River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-09-05

The merchant tailoring establishment of
". G. Holmes Il Son at Jnesville was
burglarized the other n ght ana 500 worth
OF goods taken, including six full suits of
custom-make. There G0s no clew to the
burglars
Silver has been found in Marathon County.
Elmer Foster, a seven-year-old boy who
was found recently, wandered alone for
nine days in a large forest near Wausau,
subsisting ON berries for the entire period.
In the vicinity OF Eagle there is a spring
which is said to surpass any other in Wau-
kesha County The water percolates
through gravel bed at the foot of a hill
ma is said to have tlowaga OF two mill
ion gallons in twenty-iour hours.
Anton Kolin ky, OF Watertown, aged for
ty-fye years, was Killed by the cars recent
ly near Kansas City, No. He leaves wife
and ten children.
j. NJ Smith, of Green Bay received 81, 200
from his strawberry, raspberry and currant
crop this year His garden includes forty
acres and the portion devoted to fruit is
but small part OF it.
Robert Mariners Touring mill at Cadott
burned tho other day. Loss 10000; in
surance, 81, 800
David Law bought at auction recently
the Burlington House and stables at La
trosse for $1,000
W 4. Van Brunt has retired from the
management of the Horizon agricultural
implement business with which he has been
connected for seventeen years.
A house and barn of Mr.. SUgarwate, at
Omro, was destroyed by fire recently, The
loss amounted to $50 or $50
Joseph S B,esee was arrested at Madi-
II. oh
the mails.
Mrs Maggie Miller was convicted of
forgery at Madison recently, mainly on the
evidence of her father. She was sentenced
to one wear in the penitentiary, but Gov
eruor Hoard has committed the sentence to
thirty days IN Jail
W. A. Novel; has received his commission
as postmaster at Milwaukee.
Atthe recent special election in Prairie du
CHEN the scheme for bonding the city for
$1,000 and authorizing the city council TO
use s.. 90 in inducing manufacturing enter
prises 10 locate here, was carried almost
unanimously
Mike Mcguire who killed Otto Peterson
during a saloon row at Van Bruske's mill
IN Ashland was recently captured in Mon
tauA
Rev. John Walworth, of Richland Center,
recently celebrated his cighty-ffth birth
dav. For more than fifty years he has been
a minister OF the Gospel, and fifteen years
were given to newspaper work IL was
also a chaplain In the Union army.
The Oakwood driving property at La
Crosse has been sold To Messrs J. G. and
L. = Easton OF that city, for sl5.oO2.
The residence of Clara T. Morton az Eau
Claire was burned few night ago with all
its contents Loss, $4,000 No one was in
the house at the time The ire was un-
doubleday of incendiary origin.
Bishop G alton confirmed a class of thir-
tv-oue Oneidas during his recent visit to
their reservation
Miss Fannie Losey. OF Ia Crosse, a pas
sencer on the steamer Vera, was robbed
OF lswelrv worth SalO and purse contain
incr $50 while she was biauing farewell 70
some friends in New York recently. Her
state room was entered and her trunk
broken open
L. e. Schiller, wholesale FISH dealer at
Green Bay. made an assignment recently.
Liabilities. si20Jo; assets not known
An unknown tramp while drunk was de-
capitated besides having both arms and
legs cut of bv a Northwestern train at Be-
lott the other night.
Michael joyce vas drowned near Ia
Crosse recently by the capsiziug 0! a sail
boat
Miss Elizabeth Carter has brought suit at
Milwaukee against Hon. George Hiles,
president Of the Wisconsin. Pittsheld &
Superior railway. FOR breach OF promise o.
marriage. She alleges that she lived with
him for several years after he promised to
marry her and that he has recently tried
TO cast her of.
Rev A G. BlaCkman, OF MenOmonie has
accepted the past0fate OF the Immanuei
BAPTIST Church at Sioux City. .
A sailor named Jens Peter Larson fell
overheard from the schooner A r Norris
near Deaths Door Blur the other night and
was drowned
uagh Riley, q well-known Grand Army
man Of BcIoit. was fatally injured by being
thrown from carriage IN Milwaukee the
other night
Andrew Jackson recently brought suit at
Eau Claire against the Wisconsin Telephone
COMPANY on Euusuai grounds for $1,000
dam res Mr. Iacksoa's building was
struck BIZ lightning and bJrnsd and he
claims the cause was dead wire Of the
telephone company passing over the build
ing.