Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
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from the top of Dells dam to con-
crete floor. A horse, used in construc-
ton of the dam, fell with him and re-
ceived a broken back.
With registration virtually COM
plete, the attendance at the summer
session Of the Stevens Point State
Normal has passed the 900 mark. The
summer term is of six weeks dura-
tion Most of the people enrolled are
teachers who have come to take adj
vanced work.
Joe coleman, As, commercial fisher
man and farmer living at Johnsons-
port, just above Yellow river, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself twice
in the head with revolver. His wife
was in the yard hanging up clothes
when the shots were fired She and
a passerby rushed into the house and
found the body on the floor.
A deal which has been pending for
some time between the Stanley, Mer-
rill and phillips railway and the 500
line was completed with the transfer
of the terminals and yards of the for
mer to the 500, including the yards Of
the Stanley Baggage, the Big Four
Canning Co. and the North Western
Mercantile Co. This is believed to
be the preliminary step toward the
abandonment Of the Phillips line be-
tween Policy and Stanley.
Agreement has been reached be-
tween the adjutantI generals of Wis
consin and Michigan for the appoint
ment of Gen. Robert B. Mccoy of
Sparta as commander of the Thirty
second division, national guard The
division is composed of Wisconsin and
Michigan guard companies. Recon-
mendation for the, appointment was
made to the militia bureau some
time ago.
The people of Storytown, small
settlement six miles west of Oregon,
are greatly excited over the sinking
of Charles Tavier's cornfeld. Tavier
found a tract so feet wide and more
than 200 feet long had settled Is feet.
The district. has limestone subsoil
and Lodges of limestone jut from the
surface in many places. The region
abounds in many small caves that
have been explored to some consider
able distance. II is believed the set
thing was due to the collapse of one
of these caves.
Stories concerning ripe cherries in
Door county have brought out hum
dreds of men, women and girls from
cities who are now spending their
time waiting for the fruit to ripen.
According to local fruit growers they
will have to wait until the middle of
the month Some of the pickers who
have arrived are assisting to harvest
the strawberry crop, which is now in
full swing. Others have found posi-
lions hoeing corn and beets and assist
ing on small farms near Sturgeon
Bay. Pickers who came by autOmo-
bile are returning to their homes.
A band of fortune telling gipsies
visited Cashton recently and one
woman, pretending she wanted some
honey, went to Andrew Bakken's
apiary and told the owner she would
tell his fortune for some honey. She
was ordered off the premises, but per-
sistently stuck to her errand. Mr.
Bakken, irritatedS by her persistency
finally turned loose hive of bees
which Immediately began to settle
on the gypsy queen. Letting out a
whoop she made for the road, pay
ing no attention to speed limit signs
and swinging red shawl like a
Spanish bull fighter. Mr.. Bakken
thinks the lesson will be enough to
keep the gypsy gentry off his place
hereafter.
William H. Upham, governor Of
Wisconsin from 1895 to 1897, died at
his home in Marshfeld on July J.,
aged 83 years. The former governor
was stricken with pneumonia six
weeks previously, after returning to
Marshfield from Florida, where he had
spent the winter. Mr. Upham was
born at Westminster, Mass, and came
to Racine, Wis, with his parents
when eleven years old. He was
graduate of West Point military acad-
envy and served in the civil war, at
the close of which he lived at kewau-
nee and Angelica, Wis, for rev
years and then engaged in extensive
lumber operations at Marshf1eld. He
served as mayor of Marshfield and
was a department commander OF the
Wisconsin G. A. r. Mr.. Upham was
Wisconsin's eighteenth governor. be-
ing elected on the republican ticket
over former Gov. Geo. w. Peck by
1862 to 142,25O votes. He did not
find political life pleasant however,
and refused to accept nomination for
a second term Mr.. Upham's first wife
died about twenty-five years ago. He
remarked when over 70 years old and
had two children by his second VIE,
one of them when he was nearly 80
years of age.
Joseph Bikoski, ST., Oconto, has
played detective since Easter without
getting single thrill or, what IS more
important, the semblance OF a clew
to 1886 which disappeared from his
home. He reported the theft to Pc,
lice recently, but was told the trail
was too old even for expert detecting.
Miss Alice Kruger, deputy county
treasurer who represented Dodge