Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-30

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For striking his aged mother William
| Grimes of GAINESVILLE was given fifteen
days in Jail. In defense he said that he
| was intoxicated.
Henry Jansen, Jr., of Buchanan, who
! mysteriously disappeared after coming
to Appleton with his brideto-be to OBJ
/, tain their marriage license, has returned
home.
Henry Morrison was convicted of muir
der and sentenced to life Imprisonment at
Waupun. Morrison was found guilty of
killing his wife and daughter at Wood
stock on April 26.
The safe of E. Morgan in Downing
was blown and about 5000 in money and
notes taken. Mr.. Morgan had just closed
out his business and had much of the
proceeds in the safe
While attending his wife, who suffered
paralysis, William koss, Il farmer near
Appleton, was himself stricken. An in
valid son managed to crawl half a mile
to notify a neighbor.
The Postmaster General has issued
an order establishing city delivery at
Menomonie Oct /, with two carriers, one
substitute, ten letter boxes, one pack
age box and six steel posts.
Hugo Heymer, young man of Chill
ton, was shot in the back while hunting
rabbits. Two charges of shot took eff
feet, luckily, however, without inficting
lnore than a deep flesh wound
Ihe body Of George Johnson was dis
covered on the back porch of a saloon
near the Omaha depot in Bayfield,. The
coroners jury returned a verdict of heart
failure. He leaves wife and five chill
dren
Silver is said to have been discovered
on the farm of John Kirkland Red Ce-
dar. The dirt assays $40 to the ton.
Mr. kirkland believes the vein is an old
mine that was worked by the Indians in
an early day.
Leonard Herziger of Little Chute was
buried at Riverside cemetery without
priest or preacher. No services were
held either at his home, at church or at
the grace. His only survivors are his
widow and son.
Harry Dwyer of Peshtigo has returned
with a fortune. A year ago his brother
died in Ireland, leaving a portion of Il
ioi SO NHtttt W Hill ne Felufueu with
100000 in cash. He was formerly log
storage Waterman.
Fire destroyed the sawmll of Fish
Il Mullen Lumber Company, located at
Elcho. The mill was valued at $4,000
and carried insurance of $1,000. The
yards, containing nearly 5000 worth
Oh lumber, were saved.
Eastern heirs of Col Gabriel Boucbs |
have filed an appeal from the decision |
OF County Judge c. d. Cleveland of Osh- |
kosh admitting the will to probate There
IS much likelihood of long legal fight |
before the estate is finally disposed of
John e. Learned, who six months ago |
was sentenced from Racine to serve
eight years i'll Waupun prison for en-
bezzling $500, the property Of his ward
and niece Lillian Koehn, died suddenly
the other night. When arrested Learned |
was night clerk at the Atlas Hotel, Mil
tain acfGuIr at any grocery srorr rrr-----7-
pleton. The Grocers' Union has made
out complete list Of those considered
in that class and hereafter they will be
obliged to pay spot cash. 1t is under
stood that the names turned in by each
grocer averaged twenty-five, although a
number appeared on the books of nearly
every grocery store in the city.
The Milwaukee life-saying crew went
out into the lake in response to a call
for assistance from a waterlo2ged lum
Der barge which was rolling heavily in
a rough sea. The barge was brought |
near the harbor piers and then two tugs |
went to her assistance and lowed her
slowly into the river. She was lying |
very low in the water and it is believed |
could not have weathered the storm
much longer.
John Reilly of Bowling Green. Ky,
charged with stabbing Dan NJ Schaefer,
was brought before Justice Watson in
Fon du Lac and on a plea of not guilty
was bound over for trial. Reilly acted
as his own lawyer, and pleaded self
defense, saying that Schaefer started the
trouble, hitting him and then drawing 4
knife. He added that he was intoxicated
at the time, and claims that the saloon
keeper tried to take advantage of his
condition.
Fast freight No. 105 on the Ashland
line of the Omaha road crashed into a
special freight at Superior Junction. in
stantly killing Fireman Sundberg of st.
Paul and fatally injuring Engineer John
Williams of Altoona, both being on the
Ashland train. The engine and several
box cars We're demolished. The wreck
was caused by Engineer William filling
to stop at Superior Junction on account
Of a hard rain storm preventing him from
seeing the signals
Unconscious as the result of an acct
dent the Rev. G. y. Scott of the Grand
Avenue Methodist Episcopal church in
Milwaukee rode on a bicycle down
Grand Avenue at the busiest time of day.
Later he wandered about the street I'M
til friends found him. Mr.. Scott had
been riding wheel and collidsd with Il
wagon, suffering conclusion of the brain.
Later he recovered consciousness, but he