River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-12-03
The News Condemned.


Mrs. Orlean STRAIN, of Prairie du
Chen, dropped dead from heart failure.
Efforts will be begun soon towards
the erection of building for the Y. Nj.
C. A at Marinette.
The residence of a man named Blan-
co, at Wausau, was broken into and
800 in money taken.
The Hadleyville post office was burg
larized and money and postage stamps
amounting to $50 taken.
John Fortigue shot and killed Robert
, Spalding at Isabel in a quarrel over an
armful of wood.
Thomas Monahan, aged So years and
married, was killed by piece of fall
ing timber at BelOit
The First national bank of Platte
vile has been authorized to begin bust
ness. The capital is $50, 600.
Frank McIunis, an Ashland car in
speetor, was struck by car and prob
ably fatally injured.
James McFarlane, of Richmond, had
his nose broken by kick from horse.
Fire burned the Ashland Lime, Salt
and Cement Companys dock, causing a
loss of $50, 900.
Navigation on the Fox river has
been suspended for the season.
All the members of the Pier family,
in Milwaukee, comprising father,
mother and three daughters, are attor-
neys at law.
The G. A. r. at GAINESVILLE dedicated
its new hall
The Excelsior Brown Stone Com
pany will erect an extensive mill at
Ashland.
During the past summer miles of
channel have been excavated through
Rushford and Berlin.
During the past season S125, 900 worth
of cheese has been sold at Berlin.
Capt. Williams, of Mazomanie, died
of heart disease. He had sailed on
nearly all the oceans of the globe.
The common council at Sheboygan
has issued bonds to the extent OF S57,-
600 for the bridge and harbor fund.
Arrangements have been made for
the meeting of Wisconsin Patrons OF
Industry in GAINESVILLE, December 9.
Rev. Henry Doty Maxson, of NJ enom-
inee, died at the age of 80 years.
John Nelson, late county clerk of
Dodge county, died at Juneau from
quick consumption, aged As years He
served in the Twenty ninth Wisconsin
infantry during the war.
Mrs William Mckinley, wife of
farmer living near Beloit after eating
her breakfast went out to the barn and
hanged herself.
Rev. John Herzer, for thirteen years
pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran
church at Plymouth, has been called to
a professorship in Concordia college at
Sprinfield, Ill
The man named Stearns who was
bunkoed out of $500 at West Superior
failed to appear in court to prosecute
the men. He discovered that the Wis
consin statute provides that anyone
losing or winning money at gambling
may be fined FIVE times the amount SO
won or lost His fine would be $4,000.
The post office building at Milwaukee
and the ground upon which it stands
will be sold to the highest bidder at
Washington on December Z.
William Olmsted shot his young wife
fatally in the left breast at Amigo.
Both claimed it to be accidental, as he
didn't know the revolver was loaded.
A woman's relief corps has been or
ganized at Kingston, Green LAKE
county.
Two men wound up long drunk at
Rhinelander by going to one of their
homes and emptying pint bottle of
whisky which contained twenty grains
of morphine, and died from the dose.
A stock company is to be formed at
Ra cine with a capital stock of S95,0 600,
to establish an institute similar to the
Kelley concern at Dwight, Ill.
John Hinterer, aged so, laborer
who was at work on new building in
Milwaukee, was struck on the head by
n falling scantling and instantly killed.
uinterer was married to his second
wife three weeks ago.
The 5-year-old boy of John Car
nowski, of Milwaukee. got hold of
bottle of medicine that had been
bought for his mother and playfully
crammed its contents down the baby
throat. As result the baby died.
The boards of supervisors of Dunn
and Waupaca counties refused to make
any appropriation for the Wisconsin
worlds fair building.
Patrick Toohey, who confessed that
he shot August Grothe, car-driver in
Milwaukee, was released under sus-
pension of sentence, with the under
standing that h. is to abstain from
strong drink.
August Kaelpin shot and killed his
son-in-law, William kaska, at kael-
pins house, about 5 miles west of Mil
yankee. The men had had trouble
and Kaska was removing his household
goods in an express wagon when the
shooting occurred.