River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-04-21

Governor Peck has issued proclama-
ton naming April 20 as Arbor day.
Wheat is reported in good condition
in 20 per cent. of the counties of Wis
consin and poor in 40 per cent.
Thomas Hoag. while telling timber on
his homestead near Washburn, was
struck by falling tree and received
fatal injuries.
The City hotel was burned at Kill
bourn City. Loss, 50, 600. This hostel
ry was the principal one at the DELL"
and known to many summer resorters.
The logging season IS over in the
Merrill section, the total cut amounting
to about 475 900 900 feet on the Wis
eonsin.
valuable lot has been leased IN
Baldwin upon which to build another
brick bank building for Mr.. Carr, of
Sioux Falls, 5. ID.
The second trial at Green Bay of
Matthias Van Delaanen for the murder
of Charles Vieu resulted in a verdict of
not guilty.
James 5. Baker, aged II years, died
at Green Bay. He served for two years
as state bank comptroller and for many
years he had an abstract office here.
The butter factory owned by Hutch
ms & Harvey, located at Aztalan,
was destroyed by fire. Loss, IS, 900; in
suIance. 1000. 1t was the largest fac
tory of the kind in the state.
The school for the blind ct GAINESVILLE
was badly damaged by a wind storm.
The roof of the main building was torn
off. The loss will reach $500.
The official call for the state conven-
tion of the union labor party has been
issued by Chairman Robert Schilling.
The convention is to be held in Mil
waul1ee May "a.
A. J. Blair, brakeman, was killed
while coupling cars at Marshfeld.
Mrs. Charles Shirley, of Ashland, has
fallen heir TO quarter interest in a ST.
SEQ, 600 estate in New York city.
Capt. Charles King, the story writer,
of Milwaukee, has been engaged as
commandant of the Michigan military
academy at Orchard Lake.
Mrs. Spear. of Chicago, who was I'M
dergoing treatment at the Pennoyer
sanitarium at Kenosha, committed sui
eide by suffocation from gas.
While Walter Preston, son of Samuel
Preston, of Green Bay, was duck hunt
ing his boat was caught in squall and
capsized, and he was drowned.
The Black River house, one of the old
landmarks of Black River Falls. owned
by Mrs. Fred Gebhart, caught fire from
a defective hue and was partially de-
stroved. No insurance.
Atrial Barnes, a resident of Hebron
for thirty-seven years and the oldest
representative of five living genera
tions. died at the age of 90 years.
Frank II. Briggs, found guilty Of bur
glary in the circuit court at Green Bay,
was sentenced to one year imprison-
ment in the state prison at Waupun.
Harry Hayes, proprietor of the Good
win house at Beloit, pleaded guilty to
selling liquor and was fined $50 and
costs.
Elwood Addison, aged 81. son of VIII
liam Addison, of Ad1ison'S hack line,
committed suicide in Hudson with laud-
anum. 1t was caused by disapPoint-
ment in a love affair.
Frank Kane, of Durand, a member of
ID. McMahon's driving crew on the
north fork of the Eau Claire. was
drowned at point about Is miles north
of Thorpe.
BY premature explosion of powder
at the lime kiln of Henry Straw at La
Crosse, Albert Erickson and Sever
Knulson were seriously, if not fatally,
injured.
Fred Ganeng, logger. arrived in Eau
Claire from the woods with $1,000. He
deposited all except about $500, and at
10 o'clock at. night started for home.
When passing under an overhead rail
road brid &c he was held up and all he
had with him was taken by footpads.
A fierce windstorm swept Beloit, do
ing great damage Several houses and
barns were torn down.
W H. Metcalf. of the firm of Bradley
& Metcalf, boot and shoe manufac-
turers, died in Milwaukee, aged Il
years.
Bayless Brothers, grocers at Ashland,
made voluntary assignment. The as.
sets were 81, 800 and the liabilities ST.
500
Charles P.pka became suddenly in
sane at Ashland and tried to cut his
throat He raved: MY father cut his
throat and ! must do it." 1t is said
that Pipka's father was a Polish count.
The barn and tobacco shed on the
Howard farm near GAINESVILLE were de-
stroyed by fire. A number of hogs
were burned in the barn. The loss was
about 81 600.
Jacob Fleigler. proprietor of the Wis
consin Central mills at Manitowoc,
made an assignment. IL was due to
the closing of the I. c. Shove Banking
Company.
The daughter of a Benton farmer
named Smith was married the other
night and some of the neighbors under
took a charivari. The old man ran out
with q shotgun to drive them away and
fell asad from excitement
OUR SOUTHERN NElGHBORS.