River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-02-21

Inc Ashland Iron and Steel Company
furnace made one hundred tons of pig iron
the other day. This was supposed to be the
largest output ever made by charcoal fur
mace in one day.
Burglars entered D. W. Mills meat market
at West Superior early the other morning
md robbed the safe of $40. The sheriff dis
covered some of the other plumber taken,
together with a lot of jewelry and clothing
N an old shanty, and arrested its two occu-
pants.
While hauling logs down a hill in the
own OF Harmony recently Gustav Hash, a
farmer, was instantly killed by the load tip
ping upon him.
Ed Labart and William YOnkee are held
at Green Bay on charges OF forgery.
A. Johnson, a prominent resident of
| Chippewa Falls was killed recently by being
Tampled under his horses feet
Edward GeOghegan, alias Hanley, a nOtori-
Gus Ashland crook, was given twenty four
hours the other day to get out of town
tic was under arrest ON charges of burglary
but no witnesses appeared against him.
1t is said that the Illinois Central road has
decided to build a line from Madison TO West
Superior, and that work will be commenced
early in the spring.
An unknown man, who was searching the
garbage box in the Belvidere building at Mil
wauI1ee a few days ago, was caught i'm the
elevator shaft and crushed to death.
Frederick ]. Brande, prominent farmer
at Pleasant Prairie, committed suicide tie
other day while his family was at church By
hanging himself in the barn. Financial re-
verses were supposed to have been the
cause
George L. Farnum, son-in-law of J. T.
9 IL
Aberdeen, d. T.. after a brief illness
At Ashland a saloon keeper was recently
fined twenty-five dollars and sentenced to
one day in the county jail for keeping open
after twelve O'Clock. This was the first
conviction under an ordinance recently
passed
Frank Rice attempted suicide recently at
Oconomowoc BY shooting himself in the
ear the bullet entering the brain. He had
not drank for several months but lately
went on a spree, which was the cause of the
shooting.
In fit of temporary insanity few days
ago the wife o. Andrew Brake. of Martil,
Pierce County. committed suicide by Jump
ing into a well eighty feet deep.
William Bundy. aged seventy three years,
one OF the pioneers of Beloit, died the other
night of pneumonia.
A suit has been commenced by Frederick
Prentice and A. c Brown TO recover I6U
acres of land located in the heart OF the city
Of Ashland Mr. Prentice is a New York
millionaire.
Two freight trains ran into each other at
Ixonia station a few nights ago and both
engines and twenty-eight cars were de-
rallied and badly wrecked The engineers
and firemen saved their lives by jumping.
Two brakemen were slightly injured.
Mr.. J. P. c. Cottrill, a high degree Mason
and leading lawyer and politician Of Wis
consin. died at Milwaukee a few days ago OF
softening Of the brain.
The entire works of the Wisconsin Sui
plate Fiber Company located at Monoco,
We're destroyed by fire the other morning
The loss was fully $4,000, with insurance
Of $4,000
An Eau Claire druggist has sold s23,GN
worth Of drugs known IS camp remedies
to loggers in that vicinity.
David Duckworth, a farmer living near
New Lisbon, while getting out building
stone recently unearthed a den of live
snakes. eighteen in number The average
length Of each was over i've feet.
James Johnson. well-to-do citizen, was
put in Jail az Ashland the other night for
misdeeds committed in a drunken spree. In
the morning ne was found dead, having
hung himself in the cell
Twenty five children spent the night IN
the Catholic school building az Holland,
Brown County. during recent blizzard the
teacher fearing to permit the little ones to
start for home IN the STORM
A post-office has been established ar Farm
Hill. Pierce County. with William II. Young
as postmaster.
Albert kOzdoh0rier. a Bohemian about
twenty eight years Of age, having failed in
MS suit for the hand OF q widow shot him
self four times al Prairie du Chen recently
and died IN two hours.
Oscar HAHN, a maTble-cutter, was shot by
John Bird, bricklayer, at Mchland Center
the other night Bird was immediately ar
rested and lodged In Jail and during the
night was taken out OF town 70 avoid the
possibility Of lyRehing.