River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-23
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Beth, of Green
Bay, recently celebrated the twenty
fifth anniversary of their wedding.
Governor Hoard recently appointed
Robert G. Seibecker DEM Judge of
the Ninth judicial circuit in place of
Judge Alva Stuart. deceased.
O. L. Packard, manufacturer OF ma
chinery for wood and iron workers, and
who had been in business in Milwaukee,
for twenty years, died recently.
Webb & Leboff, of Chippewa Falls,
recently sold the noted trotting stallion
Arcadian to Minneapolis parties for sl0,-
600 He has made record of 2:3S.
About thirty members of +. A. Brown
post G. A. R., of Fond du Lac, have
applied for charter for the organization
of Union Veterans League
C. II. Richardson, who had been pastor
of the Congregational church at Mad
ison forsswenty-two wears, resigned re-
Gently and accepted call to the Cen
trial Congregational Church of Phiia-
delphia.
George Wood residing on Green Lake
Prairie, underwent an operation few
days ago for cancer at the lower OPEN
ing of the stomach, but did not rally,
and died a couple of days after.
There are now 522 prisoners in the
State penitentiary, sixteen of them be
ing females There is only one man in
the hospital, and he is an old man who
is becoming ossified.
At Fort Atkinson the other day
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius Hart were
buried together, they having died with
in twenty-four hours OF each other from
pneumonia caused by influenza.
The output of flour from Milwaukee
mills in 1889, as reported by Secretary
Langson, of the Chamber of Commerce,
was / ,265 s33 barrels as compared with
1,l21, 25S barrels in 1888.
Mrs. Frederick North, a widow, was
found dead the other day at Sparta with
her head in a barrel of water. She was
thought to have committed suicide.
Mr. and Mrs Merritt Bostwick, early
settlers of Rock County, celebrated their
fiftieth wedding anniversary few days
ago at their home in Shopiere.
Edward c. Wall, of Milwaukee. was
elected chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee the other aft
ernoon to succeed Ellis Usher, of La
Crosse, who recently resigned.
At Chippewa Falls Willard Thomp-
son, an elderly man, was struck by
train recently and probably fatally in
iured.
Diphtheria was epidemic in Linxville
a few days ago. Cove Prince had lost
two of his children by the disease, anu
a dozen cases were reported in the viii
lage.
Chief of Police O'Brien, of Ashland,
was suspended from duty the other
night pending his trial by the courts for
aiding and abetting the C1rtiss-Kim-
mick prize-fght.
The William III. Schmidt Sash and
Door Company, one of the largest in
Mil%aukee, made an assignment recent
". The conpanys liabilities were said
to be $4,000, while the assets were es-
timated at SIS, 900.
Mrs. Mary Chappell, aged oighty-four
years, who received pension as the
widow OF veteran of the war of 1912, died
at Eau Claire recently.
Hrs. Gard, midwife at Ashland, was
arrested the other day charged with |
shooting her husband month ago. 1t
vas claimed that he attempted to com
nit suicide, but the victim and witness
say that the wife did the shooting.
City Treasurer Vaudervide was
knocked down in Depere recently and a
pocket-book containing $500 stolen from
him. 1t was too dark for him to dis
tinguish his assailant, and there was
little chance of the money or thief ever
being found.
At Milton the other day Prof. Charles
Clark, principal of the Allison Academy,
died of what was thought to have been
hydrophobia He was bitten by cat
last March.
A fine horse valued at 5000, belonging
to the GAINESVILLE fire department fell
dead while responding to an alarm of
fire recently.
Thomas w Chittenden died in Apple
ton recently of congestion of the lungs.
lie was for many years instructor in
chemistry in the University OF New
York and was a lecturer and writer on
medical subjects of considerable reputa-
ton.
DR.. w. L. Candee died in Milwaukee
the other night, aged ninety nine
years. He was the family physician of
De Witt Clinton and Aaron Burr.
Mrs. Thomas Burns, of Shields,
Green County. took shotgun off the
wall by the muzzle recently, and the
hammer struck chair, discharging the
gun. the charge tearing away part of
her forearm and hand.
John Kuch, farmer living in the
town Of Oakland. was foun1 in his barn
the other morning hanging by the neck,
dead. No cause was known. About
twelve years ago his father hanged him
self in the same barn.
Isaac Y. Bridge, a school-teaeher,
aged fifty years, was found dead in his
bed in Monroe recently. lie lived alone,
and it was thought took morphine with
suicidal intent.
The City Council of Prairie du CHEN
has granted George p. Clark 81. 900 in
bonds on condition of his erecting a
foundry and machine shop for IS, 600 and
to employ ten worlxmen for a period of
five years
Albert Butler, living near Juneau, ac-
cidentally shot his wife recently. He
was playing with pistol, not knowing
that it was loaded, when the weapon
was discharged. The wound was not
fatal.