Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-13


$1,000
The Beloit Y. M. C. A. has engs ged
c. c. Calkins of independence, Iowa, as
secretary.
Oshkosh is to have juver ne court.
Judge A. II. Goss of the municipal court
will be the presiding judge.
Rasmus Johnson, retired lake cap
tain, was frightened to death in Sheboy-
gan by puff from small gas stove
when he lighted it.
Faith Carlow, a former Marinette
girl, shot herself on ranch near Chey-
enne, WyO., on account of unreciprocated
love for camp foreman.
Marsice Clement, a spring maker OF
Racine, had been found near a railway
track at Aniwa, badly frozen. Amputa-
ton of his hands and feet was necessary.
Winnebago county records show to-
tai of 1,160 births and $50 deaths for
1904. OF the deaths $40 have occurred
i'll Oshkosh. The total number of mar
riages is 40.
The entire debt of the Racine Hos
pital Association, conducting st. Luke's
hospital, was cleared by Mr.. and Mrs
William Horlick The gift is estimated
at between $4,000 and $1,000.
Fire destroyed the Sank county court
house in Baraboo, leaving nothing stand
ing but the brick walls The tiremen
worked against the terrific gale and the
zero weather, but succeeded in prevent
ing the spread of the flames.
Clarence Sunderland. the student who
was caught stealing in the gymnasium in
Madison. was allowed to plead to two
counts and was fined SS7. United States
Attorney Buttcrclu of Milwaukee, Il
friend of the family, made a plea for
the defense.
Conrad Christensen, aged 13. IS be-
lieved to have been drowned i'll Root
river. The boy left home in the morn
ing to skate on the river and has not
been seen since The fact that the ice
has broken up leads people to believe the
boy has persisted.
Osmond Jorstad. instructor at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. jumped naked from
the roof of his home in La Crosse into
20-foot drift of snow on a wager, at
midnight. JOrstad was unable to get
into the house ut once and suffered ter
ribly from exposure until rescued by
friends who were on the roof with him.
The Knickerbocker Ice Company of
Chicago, owning large tract OF land
bordering on Browns lake, near Burling-
ton, will again be able to use its ice
house, as. after years OF litigation with
Mrs. Nellie MaginniS. an agreement has
been reached which allows the company
to build spur railroad track across her
property.
Mrs. Frank Brown attempted to com
nit suicide in GAINESVILLE, by Saturating
her pillow with chloroform. Her life
was saved by her brother-in-law, who
summoned aid. Her husband left her
ten days ago. claiming that she had at
tempted to kill him by pouring gasoline
on his clothes and then setting fire to it.
Mrs. Brown was without means and
Respondent over her situation.
Members of three Danish Lutheran
churches Of Racine plan to open Il CO.
operative grocery store, which is to be
patronized by all members of the
churches and their families. One hundred
members will supply the funds neces-
sary to purchase Il stock of groceries, and
it the venture is a success larger guam
titles will be secured and Il meat market
and clothing department added.
One of the heaviest damage suits ever
brought in Sheboygan county for Il per-
sonal injury has been filed against the
Sheboygan Light, Power and Railway
Company frank Zorn guardian for
Herman Glettler. aged > years. asks $780,
600 from the company. The boy was run
ago, and suffered the loss of both feet.
He is Il son of !; well known physician
residing i'll Germany.
On the night of Nov. Is Joseph lima,
Il retired tailor disappeared in Milwau-
kee. He left home attired in silk cap
and thin coat. \ prolonged search, con-
tinuing for several weeks, was made for
him, without effect The other day his
body was found floating near State street
bridge i'll the Milwaukee river. lima
cane TO Milwaukee in 1858. but retired
fro.a work nearly tmrty years ago. since
which time he has lived with his sons.
The ice season of this winter is 50 far
behind that it has occasiuned the concern
of all of the ice men Of this State. Not
a pound of ice has been stored away in
the bic houses. Some has been shipped.
1t requires six weeks steady work to fill
all of the houses i'll the field tributary to
Chicago. and the dealers are anxious to
make Il start. Chicago ice men say that
there is ice III some of the houses that is
six years old and that this will be util-
lied if it is necessary.
carriage containing Mrs Kate Ap-
fel and her granddaughter, Mae Lowell,
and Edward Wood was struck by the
Northwestern passenger train at the
North Madison street crossing i'll Evans
vile. The occupants We're hurled into
the air: Mrs. APPEL. aged Is, was killed
instantly: Miss Lowell. aged Is, is lying
at the point of death, her skull being
crushed. She cannot recover. Mr.. Wood,
aged 81, was severely cut and bruised,
and it is feared received internal in
juries. The carriage was demolished, but
the horse escaped uninjured.