River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-05-22
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The residence of Caleb Lane, farm
er in the town of Waxville. near
Durand, was destroyed by fire the other
evening.
At special session in Sparta recen thy
of the county board an appropriation of
SIS, 900 was made for new Jail for Mon
roe County.
The body of Ole Olson Laque was re-
Gently found in the river at Galesville
He was laborer and disappeared near
ly two months ago.
Harvey Carpenter, a chiropodist,
dropped dead in Milwaukee recently.
He was 65 years old.
At West Superior Charles Thompson,
cook for a mill camp at South Range,
was knocked down and robbed of STA
the other night.
John IL. Searle's planing-mill and
clothes-pin factory at Boscobel was de-
stroyed by fire the other morning. Loss
S., 900; insurance, 81, 100.
An electric street railway will be
built in Merrill.
The post-office at Kirby, Monroe
County, recently discontinued, has been
re-established and Ellen Hart appoint
ed postmistress.
Thomas Horton, of Beloit, was
fatally injured the other day by being
hit in the head by stone by Henry
Jones, of the same place.
A Madison character known as
Crazy Harry" Graves has fallen heir
to an estate in England valued at nearly
500, 900. Harry has maintained an ex-
istence by doing odd jobs about the
depot
DIR. Emil Z. Nussel, of Chippewa
Falls, was recently found guilty of man
slaughter. Nussel was charged with
performing a criminal operation on a
servant girl, causing the death of an in
FAINT The penalty is four to fifteen
years in Waupun.
The dwelling on Rev Henry SewelIs
farm, west of Evansville, was burned
the other night. Cause of the fire
matches and mice.
James Kelly's stopping place near
Amacoy lake was recently destroyed by
fire, set by the surrounding forest fires.
Loss, 81, 900. The family were obliged
to take refuge in the lake.
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of the Boston Sy2phony Orchestra
from st. Louis to Minneapolis ran into
a hand-car on which were three section
hands at Prescott the other afternoon,
killing two and injuring the other ia
tally.
The Methodists at Waukesha recent
ly celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
| of their church organization.
Carl Grossheim was recently ar
rested at Sheboygan for incendiarism.
1t was charged that he fired and de-
stroyed William Foley's barn, in the
town of Mitchell, to hide evidence OF
horse-stealing.
J. C. Tillapaugh, with the assistance
of dog, captured six young wolves.
about a week old, under a stump near
Union, Rock County, recently. II
would receive a bounty of $50 on each
$40 from the State and $40 from IT,
county.
DIR. w. I. Galloway died at Eau
Claire the other evening, aged 70 years.
He was one of the early settlers Of Wis
consin.
The other night boarding house be-
longing to the saw-mill at Prescott ar
owned by John Dudley. of Minneapolis
took fire from defective chimney and
burned to the ground. Loss, about
| IS. 900.
Oliver w. Olson was killed in a
Crosse the other afternoon by blow
on the neck struck by William Dewey.
who was tending bar in the saloon Of
/ C. A. Hunt 0lson's refusal 10 pay fort
cents for round of drinks vas
reason for the bartensers striking him.