Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-24

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Mrs. Caspar Stuessy of Brodhead wac
shot and instantly killed by the accident.
al discharge of rifle in the hands Of =
cousin. " :"
The store of r. Kratche in Antigo wos
damaged $1,000 by fire and wafer Mo
lire is supposed to have been caused h1
defective wiring.
Mrs, Catherine Alden. aged 93 wears
said to be seventh in line Of direct do.
scent from John and Priscilla Alden
died in GAINESVILLE
Mrs. Sophia Westover died at wvo-
cent, in her 1O5th year. Her father as
sisted III the capture of Fort Ticonderoga
under Ethan Allen.
Henry J. Schroff, for ten years CITY
treasurer OF Racine, has decided to retire
and to devote his time to fruit growing
and canning interests in Alabama
b. L. Strouse one of the pioneer bust
ness men of La Crosse, is dead. aged 65
years. Mr.. StrOuse has been in the hide
and leather business there since 1860
Leon c. Combacker, son of DIR, TT n
COmbacker of Osceoa, is seriously i'll at
the Ann Arbor (Mich) Medical college
from an operation for an abscess in his
ear.
BY the explosion of gasoline engine,
used to propel a woodsaw, Carl II. Schim-
ming Of Madison was badly hurt about
the face and eyes. He is in a hospital
and will recover
Miss Elsie Hageman of Spring Valley.
while boarding a train for Monroe. was
struck in the left temple causing a very
severe cut, when a steam coupling be-
tween two cars blew out.
The elimination of the elopement in
1897 of Miss Pearl Soper, awel-known
society girl of Ripon. with Fred T. Lin
coin, then a Wisconsin newspaper man,
is a divorce to Mrs. Lincoln on the
grounds of nOn-support
The bite of pet cat caused the fatal
illness of Frank Olive, a resident of
Menominee for forty years, and a vet
cram who faced death in twenty battles
of the Civil War. A cat bit him in the
hand and blood poisoning resulted.
Mrs. Fredericks Fischer died at the
Lutheran hospital in La Crosse as the
| result of exposure during the cold wealth
| er. She vas found by neighbors several
days ago i'll her house, paralyzed from
cold, and she never rallied. sGle lived
alone.
Marian Whitaker. secretary of the
State BARRIERS board, has begun suit
against Mayor German of Kenosha for
$4,000 damages. Whitaker was beaten
by German recently at Kenosha while
investigating the conditions of the lat
ter's shop there.
Mrs. Ferdinand Vera of Manitowoc
was found dead in her room by her
daughter when the child returned home
from school. She was 40 years of age
and had been subject to attacks OF heart
failure for some time. A husband and
one child survive her.
The general store of NJ. NJ. Larrabee
| at DOran was burned to the ground. An
old man in the store saved the postoff1ce
outfit. but the building and stock OF mer-
| chandise were consumed, with Il loss OF
| $1,000. and $500 insurance. n defective
chimney caused the blaze.
Fire seriously damaged the Miller
| block. corner of Wisconsin street and
| Broadway. in Milwaukee, and the book
and stationery store of the L. ). Gray
| Company, the shoe store of Henry hopf-
| sell and the New York Central city OF
| fees also suffered. Loss $4,000.
Sadie Clark, a Neenah high school stu
dent has recovered her sight as sudden
| " as she lost it nine days before. Miss
Clark. who never had suffered any eye
| trouble, awoke one morning to tnd her
| self blind. She was on train gong TO
| Milwaukee to undergo an operation when
her sight returned. unimpaired by the
mysterious period of blindness.
Claiming their homes and furnishings
have been injured by chunks OF snow
| hurled about by rotary plows on the IN
terurban railway Racine residents
threaten to bring suit. The home OF
| George OrteIl and the saloon of George
| Oelschlager were damaged. At the VI
| tell home a rocking chair was carried
distance of ten feet against piano. Inc
rotary plow operated over forty feet from
the house. The damage is SAID TO De over
$500. 49,,
Mrs. Albina Oborn-Ewing OF Neenah
has been granted Il divorce from JESSE
Ewing on the grounds OF non-suppoi l.
| They eloped three years ago Wleh r." ms
wos q street car conductor. Shortly al
fer he is said to have attempted TO Sc
curc money from $, Elmer smith a
wealthy Menasha manufacturers threat
oninc 70 divulge letters alleged to nave
noscod between Smith and Mrs. Ewing
unmarried sister. Ewing then lett the
| country. 81: MI
y. c. Collins. who was arrested IN ME- :
| v..uLoa rs the last missing member oi
| thc F. J. Arnold coterie of swlndlers'
Iies in n room in the county JAN Wlth MS
loo broken in two places between the
I,nea and the ankle, the result OF failins
throncb the elevator shaft at the JAN
fron the first floor into the basement,
Collins is charged with having sWlndleo
oua7;to,.s in company with another man
! - oaa LIn is va ted IN