River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-12-13
The News Condensed.

Eau Claire business men have lost sew
enty-fve dollars by forged checks during
the past few days.
The round house of the Omaha road al
Spooner was burned the other night. Seven
engines were ruined.
Eighty acres of land will be added to the
Dodge County poor farm at a cost of S, 200
Washington County will spend about
$3.50 in the erection of a new court
house.
Henry Hallam, an old resident of Alma
pee, walked off dock and was drowned
recently.
The County Board of Pep'n County has
reduced the bounty on wolves and wild
cats fifty per cent 1t is now s.. 80 and 81
Mrs. Sechrist, wife of Jacob Sechrist,
farmer living few miles north of Two
Rivers, fell from a box upon which she
was standing recently while engaged in
withdrawing the ceiling of a room and
broke her neck. She leaves husband and
several children.
The Omaha round house at Spooner was
burned the other aftern con, and seven en-
gines were destroyed. Loss, $4,000.
Miss Fannie Keeling, formerly a dining
room girl in the Slawtey House in Chip
pewa Falls, was apprised recently that
she had fallen heiress to a large estate in
South America through the death of al
uncle. The estate was estimated to be
worth 5000 600
A fire near Forestville recently dc
stroyed Caspar Browns house and farm
buildings Loss, 81, 1000; insurance, $500.
The cornerstone of new Baptist church
was laid in Milwaukee few Porning,
ago The church is 10 cost $4,000.
Louis Dittman, living in the town Of
Ellsworth, Pierce County, decamped few
days ago, leaving a family of twelve
motherless children unprovided for
Two spans on the north end of the Wis
consin river bridge at Prairie du CHER
were burned few afternoons ago. The
FIRE originated from sparks from locomO
tive.
The Superior Lumber Company will cut
about ten million feet of logs this year
half the amount of last season.
John NJ. Ewing, of Milwaukee, was re
Gently chosen for chief clerk of the state
land Office by the State Land Commission
ers Ewing held the clerkship for nearly
two years under Charles F. Fricke. o.
Milwaukee, whom he succeeds as chief
The salary attached to the position is -,
COO
Two daughters of Antonio Denomis
were drowned in Bad river, near Ashland
a few days ago
The Wisconsin Fire Underwriters UnioI
claim that the heavy fires during the yeai
in Milwaukee were caused by the lack o.
water supply and poor equipments OF the
fire department.
Steiner johnson, a wood-chopper in
Trempeleau County. accidentally cut of
his right foot just back of the toes and
bled to death few days ago.
The remains Of Elsie Wilcox, the four
year-oId daughter of ID f. Wilcox, were
inferred at Stevens Point the other after
noon. While playing around bonfire her
clothing ignited and she was fatally
burned.
Two hunters discovered the dead body
of a man near West Superior recently. L
had not been identified.
Colonel Caleb T. Bowen, Of Ashland. whc
was captured BY the Coufe lerates in the
battle Of Petersburg, recently learned that
his watch. which he lost on that occasion
is in the possession Of an ex-COnfederatt
in Arkansas.
St Joseph's Hospital at Chippewa Falls
was opened the other day for the recep
ton Of patients. The building was erect
ed at a cost Of $500 The hospital is un
der the supervision of the Sisters Of the
Order OF St Francis. and will acoOmmo
GATE three hun ire patients
A large barn in the town Of Flambeau
filled with logging supplies, was destroyed
by fire the other evening, and two boys
named Woods. who were sleeping in tho
barn. were burned to death.
Rev. Asmus Diedrichsen, one Of the old
est Lutheran pastors in NJ lwaukee, died
recently. aged eighty-one years. He was
born in Germany.
Rev. j W Fried of the Methodist
church at Nepeuskun, dropped dead at
that place the other day. He was seventy
years of age.
A party of hunters from Platteville ar
rived home from Northern Wisconsin re
Gently, bringing with them the carcasses
OF five bears
The body Of Michael Cough was found
the other morning in Duncan creek, near
Chippewa + rs. He attempted 70 cross o.
the ice al night with his horse and buggy
and fell through He leaves awife and 81,
children