Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-12-18
Louis Grambs of la Crosse was fined
S75 and costs for giving his wife black

eve.
Burglars entered the store of p. J.
WEIGH at Lodi, cracked the safe and car
ried off $4,000 i'll cash.
A. I. Washburn of Lynn shot and kill
ed silver-gray fox at that place. 1t
is said the hide has value OF 500.
The Day-Lindsey Hardware Company
of Omro has sold its stock to +. Gensch
& Son of Manitowoc, who will take pos
session about Jan. /.
George Flint of Monterey had his hand
badly shot by the accidental discharge of
his gun while hunting. 1t may be nee
essary to amputate the hand
/ Clarence Walker, aged Z, was saved
from drowning in lake near Kenosha by
his 6-year-old sister, who threw scarf
to him and held him from sinking.
The 2-year-old son OF A. j. Coleman,
burned in Sturgeon Bay, died from the
effects. 1t was playing with burning pa
per about stove when its dress caught
| fire.
The residence of Rival Smith was de-
stroyed by fire in Omro. The loss was
several thousand dollars. 1t was in
sured for about $4,000 Most of the
contents were saved.
Henry Radcliff, aged sc years, one
of the leading manufacturers of Racine,
died suddenly of pneumonia. He had
been a resident of Racine since 1870 He
was born in England,
George Hagen, well-known Manito-
woe resident, died suddenly from an at
tack of heart failure. He was IS years
Of age and had been resident of the
city for a long period.
The Rev. Benjamin Staunton of Chi
cage has accepted q call to become the
pastor of the Congregational Church ut
Lake Mills. Mr.. Staunton is now en-
| gagged in the practice of law.
! While at work on an excavation near
| Marshland, Henry Packe and Ed Nc
| Naly were caught beneath a huge ledge
of rock and dirt which came down upon
| them and both are in critical condition.
Peg Corners, an old GAINESVILLE wom
an who has lived i'll Il shanty near the
| st. Paul roundhouse for thirty years,
! while picking up coal on the tracks was
run over by an engine. She died soon
afterwards.
The State of Wisconsin contains 923,-
/ 534 cows, according to the returns COM
piled by Secretary of Agriculture j. Nj.
True. There are S27 100 othec cattle i'll
the State, 472,271 horses, $40, 400 sheep
and 542,267 head of swine.
Henry Lippe, a farmer residing near
Lansing built shelf in a shed on
level with his head, blocked the gun
solid and tied stick to the trigger. He
pressed his forehead against the gun and
fired. Death followed instantly.
|
John Bailey, a GAINESVILLE rural mail
carrier, while driving over a rough coun-
| try road, shot and killed with small
revolver an immense wild goose which
was perched on fence by the roadside.
| The bird was the largest killed i'll Rock
County this year.
o. T.. Bell. president of the Reming-
| ton Watch Company, which was estab-
| lished in Appleton and employed several
| hundred hands, but later closed up, is ne
| eotiating with the Commercial League of
indianapolis, Ind to remove there IT IN
ducements are offered.
| Lester Rodney, victim of the cocaine
habit. was found freezing in the snow
at La Crosse. He will do four months
| time for vagrancy. The cocaine habit
was contracted by taking catarrh cure
used by shutting into the nostrils. The
cure was loaded with cocaine.
William Vega, employed in the Gil
bert paper mill in Neenah, caught one
of his hands in the spring shafts on
dryer and had the thumb torn out. Mad
ison Hanson got his left hand caught in
n corn shredder with the result that the
| end of the thumb was cut off.
Fifty-three desirable building lots in
| the northwest section of Racine, owned
by the estate Of Byron Blake were sez-
ed by the sheriff. The action was
brought by Thomas J. Emerson to collect
a mortgage for $1O,S00, which was given
by Mr. Blake, some years ago.
The electric light and water commits
sioners having charge of the municipal
electric light and water works in Two
| Rivers have decided to reduce the price
| of both light and water to consumers.
Under the new schedules the light will
be charged for at 10 cents per 1000
| watts and the water at 20 cents per lO0
cubic feet.
The Illinois Central Railroad has at
| last secured an opening to the rich agri-
! cultural and dairying country of east
| central Wisconsin and next spring will
| begin the construction of Il branch, AL
ready surveyed, from Madison to Sun
Prairie, Columbus, Beaver Dam, Fond
du Lac Oshkosh and Green Bay. The
ultimate plan is said to be to extend
to ST Paul Duluth and the Northwest.
| James Hanson. teacher in country
district school near Barron. is under
arrest charged with responsibility for the
death OF the 10-year-old son of John
l Ia hall OF hn
close of recess the boy is said to have
| chased a girl into the school house and
She colldel with the teacher. Hanson
is alleged to have picked the Lightner
boy up and thrown him across the room
against a desk. The boy sustained In
juries from which he died.
Miss Maud Weeden. the young woman
who took carbolc acid in an attempt to
commit suicide on q train between Rich
land Center and Lone Rock is still in