River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-08
The News Condemned.

W. W. Coleman, editor of the Herold, a
German newspaper of Milwaukee, died in
that city few days ago.
William Hooper, treasurer of the Long
shoremen's Union at Ashland, WIS recent
~ arrested charged with embezzling the
funds of the organization.
Al Beecroft, young man highly re-
spected and a successful merchant Of Mad
ison, died the other day Of hemorrhage OF
the brain.
Abel Anderson, whose entire family was
poisoned near Ellsworth, died the other
day from the effects of the poisoning. One
child had also died and other members of
the family were dangerously ill.,
H. d. Mckinney, of GAINESVILLE, recently
sold PhalIamont Girl, record, 230, to ".
r Allen, of St Louis, for $1,000
Jadge NJ. NJ Cothern, of Mineral Point,
died the other night
Mr. and Mrs Miles Willard, Of Lake
Mills, recently celebrated the sixty-fourth
anniversary of their marriage. They have
lived at Lake Mills since 1912
Large stacks of hay on the marshes near
KroghVille and Rome were recently de-
stroyed by fires supposed to have origi-
mated at the camps of hunting parties on
Big Marsh.
G. Belts, of Fairchild, recently received
a home bounty of forty dollars and forty
dollars from the State for killing eight
wolves.
The potato crop in the State this year is
estimated at Il, 236, 40 bushels.
Owen Christian, of Menomonie, was
drowned recently while hunting on Mel
sons lake.
The President has approved the act es-
tablishing life-saving station at Kewau-
nee.
A large deer became entangled recently
in a wire fence near Green Bay and was
killed and eaten by farmer
The Merton Hotel at Ocouomowoc,
valued at s. 0J0, furniture and all, was
few days ago destroyed by fire. Insurance,
SO, 500
The Fox river is to be deepened between
Green Bay and Depere to twelve feet.
Two jealous squaws beat Mrs White
Bird, one of their number, recently at
Adonah so severely that she died.
August Yirns, delegate to the recent
Democratic Assembly convention held in
Weyauwega, in attempting to board
freight train was thrown under the cars
and killed.
Mrs. Able Olson, of Ellsworth, has be-
come violently insane from the effects Of
the poison which was administered to the
whole family some days ago.
A detestable trick was played on a num-
Der of young men who attended a ball in
Milwaukee the other evening. The gentle
men, instead of placing their overcoats in
the wardrobe (where fee was charged),
piled them up in another room. During
their absence some powerful acid was
thrown upon them, completely running
about fifteen of the coats.
The European Fire Motor Company, of
Milwaukee, has been incorporated with
capital of 500, 900. Also the Automatic
Furnace Company, of Milwaukee, with a
capital stock of $50, 600.
Samuel Brockman, sewer inspector in
Milwaukee, fell twenty feet into sewer
recently, seriously injuring his spinal
column.
Mary Shreiner committed suicide at La
Crosse the other night by taking lauda-
mum. She was very poor and poverty
was supposed to have furnished the mo-
tive. She leaves divorced husband and
two children, residents of Danger, La
Crosse County.
Work has been commenced on the con.
struction of Ashland's big union depot,
which will cost $40 600.
The standing committee of the Milwau-
kee Episcopal diocese has issued call for
a special council for December II to elect
a successor to Bishop Welles.
Suit has been brought against the West
Side Railway Company of Milwaukee to
recover $50. 600 damages for injuries TO
Francis Shenners, the three year-old son
of John Steamers Last August the child
was run over and lost both feet.
Matthew Kohn La Crosse saloon keep
er, was arrested recently for selling liq-
uor to an Indian. On learning the penalty
for his act he was Frustrated by paralytic
stroke which ended in his death.
A two-year-old child of Edward Sher-
wood, Of Beloit, died the other day from
injuries received by rolling out Of bed.
Walter Ball, an employee in the railroad
yards at West Superior. slipped and fell
under a car while making coupling the
other night, and one Of his legs was cut
on above the knee and he received other
injuries,
At waukesha the other night, Mrs.
Frederick Icke, wife Of a merchant at that
place, committed suicide by hanging while
temporarily insane. She and her husband
were first cousins. and they had six chill
dren, five Of whom inherited the mothers
arrangement
The Chippewa Logging and Boom Com
pany recently purchased of w. J. Stair, Of
Chippewa Falls, l.2S0 acres of pine land in
Ashland County and 40 acres in Sawyer
County for s125. COO
Victor Mallow, who assaulted a woman.
and John n Norton, a burglar, both OF
Wonewoc, got one and three years respect
lively ia prison the other day
Forty-six young women in Milwaukee
were invested with the white vail and ad
mitted into the order of School Sisters OF
Notre Dame a few days ago.
John T. Jannsen, chief detective Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul road, was
the other day appointed chief Of police Of
Milwaukee.
Joseph Prange. Of Watertown, was
buried recently b. the caving Of sewer
he YVES digging. In rescuing him from his
living grave one or the workmen hit hin
in the head with a pick, causing instant
death,