Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-04-23
August Raddatz, of

| Black Wolf, Winnebag0 county, plead
ed guilty to a charge of assault and
battery upon Hilda Raddatz, his moth
er, and was fined $50.
Buildings on the ,alm of Glen Klund
| in the town of Norris, Shawano coun-
ty, were completely destroyed by hre
which swept over the farm from adj
Joining timber lands. The loss is con-
siderable and there was no insurance.
Amigo will entertain the Wisconsin
State League of District Postmasters
at two-day convention Aug. 4 and 8.
Amigo was selected as the convention
city at a meeting of the executive
committee at Appleton recently.
Lieut.. Fred M. Rohow, of Sturgeon
Bay, is one of the six naval officers
ordered court martialed by Secretary
Wilbur in connection with the arrival
at Hampton Roads, Feb. "A, of the
naval transport Beaufort from the
West Indies, with liquor aboard.
Mrs. Carl Altemus of Neillsville was
fatally injured when the automobile
driven by her husband overturned on
sandy section of the road near
Baraboo. The couple were returning
from Evansville, ILL.,, where they had
attended the funeral Of niece.
Fire, set by a lightning bolt, de-
stroyed the barn on the farm of VIII
liam Coats, town of Rushford, Winnie
bago county. Several cattle, in the
barn at the time, persisted. A num-
Der not burned to death were killed
by lightning which was carried into
the barn on the metal dairy fixtures
John Mortimer, 80, retired town of
Woodland farmer, died at his home
as an aftermath of the devasting forest
fire which swept 1000 acres of timber
land in the hills of Sank county. Mr..
Mortimer was fighting flames which
had spread to brush pile near his
house when his clothing caught fire.
William B. Hawthorne, twice i'm
prisoned, received 5-year term at
Waupun for burglary of the 500 line
depot at Appleton March ID. He
pleaded guilty before Judge A. M.
Spencer in municipal court to a theft
of 85 cents from a long distance tele-
phone in the depot and $1.68 from the
cash drawer.
One of the biggest stills ever I'M
earthed in Winnebago county was
seized when a squad from the sheriff's
office visited the farm of Grant Nc
Clelland in the town of. Wolf River
The still had a 50-gallon capacity and
was situated in the fountain house,
where the alleged moonshiners were
using the ice cold water to condense
the alcohol fumes as they came from
the still.
G. H. Francisco Kendall, Wiscon-
sins senior justice of the peace,
closed his final term April IA. He was
defeated at the recent election. Fran
cisco had held the office for A con-
secutive years. In that time 1921
cases had been tried before him and
1872 had been appealed. OF the latter
number his decision was sustained 191
times and reversed once One case
was CSlI1lCO " LAiO supp NO0Ats Al
which his decision was sustained.
Taxes and fees collected by the
state insurance department In the
quarter ending Mar. 81, 1925, amounted
to $1,879, S66.17, w. Stanley Smith, In
surance commissioner, has announced.
This represents the largest aggregate
receipts for, any year except 1924,
when the total reached 1892, 1893.
Tie year 1925 shows net increase
over 1924, Smith stated, the 1924 total
having been swelled by $4,000 col
lected in back taxes.
Finances Of the city of Rhinelander
are exceedingly low, officials say, and
it is claimed the treasury contains |
barely enough funds to defray running
expenses for three months. Rhine
lander banks have declined to advance
any money to the city and at meet
ing Of the city council 1t was voted
to delegate Mayor William Gilley and
City Atty. A. S. Forsyth 10 so to Madi-
son in an effort to get legislation which
would enable cities to borrow funds
for current expenses.
The same violation of the law can
constitute three separate offenses,
Judge George Grimm of the Rock coun-
ty circuit court ruled in a decision
refusing to release Stanislaus Makes
setas, Beloi rum runner, who received
record penalty for Rock county when
he was fined $4,000 with the alterna-
tive of Is months in jail for interstate
transportation, transportation and pos
session of liquor. A motion was made
to discharge the defendant on the
claim that three separate charges were
made out Of one offense.
Emil Titel, dairy farmer residing
near Plymouth, owns four-year-old
that recently finished one Of Wiscon-
sins milk and butter production rec
ords for her class. Vickery Vale
Pearl, pure bred Holstein, now holds
thn state record of 1852 mounds Of |