River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-27

A freight wreck recently at Fort At.
kinson caused loss of SIS, 900.
Three men recently held up and
robbed William Schultz, of Fond du Lac,
OF $50.
William Way was recently sentenced
to the Wisconsin penitentiary for three
years for a burglary at Madison.
April 80 has been designated as Arbor
day by Governor Hoard.
Three buildings at Eau Claire owned
by Z. b. Finney and John Pearle were
burned recently; loss, SO,
Albert Semler, formerly treasurer OF
Washington County, died recently in
Milwaukee.
Samuel Holmes store at Baldwin was
damaged to the extent of So, 900 by fire
few days ago.
John Mckenzie was instantly killed
while loading logs at England & Thorn
as camp near Sand lake recently.
DR.. Town Cleveland, who was charged
with attemp ting to murder George Elder
Colby, by shooting at him November IS,
was acquitted at Wausau recently.
A Saginaw tMich.) lumber syndicate
recently bought 40, 900, 900 feet of pine
stumpage along the Nemadji river, in
Wisconsin. The syndicate's total hold
ings in that section now amount to $780,.
900. 600 feet.
The library in the State university
at Madison now has IS, 952 volumes.
Z. p Jacobs home in New Richmond
was destroyed by fire a few days age
loss, $1,000.
Twenty sheep belonging to A. Z. Gill
bert, of Prospect, we're killed recently
by dogs.
Edwin Cooper, ex-treasurer OF the
town of Greenfield, plead guilty to
murder in the second degree the other
morning, and was sentenced to twenty
years in State prison. He killed his
brother Peter last November.
James Mcpherson, foreman of the
Nor thwestern round-house at Marine tie.
was killed by an engine the other even
ing. He leaves wife and four chill
dren.
DIR. f. c. Henbeck. of La Crosse, who
is German physician, has not been
seen about usual haunts for some time,
was found dead in his room the other
evening.
Four barns and an old public hall T.
the business part of Fort Atkinson
burned the other evening. Loss, s4.00O;
insurance, $4,000. The hall was the
first hotel ever built in Fort Atkinson
and was formerly known as Fosters
Tavern.
At Chippewa Falls recently Harvey
Mills, young boy, fooling with re-
volver, accidentally shot a companion,
the ball lodging in the mouth and caus-
ing probably fatal wound.
The logging camps in the vicinity OF
Black River Falls are all broken and
the cut has been equal to that of any
previous year, according to the number
of men employed.
At West Bend the other day Judge
Sloan dismissed the case of Rev. John
Jacob Hoffman,, of Sheybogan, against
Henry Landwehr and others. The case
was one of many that grew out of the
celebrated church quarrel at Sheboygan.
At Wausau recently Louis Brabant,
who was charged with having set fire TO
10 Joseph Desserts lumber yard at
Mosinee September IS last, was acquit-
ted.
Mrs. Mary Lamere, Of Wausau. was
recently sentenced to sixty days in the
Milwaukee house of correction and TO
pay . fine OF $50 for opening letters ad-
dressed 10 other people.
Charles II. Parker died the other
night at Beloit from general debility, at
the age Of 20 years. He was one Of that
city's most prominent citizens and presi-
dent of the Second National Bank at the
tme of his death.
Will Dudley, is years Did, was terribly
thrsshed By high-school boys in Eau
Claire recently because by his hardness
he had r.evented them from enjoying
half holiday.
Miss Martha T. Hazard, for many
years leading teacher in the Beloit high
school, and one of the best educators in
Southern Wisconsin, died the other
night after lingering illness, aged IS
years.
Mrs. Daniel Jones, wife of the presi-
dent OF the Wisconsin National Bank
OF WATERFOWL, died the other afternoon
of dropsy of the heart aged - years.
She had resided in WATERFOWL forty
I've years