River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-11-28

A man named Field hung himself in
his barn at Spokevillc recently. He
was suspected of Hurder and was fearful
Of arrest.
At Black River Falls the either even
ing the county board settled with the
bOndsmen of the defaulting ex-counS
treasurer, S. d. Blake, for So, 600.
The post-ofice free delivery system
will be in operation at Green Bay by
January next.
Fred Frank, the fiftcen-year-old son
Of Captain J. u. Frank, of Lamartlne.
was killed by the accidentsi discharge
Of his gun the other day.
Daniel w Mills, the leading butcher
of Superior, failed recently. with liza
bilities OF -, 900 and assets of &. 25s.
Eight members of the Green Bay
Trombone Band joined travelling nov
city company. They were recently at
Albion, Mich, discussing the number of
ties between them and home.
Alexander Galbraith. Of Iauesvilie,
has been elected president Of the Amer
lean Shire Horse Breeders Association.
Elan Hoskinson, an old resident OF
Clinton junction, lied the other day.
A representative OF the Rothschilds
has secured options on most Of the mills
of Milwaukee.
A iewelry ,eddler vas robbed Of his
sample case containing overSl 600 worth
of jewelry at lumber camp near Wash
burn the other night.
Fred Storms, a brakeman az La Crosse,
was killed by the cars the other day.
At Black River Fall the bondsmen of
Mr.. Blake, the default,r, have accepted
a proposition of the county board to
settle and pay 81, 500 for full release.
James Sanders, of Sitter Bay, disap-
peared the other day and was supposed
to have committed suicide. He was
suffering with an incurable disease, and
part of his clothing had been found in
the water.
The saloon license of II. 7. Talmage
at Beloit was revoked recently. The
license fee is 500, which is forfeited.
George Kalb, n young man, cut his
throat fatally with a piece of window
glass at the Farmers Hotel in La Crosse
the other day. Unrequited love and bad
whisky were the causes.
DIR. ]. II. Batchelder and wife, of Sa-
lem, Mass. who were married in log
cabin in Wisconsin Territory by min
lister who came ten miles on horse,
and with gun over his shoulder, to
perform the ceremony, celebrated their
golden wedding recently at their Salem
home.
The trial of Hans Kuh II, charged
with the murder of William Christen at
Primrose last December, has been post
poned until January 20.
The Schleisinger syndicate has Sc
cured the Buffalo South Buffalo, Queen
and Prince of Wales mines near Negau-
nee. The price paid was about $500, 200.
The festivities of wedding in the
town of Lake were suddenly in
terrupted the other night BY john
Trilling, one of the guests, dying
at the wedding supper. He had choked
to death. The doctors, VINO conducted Z
post-mortem examination. removed a
piece Of meat which stuck in his throat
George Magalpin, while intoxicated,
was crossing a railroad bridge at Green
Bay recently and was run down and
killed.
Viroqua has sent two large boxes OF
bedding and clothing to the suffering
people of South Dakota.
The eighth anniversary of the Eau
Claire Y. NJ. c. A. was celebrated the
other night
Herman Psutz, seventeen years old,
living in Gibson, was leading team OF
horses by the head recently when the
front wheel struck stone and the
wagon tongue struck him in the thigh,
causing fatal injuries.