River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

| Sixty-five saloons have been licensed in
Green Bay at 500 each Fort Howard has
licensed seven at $500.
The Brown County Board of Supervisors
has taken preliminary steps toward build
ing a $4,000 Jail
Miss Addie Lanouette, one of Wausaus
Young ladies, has fallen heir to a fortune
of $4,000.
Another flow of natural gas was recently
struck on the Healy farm, fifteen miles
south of Milwaukee.
The corner stone of St Edwards Fps
copal Church, which is named in honor OF
the late Bishop Welles, was laid at Eau
Claire the other afternoon with Masonic
ceremonies in the presence OF a large con
course
Isaac L. Thompson, on inmate of the Sol
diers' Home at Milwaukee, cut his throat
the other Gay because he had learned that
his son in Minnesota had in some way dis
graced himself. Thompson served during
the war in the Eighth Minnesota
The finding of human skeleton under
the old Graham building at Sturgeon Bay
few days ago caused some Of the citizens &C
suspect that this discovery solved the
mystery which surrounds the fate of II. j.
Bertholf, who unaccountably disappeared
from that vicinity in 1851.
Walter DOwd. of Milwaukee, a locomo-
tive engineer. committed suicide by poison
at Racine the other day on account of I'M
requited love.
j. J. Berry, who lived near Seckicrville
committed suicide recently by hanging
He had been indulging in intOxicant' &c
excess. This was the second suicide in
that neighborhood within a week.
The main building of the Appleton Manu-
featuring Company's plant was burned the
other evening The company manu-
featured farm implements and machinery.
Loss. $1,000; insurance, $1,000.
An old barn, valued 1t $500 at the North
ern State Hospital was burned recently
While T. johnson and his adopted son
Fred Ramsey. were stalking for deer re
Gently in the town of Villas. Langlade Coun-
ty. johnson shot at Ramsey, having mis-
taken him for q deer. and instantly killed
him Ramsey was sixteen years Of age.
The Chicago, Burlington 4 Northern
road has reduced rates on all classes OF
freight twenty-five per cent
BY the fuse of quarry blast igniting
pail OF powder Julius Cranky, Of Beioit
was 50 badly burned on the head the Other
night that his life was despaired Of
william Kepp was convicted the oshe-
day 1t Prairie du Chen Of assaulting anC
attempting to kill Cyrus Lathrop.
Captain Warren r. Knowles. Fourth Wis
consin Cavalry, was buried at River Falls
recently He served as Captain of the spe-
cial scouts Of the Department OF the Gulf
and was promoted on the field for carving
off General " I. sherman from the deld
after six men had been killed while at
tempting the rescue
The twenty-hfth annual session o. the
Wisconsin, Homeopathic Medical Society
was recently held at Racine.
About two O'Clock the Other afternoon
Joseph Marches dropped D sad in Paunel
Seaverts plscs at Fort Atkinson while play
ing a gar e Of pool lie lad been very
weak win heart disease for so.ne months.
IRE recently in the whOles ale clothing
store of PIautz, sibley & Co, Ia Milwaukee
caused a loss of 5000
The mill dam at Knapp Stout Coz
mill at Cedar Falls went out the o-&sI
night There had been IN extra head 81
water gathered for the purpose OF splash
ing down some logs to the mills in Menomi-
nee and the strength Of the dam had beer
Overrated
DaIuas LenneaS vas killed and George
Wachter badly injured in a runaway acct
dent at Prairie IA Chen the other day.
Thomas McLaughlil. who married May c
Flood IL Chicago in lSS3, and Alice Sdpple
recently in MiIwau zee was few days age
convicted Of bigamy and would go &c
the States prison.
The La Crosse County Agricultural So
ciety viii hold its fair OF September 3.
and 3 IT. half-mile track has been re
surveyed and improved and $3.50 set aside
for racing purses.
Films road-house on the Peshtigo road
was destroyed by fire the other night
Twelve masked men appeared and drove
away the waterman and SET FIRE 70 the
house. which was consumed with all ous
buildings. The HOUSE was unoecuPled.