River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-10-15

IL. auQe DfOOK, OF COncOFu. mas an
edition of Burns works printed in
17S6.
Charles A. Pope, of Valparaiso, Chilli,
and Marion Manville, the author, were
united in marriage at La Crosse.
w. ii. Seaman, of Sheboygan, a
lawyer, has been appointed by Gov.
Peck to succeed j. II. Mead on the
boerd of state university regents.
George b. Sackett, assignee of the
Mather bank, at Berlin, announced
that he was ready to pay dividend of
per cent to the creditors.
Frank Shoemaker, employed with
Heilman, merchant tailor at Merrill,
was missing. His small shortage was
lost on the wrong horse, and his rela-
tives have arranged matters.
Louis Il. Briggs residence at Appleton
was burned at a loss of 81, 500, with 81
600 insurance.
Mineral Lake Junction is the name
of a new town in Ashland county. The
Central is going to build depot there.
L. A. Winn, the Amigo deputysherif
who was convicted of manslaughter,
was sentenced to Waupun for seven
years.
After eleven years of agitation the
Milwaukee exposition is finally to be
opened.
w. p. Bartlett, of Eau Claire, has
been elected president of the board of
regents of the state university.
Alex Danielson, an old settler, was
found dead in barn at Clan Falls. He
had been missing eight days and was
drinking hard when last seen.
In the supreme court in the case of
the state VS.. VIM. w. Delano. of Mani
towoc, the court held the present state
game law to be constitutional
One thousand bushels of potatoes are
ground up daily for starch at the fac
tory in Black River Falls.
Near Day. Marathon county, pay
ing lead vein was said to have been dis
covered.
Edwin r. Heiberg, of La Crosse, was
appointed to a cadetship at West Point
from the Seventh congressional dis
trict. There were eight applicants.
The building committee of the Pres
byterian church of Hammond avenue
in West Superior have decided to erect
a new $50, 900 church.
Frank Hannah's little son at Beloit
was badly bitten about the arms and
head by a vicious sow.
Gilbert Rau, grandson of John A.
Salzer, the well-known La Crosse
scotsman, while at play was buried be-
meath woodpile and injured so that
he died in half an hour.
A shanty Is miles north of Thorp oc-
cupied by c. M. Bentley and l.. ID.
Hart, hunters from Freeport, Ill,
caught fire and the occupants narrowly
escaped death.
A contagious disease has made its APP
pearance among horses in the vicinity
of Appleton. 1t is known as eerebro-
spinal meningitis and it proves fatal in
nearly every case.
Mrs. Smythe, a homesteader's wife,
killed bear near Saxon. The bear en-
tered the house while her husband was
away. She caught up her two children,
rushed upstairs with them and came
down with Winchester rifle. 1t took
FIVE shots to kill the brute.
Sides photograph gallery, Juno's sa-
loon. Gilrs barber shop and Cigars
hall at Tomahawk were destroyed by
fire. Loss, $4,000.
Fire in the Shell Lake Lumber Com
panys dryhouse and lumber yaros
caused loss of SO. 900, fully covered
by insurance.
The body of James Downes, drowned
three weeks ago, was recovered at Bay
field.
The 4. b. Scott Lumber Company's
slab burner at Merrill, having become
red-hot, toppled over, burying beneath
il Louis Knudson. He lived but a
short time after.
The United States recruiting station
which has been located in Dubuque,
Ia. for some time has been removed TO
La Crosse.
Samuel Hanson, well-to-do farmer
of Drammer township, enraged against
his neighbor, Esten johnson, went to
Johnson's house and beat and kicked
Johnson, leaving him in a terrible con-
dition.
The lumber piles of the Menominee
River sash and Door Company at Mar
inette caught fire from sparks from a
locomotive and s., 900 worth of lumber
was destroyed. The residence of
Joseph Eggnor was also burned
James Comerford Post No. Sc. q. A.
r., of Chippewa Falls, has decided TO
erect a memorial hall and public libra
nv and citizens are called upon to con-
tribute.
The site for the new state university
law building at Madison has been Sc
lected. 1t will be midway between Lii
brary hall and Agricultural hall. The
foundation viii be finished this fall and
the building completed next summer.
The smoke Of the recent forest fires
in the vicinity If Appleton affected
milk, cheese and butter. One factory
only short distance from Appleton
was unable to sell its cheese on account
If the smoky taste impaired TO it.