River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-06
Tho New. Condensed.

0mro the other day, causing loss Of
BIS, 600. Insurance small.
The Kommers Hotel at West Superior
was burned the other day. causing a
loss of $4,000; fully insured.
Richard X. Lee, former county sur
veyor and resident of Beloit, died re-
gently at Seattle, Wash.
Fred Luellwertz, of Butternut, was
arrested the other day for cutting pine
on Government land and taken to Madi-
son.
United States Railway Commissioner
Horace A. Taylor, of Madison, recently
purchased the State Journal newspaper
plant of that city, the consideration be-
ing $50, 1000.
A fatal epidemic prevails in the viii
lage of Evansville. close y resembling
diphtheria, but that it is that disease is
denied by local physicians. Four deaths
had occurred and nearly score of 9TH
ers we're afflicted.
Albert Hartman, of WATERFOWL, was
arrested the other day charged with IN
attempted assault on his 13-year-old
niece, Bertha Hartwig.
After lingering illness Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Moore died recently at Beloit, aged so
years. She was one of the first white
women to settle in that city.
While the 12-year-old son OF john
Erickson. a farmer near Glidden. was
currying young stallion recently, the
lad was kicked in the head By the horse
and killed.
Jack Carkeek failed to throw Martin
Burns, the Iowa farmer, five times in
one hour at the opera-house in Beloit
the other night thereby losing tho
match and $50 Carkeek got three falls
in fifty-two minutes and surrendered
the m atch.
The Cumberland roller rink and con-
tents, valued at $1,000, and owned by
George Frissell. was burned the other
morning. No insurance.
DR. Henry Palmer. of GAINESVILLE, was
recently awarded 500 damages against
Miss Alice A. Broder, OF Beloit, in his
damage suit for $1,000 for malicious
prosecution
The log cut in the Chippewa Falls
district this season will be from one
third to one-half greater than last sea-
son. The stock of logs 20 be carried
over is estimated to he from $50. 600. 900
to 4Oo. oo0, 600 fcet. which. together with
the present cut. will give the lumber
men al unusually large supply.
Jared Thompson, Sr., died at his home
in Oak Creek recently. aged SIS years.
He was a native of Connecticut and
came to Wisconsin in 1887.
Mrs. John Leininger. who lives on
farm three miles south Of Madison, was
recently arrested charged with poison
ing her husband. Leininger found her
in the poor-housc, from which he took
her to be bis bride.
Swift & Co., of Chicago. are building
house at Green bay 10 hold 5000 tons OF
ice, and are shipping ninety carloads
per day 20 Chicago. J. j. Casey, OF
louisville, Ky. is erecting mouse at
Depere to hold 10. 900 tons.
A private message received at Ash
land the other day from Congressman
McCord said the Secretary Of War had
decided to establish a signal service in
Ashland May /.
John Porter and John Graham were
convicted of stealing whisky recently at
Superior and sentenced to three years
each at hard labor in the State prison
at Wsupun.
The homeless and unemployed man
shot at North McGregor by the marshal
died the other day. The coroner's jury
found that be died from the effects of
pistol shot, and censured the marshal
for cot shooting the whole gang.
Robert Alien, aged 81 years, and
Christopher L. Sholes. aged II years,
died the other day. Both were pioneers
of Milwaukee.
a F. Houser. the Baptist boy evangel-
list. closed five weeks session 81 Gin
ton Junction recently. by his efforts
over one hundred persons were con-
verted.
Charles E. Seymour, proprietor Of the
Hurley iron works and patentee of an
ore concentrator, says that the process
of manufacturing aluminium cheaply
has been los. art, but that he has in
vented a cheap and practical process
which he Is prepared to put into opera
ton