Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-24


A large grain elevator at Livings
ton was burned to the ground Tbs
structure was filled with grain. The
loss is placed at $4,000 The eleva
tor belonged to the E. Biddick Co.
Loss estimated at from $4,000 te
100000 was caused by fire which de.
! stroyed the Trempealeau county ma
chine and repair shop containing a
large Quantiyt of machinery and tools
at Arcadia.
Joe Gessel, so, well-to-do retired sa.
loon keeper of Hurley. was found
frozen in his bachelors quarters Jan.
Is. It is believed he was taken sick
and froze to death when the fire in
his stove went out.
At Jacksonville, near Stevens Point,
John Christensen, s years old, was
nearly suffocated when he leaped into
a snow drift and was unable to ex.
tricate himself He was bleeding
from the nose when rescued.
Abe Baumgartner. farmef Of near
Fennimore, while engaged in blasting
stumps out of field, placed dyna-
mate cap in his trousers pocket. Aft
er the days work he attended to his
furnace fire, when the cap exploded,
injuring his right hand and making a
deep wound in his thigh.
Hubert vande1loop, 48 years old.
froze to death in the snow at Little
Chute, near Appleton. He was alive
when found by Joseph Van Handel
and attempted to talk, but was too
weak to make himself understood. He
died fifteen minutes after he was ta-
ken into a nearby house.
The Tilden nine hundred sixty acre
farm, one Of the famous places in Wal
worth county, formerly owned by Ed.
ward Tilden, then connected with the
Fort Dearborn National bank of Chi.
cago, and part of the Tilden estate.
was sold for $1S5,OOO to DR.. E. ]. Rob.
ertson by E. D. Lackey, acting for the
Tildens.
A string tying bee was held this
week in the basement Of the Beaver
Dam postoffice. A great amount of
string comes into the office, and when
for the department is the result. Dur
ing the wear the idea of saving the
string and using it a second and even
a third time was put into practice and
is still being carried out.
Jacob Junghem, SO years old,
farmer of near Sharon, was fatally
injured when he was thrown from a
sled at the American Milk company
plant Junghem, at first, believed not
seriously hurt, was taken to his home
where he died. An examination re-
vealed that his brain had been pune
turned by nail when he struc6 on
the icy roadway.
Gwendolyn McCaslin, 2-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Darrell Nc
Caslin, Magnolia Corners, is recover
ing from severe burns, the child was
in high chair while the mother was
hopping the floor. The child swayed
and tipped the chair over the babe
falling into the pail of scalding water.
She was taken to the GAINESVILLE hos
pital Doctors said that she would
recover.
DespOndent over long continued i'll
health, John Pollock, 81, patient IN
a hospital at Marinette for nearly a
year, shot himself through the head.
The shot entered the right temple,
ploughing it's way just above the
eyes, and coming out of the left tenn
pie. 1t is believed the optical nerve
was destroyed, as he was unable to
see after the accident His condition
is extremely critical.
Activities of squirrels and wood
peckers in boring holes in the wooden
covering which protects the standpipe
of the water works system at Water
ford has endangered the fire protec-
ton of that village. The recent sub
zero weather froze and cracked the
pipe as a result of frost creeping in
through the holes. The community |
is experiencing much apprehension,
as the village was wiped out by fire
some 20 years ago.
Present indications are that Mara
thon county in 1924 will build at least
nine miles Of concrete road on state
highway 10, extending almost to Most
nee. This will eliminate IA. consider
able section of grave road, laid in
sand, that has been very expensive
to build and maintain, and which at
the present time is practically worn
out and would cost a large sum to
restore. The county board will this
month appropriate $4,000 and turn
This over to the state highway com
n1ssion to match with federal aid.
A struggle which has continued for
two weeks in an attempt to save the
life of Leonard OFT, 9-year-old Monroe
boy, from whose brain a piece of
gun bullet was removed Dec. 29 at a
Madison hospital, was lost when the
boy died Jan. 10. The boy had been
in an unconscious state since he was
shot short time ago and his case had
puzzled medical authorities. 1t is be
Iieved by those who attended the boy
that a portion Of the bullet was not |
reached at the initial operation and
that the remaining missile caused his