River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-11
The News Condensed,

Work has commenced on the new
electric street railway at GAINESVILLE.
The opera house block, which was
burned recently at Wausau, will soon
be rebuilt.
John Walter & Co.'S brewery at Eau
Claire was partially destroyed by fire.
Loss, so, 000
From 100 to 1875 carloads of pulp
wood were being daily received by the
paper mills of the Fox river valley.
Miss Lena Scatter, aged "a, of the
town of Durand, was pronounced in
sane by medical experts and committed
to the asylum at Mendoza
Joseph L. Wallace, we'll known in
western Wisconsin and Minnesota as
the proprietor of the La Crosse bust
ness college, died at the age of IS years
Fred Lipman. of Byron Center. was
thrown off a load of logs and the logs
rolled upon him. killing him instantly.
Rev. Reeher Smith, one of the found
ers of Appleton, in 1S47, and of the
city of New London later. died at his
home in New London, aged IS years.
VIM. Simons, aged IS. was killed at
Ute Hilker's camp near Rice Lake by
log rolling over him. His parents re-
side near Menomonee.
Capt Joseph Humphrey, an old set
tier of Milwaukee, is dead.
fire in the dry goods store of A.
Wachter, at She boygan Falls, caused a
loss of about SIS, 1000.
Joel r. Carpenter died at Oconomo-
woe, aged "A years. lie was member
of the legislature in war times and had
held many local Offices.
On the Mondova branch near 0sseo,
q ear of live stock was burned G. ii.
Hubbard was the owner.
A child of A. V. D. Leest, of Little
Chute, fell into kettle filled with boil
ing water and was scalded to death.
At Darlington fire broke out in a
room over Turner's blacksmith shop
occupied by John Fitzpatrick and John
Breen which resulted in the death of
the former
Chief Justice Lyon, of the supreme
court, has ordered that leave be granted
to the attorney general to begin an ac
ton to test the validity of the appor-
tionment of the state by the legislature
of 1891.
Eugene Grenier was convicted at
Bayfield, before Justice Wade of pilfer-
ing a pair of pants from one of Brig
ham & Mussell's lumber camps and
Sc ntenced to thirty days in the county
Jail or $40 fine.
Conductor Frank Bardon, of Wau-
sau, had his arm crushed while coup
ling cars at Eland Junction.
Charles L. North, for seventeen years
city m arshal of Beloit, has resigned on
account of i'll health.
A ca IL has been issued by large
number of temperance men of Wiscon-
sin for non-partisan temperance con-
vention to be held in Madison Febru-
airy II.
'Math" Netzer, of Billings, Mo, an
old man 20 years of age, was found
dead in his room in Milwaukee. He
had blown out the gas in his room
There was s515 on his person.
The young men of GAINESVILLE have
raised 81 200 toward the erection of
new Y. NJ. c. A. building at that
place.
Gustave Higgins, accused of having
set 0re 10 the uTtSS Oh COiOFtu
woman in a saloon in Milwaukee
here two months ago. thereby causing
her death, has been acquitted on this
charge by the grand jury.
A 3-year-old daughter of Engineer
G. Hanson, of Kaukauna, had mar
row escape from death. She was play
ing with large shears and fell upon the
same, the points penetrating her throat
and head almost to her brain.
Mr.. A. J. Sheridan, of Eau Claire,
and Miss Lulu Davis. of Cape Girar-
deau, Mo-, were married at Hudson
July 20 last, but the fact only became
known the other morning.
The Manitowoc boiler works have
taken a contract to build a boiler for
Conrad Starke which is to be the largest
ever built in Wisconsin. 1t is to be IL
feet in diameter and will weigh thirty
five tons.
d. Mcdonald, superintendent OF
bridges. was instantly killed at Brule.
on the Northern Pacific, while attempt
ing to board moving train. He was
mangled beyond recognition. His home
was iu West SUPERIOR.