River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-23

fire il Fort Atkinson the other day de-
stroved Cornish, Curtis & Green's dairy
manufacturing establishment and the
Northwestern Manufacturing Companys
warehouse, occupied by Icugner q Hoff-
man. lumber dealers Loss, So, 600; par
italy insured
Dir Y. I. Atkinson has been reappoiuted
State Veterinarian by Governor Hoard
Recent dispatches from Washington Ter
ritory state that Robert Silbcrs body was
found hanging To the mast of a boat adrift
in the bay at Port Blakely with bullet
hole in his fol ehead 1t was thought to be
the work of smugglers He was formerly
business man of Green Bay, aud has a wife
and children there
Few logs ON the Wisconsin river viii
reach the mills, az the recent rains were
not sufficient to raise the streams for log
driving
August Kanrath committed suicide re-
Gently at Wausau by taking strychninc,
Cause, drink.
Adelor FaScette, a well known character
of Eau Claire, while employed ON the west
fork of the Chippewa the other day was
seized with an apoplectic fit. fell into the
river. aud drowned before assistance could
reach him.
The farm machinery and implement
warehouse Of H. q Dodge & Sons, at Mad
isou, were destroyed by fire the other day.
Loss, $500; insurance, 81
Charles Airing, while in Jail at Wausau
attempted suicide thu other night by dig
ging a hole in his throat with nail The
next night he pulled the bandages off his
neck, made a rope and attempted to hang
himself He was discovered and resusci
tated
Ia hn fbnr a
from Secretary of War Proctor that Camp
Douglas. the camp ground of the Wisconsin
militia, had been approved as the official
range of the regular army rifle competi
tions during the coming summer.
Anton Sensenbrenner, farmer residing
six miles eaet of Amigo, died recently from
injuries licted b a ferocious bull
Lucas Heritage, for the past twelve year,
professor of Latin in the University of Wis
consin, died of consumption in Southern
California recently, aged forty years He
leaves a widow and a three-year- old son
DR. c J. Baggage, veterinary surgeon
committed suicide at Atkinson recently by
taking thirty grains of morphine. He re-
tired TO his room, saying he must moi
be ca He'd until four o'clock, when
he was found dead, with note stating the
cause OF his death.
Miss Ida Cleveland, of the town of Grover
was drowned in Black river the other after
noon Miss Nellie Foster, OF Ashland, ana
Miss Cleveland were sailing i'll a boat and il
a@psized,
An old lady by the name of Olsen, about
seventy years of age, was struck by pas
senger train six miles ca t of KlbOurn the
other afternoon and instantly killed
John Lang, a six-year-old boy of Chip
Foil no
while fishing
Two children of Frank Chillson, at Ga.
belle. near Ellsworth, were bitten recently
by a rabid dog. Twelve head OF cattle il
the town of Trenton. Pierce County, dice
of hydrophobia, having been bitten by
mad dog some time ago.
over three hundred Winnebago Indians
OF the Trempealcau district recently held
their annual pow-wow at Fountain City.
DIR. J. Otto Urban and Henry Matthews
railroad laborer died from the effect of the
heat at Milwaukee the other day. William
P,ntrock was Frustrated but would re-
cover.
Bishop Flash Of La Crosse, confirmed
four hundred children in the various
Catholic churches of Chippewa Falls the
other day.
Knox Brothers saw-mill was destroyed al
Wausau by fire the other day The one
hundred aud twenty-five employees jumped
through the windows and down the log
slide to save their lives. Loss SO, 600; insur-
ancc, $4,000
Mrs F. Christian was found dead in her
bed at WATERFOWL few DAYS ago. An in
quest resulted in verdict OF aPoplexy
Evan Lee, an eccentric and wealthy old
man, was found dead in bed at Eau Claire
the other day. He mad been i'll for several
days. but refused TO take food or medicine,
Reports from the western part OF Mara
thon County are that work on the much
talked-of Merrill and Abbotsford railroad
has been started between Black Greek
Falls and Abbotsford.
Charles W Fox and Fred T. Carter, wool
growers, recently recovered s@-D.''0 on trial
a tJanesxflle for the alleged loss of one han
bred sheep by a dog belonging TO Dexter
Gray. the defendant in the ca e The suit
was for $50
fire at B.niamins coal dock at Miiw au-
kee the other afternoon did about $1,000
worth OF damage. The propeller Curtis
lying at her dock was badly scorched
While Gustaf schultz, a head sawyer al
the Jacksonport mill. was saving logs few
days ago he slipped and fell on the cir
ollar saw. The instru .ent cut diagonaIly
across his breast and killed him instantly.
Edward Lindsay. the slayer OF Jack Ma
honey at Ashland, was acquitted OF the
crime by fury few DAYS ago.
The attorneys for Antonio Lorenzo, who
was tried and convicted at Ashland Of mur
der in the first degree for shooting he
partner at Hurley. have fled an appeal e
the Supreme Court asking for new trial
Lorenzo Is now serving life sentence al
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