River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-02-27
The News Condensed.

Alfred Schroeder, of Beloit, was fatal
y shot recently by friend while the
two were out hunting.
Mrs. Albert Cheney, of Madison, who
was made a cripple for life by her wagon
overturning down an approach to a
crossing recently, received S. 900 from
the Illinois Central Company as settle
ment. She had sued for $40. 900.
Edward Edyvean, local preacher and
merchant at Dodgeville, hanged himself
the other morning.
At Prairie du CHEN the other day the
ticket Office of the Burlington & North
ern was robbed of S54 while the agent
was at dinner.
The following officers were elected by
the State Dairymen's Association at its
recent annual meeting in Columbus:
President, Prof. w. A. Henry, of the
State University, Madison; Secretary,
ID. w. Curtis, of Fort Atkinson; Treas
urer, f. ]. Loomis, of Sheboygan Falls
Hon. Richard Guenther, the new Con-
sul-General to Mexico, expects to leave
for his post of duty March 3.
The railroads have decided to give a
rate of one fare for the round trip to the
encampment of the Knights of Pythias
in Milwaukee next July.
fire at Hurley recently destroyed
the block of buildings occupied by the
Ken Furniture Company; A. J. Agnew,
hardware dealer, and the post-office.
Loss, 10000. The fire started in the
furp yure store.
Jvernor Hoard has offered reward
of $50 for the capture of August
Schus, n, who recently attempted to kill
Rose 81 ,ckman at North Freedom be-
cause she refused to disclose the where
abouts of the money in her uncle's
house.
John Reed, a farmer residing east Of
Darlington, had his skull crushed by a
falling tree while at work in the woods
the osher morning. But slight hopes
of his recovery were entertained.
The ice crop at Black River Falls was
never better than it is this winter, it
being about two feet thick and clear as
glass, with no surface shale ice on it.
Immense quantities are being taken
out.
Rev. Robert w. Blow, rector of
Grace Church at Sheboygan, was found
in an unconscious condition by his bed
side the other evening and he died
early the next morning of apoplexy.
He lived entirely alone.
Byron Cassidy. of the town of Rock.
Rock County, carried a hog to GAINESVILLE
recently that weighed 700 pounds, and
1t was only year and s months old.
The maehine-shop of ID. Christensen
& Son at Merrill was totally destroyed
by fire the other night. 1t was insured
for 50, 900, which covered the loss This
was the second time the works had been
burned in two years.
1t is estimated that there are sufficient
sunken logs in the different streams Of
Michigan and Wisconsin to render any
one millionaire who should take some
plan of raising them and conveying
them to the mills to be sawed
A post-ofice has been established at
Brule. Douglas County, with Mary
Miller as oostmistress. The mail from
Ottawa to North Prairie has been dis.
continued.
A ministerial alliance has been formed
at Ashland with Rev. J. c. Banks as
president, William Kilbourn secretary
and Will Sloan treasurer. Weekly meet
ings will be held.
Ashland is to have the finest and
largest theater in the Lake Superior
region. Frederick Prentice, local
capitalist, will erect a brown stone
building to cost $780, 600, on site to be
given by the city.
At Congressman McCord's camp on
the Wisconsin river Jacob Crossword, OF
Merrill, was instantly killed on log
railway recently. He was buried be-
meath fifty logs
Sylvester Moore was drowned at Ap-
pleton the other morning in attempting
to cross Fox river on the ice near the
cemetery.
party attempted to cross the ice al
Sturgeon Bay few days since, when II
became so foggy that they lost theii
way and after driving about three hours.
2 distance OF probably twenty miles,
came on shore at Menekaunee. not many
rods distant from the place where they
went upon the Ice,