Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
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watches and other jewelry.
Some seven hundred different
courses in seventy-five departments
of study were offered by the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, Madison, each Sc
mester during this year.
Loaded trunks are humping down
many 81 rooming house stairway in
Madison these days with more than
5000 university students preparing
for the summer vacations, most OF
them to be spent away from Madi-
son.
The day before the assessor of the
town of Pound, Marinette county,
made his rounds in the vicinity of
the Ole Peterson farm, the Peder-
son dog was found dead. Had the
animal lived "a hours longer its
owner would have had to pay tax
of 81.
With 20 caliber bullet in his body,
fired by neighbours boy while they
were at play, Jacob Seidel, the Agar
old son of Henry Seidel, an Enterprise,
Wis, farmer, lies at the point of death
at st. Mary'ss hospital, Rhinelandel.
After investigation by sheriff deputies,
it was held that the shooting was
accidental
Fred Walters is in a hospital at She
boygan with injuries received in q
2O-foot fall from a scaffold at the
Foeste hotel, on which he was work
ing. He is the second man to fall the
same distance and from the same
scaffold in two days. Walter Dirks,
who took the same plunge recently is
still in the hospital.
Struck by an interurban car, Gene
We've, 3-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Shepro, Fond du Lac,
narrowly escaped being crushed to
death when she was dragged several
feet under the pilot Of the car. Hcr
injuries were found to consist OF
cut extending half around her head,
lacerated ear and several bruises.
Plans for a community celebration
SOON in connection with the compile
ton of the paving OF highway IS,
WATERFOWL, are under way. More than
> score of neighboring cities and towns
will be represented. One of the fea-
lures Of the celebration will be par
tde and contest, in which every sur
rounding city which has band will
take part.
M. r. Danielson, Peshtigo contrac-
tor, was awarded the contract to re-
build the Crivitz school, which was de-
Btroyed by fire three months ago.
Danielson's bid was lowest, it being
$4,000. The new building is to be
fireproof, three stories high and will
include domestic science room, man.
ual training department, library, stage
and gymnasium.
Charles W. Holcomb, employed as
brakeman on the Laona branch OF the
North Western road, got an unusual
thrill. The caboose was stationed near
a spot where several tramps wer camp
ing for the night. The tramps car
ousings disturbed the train crew. Hol-
comb went out to demonstrate when
one of the hoboes drew gun and
shot him through the ear.
A crew of workmen are preparing
concrete bases for the big new boule-
ward lights at Platteville. A total OK
So lamps will be installed on Main-st,
with intersecting streets provided with
one or two lamps just off the main
driveway. The total cost of installa-
ton will be close to $4,000. The pres
ent contract is one of three planned to
be carried out over three years.
Three men were injured, two seri-
ously, at the August Heming farm
near Darien, when scaffold collapsed.
True Brigham Of Darien suffered
four broken ribs and Roy Krantz, Shar-
on, suffered compound fracture OF his
left arm. Charles Walters, Sharon,
was bruised. A fourth carpenter, Lee
Jacobie, also of Darien, escaped by
clinging to the roof until rescued.
Police of Fond du Lac have declared
early war on storekeepers who violate
the state regulations concerning ire
crackers and other Fourth Of July
noise makers. Officers have been in
structed to visit all stores where the
articles are handled and seize all IL
legal varieties. Steps are also being
taken to prevent premature celebra-
tons by the younger generation.
Ninety-four head of cattle were sold
for total Of $17,990 at a public auc-
ton recently at Pinehurst farms near
Sheboygan Falls, owned by Peter
Reiss, president of the G. Reiss Coal
Co., Sheboygan. The sale was attend
ed by $500 dairyman from the mid
western states, Mexico and South
America. Thirteen head were sold to
Robert Risso of Lima, Peru, for $4,000.
Because he drove at an excessive
rate in order to kill a cat, William
Baad, Fond du Lac, was assessed $40
more thar the regular fine for speed
Ing. At the same time, a policeman
was called two miles to extricate
cat imprisoned in salmon can.
The shops of the North Western
road at Wyeville will be moved and
consolidated with the shops already
located in Adams, according to infor-
nation received at Sparta. The
change will be in effect beginning June
16 The shons at barabOo were Drac-