious but not necessarily fatal wounds.
The woman then got away and ran
| screaming into the street. AS soon as he
realized what he had done Clark shot
| himself through the heart. death beng
almost instantaneous.
Charged with the murder of her hus-
band. Mrs. Walter Harroun. OF PloTer,
was arrested the other night. She Will
he held until the State chemist finishes
the examination of the dead mans stom-
ach. The inquest has been adjourned
| to await the report. Mrs. Harroun al
mits having several quarrels with her
hus band but denies the murder She
SAYS she bought strychninc to put ON
| the carcass of sheep to poison dogs.
Walter Harroun died suddenly March
% under circumstances which pointed 10
poison. His father, Smith Harroun, I'M
| mediatelv instituted an investigation,
which resulted in Mrs, Harroun's arrest.
In the Circuit Court at Racine sum
mons and complaint were filed III the
suit for $4,000 brought by Martin Nc.
Makan against NJ. NJ. Secor, owner OF
bathrooms in that city. 1t IS allegsd III
the complaint that on Sept. 81 l9o2 the
plaintiff. while in an intoxicated condI-
ton, entered the Seeor bathrooms for
treatment for his niirmity. due to excess
| i've use of intoxicants, and that he was
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