Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-21
WISCONSIN
!: STATE NEWS

was killed Wnon MS neau WAS CFuSneQ
beneath the rear wheels of manure
spreader driven by his grandfather,
Isaac Hillman.
Hanjiman Homcyck, AZ years old,
a crane operator and oiler for the
Northwestern Fuel company, Superior,
was instantly killed when $4,000 volts
of electricity passed through his body
while he was at work
Incorporation of the village of Fon-
tana, Walworth county, was voted in
special election recently, the result
being almost unanimous with 200 in
favor and five against Officers will
be elected in a few weeks.
Taxpayers of Tigerton have voted
to build dam over the Embarrass
river to provide bathing pool, skat-
ing rink and adequate fire protection.
One thousand dollars of the cost will
be paid by the Swake estate.
When a wheel came off fast NOV
ing automobile, the car overturned and
the head of John Moronek was caught
under it, causing fracture of the
skull He was unconscious in a hos
pital in Wausau for four hours.
The 7-year-old son of Herman Feig,
who lives on farm 16 miles from
Prairie du Chen, found dynamite
cap in stone quarry and his left
hand was almost torn off and he suf-
fered severe decorations of the body
when it exploded as he struck it
against stone.
Miss Anna Swanson was perhaps
fatally injured and Sophia Swanson
was bruised when the automobile in
which they were riding with Martin
Swanson, brother, overturned at Cot
ton, Mimi All are residents of
Superior. They were on their way to
visit their mother.
Struck by an automobile while walk
ing on the concrete highway in front
Of her farm home, near Monroe, Mrs.
ALI Kelley, 70, is in a critical condi-
ton. The car was driven by G..
Clarke Dodge, a prominent Monroe
lumberman. The woman, deaf to the
sound of the car, was hurled some
distance
Ralph, 5-year-old son Of Frank Pepin,
died in an Eau Claire hospital from a
fractured skull received when struck
by an automobile, near his home. The
boy, watching two cars coming from
another direction, ran in front of a
oh d,.;x hx1 =
Eau Claire, a travelling salesman,
witnesses said.
With her head on q pillow directly
beneath an open gas jet, the body
of Miss Anna G. Madsen, West De
Pere, was found by Mr.. and Mrs. John
Shoulder, occupants of the real of
the same apartment above her dry
goods store. According to those who
are familiar with her business activi-
ties, Miss Madsen's estate is worth
SIS, 5000.
The Rock County Farm Bureau took
the lead and at the executive COM
mittee meeting in the court house
voted an appropriation of $500 for a
Rock county home demonstration
agent. The money will be turned
over to the prope. authorities When
sufficient funds are realized to pay
for county woman worker. No
strings were attached to the appro-
priations, the bureau voting the money
to encourage rural welfare work.
Following the arrest in Woodruff of
John Lindgren, who is alleged to have
Joseph Miller discovered an incom-
plete counterfeiting outfit in woods OH
the outskirts of Woodruff. The outfit
included ladle, a quantity of metal,
and spurious coins. Miller says he
has information regarding location of
the dies used for making coins. A
witness is being held who claims to
have seen the counterfeiters at work
Fines Of $500 each were imposed
upon Edward Murphy, %, and his
brother, Leo, 10, Sampson, Oconto
county, after they had been found
guilty of assault and battery upon
Patrick Fitzgerald, De Pere. Fitzger-
aid appeared in court with bandage
over his left eye which he said he
nearly lost as the result of being
kicked in the face by Leo Murphy dur
ing quarrel after Edward Murphy
drove his car over the fresh concrete
of the Upper De Pere road.
Wisconsin's allotment of war tro-
phies will again be delayed, probably
until next year, according to Informal
ton received by Gov. Blaine from
Secretary of War Weeks. The last
congress failed to make necessary APP
preparations for carrying out provi-
sions of the trophy distribution act,
and not until the next congress meets
will the department be able to proceed
with distribution About 100000
trophies of the war will be distrib-
uted among the states, according to
the number Of men from each state
that served in the war
Esther Arms, 10, Wauzeka, pune
tured one of her eyes with two tines
of a table fork with which she was
trying to open the seam on sack of
flour. The little girl is the daughter
of widow Surgeons say they may
be unable to save her eye.
John Brey, As and single, committed
suicide in Marshfeld, blowing his head
off with a shotgun on the farm owned