Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19
BRIEF NOTES OF
GENERAL INTEREST

Mayor Young has put the lid on Mason
City, Ia, so tight that church bells can
not be rung on Sunday. The good people
OF the town began crusade TO shut up
all places of amusement, and the result
VAS counter fight which resulted in the
noisy church bells being declared nu-
sance and silenced. The fight was so
hot that the mayor was hung in eftigy.
When Mrs Andrew Lucaskow was led
from the church into the home of her
husband after her marriage at TrevertOn,
Pa, one of the wedding guests proposed
that each man kiss the bride and give ST
apiece. The bride and husband agreed
to the proposition and soon the young
woman was overwhelmed with kisses.
She eventually had $3.50 ON the plate
provided for the kiss fees.
Charles Bossen, who has been night
clerk at the Dutton hotel in Jewell, a
small town south of Webster City. Ia.
for seven years, has just fallen heir to
S125,OO0 through the death Of a brother
i'll Trenton, n. J. Bossen is an unpreten-
tious bachelor and will remain as night
clerk in the Jewell hotel. He does not
even expect to return east unless a trip
is necessary to prove his identity.
4 dispatch from Robervale. Quebec.
reveals the death from starvation of
twenty-one Indians in the depths of the
forest about Lake Mistassini. The In
dams left Mistassini, 300 miles north of
Lake st. John, about the end Of March,
intending to make the journey to Rober-
vale on foot. Their provisions failed
them ard they succumbed one after an
other, only one of the party surviving.
TO be made a grandfather three times
in but little more than that number Of
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Ryan of Jeffersonville, Ky. The fathers
are his three sons, Johr E. Ryan. who
is III business IN JefferSOnville: Thomas
F. Ryan, who is connected with the
army depot in Jeffersonville, and Will
liam d. Ryan. barber in Louisville
The children of John and William Ryan
are boys, and that of Thomas is Il girl.
The conductor of "a freight train that
passes through Middleton, Conn, daily
told of a pet lizard four inches long that
has lived in the caboos2 for the last
year. Just as soon as one OF the crew
lies down to sleep the lizard crawls upon
his bosom. and when a fly, mosquito, or
other insect comes around it is caught by
a swift movement of the lizards tongue.
The conductor says that no netting or
blinds are ever necessary to keep out
such insects when the lizard is about.
chester NODp6Ch VI IIlNOOu. 1hG'' IDS
field suit against the Pittsburg, Cincin-
natl, Chicago & st. Louis Railroad COM
pany for $4,000. He alleges that while
he was en- route to Hamilton, o.. he was
pulled out of his seat by an employe of
the company and roughly treated. He
was accompanied by his fancee, who
was so indignant because he did not re-
sent the indignity that she Tilted him;
He says that it was owing to the act of
the company's employee that he lost the
affections of the young woman.
Mrs. Charles Robinson of Lawrence
burg. Ind, in the role of a feminine Will
shooting a large dog, which had thrown
him to the ground and was tugging at
his throat Robinson was at the dog S
mercy, when Mrs. Robinson appeared on
the scene with rifle. The dog was
standing on her husbands body, and
had not her aim been true, the bullet
might have killed the man she saved
Resting her rife on fence some dis
lance away she took aim coolly and sent
the bullet straight through the animals
body, killing it.
Because NJ. ]. Cronin of Chicago, APP
Darently in wholesome dread OF Or. Us
Ter and his story of chloroform for men
of As wears and over, developed an over
weening desire TIC play baseball and mar
bles with the boys of his neighborhood,
he was committed to the Dunning hos
pital for the insane. Cronln IS just
turned 40 and lives at 593 North f1oyne
avenue Besides baseball and marbles;
Cronin has a mania Tor playing poor
and throwing dice with youths of tender
wears In the county court for the IN
sane it was deemed advisable to commit
him to the asylum for fourteen days as
a possible means of curing him OF MS
dread of DIR. Osler.
Robert Walton a Vernon county. Mis-
souri.- farmer, delayed the Missouri IA
cifc passenger train on the line crossing
his farm for half an hour by refusing
to Get off the track Walton took TINS
novel method of attempting to collecl
claim against the company.
Some time ago the same Tram WIN
the same crew killed three mules ana
horse belonging to walton. he l nlGu ~
claim. but waited as long as he believed
was a reasonable time for the company to
settle with him.
The compny. having failed to make
any move in the matter. he mounted
horse and stood ON the track as
the train appeared. The engineer WINS
fled hut Walton kept his place, waving
his hand TO stop the train. 1t was neces-
sary to remove him by force before the
train could proceed.
William 7. Bryan has written to Nj y,
liam Mckinley at BartlesvllIe, L. l.,
,sking that his thanks be conveyed to
jeff Davis for the return of nightshir t;
The letter ends the shirt episode which
aroused comment throughout the country
Two weeks ago. Mr.. Bryan was pas
senger coming to Bartes tTain on He H Left
his nightshirt in his berth, where 1t later
was wa : found by Jeff Davis, the Pullman
conductor The latter brought the com N /
mcner's wearing apparel to Bartlesyllle
tbot afternoon and turned it over to VIII
liam Mckinley, the station agent gen I'm In
the evening Mr.. Mckinley sent me nlght-
shirt to Mr.. Bryan's hotel The next
daV he received the following note from
Dear Mr.. Mckinley: l thank you for
- mo tbe underclothes. and have
noted with interest the names of the par
ties concerned. Please present my COM
l'iiii'''''7 wv. J. Bryan