Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-03

N ylrcum court for Uutagamic County.
l. This is an echo Of the famous Fred
re Hebbe damage case.-mThe present acton
" is brought for injuries sustained by Mrs.
" Hebbe
ID A small tornado swooped down
ID through Mormon Coulec near La Crosse,
and tore up trees and fences and unroot-
ed many buildings. Much damage was
- done to orchards and crops just above
=, ground were ruined by hail which fol-
"A lowed the wind storm.
az e. l.. Larson, who gained notoriety
~ by organizing wild cat insurance COM
p pany and absconding from Milwaukee i'll
IS 1902, died of consumption at the State
q prison in Waupun. Larson was convict
ed and sentenced for forgery lie was
serving Il seven-year sentence.
~ 1t is reported that a big realty deal
~ has been closed at Lake Geneva. The
= Maple Glen farm consisting of $40
- acres which was owned by George A.
: Cobb, who recently died in Chicago, has
=, been sold to J. J. Mitchell, who already
~ has large holdings Of Lake Geneva prop
erty.
Grand Chute farmers are in a wild
~ pitch of excitement over q mysterious
ut woman who has been noticed north Of
~
~ past few weeks With wild, dsheveled
+ hair and haunting eyes she pops up at
one minute and then disappears 1t is
believed she escaped from the Northern
insane hospital
=, A novel method for killing rattesnakes
has been discovered by a man living
. near La Crosse. Finding he couldn't
II get at the snakes, he hit upon music
e as Il means of charming them from their
holes. Taking his old violin and an as
st sistant with q shotgun he lured the rep
ty tiles from their dens, swaying and wav-
1t. ing to the music Then the shotgun ex-
pert performed his part.
Of cts busted" With that cool re-
u mark, without an cutlery of any sort
Or or even a whimper, Leon Deneen, aged
a. announced to his playmates on the
ly ball field in New Richmond that he had
d. broken his arm. The bone was snapped
ly off Just above the elbow. He whistled
er while the arm was being set, and only
m complained when the doctor said he
could not go back and see the finish Of
IA the game.
is George Siml.os, a wel-known resident
IN of Kenosha, appealed to the county clerk
lie of the county to prevent him from is
re suing a marriage license to any one for
marriage with Anna B. Jorina. The girl
at had been sweetheart of Simkos, and
Ii after he had obtained Il marriage license
20 she refused to become his wife When
70 the girl heard of the action that Simkos
70 had taken she reconsidered the matter,
re and the couple were married.
Inexhaustible quantities of the purest
IL iron ore in existence have been discov-
es cred along Apple river, twenty miles
il northeast of New Richmond A. G.
n Roehm of that city found indications of
m mineral and secured samples and had
m them assayed. He learned that the ore
he was as pure as any mined on the Me-
saba range. An area of 100 acres was
,r found which contains iron ore in inn
10 mense quantities, located within three to
q five feet Of the surface of the ground.
"a A shaft has been sunk short distance.
or Rose Ernst, a 14-year-old girl living
lie near Menasha, saved a tiny baby from
n death under a Northwestern train and
narrowly escaped being killed herself in
in the act The girl saw the baby playing
nj on the track when she realized that a
is train was near. She grasped the Child
N who evaded her playfully. This nearly
lie cost both their lives The engineer re-
" yersed, but he could not stop the train
er in time The girl, at the last moment,
,r jumped with the baby and the fender
v just scraped her flying skirts. The baby
is was the 4-year-old daughter of Peter
Jacobs.
l. The strike Of the Racine brickmakers
in has been settled and the men returned
r. to work. The brick manufacturers grant,
p ed the demand for the same wages as
/ paid last year, So per day. The yards
i will be known hereafter as union yards"
and none but union men will be employ
ed.
ID Philip Drolette an insane patient from
rs Marinette, died on train while being
e. taken off at Duck Greek to hold an in
t. quest Drolette has refused to eat for
lie five days and had practically starved
4 himself to death. Jealousy over his wife
is said to have caused his insanity.
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