Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-12


the heirs to an estate in Pittsburgh
inyentoried at 81, 200, 900, which is to
be divided among six heirs within the
next several months.
Henry Gillian. negro, is being held
at Racine for the police at Dubuque,
Ia. He is charged with shooting
Henry Mueller, special agent for the
Rock Island road in the Iowa city,
June II.
The new Gas Light company of
GAINESVILLE announced a voluntary re-
duction of five cents per thousand GU
bic feet effective at once. The cut
makes the basic rate $1.70 per thou
sand. A ten cent reduction was made
in the spring of 1922.
DR.. A. r. Law, charged with having
performed an illegal operation, pleaded
guilty when arraingned in Superior
court at Madison, and was fined $500
and his license revoked. The warrant
for the doctor was sworn out on testi-
mony given in a. divorce suit.
All records for building operations
in Madison were broken in June, ac-
cording to G. H. Mason, city building
commissioner. He announced that
permits issued last month represented
dn expenditure of $1,860,08S. The
months total is almost half of the
aggregate for 1922.
Resolutions urging the national
council to do everything in its power
to stress the Importance of rural
church work we're adopted at meet
ing of workers of the Protestant Epis-
copal church gathered at the rural
church conference of the University
Of Wisconsin at Madison.
George Jewell, farmer living near
old that was born with only two legs,
] the hind feet terminating at the mid
| die joint. The animal is normal and
fully developed otherwise. 1t is learn
ing to balance himself so that he can
walk on his front feet with body
poised in the air and creates consider
able amusement as he hops along
among the herd of 20 sheep.
Donald SearIes, of Denton, 15 years
old, who ran down and killed Mrs.
John Anderson, 81 years old, while
driving his car on June 9, has been
charged with manslaughter. Searles
/ struck Mrs. Anderson on one of the
main corners of Dubuque, helped to
carry her into a drug store and left
without giving his name. The coron-
er's jury found Searles guilty of driv-
/ ing his car in reckless manner.
Charles w. Fricke, former district
attorney of Oneida county, who for a
number of years has been an assist
ant district attorney of Los Angeles
county, California, has taken over the
chief deputy's office, after Asa Reyes,
who formerly held the job. was ap-
pointed to succeed his chief, Thomas
L. Woolwine. Since locating in Los
Angeles Mr.. Fricke has figured in the
prosecution Of several notable crimi-
nal cases.
Two townships of eastern Portage
county we're literally put on ice for
several hours when recent terrific
hail storm lasting 45 minutes covered
an area of three sqdare miles with
several inches Of hail stones. Crops
were beaten to the ground and win
dows were broken in the homes and
farm buildings. The damage to crops
is estimated at more than 100000
More than dozen farms in the towns
of New Hope and Sharon were heavy
losers.
Grant county enjoys many distinc-
tons in it's various pursuits but the
greatest comes to light near Living
ston. Lyburn Wells, is years of age,
son of the late A. " Wells, assembly
man from this district 1909-1912, has
leased one hundred eighty acres of the
Wells estate and now has it in high
state of cultivation. Friends of the
young man living close to him say he
is a good dirt farmer, being up early
and late and is constantly studying
improved methods of farming.
Wisconsin is still far from being a
horseless state According, to the 1922
census there are in Wisconsin 656,000
/ horses and 1000 mules worth, at a
conservative estimate, about SCI AGO.
000 While the number is a slight de-
i crease over the high peak of some
i years ago, it is better than the aver
age for the last decade. 1t means that
Wisconsin farmers are still doing
their work with horses, despite the
$4,000 tractors it is estimated are in
operation in the Badger state. Forty
horses for every tractor does not look
very much as if gasoline power were
mightier than old Dobbin's muscles
While most of the population OF
Abrams, Oconto county, attended the
Fourth of July celebration at Sobieski
the town was practically wiped out by
fire, which started in Wydopa' S
Hardware store, and which, few
minutes after discovery, spread
throughout the business district. A
bucket brigade, consisting of citizens
of Abrams and passing motorists, was
unable to cope with the flames. The
Oconto fire department, which an
swered hurry call from Abrams, ar
rived too late to do more than save
one grocery store and a few resi-
dences from the flames. The loss is
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