River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-11-05
The New. ,.nnden.ed.

About $50. 900. 900 feet of logs were
cut during the season at Ashland.
Phillips is to have another railroad,
and direct communication with Mime
apolis and ST. Paul
Ex-Alderman Gilbert 7. Winden. one
of Madison's prominent business men,
suddenly expired of pneumonia
The state supreme court has sus-
tanned the legality of the act creating
the Fifteenth judicial circuit.
Casper Syverson. a grocer of Eau
Claire. failed, with assets of $4,000
and liabilities of $1,000.
The Higbee house at Fort Atkinson
has been sold to George w. Deweye, of
Dixon ILL.,. for $1,000.
j. W. Fisk. of Fort Howard. has
given 81. 600 towards the erection of a
Y. NJ. c. A. building at that place.
Charles Knoll. OF Pleasant Valley, IT.
Croix county, may lose his sight from
a kick by horse.
Farmers in kewaunee county were
losing considerable stock from lynx.
John r. Jones, for thirteen years
county judge of Iowa county, died
at Dodgeville, aged - years
A S-year-old child named Frank Fer
guson. of Neillsville. fell into pail of
boiling water and was SO badly scalded
that death resulted in a few hours.
Government officials raided an Illicit
whisky distillery at Two Rivers. ar
resting tn, proprietor, Il. Kaufman.
George c. McMulkins. a farmer. liv-
ing near Almond. was held up by high
waymen and robbed of s., 900.
The secretary of state has apportion-
ed The state tax in the various coun-
ties. amounting in all To 81, 800. 9s3. 96.
This includes all special charges for
state institutions. The total appor-
tionment of the state school tax among
the various counties is S623, 400. 10, on a
basis of COS. SIS children.
Superintendent Parker. of the insti-
tute of the blind at Madison, has re-
signed.
George Warren. the Indian who muir
dered Andrew WielSlund was captured
by Indians and placed in Jail at Shell
Lake
NJ II. Burton and Albert White were
found guilty at Appleton Of the burglary
of 5000 of Frank Anfrieter. OF Kau-
kauna. last July. They are noted
criminals
The large barn at Chippewa Falls of
J. II. Rum ,ey. lately used by Mrs. Til
lie Markey as livery barn, was
burned, with two horses and consider
able hay and grain Loss, 800.
9
the state fish hatchery named Bresee
was fatally injured at Madison By be-
ing kicked by a horse.
William Brown. of Mansion. died.
aged Il years lie was an ex-union
soldier.
George McMullins. a farmer, was
held up by two highwaymen and
robbed of nearly $1,000 near Stevens
Point.
Germania hall. a brick theater. and
Turner hall, frame structure adjoin-
ing, were burned at La Crosse. Loss,
S3O.O fl Y insured. 4 defective fiue
was the cause.
Jennis Short and Anna Staertz, of
Junctie City. were taken with violent
pains and spasms, and were believed TO
have been poisoned by beer they had
drank and pigs feet they had eaten
Mrs. Louisa Bostwick, who was re-
Gently divorced from James Bostwick,
of Port Washington. has been granted
the custody of Ter three children and
$50, 900 alimOny.
A disease hitherto unknown at Pal
myra has appeared among horses. prov
ing fatal in nearly every instance after
a sickness of less than wenty-fOur
hours Many valuable horses have
died.
Owen Stiffier, merchant of Murray,
Ia. was shot and killed at Dedham by
Adam Miller, who mistook Stiffier in
the gloom for a deer.
c. McCurdy, one of the contractors
operating r. d. Pixies sawmill. at Bay
City, died suddenly of heart disease.
He had Just returned to the house from
some work in his barn and died in his
chair.
Leopold Meffen, a music teacher from
Montreal, visiting his sister, Mrs Yam
pan. in North Greenfield, shot himself
at his sisters home, dying shortly
afterwards. Discouragement over his
failure to find employment was the
cause.