River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-05-26
The News Condensed.

The corner stone of the new science
hall at Beloit has been laid.
Wauwatosa is to have d Kelly drink
cure and large hotel TO accommodate
the patients.
Nettie Cook, aged years. of Suami-
co, was accidentally shot and instantly
killed by her brother, aged 9 years,
while playing with an old gun.
Mai. r. II. Lahee, of Appleton, is the
only surviving officer of the rank of
captain or above of the Fourteenth New
York infantry at Utica.
Edward Geist, of Beloit, was in jail
at Milwaukee for having a wife at
Beloit and one at Rockford. No. l at
Beloit says she will stand by him.
August Starke, son of the well-known
Farmer John Starke, in the town of
Granville, committed suicide by putting
a bullet through his heart.
The Ashland county board offer a
reward of $500 for the detection and
conviction of the murderer of Lottie
Morgan.
new swindler has made his appear
ance in this state. He has been solicit
ing subscriptions to ladies' magazine
and offers ten yards of dress goods as a
premium. It's the old story; he takes
the money. the lady gets left.
Milwaukee business men will raise
$50, 900 for the state fair.
The Pathfinder. now being built at
West Superior. will carry $500 tons in
- feet of water.
Charles II. Todd's jewelry store at
New Richmond was burglarized for
the second time within year.
The Wiseonsin-M Michigan baseball
league was organized at Marinette.
DR.. Emil Erb and his brother Her
man, of Appleton, have fallen heirs to
fortunes of 81, $50. 900 each by the death
of an English relative.
Levi Breeze. manager of a. capital
house in Madison, has assigned with
assets of s.. 900. The creditors are
many and individual debts small.
The Beloit Masonic Temple associa-
ton has been organized among the
members of the masonic fraternity of
that city and will this summer build a
fine masonic temple.
Fire destroyed barn on the Kellogg
stock farm near Green Bay. burning up
three valuable horses and three foals
The fire was the work of an incendiary
Loss, s., 1000
Tom Donald, of Union Grove. tried
to drive shell into a breeeh-loading
shotgun with drag tooth. His eyes
were in danger of being sightlcss as a
result.
Attorney General O'Connor has ruled
that State Superintendent Wells posi-
ton in the teacher-certificate question
was wrong and that the school board
and the superintendent of schools are
the sole judges of the qualifications of
the teachers in the Milwaukee schools.
Smith & Sheehan. general merchants
at Withee, made an assignment j. A.
McCarty, of Longwood, was named as
assignee.
Martin C. Hanson, a resident Of Bar
ron county, was locked up at Eau
Claire on the charge of stealing a GER
tifcate of deposit amounting to 500 at
Rice Lake.
The Racine chief of police has a
scheme to prevent blacklisted drunks
from getting drinks. His plan is to
have a photograph taken of every man
on the blacklist and paste it in the pro-
hibitory notice. so that every saloon
keeper may recognize the man.
The forthcoming catalogue of the
state university viii show that the in
during its career.
The residence of L. J. Bedford at
Central Park was DESTROYED by FIRE
Loss, $4,000.
firing of family troubles Albert
Haeno, resident of WATERFOWL, ended
them by shooting himself fatally in the
head.
Oswald Pike, OF Chippewa Falls. was
killed on the railway at Vernon juno
ton by falling from an engine while
switching. The body was taken to his
late home for burial.
Albert Revoir, who was convicted Of
murder in the second degree for the
killing of James Mcdonald, was taken
back to Hudson, by order of the su.
preme court for a new trial.
The Northern Wisconsin academy
will lie located at A shland. This was
decided upon at meeting of the trus.
tees.
John st. Cyr, one of the head men of
the Indian tribe of Shawano county,
died suddenly at the junction depot
He was on his way to Rosendale Il
make arrangements for some of lis
people to travel with an Indian rene r
company. Heart trouble was the