River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-09-26

The barn OF Robert Martin at JohnstOwr
was struck by lightning the other morning
and destroyed. including thirteen hundred
bushels of grain, eighty tons OF hay and
several stacks Of straw Loss, 5000; in
surance, $50
The Iron Belt iron mine near Hurley,
owned by the Standard Oil Company. was
Iosed recently. throwing over two hun
bred men out OF employment The ore
mined this season remained unsold on the
docks at Cleveland
Frank Erickson a teamster employed at
the county poor farm of Eau Claire Coun-
ty, was found in an old stable recently with
his throat and wrists gashed lie said that
Re had tried To XII himself with a razor on
account OF hi great suffering from rLeu-
matism. lie might recover.
Or. George Casey died at BeIoit the other
morning eyed siXty-eight years, He had
pracficcd medicine there forty-twO years
In the case of Mrs. Martin Heesackers, of
Green Gay. Us no died in a dentists chair
while under the influence of chloroform.
the coroner's jury recently exonerated the
attending physician, but recommended
that chloroform be used only in urgent
cases
H. Grove 4 SON OF Madison, are defend
ants in a suit By the State Food and Dairy
Commissioner on charges of selling bogus
fluid as pure cider vinegar The penalty
N first conviction is 500 fine, while i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary is provided
for subsequent oifenses
Mrs Percy " Beaser. of Ashland has Sc
cured a verde OF 5000 for injuries re-
ceived in a wreck on the Chicago & North
western road
At Milwaukee the other day an order was
given that an baseball ooi rooms should
re closed They had been running wide
open ali summer
The election held at Appleton the other
day to determine whether liquor license
should continue at SOD or BE- raised TO 500
resulted in SIG majority Tor 5000. an In
crease of about DO majority over the re-
suit OF the last similar election four years
ago
G. G Lang. o. La Crosse. has been ap-
pointed Assistant State Factory Inspector
to succeed J. c Moore, of Evansville
Frank Tess re. OF Cold Springs. convicted
about year ago of stealing several hun
bred dollars from his aged grandfather and
sentenced 10 three years in Waupun, has
been pardoned by Governor Hoard
" C. Jones. OF Spokane Falls, the Re
publican candidate Tor Attorney General in
the new state o. Washington is La Crosse
County boy
valuable Pine land deal was consum-
mated In Madison recently by which WILL
lam f. Villas, John H. Knight, Of Ashland.
and W. 4 I:ust of Eau Clair disposed OF
their interest in the Superior Lumber Com
pany for $1,000
Josef,h Marx. OF Harrison. Calumet
COUNT. w.s kicked in thc face by horse
recently and had his nose entirely demol-
ished
Peter Parsons. a Chicago, Milwaukee &
st Paul conduc or. fell under passenger
train az Ehinelander the other day and was
instantly killed
At Milwaukee recently Miss Catherine
Adams. 81 Chicago 50 as married 70 Tne0-
dore SouzO a japanese merchant of New
York CITY The groom is citizen OF the
United states end speaks English fiuently.
Mason D Sampson. the new Consul at St
Johns, y p, Is a son OF Rev W II. samp-
son. pioneer Ne hc5iss preacher Of Wis
c0nsin. and one Of the founders Of Law
renee University.
The model barns of Captain sherman,
near Eau Claire. were burned few days
age c1us'n.s e less q 1880
Suit 4 To be brought by several c0lored
people o. Milwaukee against Jacob Lit,
manager OF tie Bijon Opera House. under
the civil rights Law, for refusing them ad-
miss on % the best art Of tho house
Edward II Dnc. a we'll known resident
Of Drvwood. accidentally discharged 3 gun
while hunting recently. the contents en-
tering his brain causing instant death
Ia crosse hremen have lost by death
their dog-.sOld Dexter lie never failed
10 attend a fire running with the cart al
every alarm Locked in building when
the alarm came in a window Yves no bar %
hin He was seventeen years old
BarabOO people have raised $3.50 foi
the erection Of Young Mems Christian
Association building
john Shield aged twenty-five year,
and unmarried. OF Rockford, III, after
spefeling the Day recently in Beioit got
drunk and laid down on the Chicago. Mil
1aukee & st Paul road and was run over
by the cars and killed
Diphtheria has just carried on six OF tep
children Of Milwaukee man named
ZiHdatt
Paul steindl. Of Milwaukee, who served
term in state prison for the murder Of
District Attorney Macarthur. and who has
been in extreme poverty, selling matches
on tie street Tor living. has been left $50.
coo by al uncle Ia Germany. st5indi is
cripple.