River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-05-15
The News Condensed.

A black bear weighing 500 pounds was
caught in trap at Porterfeld recently.
William Wyman. of Rockland, was
killed by the cars recently while walk
ing on the track.
The streams of Dunn County have
been stocked with rainbow trout from
the fish hatchery at Madison.
The coal beavers at West Superior
won their recent strike for fifty cents an
hour and returned to work.
The Wisconsin Central Railway Com
pany is building a depos-hotel at Mel
len.
DR.. Lewis Merriman, aged SO years, the
second homeopathic physician to locate
in Wisconsin, died recently in Beloit.
Hugh Miller, aged IL years, ran away
from Chippewa Falls recently with his
mothers watch and S23. lie was cap
tured at st. Paul
Two Milwaukee travelling men, Nicoll
and Essen, we're robbed recently at an
Eau Claire hotel, one of them of S43 and
the other of SIS.
The strongest Farmers Alliance in
Western Wisconsin is at Rockland, la
Crosse County. Over 100 members are
enrolled.
Mrs. James Baty, of Mcmillan, while
visiting the family of John Baty at La
Crosse recently died suddenly Of hem
orrhage of the lungs. She leaves hus-
band, her family of six children having
died of diphthcria last summer.
Prof G. w. Tinfield, aged 4s years, of
Wayland University, expired the other
morning in Beaver Dam of lung fever.
Prentice Brown was killed in an Ash
land quarry the other day by stone
falling on him.
ID. A. Wyman, station agent of the
Milwaukee road at Rockland, was killed
recently by the cars.
The new German Young Mems Christ
ian Association building at Milwaukee,
was dedicated the other afternoon, 1000
persons being present.
William Smith, 10 years old, lost
leg under the cars near Jefferson re-
Gently.
Smith & Gateley's and Blair a. Cow
dey's coal and wood yards at GAINESVILLE
were recently burned The loss was
about So, 900, including a warehouse be-
longing to C. T. Wilcox, on which the
loss was $1,000.
J. T. Kendrick, of Montfort, has in
his possession a pipe that was present.
ed to his father in Nashville, Tenn,
in the year 1880. by the chief of the
Cherokee nation. 1t is one of the his
torical pipes known as the pipe of peace,
and has q capacity OTTO hold nearly a
e If tnh
Serious forest fires were recently re-
ported from the northern part OF tho
State. Much damage was done around
Mason.
The Wisconsin Press Association will
hold its annual meeting at Superior
about July %. Proctor Knott will del
liver the annual address.
BY her clothing catching fire few
days ago Mrs. Peter Quinn, an aged
lady living at Beloit, was fatally
burned
The Prohibition party leaders have
fixed upon ] uly % as the date and Mad
ison rs the pl ace for holding the State
Prohibition convention.
Rock County Association of Patrons of
Industry was formed at Beloit the other
day by delegates of seven branches Of
the county.
Charles Dietrich. aged 81 years liv-
ing in the town of Lake, while tempo
rarily insane blew his head off with a
shotgun the other night Grief over
the death of his mother was the cause.
A r. Buffers farmhouse and con.
tents near Chippewa Falls were de-
stroyed by fire recently. Loss, $1,000;
insurance, 1,s00 Frank Chase's farm.
house was also burned. Mrs Chase was
sick in bed and alone, and narrowly
escaped with five little children.
If a bill now before Congress becomes
a law ffty-eight towns in Wisconsin
will have Government post-office build.
ings.
DIR. Samuel Bell, of Beloit recently
received official notification of his APP
pointment as examining surgeon in pen.
sion cases, with headquarters at James.
vile.
Work began a. Ia Crosse recently on
steel draw bridge for team trave!
across the Mississippi. The city spen;
SO. 900 last year to make a road across
the Minnesota bottoms. The bridge Is
to be fine structure with the largest
draw on the river and the third Largest
in America