Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
. NEWS OF THE :
| BADGER STATE
Observation-Disclosures

seventy nine girls anu UOyS AIOAA HV0
counties are in Menomonie for the first
of four county club instruction camps
to be conducted in Wisconsin this year.
Lightning struck the Frieden church
at Reedsville, set the steeple af1re and
burned the structure tC the ground in
an hour with loss of $4,000. Only
$4,000 in insurance was carried.
Lyle Kallenbach, of Athelstane,
Marinette county, lost the middle toe
Of the right foot in the mouth OF a
swapping turtle He was in swimming
In Newton lake, near Athelstane.
Madison has now passed the $4,000
mark in population, according to Leon
Smith, water department superinten-
dent Mr. Smith estimates the growth
Of population by the increased number
IF water system clients.
With millions of mosquitoes putting
stop to all outdoor activities in La
Crosse, 5000 boys and girls, patrons
OF. the city Fairgrounds, sailed forth
under the direction of playground of
ficials to spoil breeding places of the
''skeeters" in alleys and backwards.
The Rev. X. J. Herbener, pastor of
Emmanuel church of Watertown, and
Miss Alma Villvock, Mayville, were
married at st. Paul's Lutheran church
at Mayville. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. X. Herbener, ia
Their of the bridegroom.
A balance of $40, 238, 698.34 was in
the state treasury on July 1, according
to a financial report made to Gov.
Blaine by Solomon Levitan, state
treasurer. The amount is slight de-
crease from the balance on hand June
1, 1925, which was $2OS38, 06607.
]. j. Ludrow, Egg Harbor farmer,
was bound over to circuit court on a
charge Of having tried to extort money
from officials of the North Western
road. At the preliminary hearing
testimony was introduced to show that
the officials had received a letter de-
handing $500, or the writer would
cause the company to suffer injury to
It's property.
National guard units will soon be
modifying for the annual encampment
under new plan. The infantry units
will assemble at Camp Douglas on
Aug. for stay until Aug 15, as
in former years. The camp Douglas
group will include about 3,400 of the
guard. The guard artillery will not
go to Camp Douglas but will enter the
camp at Sparta. The artillery in
cludes personnel of about LOO.
BARRIERS at Superior are engaged in
what gives promise of being a fight
to the finish in the war" which fol
lowed the boosting of prices of hair
cuts to 65 cents and shaves to 35.
Several BARRIERS announced a return
TO the old rates of SO cents for hair
cuts and % cents shaves, while an
other faction announced that union
BARRIERS would be called out from shops
where the new prices were not main
tanned
Twenty-Five northern Wisconsin
saloon keepers, IS of them from Hur-
ley, have been ordered to show cause
why permanent injunctions closing
their places of business should not be
issued by Judge Claude Y. Luse of
the federal court. The men have I'M
til July % to answer the charges con-
tanned in the indictments returned
against them early in June by a fed
eral grand jury. AL, of them were
charged with violation of the national
prohibition laws.
Charles H. Wiegand, 80, cashier of
the Farmers and Merchants bank of
Eagle River, closed, was found dead
in grove six miles from that city.
Wiegand was found by farmer, Os-
car Anderson, with bullet wound
through the heart Beside him was a
.3S caliber revolver. When state bank
examiners came to the bank Wiegand
walked out of the bank without his
coat and hat, jumped into his car and
drove away. He was not seen alive
again. 1t is believed that he went i'm
mediately to the grove and committed
suicide. The bank was closed when
examiners found the institution was
in bad shape due to frozen" loans,
but no shortage has been discovered
in the accounts.
Mr.. Lucius Fairchild, 70, widow of
the civil war governor of Wisconsin
and United States minister to Liver
pool, Paris and Madrid at different
times, died at Madison after a lengthy
illness. She had survived her husband
by Twenty-Five years. Gen. Fairchild
enlisted in the army during the civil
war and lost an arm in the battle of
Gettysburg. He retired from army life
with the title of brigadier general and
was Immediately elected secretary of
state. In 1865 he was elected COVER
nor and served for three terms. Mrs.
Fairchild was Miss Frances Bull,
Washington, D. c., at the time of her
marriage in 1864. She was an impor-
tant factor in Gen. Fairchild's sue
cess as a diplomat.
While Earl Creile and two other
men in Goodman, Marinette county,
were fishing for bass, Mr.. Creile met
With a serious accident. One of the
men threw out a line and the hook
caught Mr. Creile in the eye. The
man was brought to the hospital in
Menominee where specialists found 1t
necessary to remove the optic.
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