Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-07

lacerated his face while entering his
home in the dark when he tripped
over a rug and stumbled into a glass
door.
Beloit will be one of the Ia middle
western colleges and universities rep
resented by its glee club at the an
nual intercollegiate glee club conclave
in Chicago, Feb. IS, according to Prof.
|. w. Jones, director.
Albert E. Ebel, superintendent of
the Brule and Pine River power plants
at Florence, shot large wolf with a
20 caliber rifle and collected the
bounty of $50. Ebel is an experienced
hunter and an expert shot.
The 8 year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Kamm, Glen Haven, was SO bad
ly scalded that the child died twelve
hours later. A pan of hot water was
left on the floor. The baby fell into
it backwards and was fatally scalded.
Marinette residents will be asked
to vote on a proposed bond issue for
100000 for street Improvement, it
was announced Approximately $685.
000 will be spent in extension and inn
provement Of Carney boulevard, it is
said.
George Mcdonald, %, Marinette
sailor and former service man. was
killed while working in the woods
north of Escanaba, Mich. Fatal in
juries we're received when he was hit
by the butt end of a tree that was
being cut down.
The directors of the First National
bank at Medford have purchased a
strip of land from the 500 line in
the heart of the city and will erect a
modern bank building on the prop
erty. Building work will commence
as soon as weather permits.
Arthur Peterson is wanted by police
of Rice Lake for the theft of $500
from the j. C. Penney Co. store. He
had been an employee of the company
for several years. His wife and two
children are left destitute. A post
card to his wife indicated that he had
gone to the Pacific coast.
Herman Loga, 40, who was cutting
wood on a farm Az miles from TT.
Atkinson, was instantly killed when a
tree fell on him, breaking his neck
and crushing his head. Loga's brother,
Otto, was hauling away the timber,
and returned later for another load to
find Herman's body under the fallen
tree.
A short circuit in the wiring con-
Meeting the door bell at the residence
of o. Stevens at Superior, saved the
dwelling from probable destruction
and Mr.. Stevens and his year old
daughter from possible death, when
flames from a basement fire burned
insulation from the wires and caused
the door bell to ring.
Available funds for new work and
maintenance of the Superior-Duluth
harbor, amounting to S134,610.99, will
be expended by the government during
the coming navigation season, accord
ing to Maj. E. H. Marks, post engi-
neer The new harbor Improvement
include dredging and charging the
Superior harbor basin at cost Of
$4,000
The Arson Gilkey and Hurd COM
pany, Merrill, have announced that
the bonus paid its employees on profits
realized in 1928 will amount to 54,84
as compared to % per cent of each
employees wage during 1922. The
bonus will be paid in two install
ments, on March / and Sept. !. This
is the fourth year the bonus has been
paid and for 1923 the percentage has
been the largest awarded.
Fred Hoffman, an employee of pa
per mill at De Pere, plunged over
dam on the FOX river on an Ice cake
and vas rescued in the pool at the
bottom of the dam without injury
from experience. Hoffman and another
worker was breaking ice around the
sluiceways when the ice gave away.
His companion made his way to safety
and he clambered onto floating cake
which was carried over the edge OF
the dam.
The Finke-U hen Brewing Co. has
disposed of its brewery in Burlington
to Charles Dehn, Chicago, for $4,000.
Mr.. Dehn will manufacture soft drinks
under the name of the Burlington
Cereal Products Co. The brewery was
built in 1859 by Anthony Finke and
it was 81 years to the date OF the sale
that w. u. Finke entered into partner
shin with his father. The sale does
not include the large malt house OF
the company or its other business
properties.
Casper Adrian of Cassville, 4S years
old. father of a large family, met a
horrible death when his sweater
Jacket caught in belt and pulley at
facbed to a wood cutting circular saw
driven by gasoline power. No one
was present at the moment the accl-
dent occurred although others engaged
in the lob were near by, but the ma
chine had done it's deadly work SO
quickly that when they arrived at the
side of the unfortunate man his cloth
ING was torn from his body and grew
some wounds appeared across his
back and abdomen. He died in few
moments.
Despite the fact that his rifle ex-
ploded when he attempted to fire the
.,-o,, Francis H Mayou, Rusk