Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21


pure water for the epidemic of winter
cholera which is prevailing there.
Miss Ginzel was given verdict for
SoOO in the breach of promise suit against
MI. Aettner at Manitowoc. Suit was
brought for $1,000
The Seymour high school burned to the
ground. The loss is $4,000 with $1,000
insurance. The library and all the fix
lures were burned
Thieves entered the confectionery
store OF n. Ellenbecker and the saloon
OF Joseph keuler at Chiffon. They Sc
cured large quantities of goods at both
places.
Joseph G. End, general merchant.
nlea petition in bankruptcy in the Fed
eral Court at Sheboygan The liabili-
ties are placed at $1,000 and assets at
$4,000.
w. NJ. Taylor, the Marinette lumber
man, has closed deal whereby he comes
into possession of 1000 acres of timber
land in Ontonagon and Gogebic counties,
in upper Michigan.
Mrs. Lucille Colbert has been bound
over to the next term of court, charged
with starting the fire that almost de-
stroyed the village of Bear Greek. Her
bond was fixed at $4,000, which was fur
nished by Editor Lange of Fond du Lac.
A suit has been brought by the people
of Onalaska to annul the water bonds of
that place on the theory that the muni-
cipality exceeded it's powers and that the
bonding limit was overstepped in issuing
them. If they are overturned the heirs
of no oil,
$25, 900 out.
The eXistenuce of several baby farms
was discovered in Milwaukee by Super
intendent Spindler of the county poor. It
was established that there were several
persons doing thriving business in TAX
ing babies from mothers desiring to get
rid of them and disposing of them to the
best advantage.
Albin McCuen, a poor laborer at La
Crosse, is believed to be the missing
brother of John McCuen, who died at
Warner, Colo. a few days ago, leaving
his entire estate to his brother if found.
McCuen was adopted by man named
Rush of NirOqua at an early age and is
not certain of the relationship.
\ million dollar mining and develop
ment company has been organized in
Ashland, backed by a number of bust
ness men of Ashland and Watertowa, S.
d. A week ago gold was discovered in
the Holmes copper mine, twenty miles
south of Ashland. Gold was struck 14O
feet below the surface on the Penokee
copper range.
Disagreement over a site for its loca
ton bids fair to lose to ManitoWoc the
Carnegie $4,000 donation for library.
At meeting of the Council no solu-
ton of the matter presented itself and
an ordinance to accept the gift was de-
feated. The gift has never been officially
accepted by the City Council and there
is now strong probability that it will
be refused.
The general merchandise establish
ment of n. Jurgenson at Gays Mills was
totally destroyed by fire. The cause is
unknown but is supposed to have been
started from a stove. The family which
occupied the rooms on the second floor
were awakened by the explosion of a
tank of oil and they had only time to
escape with their lives. The store was
one of the largest in the Kckapoo val
ley and a stock Of about $4,000 was car
ried in groceries, hardware and dry
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goods.
Judge Fruit in the Circuit Court at
La Crosse denied petition of II. Re
perth, in the case of Carter VS.. Regerth,
to set aside a Judgment for $4,000, on the
ground of fraud in a former trial. Albert
Regerth went to st. Paul some months
ago to purchase land He left note
for $4,000 with land company, but re-
ho q
onpear at the trial of the case i'll which
the land company tried to collect the
note, and it went by default against him.
\ Judgment was taken against MS larIh
and Immediately thereafter he disappear
ed. He was not at the trlal ana II Is
feared that the prospect of losing hl'
property turned his mind and that ne mas
committed suicide.
The thirteen students of Lawrence
University at Appleton who were given
their choice of paying So each for the
damage done to the college property dur
ing the class riot or be suspended two
weeks. elected to pay the fine. The next
morning. masquerading as tramps,- they
stood at the door of the chapel and So
Iicited aims from students to pay thelr
6nos Thev were severely rebuked by
President Plantz and ordered to dispense
ON pain of expulsion. In chapel exercises
they were formally denounced by the
president. who announced that any tur-
tber effort to revive the antagonlsm pc
tvecn the classes would be punished by
summary expulsion. Later in the oay
some Of the fined students were given en-
nloyment in shoveIing snow OFT the walks
in the campus to earn money to pay tner
fines. and others did similar work lor
citizens.
Tho boiler in \. Helliminger's foundry
at Adel blew up 1t wrecked the foua
dry and a part of the boiler struck the
Rnrk Hotel and cut it almost IN two,
killing a G-year-oId son of Station Agent
Wieting and injurins three women ana
= hoy who were in the hotel. baVlu
HAAS, a farmer, who was in the toull-
drv ut the time of the explosion, had one
Of his legs broken and was badly ofuis-
cd Mrs. Helliminger and her 10 year
old son. Tony, were bruised ana sustain
ed scalp wounds. 1t is estimated tha a,
the damage of the hotel and foundry VIII
,,,ount TO $4,000. Windows III sur