Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-30

Racine was destroyed by fire; loss SILL
900.
Two children. and 10 years of age,
wore burned TO death in a fire which
DESTROYED the home of Joe Covey at AT
lanta.
Hall e. Sayle. GAINESVILLE jewelers.,
were robbed of 500 worth of sllverWare:
The thieves missed $4,000 worth OF
jewels.
The young women of Beloit college
gave the nativity play, bethlehem IN
the new gymnasium. 1t was pronounced
Il success.
Ralph Karnes of Fontana has been
named Kenosha county superintendent
Of schools He is a graduate OF the
Whitewater normal.
At Racine cigaret caused fire IN
one of the rooms of the Hotel Racine
The bed clothing and furniture III III"
room were destroyed.
Announcement has been made OF the
approaching marriage OF Dr. w Iliahl
Meredith Pugh of Kenosha ana MISS
Grace Jenney of Mohawk, n I.
While running at full speed an inter
,rhan car struck a horse at Brighton
beach ne horse was instantly Killed
and the front of the car damaged.
Robert Brown, an employe at the
| Northwestern roundhouse i'll Janesvllle,
was struck by an engine and thrown
| twenty feet. He was dead when plcked
up.
f. NJ. Allen of Oshkosh has been chs
en- principal of the Charleston, Ill, hlgh
Il
who enters the st. Louis public schools
corps Jan. 10.
The sum of S65. 900 voted to pay for
bascuc bridge at Main street, haclhe'
will be inadequate, it now beng estl-
mated that the bridge desired Will cost
over 100000.
The jury trying the case of B. NJ. Cod
man of Milton Junction, charged Win
assault carrying concealed weapons,
abusive language, pointing a gun, 1ouho
him guilty on all four counts.
The entire force of lampmakers ut the
Badger Brass factory in kenosha went
out on strike, and the plant has been
forced to shut down. The men objected
| to the employment of apprentices.
Judge Hastings has denied motion
| for a new trial i'll the case against the
ALarinetta Paper Company, in when
$4,000 was awarded to Miss Nandebo-
CART for damages in an accident in its
mill.
Halver Ellefson. aged so, was fatally
burned in bed, at his home, five miles
north of Spring Green. The bed caught
fire from a stove He was one OF the
oldest Scandinavian residents OF that
section.
William Deichen. aged IS, has secur-
ell a degree of divorce from his wife
Caroline aged II, in Milwaukee. They
We're married about two years ago 1t
was his second and her third matr1-
nOnial venture.
Henry Hale of Shell Lake was fatally
| injured by Il runaway team. lie was
driving along when his horses took fright
and turned into a pasture mad started
| down a steep hill. Mr.. Hale was thrown
out and had several ribs broken.
Walter NJ. Cowel of Kenosha, alleged
| to be counted with number of so-called
wild cat insurance agents, has begun
FIVE suits in Illinois, demanding damages
to the extent of $150,000. The suits
are against attorneys who made the
charges against Cowel.
c. NJ Bird and daughter were fear
| fully burned about the face and hands
in Beloit by the explosion of a can of
kerosene with which the father was start
ing fire. Miss Bird is teacher in the
Mcnomonie schools and had returned
home for the holiday vacation.
A panic was narrowly averted at the
| Chippewa Falls opera house. During
the speech of Supreme Commander Mar
key of the Maccabees a steam pipe burst
and many persons rushed for the door.
Cooler heads preserved order and fortu-
nately the crowd was not large.
Harry Mitchell, former student at
the west division high school in Milwau-
kee, now attending the University of
Minnesota. has been awarded the Rhodes
scholarship for Minnesota. This is doubly
interesting in Milwaukee high school cir
cles because Richard Scholz, also west
| division high school graduate, recently
won the Rhodes scholarship for Wiscon-
| sin.
A peculiar lawsuit is to be heard in
the Circuit Court i'll Waukesha, having
been sent on change of venue from
Walworth county. Tie plaintiff, named
SouNi, OWLS Al 1DO-dCIC idF1n near w DlTo-
water and claims he ordered dwarf Es-
sex rape seed from the defendant, but
the latter delivered to him bird rape
seed. noNious weed, which, when scwn,
damaged his farm. Gould asks $500
damages and COSTS
The Amalgamated Theater Company
is new organization that will control
vaudeville circuit of thirty-eight houses
in Canada, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Hi
nois, Iowa and Indiana. H. c.. Dan
forth of the Bijou in Oshkosh has been
appointed one of the directors. La Crosse,
Eau Claire, Milwaukee, Oshkosh Green
Bay, Marinette and Racine, Wis, and
Escanaba, Houghton and Ishpeming,
Mich. are included