Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-11-17

he VIII recover.
A wet snow fell in Milwaukee Tues.
day, the first of the season. The. snow
TAU was quite general throughout Wis
consin. " -
While melancholy, Stephen v. Dox Of
OSHKOSH, veteran of the Civil War
committed suicide by taking paris green,
He was GO years of age.
Arthur Mellim of Blanchardville acci-
dentally shot his brother Oscar wbiIo
hunting. Twelve shot entered tho bov,s
shoulders. No serious results are ex-
pected.
The State institute for the blind has
been closely quarantined by the CITY Of
GAINESVILLE on account of smallpox. The
State board of health was summoned tn
take action to prevent spreading of tho
disease
Elhel Hansen, aged 10, was terribly
burned at her home near the village Of
Berryvllle by the explosion of a lamn
Her ha1r had been burned from her head
peIore she was rescued and the flames
extinguished
Edward ]. Briske was accidentallv
Killed While hunting near La Crosse.
with companion he was in a boat and
when a flock of ducks appeared he grab
bed his gun, which was discharged, the
trigger catching on the boat seat.
With all plans completed for his mar
rage, Felix Rogafsky sent word to the
priest and guests that there would be no
ceremony or banquet, as Mary Porfkaty,
the intended bride, had left Racine. He
asks the police to find the woman upon
Whom, he says, he expended 5000 in
hitting cut wedding trousseau.
After an absence of nineteen years.
during which nothing has been heard of
MIN, rudolph Behringer, a former mill
owner at ManitOwoc, has been located
IN P1ttsburg, Pa, where he has insti-
tuted proceedings for divorce from his
wife. Behringer left town one night in
1886 and was long thought dead.
While taking the shells out of shot
gun IN Cumberland Joe Flynn accident
ally discharged it, the load tearing
large hole in the floor and going through
the ceiling of the room below, where
Fred Peek was sitting. Peck's head
and hands were peppered with shot, but
the floor prevented serious injury.
Wisconsin State civil service commits
sion has announced that it is nearly
ready to give examinations to candi-
dates who wish to compete for the sal
AIRED positions in the employ of the
State. Since the Legislature adjourned
SIX months ago the commission has been
making study of the State service and
of various systems Of civil service re-
form as found in other States and in the
national government The commission is
composed of DR.. S. E. Sparkling, pro-
fessOr of municipal government in the
State university; Otto Gaffron Of Ply
mouth and former Secretary of State
Cunningham Of Chippewa Falls. There
are some l $50 positions to be filled by
the civil service commission in the State
departments, charitable, reformatory and
penal institutions and in the university.
The first examinations, which will be
held next month, will be for positions
ranging in salary from $50 to $3.50 d
month, Including clerks, bookkeepers,
factory inspectors, prison guards, re-
formatOry teachers, game wardens, steam
engineers and fremen.
A loss of nearly $4,000 was caused
the other night by fire which originat-
ed in the millinery store of Mrs. w. ii.
Hockenberger, and wiped out an entire
business block in Crandon. Famed by
a good wind, the fire swept up the row
of wooden buildings in an hour. Dyna-
mite was used to stop the progress OF
the flames, but without success. The
losses are as follows: Mrs. w. II. Hook
enberger, insured on stock for $500, loss
raj loss
$500. no insurance; building owned by
Zilkeslzi, insured for 5000, loss $500;
next building and stock, owned by IL
Parise, insured on building $1,000, loss
81 800, loss on stock $1,000, fully lnsur-
ed; Otto Becker, barber stock, fully IN
sured; f. J. Rhodes, insurance ON build
ing $500, loss $500, stock fully insured
at S1,4OO; Mary Billfuss, insured for
$500, loss $500; Charles Carnes
fully insured; Frank Hillstrom, in
sured on building $1,000 and $500 on
furniture, loss on building 1880; st.
Paul drug store, fully insured; West
colts law Office, fully insured, also Dr.
Crawford's dental office; Pake u Land
rocks old store and stock, fully insured;
Grace Shaw Ross, loss on building sl'-
200; NJ. NJ. Ross, nearly covered by IN
surance.
A new point has been raised by the
railroads operating in Wisconsin ana
new set of cases have been brought con-
testing the legality of the ad valoren
railroad assessment made III accordance
with the law enacted in 1908 Inc nrst
set of cases were brought against the
first assessment under the law and these
were decided by Circuit Judge Hast
ings in favor of the State. 1t the law
is sustained on appeal it means an IN
crease of about 100000 a year IN the
taxps Of the railroad property of Wlscon-
sin. The roads attacked the first assess
ment on the ground that the local as s
SCISSORS, whose work affects the rate OF
the railroad tax. was faulty and neon
nlate resulting in an unWarranlea ny a