Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29

George Bauer the oldest grocer in
! western Wisconsin, died at La Crosse,
aged -. He started grocery store in
La Crosse in 1850.
At Stevens Point W. W.. Mitchell's
flour mill was nearly destroyed by fire.
1t started in the engine room. The loss
was $1,000, with no insurance.
There were FIVE prostrations from ex-
cessive heat in Milwaukee Saturday, ac-
cording to police reports. Thermometers
registered as high as SO degrees.
Albert Berg, a clerk in an Csceola
store, drowned in the st. Croix river
! He was in bathing with four other young
men OF the village and yentured too far.
The Northwestern State Bank, a
new institution, with capital of $4,000,
has opened at Chippewa Falls. The di-
rectors are Chippewa's leading business
| men.
The Congressional commission arrived
4 at Sturgeon Bay on a special car for
/ the purpose of looking over a couple of
locations for the proposed naval training
| school
The Appleton police arrested man
| who gives his name as kibbie. He de-
clares that he killed sheriff and several
deputies. The officers believe the man
is insane.
Baraboo has been experiencing the
| greatest religious awakening of its his
tory. The churches united in inviting the
evangelist. Rev. Milford H. Lyon, to lead
| the campaign.
The contract has been let for the cree
ton of Carnegie library at Rice Lake.
| The building will cost, when completed,
about $4,000, and will be ready for oc-
cupancy by Dec. l.
Frank Nede, aged 10 years, son of
John Neide, drowned in the Little Mus
kego lake at Waukesha. He was bath
ing, got beyond his depth and drowned
before companions could aid him.
Officers in Minnesota mad Wisconsin
are trying to capture a gang of log
/ thieves that are very successfully OPP
Grating on the upper Mississippi ta1ling
the very best logs from RATS even when
guarded by electric searchlights and arm
| ed men.
George Young, mail carrier between
| Bayfield, and Cornucopia, lost two valua-
Bile horses as Il result of an attack by
wolves The horses were roaming IN
the woods about two miles from the town
| when they were surrounded by wolves
| and killed.
| Mrs. Lena Hendrckson Of Manitowoc
may die as result of burns. A prepara-
ton of linseed oil and turpentine, which
she was heating, became ignited and in
her attempt to extinguish the flames, her
| clothing caught fire and she was seriously
| burned about the body.
| At Milwauee two season records for
| lake receipts were broken in the coal and
| lumber trades the other day. Coal re-
ceipts reached a total of $4,000 tons.
Lumber carriers brought in 100000
feet from Lake Superior ports, the larg-
est receipts for the year.
The people sof Appleton who recently
took children from the Fresh Air organ.
| ization of Chicago to keep for two weeks
declare that they will not do so again, as
| the children sent to Appleton were from
the homes of well-to-do people. Many of
the children refused to eat some of the
things put before them, stating that it
| was too common. One boy asked why
| the family he was stopping with did not
| keep maids as his parents did at home.
The Catholic knights of Wisconsin, in
| biennial convention, decided to admit to
| their membership the Modern Woodmen.
| Similar secret organizations viii be IN
| yestigatcd with q view of placing them
| on like rank with the Woodmen. The
movement is one of long standing ana
| may cause a considerable change IN the
| stand of not only the Catholic Church on
secret organizations, but also in other de-
nominations who now oppose all such So
! cieties.
| The mysterious illness of George
| Bauer of La Crosse, who for seyerai
| DAYS was unconscious and at the point
| OF death from strangulation, has been
| cleared up. It was caused by his swat
| lowing his false teeth Bauer was taken
violently ill and became unconscious be-
| fore being able to tell the family any
| thing about his sickness. His son no.
! ticed that plate and several false teeth
| were missing and Immediately communl-
| Gated the fact to the physician. Bauer
| will now probably recover If the teeth
can be reached with surgical instruments,
| Through the arrest of two of it's Mill
waukee employees the Milwaukee road
| and the Milwaukee police department.
| have disclosed plot to Systematically
| rob the road. The two men were arralgn-
| ed in the District Court, waived prellml-
nary examination and were bound over
to the municipal court for trial under
| S7OO bonds. Frederick w. Buffmire,
roadmaster within the Milwaukee city
| limits. and Frank Raids, section hand
working in the city, are the accused men.
Both are charged with forgery and pass
| ing of time certificate emitting viii
| liam Henning" to $41.25 for work rem
dered. The road believes that this rob-
berry has been going on for more than
wear and that over $1,000 has been lost
| by it.
The 35-foot gasoline launch, Eva, own
| ed nv Judge c.. H. Donnelly of Wood
stock, ILL.,, was destroyed by fire at
| Conoua I nke The boat was moored at