River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-08-18
The News Condensed.

The official estimate of the popL;d-
( ton of Milwaukee now is 245, 600 in
/ habitants.
/ A bogus post office inspector was
spotted at Epson. but he eluded the OIL
Gals Several postmasters in Ashland
county were victimized by him.
/ Andy Mccarthy. loader at one of
I A. a. Bigelow & Co S logging camps,
was instantly killed at W ashour His
home is at Chippewa Falls.
/ The strike for ten hours work oy
laborers in the sawmills at Wausau
was met IN its incipiency by the mill
owners and the ten-hour syste m
1 granted.
/ the Wisconsin & Chippewa Railway
Company is erecting new depot build-
/ ing at Tomahawk.
Ira E. Lee, a prominent citizen and
I lawyer of Eau Claire, dropped dead on
/ his way to church. Rupture of a blood
vessel in the brain is given as the
cause.
James McKinnon, aged 80, fell from
a third-story window in the TOnlin
house at West Superior and was in
stantly killed His home was in Scot
land
Mrs Maria Conine, resident of Mani
towoc for the past thirty years, died at
the age of rs years.
Judge Ira Z. Lee dropped dead with
heart disease in drug store at SUI
perior. lie was 65 years of age.
Mrs Frank Snider, a resident of
Schlessingerville, was struck by St.
Paul passenger train and instantly
killed She was Sc years old.
Warrents are out for the arrest of
the entire town board of Superior, on
the charge of embezzlement.
During an electric storm at Prairie
du Chen Joe Kretchie was struck by
lightning and instantly killed
Cleveland (O.) parties have recently
started plant in Prescott for the man
ufacture of plain and fancy wire fences.
during a storm the cheese factory of
William Roedecker. few miles north
of Two Rivers. was struck by light
ming and considerably damaged.
The prisoners at the county Jail in
Ashland revolted and would not go out
on the chain gang. They claimed they
were not sutilCtchblS ACO anu HSAC NV
able To work.
Lightning set on fire large ware
house belonging to the Two Rivers
Manufacturing Company and it was
entirely consumed, entailing a loss OF
$50. 600.
During a severe thunderstorm the
large barn belonging to Ben Dale at
Galesville was struck by lightning and
completely destroyed The barn con-
tanned about seventy tons of hay. Loss
81. 290.
The large barn ON the farm of George
L. Liovd. 6 miles northeast Of Green
wood. was struck by lightning and
burned. together with fifty tons of hay.
span of mules and some farm ma
chinery. Loss. s., 600.
The house of Town Treasurer Louis
Bauer, of Lima, was struck by light
ming and burned, together with the
contents; insurance small
An electrical storm struck Marinette,
the worst in years. Trees were up,
rooted. houses blown down and traffic
stopped.
The ore shipments from Ashland thu.
1dE tlla SGdHOt AbOA ~ As-otsUtE
tons.
Jacob Lift, proprietor of the1ters IN
all the large cities in the county, has
purchased a site at the corner of Third
and Grand avenue in Milwaukee, pay
ing 500, 600 for the same.
Charles Meyer, of Marinette, la
borer, while bathing in East river at
Green Bay was taken with cramps and
drowned.
George Babb, aged24, cruelty beat his
aged mother, and was locked up for
sixty days.
Henry Metzner and sister, of the
town of Wayne. Washington county,
were both injured IN a runaway acct
/ dent.
The 9-year old son of Herman
Weinke, dealer in machinery, was
drowned in the Wisconsin river al
Wausau. He was playing on the bank
and slipped into the water.
Marcus A. Fulton. aged So years, died
suddenly from apoplexy at Hudson.
He was an ex-nayor of the city and
served as assemblyman and senator in
1865 and 1866.
MINIMUM a.
White Birch. near West Superior, was
shot and killed by p. Mccain, who
suspected him of having been instru-
mental in alternating the affections of
/ his wife
Some unknown parties nearly sew
cred the tongue of Edward Miller's
horse. at GAINESVILLE. The horse was a
fast stopper and valued at $1,000 Mr..
| Miller has offered a reward Of 500 Tor
the capture of the guilty parties