River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-04-28

The News Condensed.
A carload of Rock county horses
were shipped to New Hampshire.
Fire destroyed the harness shop of
Frank Zimmerman at Bingham. Loss,
81, 200; insurance, 5000.
John lilly. aged IS years, one of She
boygan's capitalists, is dead He lived
in Sheboygan forty years.
Fire destroyed $4,000 worth of dry
siding and flooring at Mcmillan Bros
yard at Mcmillan. Partially insured.
Howard Cramer, one of the oldest set
tiers of La Crosse, died at the age of -
years. He came to that city in 1851,
and held several public offices.
The Spring Valley Land Company OF
Chippewa Falls was Incorporated with
a capital stock of $50 900 by l.. NJ. New
man, A. T. Newman and d. NJ. Clay.
Appleton win have a $4,000 malt
house, with capacity of 10000 bush
els. A company has been organized to
build it,
George Jones and John Henry, arrest
ed at Denver, Col, are wanted at Mari
nette for completely in the Barber
murder.
Roy Meacham, a 15-year-old lad of
hartford, was killed by the accidental
discharge of his gun. His dead body
was found in his boat, which was drift
ing about Green lake.
Beloit college has received a gift of
$500 from an unknown friend, the
money to be expended in improving the
college athletic field.
Nels Fountaine, living at Westboro,
became insane and escaped his watch
ers and fled to the woods where he per-
ished. His remains were found.
John Edmison and wife, of Eau
Claire, died within two days of each
other of pneumoni /. Three sons and
two daughters survive the deceased.
J. 5. Hartman, the pedestrian, at
tempted to kill himself in a Shawano
saloon, but was prevented, although he
succeeded in badly wounding himself.
At Black River Falls Patrick Riley
was sentenced to five years imprison-
ment at the states prison for criminal
assault upon woman.
Burglars at Milton Junction robbed
the homes of Messrs. Southwick, Shaw,
Dodd and Thorpe. Considerable money
and jewelry was stolen.
Richard d. Davis, city treasurer, died
at Dodgeville of consumption. He was
a prominent mason, ami was buried by
that order.
Station Agent McCracken, at Water
loo, on the WATERFOWL line of the St.
Paul road, dropped dead of heart dis
ease.
Richard Bollard, of Lancaster, who was
discharged about year ago from an
insane asylum, was arrested for trying
to kill his family with an AK. He was
sent back to the asylum.
The 15-mile heel-and-toe walking
contest at Edgerton between Nels
Quale, of Stoughton. and Ole johnson,
of Chicago, resulted in an easy victory
for Quale.
The supreme court has decided that
State Superintendent of instruction
Wells can draw only his salary of 81. 200
a year and money to defray his actual
expenses.
Owing to irregularity in publication
and failure to give proper notice of the
setting out of the new town of Iron
River its site is invalid. A prosperous
village of 500 inhabitants is thus left
without representation on the county
board.
V. kellogg, p farmer living a mile
from Cumberland has discovered what
he supposes to be gold in the bottom of
his well. lie is an old gold digger
The loss by the burning OF the works
of the Scotfford Novelty Company in
Kenosha was 100000; insurance, $780,,
600
G.. w. Taylor, of Detroit Mimi, has
been elected secretary of the La Crosse
interstate fair.
Henry Leroy, convict in the Wau-
pun penite tiary, hanged himself. He
was sent } for eighteen months from
Ashland February, 1891, for assault
with inteL 70 do great bodily harm.
Two childreL were poisoned at Can
ton by eating something they picked up
on the street which is supposed to have
been strychnine, as both died in short
time in commissions.
The home OF III. ID. White, agent of
the Singer Sewing Machine Company
at Brandon, was entered by thieves
while the family was absent and $1,000
in money stolen.
The mayor of Eau Claire has just
spent $50 in baby carriage for the
youngest triplets in the city. 1t is an
Eau Claire custom for the newly elected
mayor TO thus pay his respects to trip
let's.
The Green Bay Athletic club is the
name of a new organization at Green
Bay. The club starts in with 10 mem
bers.
The Jackson-Miller Mining Company
has leased, with the privilege of pur-
chase, the Kickbusch -four mill at
Wausau, TO take possession the first of
June.
The board OF worlds fsir managers
of Wisconsin met in Oshkosh, and the
reports showed that out of the sixty
eight counties in the state fifty-four
have the full membership of their aux
Hilary committees appointed and thirty
four are fully organized and in working
order.