River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-29
The News Condensed.

The Bay City Land and Improvement
Company has been organized to build
town at the head of Lake Pepin, on
the Wisconsin shore.
Eau Claire's 400 danced for sweet
charity's sake in the Opera House the
other night and secured handsome re-
ceipts for the Orphans Home.
The body of an unknown man was
found hanging from tree in Rochester.
There is young Peoples Society of
Christian Endeavor in the State prison
which has more than 100 members and
is doing good work.
Freeman Arnold, dealer in general
merchandise at Hanover, failed with
liabilities estimated at $4,000.
The residence of Henry ID. Floyd at
Eau Claire, burned with most of the
contents. Loss, 81, 900; insured.
Axtel Malinquist was awarded 50,
damages against a land and river inn
provement company at Superior for
fall from faulty scaffold
John L. Mitchell has resigned as
worlds fair commissioner from Wis
consin on account of his election to
Congress.
Judge Bum at Madison sentenced
John Youngman, convicted of assault
ing 5-year-old Mary Blaclxbird, an In
dian girl on the Odanah reservation, to
be hanged.
Harry Hiend, years of age, was
burned to death in his fathers house at
Florence.
August Raasch, farmer living near
Shawano, fell from a straw-stacl. re-
ceiving fatal injuries. lie had wife
and seven children.
Leonard Perrin, the New London
banker, was cor victed of completely in
the Hurley bank robbery of September,
1889, and sentenced to pay fine of 500
and costs, which amount to S1,92s.1 IL.
Alleged White Caps have been sending
Rev. ID. J. Whitney, pastor of the Meth
odist Episcopal church at Fennimore,
threatening letters for his hostility to-
ward the saloons.
Captain Frank A. Bulger. formerlysof
the Eleventh New York Heavy Artil-
lery, committed suicide at Rice Lake by
taking poison. Long and continued i'll
health was the cause.
While party of nine young people
were coasting at Appleton the sled ran
into the river and Jay Briggs, Emma
Adsit and May Cary were drowned.
The bodies of Mr. Briggs and Miss
Adsit were recovered.
The Bank of Commerce of West SUI
perior, Wis, will resume business Feb
ruary 1.
Jacob Mauer, who settled in Milwan-
kee in 1886, died at the age of So years,
and Charles Annelxe, successful mer-
chant of Milwaukee since 1850, died
from apoplexy, aged 81 years.
The dormitory of the Catholic school
at Keshana was destroyed by fire. The
loss was $4,000 and the insurance
$4,000.
George Sichus, 5-year-old child of
Mr. and Mrs. Sichus, of Green Bay, was
drowned in East river while playing on
the ice. The body was recovered.
Charlie and Johnnie Fredenberg and
8 lad named Webster. who had been
lost in the Hurley woods. were found.
They had spent fifty hours wandering
about without food or fire.
Atthe Sampson mine near Hummer
ten sticks of giant powder exploded.
completely demolishing the engine and
engine-house and seriously iniuring Ed
Miller, Louis Ostoff and John kreutve-
host.
William Clark, of SheboygaE. who
claimed he was robbed of $4,000 in
Milwaukee several weeks ago, has con-
fessed that the statement was untrue.
He said he made M the story to put off
his creditors who were pushing him.