River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-12-01
The News Condensed.

AhC News NohhoAscbs
George S. Bliss has recovered $50, 900
damages from the city of Racine for a
broken leg.
Willard w. Yale, one of Milwaukee's
pioneer merchants. died the other
morning. He had not been engaged in
business for some years.
The upholstering establishment of
H. p Knebe & Co in Milwaukee was
damaged by fire to the amount of $780,
900.
Mrs. Jennie Ellis, aged IS. daughter
of the late w. II. Ebbetts, of Milwau-
kee, made an Intellectual attempt to
commit suicide at her home in James,
vile.
A large barn belonging to George
Stolez, a wealthy farmer near Wauke-
sha, was burned, causing a loss of
S., 600. The barn contained 200 bush
els OF oats, farm machinery and 500
tons of hay.
Logging has already begun in some
of the camps near Black River Falls.
Phil Andrews, a railway brakeman,
dropped dead at Rinehart's hospital in
Ashland.
The dry kiln of the John R. Davis
Lumber Company in Phillips was d.
stroyed By fire LIS. 81, 100; insured
Ftancis Haramei.tcf, Is years d.
died in Green By. He wa, At on,
time the ra- e..taln-1t brewer ~
Wiscon-iH. -a.e an ste valued
Geo ailIed and iv.
OF e-s Gremen. nj red
in fl vh "a g. ii the upholstery
factory a. SIS. in Milwaukee,.
FLA instantly lli I'D
Nv -rr train viii
IT, brid-, in the
,.riof 49,. and.
Fire IN y G.. Nelson's grocery and
bakery at River Falls completely de-
stroved the stock and caused loss of
So. 600.
Mayor jackson /. Case rendered his
resignation at meeting of the city
council of Racine.
Daniel Riordan. one of the oldest and
most widely known Irish citizens of
Beloit, died at his home. He was an
aldernan.
TIL Park house and barn at Parron,
own d J.. W. Pratt, and the barn of
George Eng TT wer total Y de troyed
10y fire, the loss being $4,000.
Fire destroyed about 100, 900 feet of
lumber on the dock of the South Shore
Lumber Company in Washburn. The
lumber was owned by Bliss & Parsons,
of Saginaw. Mich.
Martin Rockwell, Waukesha paint
er, aged 25 years. blew his brains out
with a re volver. He had been despond-
ent of late owing to the fact that his
wife had secured divorce from him.
Col George Il. Everett, of the South
Superior Stove Company. narrowly es-
capped death through the fault of a
druggist who in filling prescription
calling for quinine gave morphine in
stead.
The 9-year-old daughter of Thomas
Shield was struck by passenger train
in Kenosha and thrown a distance of
so feet, alighting in ditch. Beyond a
few cuts aud bruises the child did not
seem to be injured.
p A. johnson, a laboring man, made
an unsuccessful attempt to commit sui
eide at Chippewa Falls by cutting his
throat
The annual meeting of the Wisconsin
training school for nurses was held in
Milwaukee. The reports of the treas
urer and secretary showed the school
to be in very prosperous condition in
every way.
There is trouble in the Wisconsin
national guard, and several of the COM
panies were to be mustered out of
SCI vice. Lack of proficiency shown in
the last general inspection is given as
the cause.
An alteration occurred at Gillette
between Robert Newton and Charles
Kingston, when Newton drew a re-
voIver and fired five shots into Kings
toms body. Kingston would die.
Robert Summerville, an employe of
the Singer sewing machine agency,
was arrested at West Superior for al
legged appropriation of s1O6 of the COM
pany's funds.
Mrs. Betsy Hagen, a pioneer settler
of northwest Wisconsin. died in Grants
burg at the age of "A years. She was
the first white woman to set her foot
on Burnett county soil. which was
thirty eight years ago.
John Marder, widely known French
pioneer, was found dead in bed at Be
lott. He retired in his usual health,
and is supposed to have died from
heart disease.
The county clerks annual report of
the real estate sold in Douglas county
for the past year shows the total was
sl4. 065. or; assessed valuation, 3, ESQ.,
As.
The Eau aire county board has of
cred reward of $4,000 for the appre-
bension of the murderers of William
anderson, a wealthy logger whose
body was found in the Chippewa river
last summer There is a good deal OF
mystery about the case.