River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-15

During a thunderstorm the other even
ing four cattle belonging to A NJ. Bene-
dict, who lives just west of the village of
Mazomauie, were killed by lightning
They were all found lying near barbed-
w.re fence, on VIII ch probably the light
ming was running when it killed the cattle.
The News Condensed.
W. IL Bowen, a prominent business
man of Madison, died few days ago.
A young man named Link living at
Madison, jumped from window while
asleep the other night and broke leg.
In Milwaukee recently Albert Metz OBJ
tanned verdict of s.. 500 against DR. Men.
dal. The doctor. it was found, had dressed
the plaintiffs arm in such way as to ulti-
mately render amputation necessary.
The dwelling ofJames s. Boyle. in the
town Of Dunkirk, and most of its contents,
were destroyed by fire recently.
Sylvester Kenne ly, of Sun Prairie,
slipped from stack of grain recently to
the ground, striking upon the upright
handle Of a pitchfork. The handle pene-
trated his right breast breaking two RIBS
and exposing the Jung. He was seventy
three years of age aud the accident would
probably prove fatal
John Sitter, retired farmer aged sixty
three years, committed suicide at Oregon
recently by cutting his throat despond-
ency over financial affairs causing the
deed.
Captain A. NJ Newman, Of GAINESVILLE,
has the honor of making the best score
ever made in the State with a military
rifie-forty-e ght out OF possible fifty
The p. b Champagne Lumber Company
of Merrill will put in about fifteen million
feet of logs during the coming season.
They will have eight CAMS inc uding
those who are logging for them. on con-
tract
Charles NJ. Shaw, of Beloit, had his eye
put out by campaign rocket during
procession in GAINESVILLE the other day.
Ashland has a citizen who helped make
the cloth from which the suit was made
which William Henry Harrison wore
when he was inaugurated in 1870
August Dassenbrock, of Horizon, shot
himself accidentally while hunting a few
days ago. He was seriously but not fatal
ly injured.
The Common Council of the city of Ash
land has made a contract for fire alarm
telegraph system to cost s., 500.
A newly-married couple blew out the
gas at a Milwaukee hotel few nights ago,
but an open trausom saved them from
death.
A ciscoette weighing fifteen pounds was
caught in Green bay recently. This fish
seldom seen in the upper lakes-is com
nom in Lake Ontario
Enoch Evans. of Monroe, celebrated his
one hundredth birthday recently He was
able to read w .thout the aid of spectacles
and he conversed in lively manner.
A town is being plated at the junction
r q O. ~
ueapolis, SAult Ste. Marie a. Atlantic rail
ways.
Henry Barnett shot and seriously wound
ed John Hayes, his discharged employee,
at West Superior the other day in a quar-
rel growing out of Hayes discharge.
Frank lessen, of Cold Spring, pleaded
guilty the other day to robbing his grand
father of $500, and was sentenced to Wau-
pun for one year.
Almon Hutchinson, ten years old. of APP
pletrn, was recently committed to the
State Reform School on a charge of bur.
glary.
James II. McCorm ok, claiming to be o
la Crosse business man. was a few dayl
ago adjudged insane at Dubuque, Ia, and
placed in an asylum.
Peter Truax, of Eau Claire, has sold the
Interstate Lumber Company about S75,-
600 worth of lumber, all of this seasons
cut.
August Dassenbrock, of Horizon, shot
himself accidentally while hunting re-
Gently. He was seriously but not fatally
nurt.
A. w McCarlin. who had been resi-.
dent of Wisconsin for forty-fve years,
died recently at his home near Water
town, aged eighty-two years.
Mrs. Fred Lang. of La Crosse, suffered
a paralytic stroke while attending the
funeral of friend recently, ami Lived but
a few hours.
Eight Eau Claire sportsmen have re.
turned from a trip to Dakota, having
tagged sixteen hundred ducks and geese
in two weeks.
Thomas Milmine, conductor on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul road, wa7
other morning.
An enthusiastic Republican at James
lie was recently blessed with a pair OF
twins and named them Harrs son and Nor.
ton without a moments delay. He de.
clared that theirs was the cry of victory.
A man entered Newburg's jewelry store
at West Bend recently and asked TO see
some rings. Selecting a valuable one, he
pointed a pistol at the clerk and backed
out of the building, making his escape
with the ring.
Samuel Brockman, sewer inspector in
Milwaukee, fell twenty feet into a sewer
recently, seriously injuring his spinal
column.
A large circular saw in a mill at Wausau
struck a spike in log few daysago and
burst into thousand pieces No one was
injured An effort was being made to dis
cover the party who placed the spike in the
log.
Charles Finn, farmer living in Patch
Grove, Grant County, was struck b. light
ming the other moraing. He was driving
a load Of corn from his field to his barn
when he was struck, and was instantly
kill d.
Henry Hamilton, of Berlin, died recently
at the age of niuety-two years. He had
resided there since 1853.
Horace Brown, a Beloit grocer, made
an assignment the other day on behalf OF
his cred tors. He claimed to owe Sl7,
and had considerable stock. Z.
August Ycrges, Of Fremont fell under
the wheels of freight train at Weyau-
vega the other day and was killed De
ceased was about sixty years of age an6
leaves family.
At La Grange recently a farmer per.
formed the feat of husking one hundre5
and forty six bushels of standing corn iE
nine hours and fifteen minutes and draw
ing and cribbing the same in fifty min
utes mora.
The Rusk Guard of Milwaukee has beer
formally admitted TO the National Guard
of the State.
Fire destroyed the planning mill and sash,
door aud blind factory of Z. NJ Fish d
Co at Eau Clair the other morning, en-
failing a loss of $40 900, with au insurance
of s.. 500 The cause of the fire was I'M
known.
Gottlieb Gaulick, well-tO-do farmer Of
the town OF Grant, ShawanO County, gave
one of his horses dose of aconite recently
and at the same time took teaspoonful of
the drug himself, remarking that he