River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-11

Ashland is to have patent medicine
factory.
Since the Salvation Army began work
in Racine 1856 conversions have been
made.
Good iron has been found seven miles
from Black River Falls.
Mary Marks was fatally injured by a
st. Paul train at Junction City.
The name of Benoityille, Bayfield,
County, has been changed to Peck, in
honor of the Governor-elect.
A logging camp near Evergreen river
was raided by Menominee Indians. the
loggers driven away and the camp
burned. The Indians claimed the men
were trespassing on their reservation.
j. j. Kelleher has been awarded dam
ages of $1,000 at Green Bay, in his suit
against the Milwaukee & Northern
railroad for killing his son.
William Gamble. of Wausau, was
killed by piece of machinery falling
upon him.
Henry Leroy got into row with a
negro, William Thomas, in Bay City,
and Leroy stabbed the negro, inflicting
fatal injuries.
Sidney Harris, Of the town of Water
ford, had the side of his face and jaw
blown away by the premature blast of a
stone. He could not live.
A movement was on foot among the
sportsmen of Wisconsin to have the
next Legislature enact measure pro-
bibiting the killing of deer for period
of five years
1t is estimated that the yield OF cram
berries in the Grand Rapids district
will aggregate 81, $50 barrels sold at an
acreage of Sc. so per barrel, making a
total of 1853, iS4.
During 1889 IS, 143 nuptial knots were
tied in the State.
At Beloit Mr.. and Mrs. ID. p, Miller
celebrated their fftieth marriage ami
versary.
Bourkstrom, 10 years old. broke through
the ice and was drowned.
The two daughters Of Nels Desair
were drowned by breaking through the
ice on Desair lake near Rice Lake.
The Prairie du CHEN pickle factory
will ship 100 carloads of pickles this
year.
Henry Stuttger, of West Bend, has
been awarded verdict for 81, 0JO dam
ages against the Wisconsin Central
railway for the killing of his son in an
accident.
Eugene Maerlx, Of Eau Claire, prom
inent in Germania Lodge, X. of p, was
killed almost instantly by the bursting
of an emery wheel in his cutlery store.
The drying kilns of ID. W. Britton' $
cooperage works at Green Bay were
burned with large quantity of stock
and three ad join ng dwellings. The loss
was SIS, 600, and the insurance only
nominal. The plant was the largest in
the city, and the fire was believed to
have been incendiary.
Already COB, 600, 600 feet of logs have
been RATED from the booms of the Mis-
sissippi River Logging Company at
West Newton and Beef Slough and sent
to various mills.
Levi & Ginsburg, the Ashland tobacco
house that recently failed with liabili-
ties of 500, 900, was given Si2, 900 bonus
to go there, and now the subscribers are
out that much.
The Belolt paper mills were sold by
the sheriff for S23, 3O5. The sale was to
satisfy claims which had been passed up
on By the courts. Fred Freenzer, of Mil
waukee, and Levi Rhodes, of Rockford,
H., were the purchasers.
Eben E. Rexford, author of ''Silver
Threads Among the Gold, and of many
poems, will shortly be married to wild
ow who resides at Shiocton.
The deficit for the Python eonclave at
Milwaukee last summer has not ye
been made good and those who have
bills threaten TO sue if measures are not
taken to secure their payment.
Emma Messersmith. of Fitchburg
obtained a verdict of 81, 500 in her Sian
der suit against Henry West. I'll
plaintiff charged West with circulating
reports regarding her character whicl
led to the breaking of her engagement
10 William Haak. Of Madison.
AT Milwaukee Peter J. Somers Dem
was elected to fill the vacancy caused
by the election of Mayor Peck > Gov
ernor.
Edward Evrard, a well-known hotel
keeper at Waukesha proprietor OF tn
Cambrian House, died at the age OF
years. Mr.. Eyrard was born in Paris
France, and came TO Wisconsin in 1852
He leaves large estate.
Justice Haberknorn of Florence tieu
a nuptial Knot for c. E. Lee and Mis-
Amanda Wheaton. both of Ishpeming
Mich \ week before they had beei
married bg a man whom they suppose
WAS a ministey. bat who turned out i
Ie 4 fr,Gd.