Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-12-19


yearly salary of the city clerk from
$3.50 to $3.50. Daniel Mcconnell held
the Office for seven years.
The fish and game commission al
Madison has stopped fishermen from
SEEMING under the ice in Beaver Dam
lake. No arrests were made as fish
ermen were just commencing to cp-
crate.
A large shipment of Uncle Sans
tractors, Menasha's newest manufac-
tured product, is on the way to Spain.
The shipment fills the first of large
number of foreign orders secured by
the company.
Charles f. Hughes. Wausau, whose
body was found along the tracks of
the Northwestern by section hands
and was reported to have been killed
by a train, died of apoplexy, according
to Coroner William C. Meilahn.
James B. Murray, former president
of the La Crosse common council and
well known Democratic politician,
surrendered quart of blood to save
his wife's life, Mrs. Murray, suffering
from anaemia, and she began to inn
prove soon afterward.
Mrs Elizabeth Bragg Hoard, widow
Of former governor W. D. Hoard, died
at her home at Fort Atkinson, follow
ling long illness. The death of her
husband year ago did much toward
lhastening her end. Mrs. Hoard was a
NATIVE of Vermont, and came to Wis
consin seventy-three years ago, when
Esix years of age. Three sons survive.
| One Wisconsin community of about
800 inhabitants will have sugar for
morning coffee all winter, no matter
what the price or the state of the
market. The state prison of Waupun
has just received something over TO-
900 pounds of sugar from the refinery
| to which was shipped the sugar beets
raised on the prison farm last sum-
inner.
/ Training he received in France
saved Lieut.. Paul Abrahamson of
Huston, Mimi, from missing an i'm
portant business engagement in La
Crosse. When he found train had
lbeen taken off the Milwaukee road, as
la result of shortage of fuel, he started
out on foot and arrived in La Crosse,
l22 miles, a. noon. His appointment
was for p. m.
Mrs. Adam Ogdzski, wife of the or
ganist of the Polish church at hide
pendence, Trempealeau county, testi
i fed that she had been forcibIy eject
ed from the church by orders of the
priest, the Rev. Al W. Cara. She
claims she was in the hospital for
many weeks, as a result. Mrs sOgdz-
ski asks damages of 100000. and
her husband wants similar amount.
Stevens Points tax rate for 1919
will be 31s per cent, the same as last
year, despite a great increase in as
sessed valuation. The common coun-
Gil adopted without change the finance
committees estimate of the amount
necessary TO be raised and placed in.
! the various funds for the coming year.
The total amount to be raised, as pro
vided by the councils action, is $685.
983.23, setting new high figure for
| Stevens Point.
Ministers of La Crosse churches
held an indignation meeting because
| they are not allowed to keep theI'
| churches open Sunday nights during
! the fuel ban They adopted resolu-
| ton asking the fuel administration to
give them a 15-hour week, which will
permit morning and evening services
| on the Sabbath. The preachers
pointed out that moving picture thea
| tiers were allowed to open Sunday
nights and insisted that they have a
similar right.
James McNeight, town of Brighton,
had a peculiar accident which result
| ed in the fracture of his left leg. He
had gone to help his son at the lat
ter's place, to saw logs for stove wood
with woodsaw rig run by a gasoline
engine. AS his son was cranking the
engine Mr.. McNeight was standing a
few feet from the head of the cylin
der when terrific explosion took
place and blew the whole cylinder
from its base, striking him just below
the knee with such force that both
ZONES of his left leg were broken.
The national convention of the
American Society of Equity opened at
Madison with delegates from Wiscon
sin, Minnesota, Iowa and Montana. J.
N Tittemore, president, is barred
! from reelection as the result of action
by the state convention that no mem
| Der of the state board can become a
member of the national board. The
| Wisconsin state board also held a
meeting to discuss re-estalishment of
the Wisconsin Equity News. A
change in the general business policy
was expected.
Monroe county is exercised over
the prospect of the placing of Ben
ME Anderson, a leper, at the county
poor farm near Sparta. He was orig
inally from Sank county, but is at
present cared for in Dane county. AS
no provision has been made in Mon
roe county for the housing and care of
| lepers, it will be necessary to provide
separate housing quarters for Ander-
son. Many citizens here would prefer
| that the leper be sent to one of the
isolated places maintained by the gov
eminent, rather than to county poor
| farm.
| Colliding with switch post as he
/ stepped from the rear footboard OF