Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11

o"so .lihI Tue ulSpOStl OF the immense
quantity of fish caught recently is becom-
ms an urgent question. The run started
with % tons of herring taken; on the
next day 70 tons We're caught, and on
the third Gay 100 tons were brought in.
This is a record run in the history of
Lake Erie
On the hill at Highlands. n. J.. lust
below the famous Twin Lights, Levi
MaXon, Well-known character of At
lantlc City, unearthed a case of ginger
ale which had been buried and hidden
there during the Civil war The ale is
III good condition, but those who have
tasted tas. 1t declare that it is very strong.
Efforts to find a bottle of whisky buried
in the hill during the war by Bill Par
ker, veteran of Atlantic City, have
been unsuccessful, the searchers being
unable to find the exact location.
The choir men and boys of Grace
Episcopal church, the richest and most
have gone on strike because of bitter
feeling between them and Rev. Henry
Rutgers Remsen, the rector. The latter
is alleged to have made remarks in his
sermon derogatory to the character of
several members of the choir and they
declare, they will not sing again until
an apology is made from the pulpit. The
rector stated he believed it was the duty
of members of the congregation to report
any rumors as to the immortality of any
member of the choir. Several of the
older members took the remarks as APP
plying to themselves. The younger
members through sympathy struck also.
where" said Remsen, when asked for
an apology, which he refuses to make
Her two years of letter writing to the
common council of Bayonne, n. j., urg-
ing her appointment to the municipal
police force having failed to secure for
her the uniform, badge and powers APP
pertaining to the guardians of local
peace, Mrs. Julia Goldbier personally
appeared before a committee of that
branch of the city government and made
a stirring but Intellectual argument and
plea. She was assisted in her presenta-
ton of her case by her husband who is
an advocate of the desirability and ne
cessity of policewomen. Mrs. Goldbier
and her husband argued that women po-
lice would do more to elevate the moral
tone of the city than can men and that
especially in dealing with women and
girls on the streets at night their work
would be much more effective. The COM
mittee referred the matter to the com
mittee OH health, charities and correc-
ton.
Treasure seekers at Boonville, Ind,
destroyed an Indian guide stone that
had stood in a ravine near Jacksonville
ever since the first white man penetrated
the Wilds of southern Indiana and per-
haps many years before. A story has
been handed down from generation to
generation to the effect that the Indians
had buried valuable treasure near this
and when the rock was found it was
blown to pieces, but no treasure was
re 1ealed AID Indian appeared recently
in Jacksonville. He spent some time
in the rayine. One night he disappeared
as suddenly as he came, and has not
been seen since The people about the
little town believe he carried away with
located by the stone. The stone was
covered with strange Indian signs. Old
Setteedown was the chief of the tribes
along the Ohio river, known as the
highest type of red men in Indiana.
This tribe left many mounds and relics
of their time.
Prof. r. l.. Jones, state superintendent
of public instruction in Tennessee, will
ask the next Legislature for the appoint
ment of several truant officers to work
along the rivers in this state. Prof.
Jones says that along the Cumberland
and Tennessee rivers there are many
and that children are growing up IN ig-
norance Recent inquiry into conditions
along these rivers has brought out re-
markable facts. People are living more
like wild animals along these streams,
men. women and children mingling to-
gether without the slightest care or
knowledge of their relations. Many
grown women have never worn shoes or
stockings and do not seem to have the
least desire to better their conditions.
Most of these are engaged in fishing OF
working in logging camps and seldom are
seen outside their community. Such
things as books or newspapers never are
seen there Prof. Jones takes the posi-
tion that the state has no right to allow
neople to live in this fashion, for they
grow I'D to be dangerous citizens. lie IN
sists that schools should be established at
every logging camp and fishing point, ana
that officers be employed to force the
parents to send their children to school,
If fifteen sheep which reached New
York thrive as we'll as is expected the
price of a caracul coat will fall WITHIN
the reach of every woman WITHIN rev
years The sheep are to be taken to
Texas, In the lot which arrived on
the Estonia of the Russian-American
line are seven rams and eight mothers.
They are real Russian caracul sheep,
the first. it is said that were ever I'M
ported into this country. They came
from the province of Bessarabia, border
ing on the Black Sea, where the climate
is said to be like that of Halliday. Tex,
in the neighborhood of which is the
ranch upon which they will be placed.
That George F. Baer, inventor of the
theory of the divine right of coal opera
tors, had some idea of the responsibility
that goes with divine right IN the mon
t hradS of p putting them into practice here
was brought out today in the govern govern
ment's suit against. the, coal carrylns
t tons in restraint of trade. Instead Of
trying to get any old price for the de;e c9ai
after the strike of 1902 has was depicted
by G. D. Simpson of Scranton, Pa, as
seeking to prevent suffering amo 'g the
poor BY keeping the price down+o ana at
ators to keep it down. Questioned about
a contract with the Philadelphia y Read
ing railroad following the big strike 81