Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28

blast stumps. No one witnessed the
accident.
The Merrill Elevator Co.'S office was
entered and $40 taken, besides two
checks. The burglar left few clews
and carefully locked the strong box
of the safe before leaving the building.
Mrs. George Freeman was severely
injured at her home on a farm near
Sparta when her hair was caught in
line shaft of power plant in the
barn, completely scalping her. She
was rushed to the Sparta hospital
where a skin grating operation was
performed.
James Wilson, So, prominent dairy
farmer of York, Jackson county, was
gored to death by a bull when the
animal broke his stanchion and at
tackled Wilson when he was in the
pen feeding him. There was no eye
witness to the tragedy. He was
found by his son. His wife also sur
wives
The 4-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Coopman, Oconto, lost the sight
of his right eye in a peculiar manner.
He was playing with boy companions
when one Of them picked up stray
coil of wire spring and whirled il
around One of the ends struck the
Coopman boy in the eye rupturing the
eyeball.
Sales of American cheese in one
pound blocks, free from rind and
mold, IS made possible by machine
just installed at the Northern Wiscon-
sin Cheese Co.'s plant in Amigo. The
blocks are wrapped in tinfoil and
placed in the machine, which heats
the cheese and Theoretically seals the
package.
After a year of effort by the Algoma
Chamber of Commerce, it appears
that the city will have light draft boat
service to Chicago and Milwaukee in
1925. The Hill line, which promised
to make Algoma a port of entry last
year, found the harbor waters too
shallow after the city had obtained
a lease on government dock.
Leland Harris, Kenosha fireman
was fatally injured on the Lake
Geneva road west of Kenosba when
he fell from his motorcycle while he
was trying to dodge a horse that was
running loose in the road. His skull
was fractured and he was dead when
he was picked up by a highway patrol
man. Harris was a World war
veteran
Edward La Plant, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, has been given the contract to
move the 150-ton steel and concrete
vault of the First National bank,
Platteville, 20 feet to its permanent
abiding place in the new building now
under construction. Mr.. La Plant has
the contract for moving the village of
Osborne, Ohio, one mile. The Ohio
job will require year.
Admiral Ormsbey Fobes, $4,000
grand champion bull owned by Emil
Titel of Plymouth and John Erickson
of Waupaca, slipped and broke his leg
and it was found necessary to shoot
him No insurance was carried on the
animal, which has won a great number
of dairy show prizes, among them
the grand champion award at the re-
cent Sheboygan county fair.
Anton Hoenigsberg, president OF
the Wisconsin Mirror Plate Co., She
boygan, died at Rochester, Mimi, after
several weeks illness and an opera
ton. He was So, and is survived by
his wife and son aged 3. Mr.
and Henry Seidel organ
lied and financed the mirror plate
company in 1902 in Fond du Lac
whence the concern was removed to
Sheboygan In 1910
Milwaukee road detectives and Bea,
yer Dam police are attempting to find
the persons who robbed the freight
depot in Beaver Dam. A typewriter,
wearing apparel and automobile sup
plies made up the loot. An auto seen
standing near the station by a watch
man was probably used by the bur-
glars, but as the alley is popular
place for "petting parties" he thought
nothing. about the incident.
Fire starting from spontaneous com
bustion in hay loft destroyed two
large barns and several other build
ings on the George Boland farm, just
outside of Fond du Lac. Damage is
estimated at $4,000. Four horses
were saved but valuable registered
Holstein bull was burned to death.
Much farm machinery also was de.
Apparatus from the Fond du
Lac fire department fought the blaze
more than two hours.
With acres of soft fields available
in which to land, Chef Austin, para
chute jumper accompanying Aviator
Adolf Carlitz, was unable to swing
himself past highway 81 near Monroe
and landed with terrific impact III the
center Of the concrete One heel was
severely bruised. The day before ne
narrowly, escaped serious injury when
he slammed against a board fence
while making his jump and the first
day Of his exhibition for the Green
county fair he fell rs feet before his
parachute opened.
Frank Barlow, 70, North Western
road conductor who has been retired
70 i<on