Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-17
The city hall at Cashton was destrovo1
by fire. 1t was insured. S''oseu

'i'ion VI residents asking that the
question OF incorporating as civ ha
submitted to the people of Ladysmith
was granted by the village board.
Bernard Balster the oldest man =,
henosha county, died at his home in the
o.'h oL W heatand, at the age of %
years. lie was native of Germany.
Mrs. J. G. Bridge, aged 45. of Jaffer-
son. attempted to commit suicide by fir
liis pul!et through her chest. She will
de- III health is given as the cause
me coroner's jury in the case of Cor
menus 1onkers, an ice cutter. 81 wears
oid whose body was found at Camn lake
with his throat cut from ear to ear. do.
ciafeS 1t case of suicide.
Northwestern passenger and q
freight train collided nine miles west
OF FOND du Lac. Eight persons were in
Jured, none seriously The freight crew
Thought the passenger train had passed
Rev. David Ellis Evans of Armour
;. u, IS the first pastor who speaks
English exclusively, ever called to the
welsh congregational church in Racine.
KEY. Evans once held a pastorate in
Milwaukee,
"A deadlock over the selection of a IL
prarlan to succeed Miss Julia Elliott. re-
signed, mas come about in Marinette. AS
Il result OF a somewhat heated discussion
at The last meeting. Mrs Isaac Stephen
son rendered her resignation from the
board.
Inc honor system for examinations has
been put into effect at Beoit college with
the result that number of students
were summoned before the honor COM
mlttee and given hearing on charges
preferred against them. Several were
found guilty.
The barking of dog saved the fam
ny OF former Alderman Peter Pirsch of
Aenosha from being asphyXiated with
coal gas. The bowling of the animal
awakened Mr.. Pirsch, who found all of
the members of the family unconscious.
All will recover
Mrs. William Williston saved herself
from robbery by three men in Marinette
by means of Il hatpin One of the men
grabbed her purse. AS he did so she
seized Il hatpin from her hat and jabbed
it deep in his arm. The man gave yell
and all three disappeared down an alley.
Milwaukee owners of lake front land
Ill Racine, during the past few days, have
learned OF movement on the part of
the authorities of the Belle city to pur
chase large portion of the site offered
Tor the naval training school. just north
OF Racine's city limits, and make it into
city park. There are about 200 acres,
worth about $500 per acre.
The marriage of William Kranz. presi-
dent of the Racine Business Mems AS
ISOLATION and one of the most prominent
business men of the city, and Miss Flor
ence Cass of Chicago his niece, caused
much surprise. Mr.. Kranz's first wife
lost her life in the Iroquois fire at Chi
cago. At that time Mr.. Kranz was ter
ribly burned. He was confined to q hos
pital i'll Chicago for many months and
Miss CasS and her mother nursed him.
The city of Oshkosh is making de-
termined effort to take the State capitol
away from Madison. Senator e. f. Ste
venS of Oshkosh has introduced two bills
in the Legislature, one providing thai
after the first Monday in January, 1907,
the seat of government shall be i'll Osh-
kosl and the other requiring that the
present capitol building commission shall
select a site at that place Immediately
on the authorizing of the city OF Oshkosh
to grant to the State and the State to
accept a site in Oshkosh known as North
Park.
Investigations by the authorities of
the last few days have for certainty
proven that the 'much-married Johann
Al, I1n
{ of last year. married Mrs. Catherine
Wilson of Mazomanie. Hoch came from
Milwaukee stranger, under the name OF
Heinrich ValtZanC. After an acqualnt
ance of four days he married Mrs. VIII
son. He represented himself as belhG
in the brewing business i'll Milwaukee,
and being very wealthy. lie deserted
Mrs, Wilson, it is alleged, two days al
fer he married her, taking with hlm al'
400 of her money, and jewelry valued at
$3.50.
The deal for the purchase of the plant
of the City Water Company by the CITY
OF Sheboygan. at a cost OF S3oo,oVo mas
at last been closed the negotiations nav
ing been started six years ago. Inc laSl
hitch encountered has just been remover
hv tbe company consenting to furnlsh
$3.50 600 bond that it will faithfully per-
form it's part of the contract. The con-
tract is that the city will take over the
Mani ON Jan. /, 1908, when the com
nanv,s franchise expires The matter
will have to be voted upon at the coming
spring election by the citizens bohos
will then he issued to cover the purchase
of the plant.
The residence of ]. NJ. Jensen at MIN
eral lake was burned and blown to atoms
by dynamite, and Mrs. Jensen was Sc Sc
vor.l, frozen While crawling through the
snow TO escape cremation. Mrs. Jensen
is laralyzed in the lower limbs and " was 5
90, Grod TO her bed. unable to walk Il
step. and for the past three weeks mas
been critically ILL., The other afternoon
NJ Henson visited neighbors house a