Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-04
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

A sneak thief entered the bedroom
OF Mrs. William Meggott, who oper
ates the Commercial hotel in Evans
vile. and stole SEC that she had in
he- pockelbook, secreted in her bed
Jerome Rutty SO, one of the oldest
residents of Evansville, died at his
home. Mr.. Rutty was one of the sur.
vivors of the New Richmond cyclone
all of his buildings being demolished
at that time.
AS Ralph Sieloff, salesman for Par.
low Bros, Marinette and Peshtigo
was going to Marinette deer ran in
front of his car, dazed by the head
light. The machines fender crumpled
and the radiator was denied.
Another accident was added to the
annual toll for which the corn-shred-
ding machine is responsible when Wal
ter Yagger, 13-year-old son of Anton
Yagger, near New Glarus, Wis, lost
two fingers of his left hand.
While hunting near Eagle River,
Mrs. Robert Dyer accidentally shot
herself in the left foot, necessitating
the amputation of toe. She Stun
bled when about to step over a log
and her rifle was discharged.
Since the engine and two bridges on
the Cazenovia and Southern road were
condemned as unfit, motor trucks have
been used to carry freight from La
Vale to Cazenovia. A car, fitted to
run on the rails, is being used to carry
mails and express.
Struck on the head by brick, John
Dekeyser, 46, of Green Bay, suffered a
severe fracture of the skull while at
work on the second story of the new
Y. M. c. A. building. He is at st. Vim
cents hospital, where physicians re-
port that he will recover.
John Hauser, 6S, president of the
Green County German lodge for the
last 13 years, died at his home in
Monroe. after a period of poor health,
during which he underwent an opera
ton. He was native Of Switzerland
He was engaged in farming and the
cheese business.
Diphtheria has made it's appearance
in Superior. "A girl in Central high
school is i'll with the disease. County
health officials only recently sue
cceded in checking an epidemic of the
malady in Borea and Dairyland, about
20 miles from Superior, where two
deaths resulted.
While walking along the Milwaukee
road tracks at Ripon, August Krentz,
SO, was struck by train 8O7, known
as the Wineconne train. His left leg
was cut off above the knee and the
right foot was amputated. Krentz was
taken to a hospital at Oshkosh, 20
miles from Ripon. His condition is
serious.
Two conscience-stricken burglars
have returned $3.50 in cash and jewel
ry which they stole recently from the
Acacia fraternity house, Madison. The
two came to the house and turned
over the loot to Miles Hildreth, a law
student. Hildreth declined to give
police a description of the men, say
ing ne did not remember distinctly
their appearances
The first serious case of carbon
monoxide gas poisoning in Amigo this
year occurred when Robert Schneiter
of the Schneiter hotel was made I'M
conscious for four hours by the fumes
of a motor exhaust. He had started
the engine of the MOTEL Gus early in
the morning, and on going back to the
garage later to take the machine out,
was overcome by the fumes,
The construction of six-mile power
line by the Wisconsin Valley Electric
Co., extending Service from Polonia to
the eastern part of Portage county,
is under way IT will connect with
another new line being built from Am
herst to Rosholt villages by the AM
herst Electric Co. The valley concern
will sell power to the Amherst utility
company. Both new units will be
completed by Christmas.
Constable John Scholey, whose one
man raid several years ago started the
agitation that resulted in grand jury
cleanup of Kenosha county, has gone
on the warpath against rum again.
With the aid of the police he raided
the saloon of Albert Christensen,
getting a quantity of liquor, and fol-
lowed with successful raid OF the
Green Front, a tavern on the Sheridan
road south of Kenosha, where a jug
Of wine was found and also two punch
boards.
Grant d. Harrington, for the last "a
years clerk of Walworth county, will
leave public service soon for what
he calls his FIRST vacation since he
took office in 1900 He will leave
shortly after the first of the year for
Florida During the last 10 years,
Harrington has been Republican
leader in Walworth county. He has
been honored by the County Clerks
association of the state on several
occasions. and was recently made a
life member.
The Badger creamery, the largest
and best equipped plant in Iowa coun-
ty, has been closed by creditors. The
youthful manager purchased al air
plane last summer with which he did
considerable flying. 1t may be a
caca of fvino foo high