River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-07-31
WISCONSIN NEWS NOTES.

eighty-one years.
AS Herman Voss, a young man in the
employ of the Eau Claire Ice company,
was leading horse into the Chippewa
river, at Eau Claire, for water, the ami
NAL knocked him senseless, and he was
drowned. The body was recovered.
Theophile Duchateau of Green Bay
made an assignment to Constant Mar
tin. His liabilities aggregate s., 335.04
and his assets S4, 900.
The old DAILY mansion at Green Bay
was burned. Loss -, 900.
The annual encampment of the Wis
consin National guards will be held
this year at Sheboygan, commencing on
the 9Th of August and continuing one
week
Fire caught in the grocery store Of
George Hanson, at Waupaca, and did
$500 damage on building, and $500
on stock. Covered by insurance in the
Fire Insurance Company of Philadel-
phia, and Western of Toronto. The
fire originated from cigar.
DIR. Coney, who was driven out of
Milwaukee for running bogus medical
college, has decamped from Wausau,
leaving large list of creditors.
The Omaha company has completed
a new railway hotel at Spooner, on the
site of the one destroyed by fire about
two months ago.
Frank Kratzer, a young German
eighteen years of age, about two months
ago came to this country and was stop
ping with his uncle, William Hauser,
| in Madison, shot himself III the region
of the heart, but may recover.
While wild freight was coming
north, on account of some defect in the
track at Mendoza, the engine turned
over on its side and five cars were
switched. William Berry, the engineer,
attempted to jump from the engine,
but caught his foot and was thrown UNI
der the engine and scalded to death.
Mrs William Treasdale. of Mineral
Point, has curiosity in a wingless can
airy. The little songster is new SIX
weeks old, is healthy, and hops around
/, in its cage from perch to perch about as
easy as one blessed with all the endow-
ments of nature.
The notorious Mrs. Mack, who was
twice tried for killing her husband in
| the town of Turtle, Rock county, was
married last week to Joseph Watsic, a
boy who was an important witness in
the case. Frank Dickerson, Mrs.
Mack's alleged paramount, was sent to
Waupun for life. Mrs. Mack was never
acquitted, but two juries d1sagreeing.
she was finally let out on bail, and no
further prosecution undertaken.
A murder was committed at Turtle
Lake, John Renric being the victim,
and Tom Jones the murderer. The two
men were playing poker IN Mike Foley's
saloon, and dispute arose over a small
bet, Renric claiming he won the money
and Jones denying it.
The Mississippi Logging company,
whose interests are on the Chippewa
and other Wisconsin streams, resolved
at Clinton to endeavor to shut down
mills Sept. 10, and limit production.
This is because the company has to
many logs on hand, and wants to re-
duce this winters cut.
The new brown stone court house at
Bayfield, is completed and is occupied
by the county officers. The stone for
this building come from Eastwood
Island quarry and Pixies Bayfield,
quarry. The building is 58x72, two
stories and basement, in which is a
modern jail, fitted with steel cells.
The rooms are furnished with fire and
burglar proof vaults, safes etc. The
court room is on the second foor-40x-
So. The building is one of the finest in
the state and cost the county over $780,
900.
There has been filed with the regis
ter ofdeeds at Bayfield, two instruments,
one conveying %, 900 acres of pine land
from the Chicago, st. Paul, Mime
apolis & Omaha Railroad company to the
Rush Owen Lumber company-con-
sideration $780, 900; the second con-
veying from parties in the villages of
Bayfield, and Ashland to the Bayfield,
Silver and Copper Mining company all
| the minerals on section 6, township Al,
north of range 5 INSTRUMENTATION
81 100000.
A German named Bitka, aged be-
tween fifty and sixty years committed
| L;v,.01E l,ar
about six miles from Baraboo.
Miss Emma Kamph and Frank Shir-
ley drove from Kenosha to Racine in a
buggy As they turned the corner of
Thirteenth and Villa streets, Racine,
the young lady discovered that her
clothing was on fire. She jumped from
the buggy, and the breeze famed the
flames so that she was completely en-
yeloped. Sandal Herzoz and a young
lady, who were near by, tore her
clothes from her body to extinguish
the fire. She was terribly burned from
her feet to the top of her head, hardly
stitch of clothing being left on her
body. Shirley had been smoking a
cigar, and it is supposed the fire caught
from that. Miss Kamph was taken to
Kenosha in hack. It's feared she will
die.
A destructive electric storm visited
Racine The house of Fred Martin
was struck by lightning and completely
wrecked. There we're eight persons in
the house, and all escaped injury ex
cept Mrs. Ruezicka, who was badly
shocked and is not expected to live
Several other houses were also badly
damaged.
George Mcdonald aged was seri
ously burned at Janesville, on the 18th
inst, by capsizing bottle of gasoline,
which fell ON hot stove.
Hutch's dwelling at Caryville, mean
Eau Claire, was struck by lightning and
the building, with contents, entirely
destroyed. Loss, g, 800 to So 900 par
TALLY insured.
Jacob Hammas. a German, of on-M
roe, committed suicide by hanging. He
was about eighty years old. Cause UNI
known.
Superintendent Whitman of the
Omaha reports the damage done by
the storm on Tuesday night as more
serious than at first thought The
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