River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-08-01
The Ncws Condensed.

A new stage route from Portage to Mon
tello has been opened. the stage running
every Saturday. The post-offices supplied
by the route are Thurman, Roslyn and
Grover
At Manitowoc recently Burger & Burger
launched a new schooner named Cora A,
for Wash & Austin, of Chicago Her di-
mensions are 155 feet over all IA feet keel,
q feet beam and II feet hold Her cos is
about $50 600
To the steamer George Burnham belongs
the credit of having delivered recently the
largest cargo OF ten Sa-k az Milwaukee the
present season-fn fact probably the
largest cargo of the kind ever delivered
there. Il consisted of 332 cords
Clarence Q. Cloyd. of Booncsboro, Mo,
a student at Valentine school of teleg-
raphy in GAINESVILLE, was drowned in Rock
river while bathing the other evening. The
body was recovered
VIII II Woodruff employed as lineman
by the Wisconsin Telephone Company, and
a resident OF Fort Atkinson left James
vile early the other morning, taking with
him - OF the company's money.
At Prairie du CHEN Officers Lidtner and
Gokey arrested three men the other day
answering the description of the parties
who robbed the American Express Office
at Oconomowoc of a sachel containing
$500 worth Of iewelry.
The Wisconsin Press Association met az
Ia Crosse few days ago. i. J. Price, Of
Hudson. was elected president
At Oak Creek the other afternoon Mrs.
Anthony Rope received injuries which wiz
disable her for life She was stopping of
Northwestern car whe,. the train stared,
throwing her violently to tlie ground
Article Of incorporation Of the Lake SUI
psrior Hlrdware Company were filed the
other dav OF West Superior with a capital
OF $4,000 The incorporators are r J.
Wemvss W b Banks, John l. Lewis and
Charles thornton.
The sheep-o~ners ~ the town Of Mt.
Sterling are making war on the strange
dogs in that neighbOrhOod, their focks hav-
ing been worried and torn by them.
The wrecking expedition recently re-
turned to SheboEgln after another uusuc-
&c ssfgl search for the wrecked steamship
Salah Chamberlain, wrecked IN Lake Mich
igan
While standing on the bridge at East Mar
fnette recently Edward Martin missed his
footing and fell of, a distance OF thirty
feet lie was fatally hurt.
Griffith Evans. son OF D. : Evans. of the
town o. Emmett aged about eighteen years,
had foot cut of the other morning in a
feed-cutting machine which he was run
ming.
Wind recently umoofed F. Wolfram's
drug store at West Bend and the Odd-Fel-
lows hall al PcsHtigo
Tie Oneida Indians. instead of being tie
wild. untamed individuals most every one
supposes them 10 be, are said by an inter
viewer TO be very pleasant, intelligent
people
Arecsns ire at In Crosse destroyed leo
& Cla-kes flour mill Loss, 500; insuI-
ance. $4,000
The Hessian fly. or green nudge. has
ruined whole fields Of wheIt in the country
south Of J. l.uvia 80 that farmers Ia many
instances have set fire u the standing
wheat with the hope OF preventing further
rayager By the fly in years to come in that
locality.
The BODY oI an unknown man who was
accidentally drowned At Sparta recently
was recovered
Atwo headed calf was born on the farm
Of Nels Jensen IN NoTway. the other day.
The animal vas alive and promised 10 live
and become 0ns of the c-riosities Of the
day
vt nine o'clock ne other night heavily
armed man undertook - rob TWO quarry
men near Washbgrn but while searching
one OF Ll4E men L4st btll-L NA4DL LIS AU1bGA
through the heart
During severe s-rrm the other evening
the barns o. Peter Tayinran william Lang
Al Spring valley we're struck by lightning
and destroyed Los 81 80; no insurance
Taylor lost two horses
In a wrestling match recently at Milwau'
kee between Evan Lewis and Charles
Green. champion of Engiand, Lewis won
three straight falls and the match
The four big gambling houses that have
been running wide open in Ashland FOL
years we're closed the other night by order
Of Mayor Beasar
An insect supposed to be the green
nudge is working havoc around Madison
Farmers IN several localities complain that
wheat is rapidly being ruined
A ST ooth-talking icllD'v spent three days
circulating around the country near For
Atkinson recently pretending 70 be buying
COWS for New York dairies Then he Dor.
rowed fifty dollars Of the livery man, A.
Mack. and skipped, leaving hotel and iy.
eEY debts for some one else 70 pay.