Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-08


Hazel Clark, %, of Hart, Mich, Is
In a Green Bay hospital recovering
from the effects Of an overdose Of
sleeping powder, which caused her to
sleep continuously nearly SO hours.
John Juzkis, Of Kenosha, reached
his hand into his desk and when he
pulled it out he found hole had been
shot through the palm by revolver
he had accidentally discharged in the
drawer.
Mrs. Samuel Plantz, widow of the
late President Samuel Plantz of Law
renee college, has been granted pen
sion by the Carnegie foundation in
recognition of the services of DR..
PlantZ as trustee of the foundation
for the advancement of teaching
J. H. Rogers, 50, long active in Wis
consin Masonic and republican circles,
and one of the oldest active practicing
lawyers of the state, died in Portage
at his home after an illness of six
weeks, which, followed a breakdown
due to the infirmities Of age.
Officers of the Wisconsin Typo
graphical union, elected at the con-
ference in Racine, are Leo Straus Of
Madison, president; Emil Herges of
Sheboygan, vice-president, and Frank
L. Zimmerman of Milwaukee, secre-
tary-treasurer.
Fifty cases are on the October cali
endar of the Wisconsin supreme court,
it was announced. They include the
cab curtain cases, in which railroads
are seeking to prevent the enforce
ment of law requiring curtains on
engine cabs.
Pleading guilty in circuit court at
Eau Claire to burglary, Myron Still,
Hayward, married and father of six
small children, told Judge Wickham
his family was starving and he broke
into store to get food for them A
year in the Hayward Jail was the SEN
tence, the sheriff being directed to put
Still to work and pay his wages to his
family.
The fall meeting of the Central Wis
consin Teachers association will be
held in Wausau, Oct Is. 1t is eX-
pected that between 700 and 800 teach
ers will attend Speakers who have
so far been scheduled include Senator
Woodbridge N. Ferris, Michigan; Will
liam McAndrews, Ada Ward, DR.. VIII
liam Sadler, State Supt. John Gala
han and e. ]. Doudna, secretary of the
Cfoto accnpiofiOn
Pleading for cooperation Of students
and faculty in a program OF steady
progress that will keep Lawrence al
ways a better college,, DR.. Henry
Merritt Wlfston, newly elected presi-
dent of Lawrence college, formally as
sumed control of the college with an
address to students and faculty men,
bers at chapel service in Appleton,
Sept. %. DIR. Wriston succeeds the
late DR.. Samuel Plantz.
Sales for cash of real and personal
property and assets of the Hage-
meister Food Products Co. will be held
Oct. in the office of the company at
Green Bay, according to announce
ment made by A. L. Thomas, w. H.
st. John and Il. p. Sherwood, re-
ceivers. The sale is in accordance
with an order Of the circuit court dat
ed Sept. 90, and will be subject to con-
firmation by the court.
Exhibiting walking stick 400 years
old, Ami Dalebroux, proprietor OF the
Pound hotel, won first prize for the
Oldest relic at the community fair in
Pound. The cane had been with the
Dalebroux family since 1919 and was
brought to America with Ami's par
ents when they settled near Luxem-
bourg in the early sixties. Mrs. Edith
Frazier, exhibiting so articles from 80
to 200 years old, won first prize on
largest display.
While he was fishing with friend
at Lake Manitowish, L. ]. Sellinger Of
Sheboygan was accidentally shot In
the back by his companion. Mr.. Sell
linger was pulling in muskellunge,
and Mr.. Sullivan, who was rowing,
reached in his hip pocket for his re-
volver to shoot the unruly captive.
He was rowing with one hand and the
revolver hit one of the oars, dis
charging the weapon into Mr. Sell
linger's back. He will recover.
A stranger, go years old and giving
his name as Martin Aversion, was ar
rested following complaints from rural
districts of southern Portage county
that. he had been bothering teachers
and children. The man. who asked
number of boys and girls to give
him food from their lunch boxes, said
he intended no harm. A search of
several days through fields, swamps
and pastures was made before the
stranger was taken into custody.
While passing through his home in
Cobban, Chippewa county, James Bar
low. farmer, noticed large bear with
four cubs a short distance away. Bar
low, who was armed with a shotgun,
at once opened fire, killing the mother
bear, but the four cubs got away.
Barlow brought the bear to the Rodi-
ger Brothers meat market, Chippewa
Falls, and it tipped the scales at 200
pounds. He received $40 for the ami
NAL. Cobban residents report that it
is the first bear seen in the vicinity
for five years.
Mrs. Phoebe Kremer, Oshkosh, shot
to death her husband on Sept. 90 as
he lay sleeping after abusing her for
hours was released on $4,000 bail, the
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