River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-03-28
The News Condensed.

The News Condensed.
Williams, Mcdonald, Martin and Graham,
| four Of the prisoners who escaped from the
| county Jail at Ashland, were captured few
DAYS ago near Hayward Richie the muir
| derer was the only man at large 4 reward
| OF s500.was offered for him
The saw-mill at Gillette, Oconto County,
was recently destroyed by fire. Loss. s., 500.
| Oscar Thilmany has formed company ct
/ Appleton for manufacturing sulphte fiber,
and viii erect a $4,000 plant soon some
where on the FoxTiver
| NJ f. Fuller. of Madison, recently pur-
chased parcel of land facing Capitol park,
on which he viii erect an opera-hOuse.
/ BY proclamation President Harrison has
released from reservation the southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter of section
1 8, township SO north, range 9 east, in the
district of lands 81 WaUsau These lands
were reserved for the purpose Of river i'm
| proyement in 1881.
/ An Attorney COW owned by Farmer
! Irvenbach, of Eau Claire County, recently
gave birth to four fully deve oped calves
All are alive.
| The Westinghouse and out-buildings of
| A. Richardson, farmer living two miles
south Of Darlington, were burned to the
ground the other morning Loss $500;
/ insurance, $1,000.
The wife of Joel Sally, laborer of Els
worth, recently received information that
she had fallen heir TO a large estate by the
death of her father in Michigan
Jim Connors, notorious crook with a
half-dozen aliases, who had been carrying
on an extensive system of forgery in the
/ pineries. was arrested at Eau Claire a few
DAYS ago
The Jefferson board of education has
/ adopted the system of free textbooks for
the public schools.
/ Herman Wolfile, of Pennington, suicided
| the other day by shooting himself IN the
| head with a revolver. He leaves wife and
| family.
D. Poggenberg. proprietor of the general
store and elevator at Adell made an as
signment to f. Slater recently. Assets and
liabilities estimated at coo aud $4,000,
respectively.
The committee which has been investi-
eating on the part of the Government the
charges of spoliatiOn of Indians has com
pleted its work and reports that the
charges made against the reservation OH
cials are groundless.
Hugo Kuchmsted, cashier OF the First Ma
tional Bank of Kaukauna, died in that city
the other night from lung disease.
A quarrel occurred the other day at
Dickeysville between John Daniels, man
seventy-three years old and his son.
High words arose between the two, and the
old man stabbed his son several times with
pocket-knife. The young man could not
recover.
The oldest bridal pair that ever stood be
fore the altar in BelOit was X. D. BuTdick
and Heppebeth Turney. of Rockton, Ill The
groom was eighty two and the bride eighty
one years old They We're married by Judge
Orton a few days ago.
Peter O'Rourke. wealthy farmer living
near Wausau, went to town the other morn.
ing and created great excitement when the
streets were crowded ut noon by taking
strvchnine and falling in front of the
National bank He died an hour later.
Milwaukee brewers have decided TO be
responsible for no more saloon keepers
licenses, and diminution of the number
OF saloons is expected to be the result
Quite a sensation was created in Beloit
recently by the public withdrawal from the
Methodist Episcopal church of prominent
family because of their conversion to Chris
tian scie ace. Beloit has a large class OF
scientists but this was the first instance
where church members there renowned
their creed
Isaac Fields. of Neillsville, notorious as &
keeper of a disreputable house, was re.
ce ntly sentenced to one year in the State
prison.
Isle works at Watertown of the J. L
Perry Manufacturing Company, limited
have been sold to the WatertOwn Machine
Company for $4,000.
Fred Schafer. a locomotive engineer OF
4TTr frr 70 eiy
months Imprisonment for stealing an over
coat
Work on the Hurley end of the Rhine.
lander branch of the Lake Shore road wa
resumed the other day There were thirty
six miles yet to build, but the matter woulC
be pushed and the line completed rs quick
~ as possible
The business men OF Appleton have sub
scribed $4,000 TO the capital stock Of the
Webster Chair Company, which viii be re
moved from Menasha to that place.
The billiard and storage building al
BROOKLYN was destroyed by ire. Loss, $500
insurance, $500.
Hans Croker, one of the oldest settlers OF
Milwaukee, and for many years connected
with the st Paul road as confidential ad
wiser of the late Alexander Mitchell died
the other night after long illness.
The Davis & starr Lumber Compal- VS. mil
at Little Black. Taylor County. was totally
DESTROYED by fire the other morning. tt
value was about $4,000; fully insured The
mill employed one hundred and twenty-five
hands.
Frank Collins, of Milton, pleaded guilty
the other dag to selling liquor without
license, and was fined fifty dollars. Milton
is a license town.
Ole Hanson, a farmer Of Norway, was ia.
tally gored recently by an angry bull which
he was taking to the barn hired man
ssot tho animal before il could he induced
to leave Hanson
Harry Marsh. a wealthy pioneer settler OF
the town of Beaver Dam. was robbed Of
81. 500 recently. The thief was known, but
was still 1t large.
Mrs. Ddscou. Of Waukesha, who killed
her husband with an axe. tried to take her
own life the other day by hanging but was
discovered and saved She was undcubted-
ly insane.
The bodv of the Young woman who was
drowned with Herman Anderson last De-
camber while rowing 70 West Superior from
53ioe's Point to attend a ball was found +
the ice in St Louis bay few days ago.
Al Hurley recently Joe Sheedy, champion
Of Michigan, knocked out Fred Lebo, OF
Ashland, in fiye rounds.
Martin Noon. of Watertown, was found
dead in his buggy the other day He was
eighty-two years old
The warm weather has begun TO drive the
Wisconsin lumbermen out Of the woods
Almost every camp on the east and wesi
tributaries OF the Chippewa river have
broken up. leaving millions Of slddded logs
unbanked. The same can be said Of those
on the Eau Claire, Black, Wisconsin and st
Croix rivers