River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04


The News Condensed
Pneumonia recently carried of three lit
lie daughters OF John Murphy, of Erin
Washington County, viz Maggie, aged
three; Ann Eliza, aged nine and Katie,
aged five years. fourth little one was i'll
with the disease.
Albert Molanfck, Of Eau Claire, charged
with bigaruy by his marriage with Miss Au-
gusta Kricsel when he had a wife IN Ger
many, confessed recently and said he
thought himself legally separated from his
5rst wife.
There is one saloon In Medford to every
one hundred and twenty five of population.
A haIf-breed named Henry BelOna was
sentenced at Chippewa Falls the other day
TO three years imprisonment Ion horse
stealing.
W. II. Permission of Argyle. recently found
a small bright stone which jewellers pro
nounced diamond of the first water. Mr..
Permission claimed that he could get 5
shoyelful where he found the first one. The
find had aroused considerable excitement
The Goldberg Brothers Company, import
ers and tobbers in Iaces at milwaukee,, failed
few DAYS ago with liabilities of $4,000
and assets of $4,000
Appleton's street car line is 70 be ex-
tended to Appleton Junction
A nine -year-old son of Aug Laper, of
Green Lake, died recently from profuse
bleeding at the mouth ana nose. The ex
cessivO use Of tobacco IL said to be the pri
mary cause of his death.
John Breck, a wealthy farmer OF Sullivan
made an attempt the other night to XII
Charles Cook a young man who wanted to
marry Breck's daughter Breck fired two
shots one of which took effect in Cooks leg
Brock was arrested Cooks wound was not
dangerous,
John Beach, of Rome. shot and fatally
wounded young Cook the Othernight whom
he charged with running his daughter.
Albert Mining was recently arrested al
Chippewa Falls for bigamy. He has a wife
and baby In Munich, Germany, and recently
married a young girl of Falls Creek, Eau
Claire County.
The Marine boiler works, at Milwaukee,
owr d by Richard Davis, were burned the
Other evening Loss, $4,000.
Articles of association have been filed in
the Secretary of States Office by the Black
River Falls q Eastern Railway Company,
which purposes to construct a line from
Bknck River Falls to Alma and fremont,
connecting at these places with two other
railroads
The farmers of La Prairie Rock County
| have formed horse company with Robert
! Pollock as president and J. H. Haviland as
secretary.
| The receiver of the land Office at Ashland
has been notified that no more private en-
tries of land viii be permitted This viii
increase the homestead business and oper-
ate against land syndicates.
The body of Patrick Malone, who hal been
missing since January -, was found IN the
Rock river near GAINESVILLE recently.
The following Wisconsin inventors re-
| Gently received patents; J. ). Goodwin,
| Emerald, mail bag fastening; T. G. Mandt
| Stoushton sleigh knee; +. F. Paramore,
/ Oconto. suspeufler hook; T. L. Smith,
| Reedsburgh, screw cutting die; G. Stretch,
| Oshkosh, lumber rack.
| 4 fire destroyed large greenhouse and
| other buildings the other day at the Villa
| Louis, owned by Mrs MacBrde, of Prairie
| la Chen The loss would exceed $4,000.
The contract for building the new mill of
| the Fountain City Milling Company was re
Gently let to a st. Paul contractor for sl3F
| so Work is to be commenced at once ard
the mill is to be in operation by July |,
| 1890
J spearing sturgeon through the ice at the
| northerly end Of Lake Winnebago has not
| been productive of satisfactory financial re-
suits But few have been captured
Articles OF association were filed the
other day with the Secretary OF State for
I she Berlin & Green Lake Railroad Compa-
ny The road is to be fifteen miles long,
and the capital stock is 100000.
Fire destroyed the grocery of W. T. Mat
4 lhews at Depere few days ago. Loss,
| 81 500; insurance, 50, go.
| Logging operations in the vicinity of
| Wausau have been suspended Some small
| streams are open, and several crews OF
\ drivers have been sent up. Logs can not
| be brought down the river unless they are
| swollen by rains.
! Colonel Robert s. Gardner. of the IN
| serior Department arrived in Ashland The
| other day and informed Indian Agent
| Gregory that he wosld relieve him of his
| abors
Joseph Memoir, the Frenchman who at
/ ,empted to murder Ellen Long at High
| bridge. died the other day OF wounds in
/ hicted by himself with razor.
Reese & Whiting, dealers in dry goods at
/ Berlin. assigned the other day with liabilt-
! lies of s3S. GOO and assets OF about $4,000.
! Articles of association were recently filed
/ in the Secretary OF States office by the
/ Am. lean Candy Company Of Milwaukee.
| III capital Is 81. coo, and the incorpOratOrs
/ are ouis aud nick Kuhn, f. Budde, john
| lesser, Joseph Farber and Louis Eberle.
The Jury in he case of Louis Schlecht,
/ IF Wausau, charged with the murder OF
4 Louis Butler returned a verdict OF man.
! slaughter recently.
/ Stephen Manekesk, a farmer at New Dem
/ mark. Brown County was burned to death
/ the other day while trying to rescue some
/ stock from a burning barn.
! Alta railroad crossing in La Crosse the
/ other night. Mrs. William Drake was instant
/ " killed by switch engine and her hus-
/ band was fatally injured
/ While preparing for an amateur theatrical
entertainment at Eau Claire recently Percy
| Cochrane. prominent young society man,
! shot viii Bailey, another young man, in the
I lace with a blank cartridge, putting out
| Bailey's eye.
The body Of f. Carl Bothe, aged sixty
| sbree years. who disappeared December ,,
was found floating IN the river at Green
Bay the other afs5rn0On-
! G Larson. formerly prominent business
/ man Of Chippewa Falls and highly respect
cd citizen. was recently placed in the county
Jail for cmhezzlement
i Tony. the little ten-year-old son Of viii.
lam Ester proprietor Of the City Hotel a
I Chiffon, was kicked by a mule recently
| fracturing both Of his jaws.
Hiram Ladd. Of BelOit, was found dead ir
/ his chair the other night CLARK Nye. an OLD
I settler. died the same day. aged eighty five
years. and Nathan Warren. another old set
tier. aged eighty-four, was buried the sans
day.
Andrew Gfbberton is in a hospital a
/ Chippewa Falls suffering from wound h
received by running against gun thal
some one had set for deer.
In the history Of the State University
sixty girls have married classmates ant
nineteen more students who W contem
poraries in college.
While Harry Marsh and wife an old
couple living at Ciason 'rairie, were
temporarily away from their 'ome a few
DAYS ago some one robbed then Of 81 go
The money was in a trunk
| The Standard oil Company has leased Nv,
| acres Of water front property on St Loui
bayin West Superior, and viii build thereon