Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-26

| thur, drowned ten years ago.
The mill dam in the river at Palmyra
has gone out and there was danger of the
mill being undermined. Almost the en-
| tire town turned out to save the prop
erty. One bridge has been swept away.
Frank Johnson. aged - years. a farm
| hand south of kenoSha. was fatally in
| jured by being kicked by a horse. john
| son, it is said, was beating the horse and
| the animal resented the treatment and
| kicked.
Peter Paulsen and John Murphy, two
! boys at Hilbert junction. mixed a guam
| tity of potash and sulphur in kettle and
an explosion occurred, tearing the clothes
from Paulsen's arms and legs. Murphy
escaped.
Burglars blew open the safe in the
| postOffice at Bondue and made their es-
cape. They secured an unknown amount
of stamps and government stock, and
also took $500 belonging to the postmas-
| ter from the safe
Freddie Carlander of Menominee wav-
ed his red sweater in front of a North
| western train while running over tres
| tie at the risk of his life, and stopped the
| train. The boy had found a horse caught
in the trestle A bad wreck was ayerted
| by his act.
| The real estate office of j. r. Melon
| aid in Stevens Point was entered at noon
and one Of the abstract books stolen. The
| thief appears to have been familiar with
| the premises. An abstract volume, the
property of the county, which contained
at least part of the records embraced i'll
the one stolen from Mr.. Mcdonald, has
been missing from the Office of the regis
ter of deeds for several years.
The weekly report issued by the gov
eminent has this to say of crop condi-
tons in this State; Early part of week
| cold, with frost i'll central and snow i'll
| northern counties: heavy rains last of
| week flooded low lands and delayed corn
| planting; good stand of winter wheat
and rye, which are strong and healthy;
oats, barley, spring wheat, and rye do
| ing we'll; grass and pastures excellent
George ID. Richardson, aged 46 years,
| cashier in the internal revenue Office in
Milwaukee for the past thirteen years,
committed suicide by shooting two bull
| lets through his head. Special Examiner
Emmons is now examining Richardson's
| books and it is said has discovered dis
| crepancies. Richardson left note say
| ing: MY life has all been a mistake;
may God bless my dear wife and chill
| dren.'
Less than an hour after 7-yearold Ed
die De Fow was sent home by the county
| judge in Sheboygan, following his arrest
as an incorrigible, he had stolen a tri-
| cycle from the home of Jerome L. Cur
| tbs. The tricycle. and the boy were both
| taken to the police station. The boy was
taken before Judge Giblin and given a
| lecture, after which he was sent home.
He is considered too young to be sent to
the reformatory
| The stone arch bridge over the mill
race at the south end of East Troy
gave out just as John Bushman and wife,
who reside three miles southwest, were
returning home. They were in a single
buggy and their horse gained the south
| side when the structure gave out, drop
ping to the west, precipitating Mr.. Bush
man headlong into the water, twelve feet,
among the debris of the broken structure
How he escaped death or serious injury
is remarkable.
| Fire in an Indian Wigwam on the old
Sacket marsh north of Berlin, consumed
the contents and burned one of two In
| dams sleeping in the tent. The other, a
brother, escaped. The two Indians then
moved to the woods, thinking that the in
| jured man would recover, but later the
| wounds developed so that he was taken
on board the Lucy T. and started for
| Wittenberg. where he entered the Indian
hospital The fire started from embers
in the wigwam.
The jury in the case of Theodore j.
| Ritter against the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul railway awarded the plain
| tiff damages to the amount of SO, 700.
| A peculiar fact in connection with the
! suit, which was for damages caused by
the loss of a leg on the Hagar street
| crossing in La Crosse, is that Ritter, who
| is now % years old, was about years
| of age at the time of the accident. He
could remember nothing in connection
| with the accident.
| Game Warden Stuart has a unique
| problem to solve. George Schoefer, a
farmer living few miles north of Reads
| town, complains that his cattle have
| been frightened by a flock of quail so
| that the animals refused to eat for sew
eral days, and he will sue the State for
damages, he says. Schoefer explains
| that one night he locked up his cattle in
a barn, not knowing flock of quail was
| inside Suddenly the flock arose and
| the cattle broke out of their stall in
their fright They refused to go back for
| two weeks.
Threats on the part of eight GAINESVILLE
| Aldermen to Dust Chief of Police Com
stock and Officers Brown, Tanning, Bear,
Morrissey, Champion and Beneke be-
| cause they refused to wear white helmets
resulted in a special session the other
| evening, which ended in a farce. Alder
man Murray made motion to the effect
| that as Chief Comstock had not obeyed
| orders the office of chief should be de-
| clared vacant For half hour the AL
| dermen had it hot and heavy, with Chief
Comstock present. Twelve white helmets
were burned. and when asked who burned