River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-09
The News Condensed.


Fire at Waunakee destroyed the wagon
shop of Edgar ID. Ford.
John NJ. Rowe died at his home in
Prairie du Chen of consumption. He
was a prominent democrat and sheriff
Of the county.
Gustav Pabst denies the truth of the
story that the Pabst Brewing Company
in Milwaukee has been sold TO Eng
glish capitalists.
Roland ID. Salisbury, professor of ge-
ology of Beloit college, has resigned to
enter the service of the government.
George Hungerford, formerly a bank
er and real estate dealer at Stevens
Point. died in that place.
Peter Decker, well-known citizen of
Waukesha, so years of age, fell dead on
the sidewalk.
Joseph Il. Peet, aged go years, a pio-
neer of southern Wisconsin, and one of
the oldest business men of Beloit, died
after brief illness from fever.
instructions were received at the
Ashland land Office not to accept filings
by mail on the Omaha lands to be
opened to settlers April II.
Large fiocks of ducks and geese are
seen daily in the vicinity of sun Prairie.
James McGuire, of Benton, has re
ceived 81, 700 back pension from the
government.
Patrick Mcintyre, of Ashland was
killed by the explosion of keg OF
powder which he was carrying under
his arm.
On account of dull ore market quite
q number of operatives on the west end
of the Gogebic range will cease work
for the present.
Fred Young aged IS years, pleaded
guilty at Eau Claire to stealing wool
and was sentenced to one year in the
state prison.
Adam Volk. who killed Daniel
Ahern, of Chicago, at Logtowu last
July, was sentenced at Barsboo &c
fourteen years imprisonment at hare
labor.
The three sons of Mrs. Agnes Weis
ner. widow living in the town OF
Milwaukee. attacked John Arnold, {
gardener, who is engaged to marry then
mother. Arnold shot Charles Weisner.
one of the sons in the neck, intiictine
a dangerous wound. Arnold was ar.
rested.
Scarlet fever prevailed to an alarm
ing extent in some of the towns in
southern Wisconsin. At Belmont, Fair
play and Benton the public schools had
been closed.
At Prairie Du Chen young son of A.
Nickerson and a son of Mr.. Harget
each aged Ia, suddenly died OF nicotine
poisoning after smoking cigarettes to
excess.
Ezra b. Locl1man, horseman we'll
known in La Crosse, owner OF r y
Lo'' and also proprietor OF one OF the
largest livery stables in that CITY, be-
came violently insane and was taker
to the asylum.
Mrs. John Schwartz. wife of farmer
near Darlington, committed suicide 10y
taking rat poison The woman had hao
insane spells for years and il was dur
ing one of these that she took the poison
Paul NJ. Wolf. farmer, was arrested
at st. Lawrence by Post Office lnspec
tor Puleifer. charged with sending Oh
scene letters to Miss Phoresin Eisen
haut, of Milwaukee.
Mrs. Martin Clune, whose death wa
caused by blood poisoning, was buried
at Eau Claire. The deceased got ;
silver in her finger, which was ex
tracted with the aid of a common pin
and blood poisoning set in.
The home of ex-Speaker i. b. MILL
at Millston was destroyed by fire. The
loss was heavy. with an insurance o
81 600
The Chieaao, St Paul, Minneapolis
Omaha railroad has purchased th'
Sault Ste Marie & South vestern rail
road for $500. 900. The roal is Ss nile'
tong and extends from Fairchild t.
Mondovi
Messrs. White & Friant have sold Z
the Detroit Lumber Company, to b'
sawed at their mills at Menominee
Mich. their logs cut upon this river tbs
past season, amounting to 10000. 90
feet at si2 THOUSAND delivered in tins
river.