River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-06-25
The News Conden.ed.

Patrick McCaffery, of Chippewa
Falls, was killed by the caving in of a
sewer ditch.
Peterson and Melheim and "A Mrs. Muir
ply, formerly of Chicago, have been ar
rested at Madison for arson
Rev. Mr.. Higley pastor of the Second
Congregational church of Bcloit. cell
ebrated the silver anniversary of his
wedding and also "a pastorate of twenty
five years.
John Regain died IN Milwaukee from
the effects of a sunstrozc.
The Grand Temple of Honor of Wis
consln has amended its constitution so
as to admit won on as members.
Mrs. Charles Hoffman, of Cedarburg,
was burned to death by her clothing
igniting at an open fire.
Low water cut off the supply of logs
in the Chippewa valley and the saw
mills were closing down.
A boy named Pfister. - years old, fell
from the cupOla of barn on DIR. 6. =.
Kingsley's farm near Waunakee and
was fatally injured.
Diphtheria caused the death Of an
DIiltE GuAtA III w tAftfR 4li+iANtns VI W ftAT
nakee This was the sixth death in a
family of eight.
a party consisting of Vet Graves, of
Appleton, otto Kuemstead and +. c.
Charlesworth caught 2.5sl trout during
a weeks fishing in 4. stream near Kau-
kauna.
Fred Tutten. Of Jones, Mich, was
sent to Waupun from GAINESVILLE for two
years He was convicted of robbing
his roommate of $40 and two gold
watches.
A brakeman on the st. Paul road
named David Scanlon was fatally in
iured at Deforest lie stumbled and
was crushed 10y a car. Both legs were
amputated.
John Balzen, German farm hand,
went to DARLINGTON and received $50
bounty on a woi scalp. While return
ing home in the evening intoxicated ne
fell asleep on the railroad track and
was struck by the north bound passen-
ger. killing him instantly
Hugh Perkins, Of Neillsville, who
had been in the state prison over
year, will have new trial for the muir
der Of Isaac Maddaugh in 1854.
The commencement exercises in the
university Of Wisconsin were held at
Madison and degrees were conferred
upon I73 students, of whom sixty-two
were graduates from the law depart
ment
Cutworms were destroy NJ the gar
| dens and even the grass at bayfield,
/ They seemed to puzzle the oldest in
/ habitant. as a quart or more of them
were fire .ucntly taken from the space
/ of a square yard.
The body Of Andrew Cornell, a farm
er living near La Crosse, was found
floating in the Mississippi. 1t was sup
posed that the man fell into the river
by accident
Many Illinois and Wisconsin sir
knights held banquet in GAINESVILLE
and assisted GAINESVILLE commandery in
comforting the templar degree on ex-
Governor Hoard
In the state supreme court at Ash
land Mrs. Emeline Vaughn ~ras given
the entire interest of her late husband
in the Aurora Mining company, 1000
shares of which were claimed by Capt
/ HILBERT as assignee fer y. ID. Moore.
State Senator J. II. Woodnorth has
completed plans for an old peoples
/ home in Madison. The building viii
I cost $1,000
young man named Riley of Bad
/ Axe, Mich. had an arm torn from the
+ socket at La Crosse while employed as
..niOger driver on the steamer liver
ness.
/ f. II. Hubbard, an attorney FROM Eau
| Claire, was forcibly elected from Wis
consin Central train at Withee station
because he had not money enough to
pay his fare. lie would claim damages
of the company because its agent was
not on hand at a bbotsford to sell bim
ticket