River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-12-12
The News condensod.

Julius Metzel, young man Of Water
town, committed suicide by shooting the
other night. He was intoxicated at the
time.
The Burnett County Board of Supervis-
ors has organized a new town to be called
Rusk, in honor of the Secretary of Agri-
culture.
The Commercial Hotel at Bangor was
burned the other day. Loss, $1,000; in
surance, $1,000.
An incendiary fire recently destroyed
the large barn belonging to J. Jones
on French Island near La Crosse. Loss,
$500.
Blinn's jewelry store at Amigo was
rified o. 81 900 worth of watches the
other night.
A spring of petroleum was recently
discovered on the iron range near Ash
land by a well-known explorer. 1t had
been tested and found to be genuine.
The Monroe County supervisors voted
down the proposition to build new
Jail at cost of s12. 900.
It is said that Fred Berg. who was
given life sentence for the killing of
Nancy Ryan at TOmah in 1875, has been
pardoned by the Governor,
Frank Willy, a fireman on the St.
Paul road, was instantly killed in the
yards at Milwaukee the other morning.
He was twenty-three years of age
Jacob Lesxa, of Oconto. accidentally
shot himself he other day while hunt
ing and died almost instantly.
After a long and exciting trial Dudley
VI. Flowers, a sophomore in the State
University at Madison, from OconOmo-
woe. was found guilty recently of hazing
and fined 500. This was the first con-
viction Of the kind ever secured there,
though hazing scrapes had been frequent.
A factory for the manufacture of chair
backs, broom-handles and hoops is to be
established at Hurley.
H. NJ Beecroft. Milwaukee shoe
maker, was killed 10y the cars at Engle-
wood, ILL.,, the other evening.
II. NJ Waldo, proprietor of an eat
ing house at Milton Junction. has pur-
chased the Elliott Hotel at Ludington,
Mich.
Andreas Siebolt, a poor old man,
hanged himself in Milwaukee the other
day because he could not endure the hui
initiation of being dependent on public
support.
At meeting recently in Milwaukee
of the county board a resolution was
passed authorizing the building of hos
pital within me city limits to cost $780,
900.
An inquest recently on the body OF
John Hurd, who was found hanging from
q tree near Nelson, Buffalo County, re-
suited in verdict of suicide. The un-
fortunate was a native of Switzerland
and was about forty-four years of age.
At Hurley six houses of ill-fame were
raided the other night. Eight officer.
accomplished the work and took twenty.
six inmates TO Ashland. Judge Calkins
find them fifty dollars each.
Gardiner Morrison, a farmer of On
alaska, was run down by a passenger
train on the Northwestern road near la
Crosse recently and injured so he died
in few hours.
Peter Derringer. of Trcmpealeau
County. lost his house and contents the
other night by the explosion of q lamI
let burning while he went away 4
spend the evening. Loss, $500; M
insurance.
The children of John Johns, a wealthy
farmer living near Darlington, attempted
to have him adjudged insane recently
but failed, a jury declaring him to be o.
sound mind.
The Federated Trades Council o
Milwaukee. composed Of delegates from
the strop gest labor organizations ofthar
CITY. has refused to aid the Ministers
Alliance in its proposed Sunday closing
movement.
The prisoners in the jail at Greer
Bay recently fastened three sticks to
pether with wire and string. making :
pole about ten feet long, with which
they intended TO smuggle in tools 70 b
furnished by outside friends.