River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-02-07

OF London, failed recently for over $1,000
II was expected that they would settle and
recover from the Il, ubles.
The Outagamie County board recently
purchased the farm Of L. G. GOff, near
Appleton, for SIS. 900, and will Immediately
erect large county insane asylum.
The Association of the Wisconsin Ma
tioual Gu I'd Officers concluded an inter
estiug session at Madison the other day.
G. F. { hapman, Of Mad son, was elected
Pre- ident; Charles King, OF milwaukee,,
Secretary. and e.. II. Mcneil, of Fond du
l. c, Treasurer
Dr.. J. w. Joslyn, of Centralia, was re-
Gently found guilty in the United States
District Court for aiding women to fraud
ulently obtain pensions, and was sen
fenced TO State prison for eighteen months
A Jury which had been out nearly thirty
hours at Eau Claire came in e other
evening W th a verdict acquitting Jim Nc
Cam and Mary Mccain of the charge of
keeping a house Of lll-fame Ia this the
anti-den org IMITATION of cit zeus, which
instituted the pending prosecutions, suf-
fers It's first defeat.
BY the burning of a shed the other day
on his farm at WOodside, st. Gro COun-
", Nels Overw ok lost nearly one thou
sand pounds Of tobacco
1t is proposed to enlarge the boundaries
of Sturgeon Bay by taking in the tier of
sections on the east 3 de of the present
I mits and extending to the ship canal
the remainder Of the ca tern part of
Sturgeon Bay township to be given to Sc
bastopol.
J. NJ Shorta!l, an old resident of La
Crosse while dr. wing across a viaduct re-
Gently was rown from his cutter, strik-
Il l. u l.
and he d:ei in few m ments. He leaves
a wife and three chi dcen.
Horses around Hebron & Heaths mill,
IN jefferson County, are SUBJECT to pa
lysis. -Four deaths were receduy re-
ported
Frank NJ White. former OF Eden,
Fond du L c County. was drowned re-
Gently n Church lake. near Portland,
Ore.
Joseph Della's dry goods store at Miner
al Point was entered the other night by
burglars, who stole about 500 worth of
goods, consisting lrincil ally of iewelry
A remarkable rich vein Of zinc ore has
been struck near Highland.
Josephine Schaloncki, a two-year-old
child, was choked to death in Milwaukee
the other morning by gum-drOp.
Henry Murphy was fatally injured by
being crushed with slidingc Ike of ice at
Schreir's brewery IN Sheboygan the other
afternoon.
Frank Huusinger, popular young
m N, was killed at Rhinelander the other
morning by ia ling tree. His home was
near Chippewa Fall.
suit has been com meuced in Grant
County In the name of an administrator
against the Chicago, Burlington q North
ern road to recover SIS, 900 damages for
the death of Mrs. Au rust Baade aud her
two children, who were killed while going
TO church In hand-car.
John Johnston, the Milwaukee banker,
will erect o S75. 900 theater on the West
side for Manager Lift. The house will be
50x15O, three stories high, Moorish in de
sign, and capable of seating 1900 people.
Rev Samuel Wits a well-luowu resi-
dent Of APP Teton, was struck by pas
senger ira on the Chicago & North
western railroad the other day and in
stantly xii ed.
A man named Sullivan, who attempted
10 abduct two Minneapolis girls TO hts
house OF I'll repute near Ashland, was
he, for tri in the Circuit Court recently
under bond Of 5000.
Mr. Hastings, who for soma years was
a conductor on q Milwaukee line. has sue
ceeded J. NJ. Barr as erintendeut Z the
Oh cago, Burl ngton ~ Northern railway
\ large lynx was run down Ia otl&r
day by i Wisconsin Central section crew
neac Junction City. The hand-car was de-
rallied aud desperate fight ensued, the
cnragej animal fac ng the crew. y he men
eau hi M their snovels and managed to
dispatch the beast before it had injured
any of them.
Ill.
had balky team attached TO a 3ad Of hay
recently, and be built fire under the
team to start them The flames consumed
the hay. horses, sic gin and all.
Campbell Bros. loggers and saw-miu
owner, near Canton, ass gned recently to
Emmet II ran, OF Eau Claire. Their LA
bilit es were estimated at 5 900 with as
set, OF 1900
-Four girls who were ia clrriage re-
turning from q party near Bslolt a few
nights ago jumped ont as the horse' start
ed 10 run away, and Maggie Halljga WIS
killed and Ellon Roherty was seriously in
jured.
The Wausau school authorities ravo
accepted plans for ten thousand dollar
school house.
Robert Sehoeu, a shoe maker at Ia
Crosse, and his ent re family, including
I'VE CD tluEcNs were 20 5ohNA q lew adJ ;
ago from eating SIN sed sausage, aad it
was feared that the children would de
President Cleveland has approved the
act providing for the erection Of pub
lie building at Nj lwaukeo, the appropria-
ton being $!,2J0 900.
Commissioner Oberly has ordered the
farmers on the Indian reseryat on in this
State to stop cutting timber under con-
tracts not vet Appro ved b. the department
This will tnrow hundreds OF men out Of
employment
Suits against several notorious dive
keepers near Eau Claire nave been begun
In the courts
J n. Barr. superintendent Of the e, B.
Il y railroad with headquarters at l.
Crosse, has resigned to ac ept a similar
position with the Union Pac DC, with head
ouarters at Omaha y -. He VIII BE- sue
ceeded by J X Hastings, Of Minneapolis.
TIE Jefferson County and Rock r yer
Agricultural Soc .e's has eiccte John
Whitnet. President; O. r. RoessIer, Sec
rotary and George J. Kjspert, Trea urer
The soc ETY. voted TO apply 80 on their in
debtedness Of 800 ami it was expected
il would be able TO reduce the debt $500
more before spring.
Dobrinz & Neither. hatters, at Milwaukee,,
a u
ago. IL was due to a lack of winter bust
ness. owing to the mild weather.
Frank Schraw who bit Alexander
Charles IN the lip al Marinettc during a
row resulting from political discussion,
was recently fued 800
More iron ore IS being shipped south
from tue northern mines this winter than
ever before this seas q. THIS IS brouEh 1t
about by the decreased freight rates.
A valuable iron orc deposit was recently
found on the farm Of Hans Jurgenson,
three miles north Of New Ii bon These
who had examined IL prom uEced II equal
20 any OF the Northern Wisconsin mines
BY the explosion Of large can e oil IN
the Belvidere block IN Milwaukee recent
~ John Clements aged twelve years, was
burned 20 dcata aud James his brother,
aged fouTte N years. WIS 50 badly burned
that he could not live,