Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-22
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! NEWS OF THE !;
BADGER STATE /
Observation-Disclosures

A. ]. Myrland, of the state tax COM
mission, died at her home in the town
OF Perry, Dane county.
Charles O'Neil, Shullsburg. shot
himself through the right foot while
engaged in target practice. His gun
slipped. catching on button and
was discharged.
Mistaken for deer, Archie Web
ster. 20, of Cornell, was shot in the
right arm while hunting near Jump
River. Webster was taken to local
hospital for treatment.
Louise Schunke, 10, who had both
legs broken when she was run down
by an auto while waiting to board a
street car in Green Bay, is recover
ing at a Green Bay hospital
Darien-Mrs. Riley Young, wife of
the former speaker of the Wisconsin
assembly, suffered. a broken arm when
the car in which she was riding
struck a culvert near Darien.
Louis Sjostrom, SIS, was instantly
killed in a barn on his farm near Au-
rora, when a stick of dynamite, in
which he was placing cap prepar-
atory to blasting stumps, exploded,
Thieves entered the plant of the
Hawkins Cooperative Creamery Co.
and secured over five hundred pounds
of butter valued at 5000. An organ
lied gang is believed responsible for
the theft.
Ben Hahn, 80, a barber, is at the
point of death in Theda Clark hos
pital, Neenah, as a result of having
attempted to end his life by firing a
S2-calibre revolver bullet into his head
at his home
A. J. Miner Of Cadott, state repre-.
sentative Of the Rawleigh goods. was
instantly killed when a 500 line pas
senger train struck his auto at Turn,
ers Crossing, between Cadott and
Boyd, demolishing it completely.
Harry Albrecht, two years driver
at the No. 4 fire station in Madison,
has graduated from fireman to at
torney He will open law office Dec.
1. Mr.. Albrecht used his spare time
in the fire barn to study law and was
recently admitted to the bar.
The large barn of John Vissers, jr.,
near De Pere, burned, together with
80 tons of hay and considerable farm
machinery. The loss will be more
than $4,000, partially covered by in
surance. The family was away at a
church supper when the fire broke out.
While a party was being held at the
home of Mrs G. F. Quandt, Iron Ridge,
thieves succeeded in getting away
with most of the blankets, robes and
overcoats that were left in automo-
biles near the house. All the blankets
and robes were valuable, many buffalo
robes being included in the list.
William Striebe of Goodrich, Taylor
county, % years old, was instantly
killed while hunting in the town of
Corning, Lincoln county, when he
climbed into tree and was mistaken
for bear William Eschwein, Taylor
county, is said to have admitted shoot
ing at Striebe, the charge of his shot
gun tearing off the top Of Striebe's
head
The last mother of the Oneidas,
Mrs. Cecilia Cornelius, died at the
home of Mrs. o. j. Kellogg at Seymour.
She was the youngest daughter of the
last head chief, Daniel Bread, the
grandson of Chief Shenandoah Of Rev
olutionay fame. The six nations knew
Of her and counted on her help in
the reorganization Of tie Confederate
league.
The securities division Of the state
has approved an issue of 100000 first
mortgage 611a per cent gold bonds of
the Manitowoc Gas Co., under the
name of the Wisconsin Fuel and Light
Co. The funds from the sale of bonds
according to the company, are to be
used to retire the company's outstand-
ing mortgage bonds and notes, provide
a sinking fund and make necessary ex
tensive improvements.
Dashing into a fence when the
driver was blinded by the lights of
another automobile, machine occu.
pied by Harry Main, his wife and three
children, overturned on highway Sc
near Fond du Lac, and hurled the
five occupants into the ditch. Main
was injured about the body when
thrown against the steering wheel,
while his wife was severely cut by
glass. The children were badly
bruised.
Completion of highway IL in Wal
worth county from Bethel to White
water. construction of the highway
from WalWorth to the county line
through Darien and stretch from the
boundary line east to Lyons, will be
done in concrete in 1924, through ac-
ton recently of the Walworth county
county board Of supervisors. 1t was
voted to issue the remaining $728,O00
of the $3,25O,0OO bond issue authorized
in 1919.
La Verne Nelson, 81, painter of
GAINESVILLE. was found dead in gas
filed room at the home of his brother
in-law, George LIE Bar, 826 Prospect
av. Poor health was advanced as the
reason for the suicide.
George Van Werp, farmer, living
near Milton Junction, was killed when
his wagon was struck nv a Milwaukee