Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-12-04
Mrs. William Hogue, pioneer settler.


killed ut Trina by falling tree.
Gilbert McCourt of the town of Dover
died from the effects of the kick of a
horse.
The Baraboo County Board of Super
visors rejected the proposition to build
Il new court house.
Peter Snyder of Appleton has not been
seen since his home burned and his
friends fear that lie persisted in tho
flames
ID. e. Means Joseph O'Leary and Oil
YER Thoreson of Grantsburg were sent to
the county Jail OH charges of illegal
liquor selling.
A Burlington passenger train struck a
freight train ut De Soto and fifteen cars
We're thrown into the Mississippi river.
No one was injured
William James received telegram an
nouncing the accidental shooting of his
brother, Samuel James OF Dexterville,
who was about 30 years old.
The Omaha railway is after a gang of
coal thieves in Superior. For some time
the road has been Systematically robbed
of coal at the rate of about 1000 tons a
year.
Mrs. Robert Brannen, who committed
suicide at the Del Prado H,Sel in Chi
cago. was formerly Miss Lulu Petit,
one of til eleading society women of Ke-
nosha.
Every county Office in Racine County
is TO be salaried, this being demanded by
the members of the County Board after
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S6.750
The establishment oS q general store
for the union people of Neenah, i'll which
only union goods will be sold, will come
up at the next meeting of the trades
council.
Robert Rudolph, formerly Of the Mil
waukee City Council, has been arrested
on the charge of receiving a $1,000 bride
to secure the passage of Il switch track
ordinance.
The Jefferson Ice Company has started
work at Powers lake on what will be
the largest icehouse in the State. 1t
will cover six acres and hold 100000
tons of ice.
Prof. G.. O.. Merica. formerly in charge
Of the industrial school at Waukesha,
has been engaged by Lawrence UniTer-
sity and will begin work in Appleton the
first of the year.
The warehouse owned by John Swim
gle was destroyed by fire at Muscoda.
1t contained $1,000 worth of cheese own
ed by the Brehm company OF Chicago,
and was insured for $1,000
A prairie fire threatened to destroy
thousands of dollars worth of proper
ty between Racine and Corliss. 1t is
believed that spark from Il passing To-
connective set fire to the grass,
Henry Bean and Daniel Eastick fell
from the third story of the new hotel
building in Beloit to the basement. Bean
received injuries which may prove fatal.
Eastick escaped with few bruises.
Mrs. William Bryant, aged Sc, died at
the home of her grandson, Frank Ire
wynn. in Palmyra. She was the wife Of
the late Rev. Mr.. Bryant and resided in
Jefferson County for over half cen
fury.
In an alteration over the price of
wood which Herman Jewel was deliver
ing to Thomas North. colored i'll La
Crosse, the latter knocked Jewels ear off
with Il club and otherwise pounded him
badly.
Mark Carney, the little son of Henry
Carney. was burned to death at his home
in kenosha. The child was playing near
Il stove, when his clothes caught fire. His
mother is Frustrated by the shock and
may die.
Joseph Lachet of Racine, who served
OH the United States ship Wilmington
during the Spanish American war, re-
ceived a communication from the War
Department advising him that he was
entitled to $500 prize money.
Authority has been granted by Bishop
Scllwebach of La Crosse to build Cath
Ollie church in the Russian settlement
twenty miles south of Cumberland. The
Greek Catholic Church at that place is
the only one of its kind in Wisconsin
After being gagged and strapped to
bed Otto Pelikan. former leading drug
gist of Racine, now in business at Chi
cage was there robbed of gold watch
worth 500 and $50. the watch having
been presented to him for saving a wom-
ans life.
Henry Buesing Of Glidden committed
suicide by placing the muzzle of shot
gun in his mouth and pushing the trig-
ger with stove poker. lie was 56 years
old and had been sick a long time. He
came from Sheboygan two years ago.
He is survived by widow and six chill
dren.
Four well-known business men, while
en- route to Il fire in Mantowoc, were
overtaken on the Wisconsin Central lift
bridge by a switch engine, going to haul
out some burning freight cars Three of
them hung by their hands from the tres
tie. and the fourth jumped into the river.
He was rescued.
Joseph kadoff of Mishicott has report
ed an attempt at hold-up and robbery
on the road between Manitowoc and Two
Rivers Kadoff bears the marks OF a
struggle. having received injury to the
face from blow with club welded by
one of the two assalants. The highway
men were frightened away by approach
ing pedestrians.
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