River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27

Mrs. Parker, of Mosinee, has become in.
sane. She imagnes that she has six hus
bands
f. s. Reynolds, proprietor of the Grand
Hotel at Beloit died the other night, aged
siXty-seven years. He had kept hotel at
La Crosse, GAINESVILLE and Waukesha.
A patent was recently issued to the 500
Railway Construction Company, with capl-
tai of 100000 proposing to build a road
from Rhinelan Ter to Council Bluffs. la.
Cholera infantum is making serious in.
roads among the little ones of Black Liver
Falls.
Sparks from a steam thrasher burned
the barn, grain and farming implement:
Of Josiah Aud near GAINESVILLE few days
ago, causing a loss Of about "a, 800.
Governor Fifield and wife
celebrated the twenty anniversary OF
their marriage the other evening at theiI
home in Ashland.
J. o. Stevens, of Hebron, has a small
cider barrel which was made over "a hun.
dred years ago by his great-grandfatheI
while sold .er in the revolutionary war.
Ex-Governor Lewis has given Ripon Col
lege 5000 on condition that the income
shall be given to the student showing the
greatest Improvement during the year.
A Jewish synagogue has been organized
at Marinette. There are between thirty
and forty members.
About two hundred and fay men are at
work on the Wisconsin Central extension
northwest from Marshfield
Heavy frosts fell in many parts of the
State the other night, freezing cranberries
at Cranberry Center, where the Their
mometer was reported to have dropped
TO twenty degrees, and damaging corn and
cranberries at Berlin and other places
jackson A. Sherwood of Beloit, for
twenty years common councilman for his
ward, died recently, aged sixtysiX years
Some five hundred uniformed Ancient
Order of United WorAmen held their an
nual meeting at Madison few days ago.
Fred j.. Mann, of Marnette, has beer
appointed TO a cadetship at West Point.
While workmen were at work on the new
coal dock at West Superior a few day
ago mass of iron fell, injuring more OF
less seriously five men who were buried in
the wreck Ole Swanson would die. The
rest would recover.
Chambers has broken out in the vicinity
Of Chippewa Falls, and ten valuable horses
were recently ordered shot by the State
Veterinary Surgeon.
Maxfield and Beecher. the noted burglars
in jail at Ia Crosse, near.y gained theiI
freedom recently by saving OFF a window
bar
Joseph Nancy. Thomas Ryan, Edward
Holland and James McGrath, all striking
switchmen, were arrested at Ashland re
Gently for disabling five locomotives anc
we're held for trial. The switching il
both the Lake Shore and the Central yards
at the ore dock was being done by new
crews
A straw board factory at Beloit was
wrecked the other day by explosion of the
boiler. Loss, $4,000
Two Polish women Of Eau Claire have
been doing some very successful shop-lift-
ing by wheeling their baby carriages into
stores and lifting goods into them
The body of F. KGding, who was drowned
near Bayfield,, was found floating near that
place the other day. This was a singular
occurrence, as body seldom rises in the
waters of Lake Superior
Chief Refs, of tae police force at Milwau.
kee, received notification the other day
of the arrest of Albert Erbens, alias Fer.
bersen, at Flare, near Grimsta1, Norway.
Erbens is wanted at Milwaukee for the at
tempted murder of Emil Wagner
Silas Holland, of Chippewa Falls, com
mitted suicide in the prison recently by
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The other afternoon the grand stand Of
the Rock County fair took fire from the
eating house and was destroyed. There
was panic among the crowd in the stand,
but all got safely out.
The dead body of Mrs. Mary LOOMS,
wife of Rev. ). B. LOOMS, of Lone Rock.
was found the other day in a shallow
stream OF water near the family residence
Mrs. LoOmis had escaped from custody
while temporarily insane aal had drowned
herself BY lying face downward in the
water. eRH
Patrick Sullivan, Waterman at a cam
on the Tomahawk, strayed in the woods
and wandered about without food for four
days He was found twenty miles from
any habitation
The Wisconsin Central road earned So
lao during the first week Of September, an
increase Of So Isl as compared with the
same month last year.
The Mississippi River Logging Company
is improving Hay creek, Eau Claire
County. so that logs may be more easily
driven through it.
Governor Rusk has abolished Timber
district No .. V. NJ Adams held the posi-
tion Of agent for nearly nine years al a
salary Of fifty dollars month.
Sixty feet Of tramway at the Sawyer
Goodman mill IL Marinette broke down
the other day under the weight OF 6a,O00
feet of lumber. the stock sliding into the
water. Two men went down with is, but
escaped serious Injury.