River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-02-13

Mr.. Robert School. of Beloit, lost three
children within three weeks from diph-
iberia.
John Cummings was sentenced re-
Gently in the district court at Ashland
to two years in States prison for high
way robbery in Price County.
William Witelit, farmer living near
Germantown station, was run down and
killed by Wisconsin Central train the
other day.
The primary school at New Holstein
was recently closed or account of a
peculiar disease known as scarlet rash.
Stevens Point will erect 50, 500 sol
diers' monument.
Mrs L. B. Caswell, wife Of the Con-
gresham, died at Fort Atkinson the
other evening. She suffered from a
complication of troubles.
Hoard's Rifles held their second re-
ception and ball the other evening at
Fort Atkinson.
Deacon S. L. Smith, one of the first
settlers of La Crosse, died the other
morning of paralysis, aged 50 years.
The big plant of the c. J. l.. Meyer
ION pdnY OF II OHu Uu Lac Is 70 Dc COH-
verted into furniture factory.
Antoine Arpin lost S. 600 by recent
fire in his business houses at Grand Rap
ids.
j. A. Hyland, of Pewaukee, was re-
Gently sent to prison for one year for
burglarizing Hooker's saloon in Wau-
kesha.
Porter Hoppel was killed at Chippewa
City the other day while unloading logs
Mrs, Mary Curry, of Mineral Point,
has secured back pension money amount
ing to SO, 800 and a regular pension of
S12 a month on account of her son
Thomas services in the Union army.
Scott Smith, a prominent young bust
ness man of La Crosse. died suddenly
the other evening. He was the eldest
son of Deacon Smith, pioneer who
died three lays before.
Burglars entered the dry-goods store
of Burns 6 Bolland at GAINESVILLE few
nights ago and helped themselves TO
silk dress goods valued at $500 and es-
capped.
While George Perkins and James
Williams we're crossing the Wisconsin
river on the ice near Lone Rock recent
ly the ice gave way and the team,
sleigh and all the contents went down
and were swept under the ice. The men
barely escaped.
The carriage and wagon works of the
Voigt & Ritter Company at La Crosse
were damaged by an incendiary fire the
other morning to the extent of $4,000
Jerry oNeill, of Crawford County,
who murdered his wife and attempted
suicide last December, was recently ad-
Judged insane and taken 20 the hospital
at Madison.
A. L. Smith, founder and for twenty
years president of the First National
Bank of Appleton, disposed of his stock
recently to Congressman c. b. Clark
and resigned the presidency. III. ID.
Smith was elected president in his
place.
Mrs. Fred Smidt, of Fairchild, was
found dead in bed the other morning.
She leaves four small children. Heart
disease was the supposed cause Of death.
A homesteader named Christ Kaad,
age1 about so years. living near Flor
ence, was frozen to dc ath recently while
going from the old Mastodon mill to his
home, distance of only mile and
half.
The grip has invaded the pineries to
an alarming extent and the woodsmen
are easy victims. 1t has spread TO near
ly every camp, and in some nearly the
entire crew have been Frustrated with it
at the same time.
Thomas Stout, one of the leading
merchants of Clear Lake, died the other
day Of pneumonia He was prominent
member OF the G. A. r A wife,
daughter and three sons were left
Rev. William Bush, of Bush Prairie,
one OF the Oldest and most respected
citizens Of Monroe County, died the
other evening of gangrene in his foot,
aged So years.
The quarterly report of the Wiscon-
sin Veterans Home shows the number
of members at the close of the last
quarter to be 100; admitted, 80; dis
charged, 4; deaths, 3; dismissed. 4; total
beginning Of present year, l2s; % men
and IS women.