River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-09
The News Condemned.

Eight prairie wolves We're captured by r.
f. Day, of Sugar Creek township, recently,
the State and county bounty amounting TO
sl60.
The Methodist church at Marinette has
raised $500 above its debt of 81, coo. The
Christian Scientists of that place, twenty
one in number, have organized as a church.
Percy Cochrane, of Eau Claire, who de
strOyed one of W +. Baileys eyes by firing
a blank cartridge ut him, was fined twenty
dollars and costs recently. The evidence
went to show that there was no purpose on
the part of the defendant to work the injury
TO the plaintiff
While William Reese, of Evansville, was
out shooting few days ago in company with
his son the gun was accidently discharged,
the load taking effect in the boys head, iu-
fiicting fatal wound
The steambarge John Otis, from Menomi-
nee with a load of lumber, sprung a leak
the other morning at Sturgeon Bay and
sank in sixteen feet of water dumping
most of her deck load into the bay. All the
lumber would be saved
Joseph Stickney. one of the first settlers
at Black River Fails. died recently, leaving
Hiram Yaetman the only survivor of the
little colony of men who arrived there in
the spring of 1881 under Jacob Spaulding,
and built q saw-mill
Commissioner George p Trauemer and
Alderman Gumz came to blows in the com
missiOner's office in Milwaukee the other
morning, and lively scrap ensued, dur
ing which both v ere more or less disigured.
Henry Wheeler's residence, at Rosendalc,
was burned Loss 81, 500; insurance, 81 400.
The residence of Julius Billock, near
Medford, was totally destroyed by fire the
other morning
George Billet, a lad of Cold Spring town
ship, Jefferson County, while out hunting
recently was shot through the foot by the
accidental discharge of his gun, which he
was holding muzzle downward. Hopes
were entertained of saving the foot
Samuel Hos kins. one of the most prom
inent merchants and shelters of the South
ern Wisconsin, lead mines, died the other
night at his home in Dodgeville, at the age
of sixty gears
Kay Humphrey, eighteen years old, was
kicked TO de ath by horse the other day at
GAINESVILLE.
Governor Hoard has appointed Henry c.
Paine a trustee of the Milwaukee Insane
Hospita. fer four years, and +. G. Bigelow
for three YEARS.
J. +. Malone, attorney for Allard & Mar
tin, of Juneau, recently received check
for 5000 from the officials Of the Chicago
& Northwestern railway, settlement in full,
for the burning OF the Dodge County Cream
cry in lSsj
Fire at Depere destroyed the Wingard-
Pearsons brick block, the fremont House
and a bali dozen residences The losses
would aggregate $4,000
J. II. Walker formerly ticket agent for
the Wisconsin Central at White River, was
arrested the other day charged with swlnd-
ling thG company.
JOSEF b Hennewusch. a farmer of CaledO-
mia, committed suicide the other day by
hanging himself
George Green, fourteen years of age, re
siding with his parents near Boscobs~,
while hunting recently attempted 70 XIII
snake with the butt OF his gun, when the
lock caught in his trousers and sent the
charge through the palm Of his left hme,
blowing a hole completely through u
Eouble over a claim contract at Haw-
thosne resulted the other day in the proba-
bic fatal shootingo of Jerry 0'shea by Charles
la 9nafin.
The Common Council OF Beloit has fixed
tha liquor license fee for the ensuing year
at S7J0 for Wholesale and retail licenses,
which must be taken together
Fire the other day caused loss Of 5000
on outbuildings, live stock etc, on the
GARY farm OF D. l. Hoesen, IN the 9pt-
skirts of Madison. Insurance. s., 900.
William Wicker, of Ashland, got drunk the
other night and started home in the dark
When crossing the Bay City bridge he
Imagined he was pursued and leaped over
the railing into the ravine, forty feet below.
de might die.
The Hoard Rifles, q recently organized
company, were mustered into the Wiscon-
sin National Guard at Fort Atkinson the
other evening Governor Hoard and Adlu-
tant-General Buchard we're present
An unknown person made desperate
but unsuccessful attempt 70 burn the city
of Cumberland the other night he es-
capped
Daniel HONG, dealer in furnishing goods
at Shawano, failed recently, with sS3,uuV
assets and SIS. 600 liabilities
While Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Temple, OF North
Leeds. were absent from home the other
evening a German In their employ hrutally
assaulted their six-year old daughter, in
juring her terribly He made no attempt
at escape, and was placed IN jail Lynching
was freely talked OF