River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-09
The News Condensed.

capacity will be added at once TO the
West Superior mills. 1t will be ready
for fall grinding.
The United States grand jury has in
dicted A. A. Cadwallader, ex-president
Of the Superior national bank, for en-
bezzling $4,000 of the banks funds.
Mamie Weeks, a 15-year-old girl at
Beaver Dam, has made complaint
against her father. Jacob Weeks, of be-
ing the father of her unborn child.
Weeks has disappeared.
The 4-year-old daughter of Matt Con-
nors was drowned at Hurley in a rain
water barrel.
Wisconsin's fish exhibit at the worlds
fair will be displayed in fifty large
glass aquariums, costing about 81, 900.
The Chippewa Falls common council
passed an ordinance providing for a
paid fire department. Heretofore it has
been a volunteer one.
The body of man cut to pieces by
the Omaha express train near Altoona
has been recognized as that of Edward
Gormley, Sr.
Joseph Knapp and Wallace Finney
were killed in a railway wreck at West
ern Union Junction. Both men were
molders and lived at Oshway, Can.
Frank Browns stallion, Calhoun, -
of Appleton, and J. w. Flack's stallion,
Happy Pilot" viii trot race at the
state fair on wager of 81, 900 a side.
John Meyer, an Appleton farmer, will
sue the owners of vicious dogs which
have killed a number of his sheep
The state law library at Madison, ac-
cording to the new catalogue, contains
25, 900 Volumes exclusive Of duplicates.
The body of James McClintock, the
Ashland lumberman, was found in
White river in fair state of preserva-
ton. 1t lay about 100 feet from where
he went down two weeks ago
August Thedrolf while saving logs
in Thedrolf Brothers mill at Rozell-
vile was struck by saw which ampu-
tated one of his legs at the hip joint.
He died an hour later.
Ex-Chief OF detectives Swartz made
the arrest of au old criminal at Ash
land who had been wanted by United
States officers for over two years. He
gave the name of Mike Connors, but is
known to be Mike Simmons.
Henry Besse has assumed the duties
office at Ashland, vice q. w. Covington,
resigned.
The burial of Henry Carter. aged 65
years, member of the Forty seventh
Wisconsin, who had been totally par
alyzed ever since the war, took place at
Beloit.
Mrs. A. J. Cowles, aged 81 years, died
at Beloit. She had been married to
Deacon Cowles, who survives her, near
~ sixty-eight years. On the occasion
of her last birthday her eccentric hus-
band presented her with coffin which
he had made with his own hands and
in which she was buried.
Seven tramps waylaid a man named
John Williams at North Hudson and Sc
cured SIS. The thieves were arrested.
Negotiations were consummated
whereby the Ashland Lighting and
Ashland Railway Companies were con-
solidated.
Charles Shelly, of Unity, Marathon
county, was sentenced to four years in
state prison for attempted criminal as
sault.
The new Eagle Iron Company will
locate its plant at Spring Valley at a
cost of $50 600. with force of 60O men.
The output will be seventy-five to 100
tons daily of p g iron.
John Murphy, aged 9 years, ION of
Nr. and Mrs. p. II. Murphy, of Fort
Howard, was drowned in Fox river.
All saloons, six in number. at Iron
River, were pulled by the sheriff for
running gambling houses.
Considerable excitement prevailed at
WaShburn over the discovery of high
grade of iron ore IA miles west oi
town.
The new Northern Wisconsin acad
envy will be located at Ashland. 1t
will be for the northern portion of
Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota
and will be ready for students in four
months.
Ed Grady and John Rogers, who
robbed a jewelry store at Butternut.
were sentenced to nine and eight
months respectively in the Waupup
penitentiary.
Thomas Ryan and James Collins were
sentenced at Ashland To two and three
years, respectively, in the penitentiary
for assault with intent to kill, the vic
tim being a Wisconsin Central con-
ductor.
Articles of Incorporation of the But
ternut Water-Power Company were
fled az Ashland VI. G.. Hart and
David Harvey, of Ashland, and Edward
Besse are the incorporators. The cap
ital stock is s100. 600.