Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
! NEWS OF THE :
BADGER STATE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

1dhS, was AdC141y AAJuA on WHICH, q
large door broke loose from it's
hinges on the barn and struck him
on the head.
William Henry Ferguson, 73, well
known resident of Green county, who
weighed 240 pounds and stood feet
inches, died at his home after a
long Illness. He was formerly on the
board of management for the Green
county farm.
August Sheldon, 25 years old, living
four miles from Maiden Rock, had his
left hand shattered when a shotgun,
which he was cleaning and which he
supposed to be unloaded, was dis
charged. It may be necessary to am
putate the hand.
Bruce O'Connor, 8 year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. ]. O'Connor of Fond
du Lac, suffered a fractured skull
when he applied the brake on his BIZ
cycle too quickly and was pitched
over the handlebars, landing on his
head on the cement pavement.
Twenty-three building permits with
a total estimated cost of $43,378 and
five heating installation permits with
a cost of $1,602 have been issued by
the building inspector at Sheboygan.
With an addition of two new homes
to the report the total for the year
now is 10.
A sale of $4,000 tons of ore has been
made by the Florence Mining COM
pany, owners of the Florence and
Ernst mines. This means that active
operation at the Florence mine will
be continued throughout the fall and
winter. The Ernst mine is about to
be abandoned.
A valuable cow belonging to Fred
Hermann, Sheboygan meat dealer.
was killed when struck by North
western train when it wandered
through the fence bounding the Bliss
farm two miles north Of Sheboygan
Nine cows were killed by a train early
this summer at this spot.
An additional $751; O2 will be needed
to operate Madison graded and high
schools in 1924, a comparison of the
new budget prepared by the board of
education with that of 1928 discloses.
The annexation of South Madison
necessitates an increase of $4,000.
Increases in teachers salaries amount
to $4,000.
Edward Benjii, organist at a the
alter in ManitoWoc, won the organ
playing endurance contest from
George Baxter, Chicago, by perform.
ing continuously for "a hours and 45
minutes. His opponent, in Chicago,
was forced to stop after playing an
even "a hours Benjii, wins 5000.
Both men tainted as the ordeal ended.
It took seven passenger trains-five
sections of the Wisconsin Lakes spe-
cial and two of the Ashland limited
to carry the vacationists who wanted
to go home via the Northwestern road
on the night Of Labor day from An
tigo. The trains we're run about
thirty minutes apart and extra opera
tors were placed in the smaller sta
tions so that short blocks" might be
formed for train dispatching.
Cows on the Alvin Temple farm,
near Oconto Falls, decided to fill the
silo themselves. During the night
they broke into the barn, entered the
haymow and fell into an underground
silo. In the morning Mr. Temple
found seven choice Holsteins in his
silo and with the aid of neighbors pro
ceeded to extract them with ropes.
Three of the animals had died from
injuries and one died as it was being
removed.
Falling 40 feet, half the height of
the smokestack at the Frost Manu-
featuring Co. at Kenosha, where they
were working, Floyd Hess and Richard
Carroll, both employees of the Security
Lightning Rod Co. of Burlington.
miraculously escaped serious injury
The steel wire which they were using
as a support in climbing the stack,
touched a live wire, carrying power
into the plant, and was burned into
two pieces, hurting the men to the
ground, more than 40 feet below.
Hess back was injured but he will
recover. Carroll received only minot
bruises.
Earl Raasch, assistant cashier of
the National bank of Horizon, was
injured in a peculiar auto accident
He was driving out of town toward
his fathers place, and carried with
him some cutlery and glassware for
his sisters wedding. While making
the sharp turn at the city limits, he
grabbed for a kerosene can which
was slipping from the running board,
and let go the steering wheel. The
car slowly eased over a 15-foot bank,
and came to halt, resting again
large maple tree. Raasch recovered
consciousness to find blood streaming
from two cuts in his forehead and a
cut on a finger. The auto was dam
aged only to the extent Of broken
windshield and top.
Permits for $74,274 worth of build
ing operations were issued during
August at .Beloit, according to the re
port of E. A. Lufl1in, city building in
spector Fourteen permits for new
residences, worth $4,000 were issued.
The body of Thomas OFT, who dis
appeared from his home at Rice Lake
a few days ago, has been found in