River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-12-17
The News Condensed.

church was destroyed by fire. Loss,
81, 900; insurance, 81, 500.
Nine of the oldest conductors of the
c. NJ. & st. p. road were summarily
discharged at Milwaukee. 1t was inti-
mated that dishonesty was the cause.
After January / the Illinois Steel
Company will begin the use of crude
oil instead of coal in its pudding fur
naces at Bay View.
William Stees, turner in the Stan
ley foundry at Chippewa Falls, fell
upon mass of hot iron during a blast
in the foundry and was fatally burned.
1t was authoritatively stated that an
other year would witness the construc-
ton at West superior not only of ship
plate for steel whaleba vessels. but
the engines and boilers for the same
Mrs. Elizabeth Russell was arrested
at Eau Claire charged with poisoning
Mrs. Bertha Erickson last April.
Mrs. Margaret r. Elliott is the first
and only instance among the Wiscon-
sin Congregationalists of a woman's
being taken into the ministry. She is
pastor of the church at Birnam wood.
The zinc works at Mineral Point
were destroyed by fire, causing a loss
David Jones and were the largest of
their kind in the world.
Fire destroyed the barn and contents
at the county asylum in West Salem.
Loss, IS, 500; insurance, 81, 400.
John Kisselbach was arrested at La
Crosse and taken to Madison on the
charge of tampering with the United
States mails.
Charles Eggebercht, of Roscoe, S. b.,
was knocked down and robbed of $40
while on the bridge crossing the Chip
pewa river in Chippewa Falls.
Fred Kellerman, the 1O-year-old son
of Charles Kellerman, was drowned in
Fowler lake at 0conomowoc. He broke
through the ice.
John Buchanski, employed at Weeds
mill in Amigo, fell from tramway
and broke his neck lie leaves a widow
and several small children.
Secretary of State Cunningham has
appointed w. ii. Carter. of Vernon
county, filing clerk, vice w. ii. Peck,
deceased.
o. A. Fleming, an employee at p.
Cramner's logging camp, near Marsh
field, was killed by falling tree.
In free-for-all fight at the Govern
or's guards arnory in La Crosse James
Deyarney was struck on the head and
his skull fractured.
The most disastrous fire in years Wis
tied Amigo, causing loss of about
500, 600. The Amigo Republican, l..
Strasser's merchandise store, Lee
Woole's stationery store, in which
were the city records, and the Masonic
hall were totally destroyed. Strasser's
loss was s45, 900; insured for $50, 600.
The Black River Improvement Com
'pany met at La Crosse and elected C.
l.. Coleman president The Log Driv-
ing association elected David Austin
president.
Sparks from fire caught the cloth
ing of Mrs Christopher Olson, living
with her aged husband miles from
Hammond, and burned her SO that she
died.
A telegram from FL Paso, Tex,
stated that Thomas Falvey, young
capitalist of Racine. died there Mr..
Falvey was married in Racine Satur-
day, November 2s, to Miss Caddie Lew
10 and was on his wedding tour, going
to Texas for the benefit of his health.
At Waukesha the American house
was burned, the guests escaping in
their night clothes Loss, $4,000.
The Carton toy factory burned to the
ground at Sheboygan causing a loss of
$40, 600; insurance $50. A lum Der
yard and ship yard also suffered to the
extent of So, 900 each.
New Richmond was damaged to the
extent Of SIS, 600 by fire. Insurance,
sac, 600.
Chicago parties contracted to take
IS. 900, 600 feet of piece stuff from the
Shores Lum Der Company at Ashland
The price paid was about the ruling
prices of the last summer.
La grippe has made its appearance in
Milw aukee.
Gabriel Swennes and William Stan
lev entered the saloon of Olson & Lien
at La Crosse and secured some money,
cigars. etc. Both were arrested.
Mary Buzzell. a 17-year-old girl, was
sent from chippewa Il ais " the re-
form school at Waukesha- She was in
corrigible and was generally known as
a hard character
The total lumber cut of the twelve
mills on Chequame gon bay, Ashland,
Washburn and bayfield, for the season
is $4,000, 900 feet as compared with
$50, OOO, O0O last year.
Edward Munski, for many years
resident of Menominee, committed sui
eide by shooting himself through the
head with a rife. No cause was
known.
NJ X. Cohen committed suicide in
Milwaukee by taking morphine. He
leaves a wife, Lizzie Cohen. of Albany,
n. V, who had entered suit for divorce
In letter he gives this as the cause
for his act.
The Farmers Alliance convention at
Eau Claire adopted resolutions favoring
the establishment of a commercial
agency from which farmers may buy
all their farm machinery and supplies
for cooperative stores