River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

Rev. DIR. Dudley has appealed to the
Eau Claire Board of Education to sup
press hazing in the public schools.
Henry johnson, an old bachelor of
Grand Dyke. cut off the heads of all his
hens recently. made a bonfire of his best
clothes and killed himself with arsenic.
Five men persisted the other day in a
fire at the Germania mine near Hurley.
The flames caused loss of $780, 900.
Eight new saloons have been licensed
at Tomahawk, making the number in
the city thirty-one.
j. n Whites house at Colby was de-
stroyed by fire a few days ago. Loss,
81, 200; insurance, 5000
Mrs. Eugene Masters and her little
babe were buried in the same coffin at
Fort Atkinson the other day.
Four glandered horses were killed re-
Gently at Fond du Lac by order of the
State veterinarian.
Andrew Mueller, railway employee
at Kaukauna, had his jaw bone broken
by being knocked down by the cars a
few days ago.
Fire at Mcfarland the other night de-
stroyed the general store of David Bry-
ant & Co. Loss, $1,000; nearly covered
by insurance.
John Backus, of Milwaukee, was run
down and killed by Northwestern train
q few days ago
Judge Newman, at Black River Falls,
decided recently that the town could
not collect license of peddlers.
railway depot at Valley Junction were
destroyed by fire the other day. Loss,
about SIS, 900.
Patrick Downey was killed by fall
ing derrick recently at Washburn.
The total harvest OF ice at 0conomow-
oc will range near $4,000 tons, worth
probably s57,
Mrs. Josephine Soukup, of La Crosse,
aged ~ years. fell dead of heart disease
while on her way to visit a neighbor re-
Gently.
BrOughton Roberts, one of the Oldest
passenger engineers on the Chicago ~
Northwestern railroad, running be-
tween Milwaukee and Fond du Lac,
had his right arm torn from its socket
by being caught in the drive wheel at
noon the other day. He died in twenty
minutes.
At Lavalle Station early the other
morning two trains on the Northwestern
road were in collision, resulting in in
juries TO dozen persons. Two OF the
victims might not recover.
Abner Hammond, of Vernon County,
pleaded guilty 10 horse stealing recent
" and was sentenced to Waupun for
term of five years. He has already
served two terms for stealing horses.
At Black River Falls the other day
Judge Newman sentenced George Fen
nison to one year at Waupun Tor
adultery and Washington Davis 10
three years for an offense of the same
nature.
Holman Boarman, 25 years old and
unmarried and a resident OF Reedsburg.
suicided at Madison recently with iaud-
anum. A s., 600 life insurance policy
was found on his person
Frank Aiken, a brakeman p years
old. employed on the Wisconsin Gen.
trail. was killed at Glidden the other
night, the entire train passing over his
body, cutting it in two
Henry Lehring, Of Linco County,
plead guilty recent TO charge of
incest with his 40-year-old daughter,
and was sentenced to three years In
States prison, every tenth day 10 De
spent in solitary confinement.
Miss Lizzie Boyle, l2-year-oid girl
living in this State. five miles from Red
4 Wing. Mimi, while walking with
carving knife in her hand recently fell'
the knife penetrating her side and eaus'
/ ing death within short time.
Gustave Thompson, aged le years
employed in johnson Brothers bakery
in Milwaukee. was caught in the eie'
vator and crushed TO death the otnei
/ day.
Edwin Cooper. who pleaded guilty .
the charge of killing his brother anc
was sentenced to twenty years IN tn'
penitentiary at Waupun, confessed tn'
crime to Rev. Mr.. Herr. OF the Bap'is
church at Milwaukee, recently.