River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-08-11
The News ,,ondensed.

While operating hay fork near Bos-
cobel Henry Hamilton was instantly
killed by the breaking of singletree.
Fire almost totally wiped out the lit
/ tie town of Dane Station, 10 miles
northwest of Madison, on the Chicago
& Northwestern railroad. Loss $50, 600.
Seymour Glass, about so years old. a
widower and a citizen of CassviIle, was
arrested and taken to Lancaster on the
charge of incest with his 13-year-old
| daughter.
While gathering driftwood in the
river at Chippewa Falls, Henry Roder
and Eddie Swartz, aged respectively Ii
and 10 years. were drowned Both bod
les were recovered.
While in bathing in the Pigeon river
near Sheboygan August 0chlcr, son of
Charles Ochler. was drowned. This
was the fourth case of drowning Their
within a week.
Fairbanks, Morse & Co., of st. Paul,
contractors, broke ground at Rice Lake
under the direction of Mr.. Elder for a
complete system of waterworks for
that city.
The suit of j. B. Wheeler, of New
York, against J. j. Hagerman, of Mil
waukee, for 1870 shares of stock in the
Mollie Gibson mine, valued at $780,
600, has been discontinued.
DR. Charles Kendall Adams, formerly
president of Cornell university, has
announced his acceptance of the presi-
iencv of the University of Wisconsin.
Charles Wilson, who a month ago
bruta!ly murdered a S-year-old girl at
Milwaukee, hanged himself in his cell
at Oregon City, Ore, with bandage
he had taken from his broken arm.
James Kelly, aged 81 years, son of a
farmer at Hudson, was drowned while
bathing in Bass lake.
William Linehan, aged % years, at
tempted to swim across a lake near
River Falls and was drowned
Peter Bacus, a laborer in Kimberly
& Clark's mill at Kimberly, Outagamie
county, was caught in a shaft and
probably fatally injured.
A. Gilbert. one of the oldest engineers
on the Wisconsin Central, fell between
two moving fiat cars, near Marshfield,
and was probably fatally hurt.
George Pankratz. of ManitowOc, has
purchased site at Sturgeon Bay and
will move his sawmill to that place and
engage in the lumber business.
Mrs E. j. HOLSTER, of Kansas City,
Mo-, was drowned by the accidental
capsizing of a rowboat near Green
Lake.
Peter A. Traeger. sexton of the pub
lie cemetery at Two Rivers, fell deao
while digging grave. He was 6Oyears
old.
grand jury was drawn for the first
time in the history of Douglas county
and no one was BILE to divine the rea-
son.
BOYS out fishing found the body of
w. p. Morton, a horse doctor, well
known as "Old Doc Morton" who had
been missing for week, hanging to
tree on the island opposite La Crosse.
The Wisconsin Malt and Grain Com
pany is building an elevator in Apple
ton in which it may conveniently
handle 20. 900 bushels
During a thunderstorm lightning
struck a tree on the farm of Ole Oleson
in Farmington, killing flock of four
teen valuable South down sheep which
sought shelter under it.
The West Superior WOODEN mills have
assigned for So, 900 brought on by at
tachments by the Farmers national
bank of Portsmouth, o., where they
formerly did business. The proprietors
say they are solvent and will resume
business.
At Baldwin during a storm William
Johnson and Hugh Hammond were
killed by lightning.
Mrs. Vaughn has decided the Vaughn
library building to the Library associa-
ton of Ashland. The property and
books are worth 100000.
Mrs. James Nield. resident of RAJ
cine county for over half century,
died at her home in Racine, aged a
years.
Henry Sexton. of Bayfield,. has pur-
chased the farm of \. .. Frat, in the
town of Mount Pleasant. Racine coun-
ty, for SO. 900. He also purchased the
farm of C. L. Dana for SO, 300.
Herman, young son of Mrs Mary
Voss. OF Eau Claire, was shot through
the abdomen while playing with a re-
volver.
Joseph Lang, of Green Bay, aged az
years, was struck and instantly killed
by lightning while driving a team Of
horses, one of the latter also being
killed.
The democratic state central commit
tee met at Milwaukee and decided on
Milwaukee as the place and August 81
as the date for the convention to nomi-
nate state ticket. The basis % rep
resentation will be ore delegate fol
every 500 votes cast for democratic can
didstes in 1890.