River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-10-13

A. H. Smith. Of West Superior. was
killed by the cars at South Range while
drunk
Bishop Messmer has purchased al
Green Bay large tract of land on
which he viii erect college
Timothy Lynch, for thirty-five years
resident of Rock county. died at his
home in GAINESVILLE, aged 81 years. He
leaves a wife and six children.
r. w Young, an old resident OF
Green Bay, dIed at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Munger, in Seymour
James 5. Buck, one of the pioneers
of Milwaukee and author of a history
of the city, died, at the age Of s. years.
Edward Purrio and Gus Hanson quar-
relied in n saloon at Brulea, and Purrio
was fatally shot.
August Ruchti, aged II years, son of
Chris Ruchti, farmer living a few
miles south Of Boscobel, was instantly
killed by lightning.
One of the richest finds of iron ore
in the history of northern Wisconsin
was discovered / mile from Rhineland-
er on land owned by Matt Stapletou.
The new electric street railway at
Madison has been opened to the pull :
IL.
William Henry liner, aged 10 years,
was run over by freight train Of thir-
ty cars and instantly killed at West
Superior.
August Passewali1, while working on
the new bridge at Manitowoe. was
struck by piece of iron, knocked into
the river and drowned.
Ira Burhaus. president of the Bank
Of West Superior, was fined Sd for as
sault upon II. Z. Ticknor, assistant
cash cr.
John W. Wilson, of La Crosse, has
been elected grand master of the Ma
tional Association of Swltchmen.
A stranger was killed by the cars At
Gainesville. lie had n pass for Oscar
Barber, Belvidere, III, t. Evansville
Wis.
Two locomotives and seven freight
cars were demolished 10y collision be-
tween freight ami passenger trains on
the Milwaukee & Superior road near
Menominec Falls
William Wiese, a German tailor, COM
mitted suicide in Ehinelander 10y hang
ing himself in his shop. lie had been
drinking heavily lately and was de-
spondcnt.
F.~e in Milwaukee partially destroyed
the large brick building occupied by
the Nordberg company's machine shops
and the Eagle pattern works Loss,
So. 600.
Fifteen years ago there were over
100 fishermen engaged between the
mouth of The Mcnominee river and
Peshtigo point Now there are not
probably ten. Fish seem to have en-
tirely disappeared from the west shore
of Green bay.
The eighteenth annual state conven-
ton of the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation Of Wisconsin meets in Appleton
October Is to Is
The house of Mrs. Lizzie Whalen at
Fort Howard was entered by burglars
and $500 in coin was taken.
The body OF Mrs. Perkins, a widow
about IS years of age, was found float
ing in the race near the mill in Brod-
head.
Haroot Armenog, an Armenian, is
wanted by the police at Racine. He is
charged with having robbed his land
lord. Haroot Manoot, of S69 and q watch
and some clothing.
The Wisconsin Unitarians at Mil
waukee decided to unite with the Min
nesota church in employing a mission
ary to do general work in extending
the Unitarian doctrine.
Nels Nelson. who recently arrived at
Rhinelander from Christianstad, Swift
zerland. was run down by a freight
train while crossing a bridge on the
500 and instantly killed.
Ed La Forge was badly bruised about
the head by grub AK in the hands OF
an old man named Weiderman. The
affair occurred 6 miles from Bloomer
at Weidernan's farm, where La Forge
was threshing.
The body of Ole Wall, an employe OF
the Freeman mill at West Superior,
was found in the bay by George Bell.
1t was clearly a case of accidental
drowning.
ID. \. Wheeler, a travelling salesman
of Minneapolis, was arrested in Cum
berland ON a warrant issued by Oper-
ator i. VI. Payne, charged with car
rying concealed weapons He was
fined SO and costs.
Frederick Schultz, aged so years, an
old employee of the Phoenix -four mills
at Milwaukee, Wis, was working
around the wheels and was caught In
the eogs and crushed to death be-
tween the rollers