River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-03-10
WEST SUPERIOR.

The State bank of Wisconsin will
soon occupy new quarters in the Berk-
shire block, corner of Tower and
Broadway. The room being fitted up
for this purpose is being deliberately
furnished and it is said will surpass
anything of the kind to be found in
either ST. Paul or Minneapolis. w.
Strickland, formerly of Ellsworth, is
one of the directors in this bank aud
its great success speaks well for the
conservatism which characterizes its
management.
The Frank A. Woodward Clothing
Co., composed of Minneapolis men will
during the present month open one of
the finest retail clothing houses in the
northwest, in the Bruenig block, cor
neT of Broadway and Tower. The
entire front of the large building on
the first floor facing both streets is of
plate glass and by all odds the finest
room in the city for the purpose for
which it is designed.
Excitement in iron runs high in Du-
luth, and many Superior people are
cleared about six thousand dollars in
two weeks.
Angus Morrow, formerly of River
Falls, is engaged in teaching school at
Hawthorne, fifteen or twenty miles
south of here.
The weather here is mild and pleas
ant.
Hon. I. f. Scion, of this city, has
opened up mineral spring at White
Birch, twenty-five miles south of here
GA the Omaha line, whose waters
rival those of the famous Waukesha
springs. Tom is ashustler and will at
once commence 10 ship water TO all
parts of the country. SOlon's mineral
springs are doubtless destined to make
White Birch the Waukesha of north
western Wisconsin as a faverite sum-
mer resort.
a movement has been inaugurated
for the early opening of a hospital
here at the West End which is greatly
needed.
The LaBelle wagon works employ
$50 men.
The Superior Stove works employ
I25 men.
The Malleable Iron works turned
out 200 tons of castings last month
They employ 40 men.
The Webster Manufacturing COM
pany employs 800 men and turned out
IS, 657 chairs last month. Much of
their Gaming is done by residents of
the Steel plant and Connor's point.
The most disastrous fire which has
ever occurred here, except the coal
dock fire of the past winter, took place
on Monday forenoon resulting in the
| total destruction of the Allouez build
| ing, fine brick structure containing
sixteen flats situated on Eighteenth
street between Tower and Ogden
avenues. The building was 75x90
| feet, four stories high, each floor con-
| tanning four flats. The fire originated
| in storage room ia the basement and
all efforts of the entire fire depart
ment proved unavailing. The occu.
pants all escaped but were heavy
losers as comparatively little furni-
ture was saved. The total loss is esti-
mated at eighty thousand dollars. The
building cost $55 900 upon which
there was an insurance of $40, 900.
| While some of the occupants carried
insurance on furniture ranging from
two hundred to one thousand dollars,
others carried none and lost all. f.
De f. Barnett was one of the heaviest
losers, and for a time it was feared by
many that Miss Grace Barnett of
River Falls, who was visiting at Mr..
| Barnett S had persisted in the burning
building. Miss Barnett came out Of
the building and afterwards returned
to try to save some valuables belong
ing to her brother, but the elevator
boy who was still at his post refused
her admIttance to the elevator for
such a hazardous undertaking and she
| afterwards returned safely to those
who were deeply concerned about her.
Had the fire occurred in the nighttime