River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-11-07

Mrs. Ida H. Waldron, mother of Mrs. A
p. Van Colt. of Mao son, died the other
day, aged one hundred and three years
Amos Taylor, thirty years OF age. was run
over by dump car at Woodyille the other
morning and died in few minutes
! Manager Hunt, of the Ashland iron &
steel works, has established laboratory
in connection with the furnace. Assays
| will be made of all kinds of iron ore,
and regular work of a laboratory will be
prosecuted.
/ II. c. Forsyth. an attorney at NirO-
! qua. pleaded guilty recently to forgery
on his arraignment before the circuit
court. lie had yictimized a number of
/ farmers in that vicinity. Sentence was
I deferred.
! In the recent suit of Catherine ThOmp-
son. of Palmyra. vs.. Sarah VI. Hall, for
/ IS. 600 damages for alleged SANDER, the
1 jury awarded the plaintiff. $500.
4 4 fire at Green Bay the other night
/ caused damage to several firms amount
+ ing in all to about $4,000. nearly COW
/ cred by insurance.
Z Eight men charged with aiding and
abetting the Curtiss-K inmick prize
az 1T ht A1tiiAlAt w ~ IL AN ~
for trial. Both principals were in Jail.
Barney Eagan. siXty-three years Of
! age. an old settler and farmer residing
between Muscoda and Avoca, died the
other day from the effects Of kick by
/ horse.
\ dwelling owned by y. VI. Odcll. at
Baldwin. was totally destroyed By lire at
an early hour the other morning. Early
/ the evening before Thompson's wagon
/ factory was discovered on fire. but it vas
4 extinguished before much damage was
| done.
The tug ". c. Tillson was burned 10
4 the waters edge on Green Bay the other
afternoon. The crew escaped in the
boats Loss, about $1,000; insurance,
/ - 100.
! Leander Ferguson. Of Brandon. was
I the other night elected "a Department
| Commander for the Department of WI
; consin C. A. Il. to fiji the vacancy caused
by the resignation of \. G. Wcissert.
Barker x Stewards steam sawrill at
Wausau. which had just been completed
and was to have been started up in
| few weeks. was burned the other morn
I lEE. L Lt At~. " a. t1kAtAe hNtA az A'-HNt-
insured fol $4,000.
\ son of Mic Bole, farmer of Kiel.
was killed few days ago by the acct
| dental discharge of his gun while
| hunting.
Louis Kellermann, who shot his wife
| at WATERFOWL, killed himself with a re-
volver the other morning in the loft OF
his mothers barn Mrs. Kellermann was
! still alive.
At Black River Falls the other even
| ing Mrs. George Jay committed suicide
at the home of her father, J. +. Burgess,
| b. taking trychrinc- She vas unable
! to agree with her mother-in-law and bac
had some unpleasant talk about 1t with
her husband.
DIR. :. Il. Buckmaster, superintendent
of the Wisconsin Hospital for the In
sane, has rendered his resignation
BY the overturning of a skiff recently
at La Crosse in which were four men
Edward Foreberegel was drowned.
The new church edifice of the FRS
Baptist congregation, just completed OF
the corner of Aston and Ogden streets
Milwaukee, was dedicated the other
morning. The cost was $4,000
j. W. Scoville, of Chicago, recently
laid the cornerstone of ''Scoville Hall.
a new academy adjacent TO the colleg'
at Beloit. Mr.. Scoville will finish tn
building at a cost of SIS, 900 and presen
it to Beloit college.
The .422 Winnebago Indians III tn
vicinity of Black River Falls were r
Gently paid their annuity of $50, 1853 L
amount paid would scarcely pay the
debts.
Early the other morning the notorior
Cotton Farm" one mile west OF Wan
sau, was destroyed by fire. The den wa
closed last spring and since had MOI bee
opened. Loss about s., 900.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Johnson, Of ~
ansville, celebrated their golden wed
ding recently. Mr.. Johnson--an oil
resident in Rock County-was q membt
of the Assembly in 1865 and a.ter"sFc
sheriff.