River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-12-29
The News condensed.


The forty-sixth annual junior exhi
otner night
Christian Reece, a carpenter, S0years
of age, was drowned in the lake at
Madison while skating.
The Milwaukee Candy Company made
an assignment to William II. Rhoddis,
who furnished bond of $50, ZOO.
The Racine Wagon & Carriage Com
pany plant, situated at Racine juno
ton, was damaged to the extent of
$4,000 by fire.
Patrick f. Finn, the Minneapolis
bigamist, was sentenced at Hudson TO
two years at hard labor in the state
prison at Waupun.
Mrs. Wright, wife of Edwin Wright,
a well-to-do farmer of the town of
Lindina. fell in a fit against table
and broke her neck. dying instantly.
James Arker, an inmate of the sol
diers' home, was run over and killed by
a passenger train at Milwaukee.
Dan Calligan was killed while switch
West Superior.
The shingle and sawmills of Gage &
Hadley at South Range, 10 miles from
Superior, were destroyed by fire, the
loss being $4,000
Systematic forgeries are being per-
petrated upon business men of Rock
county, and another merchant in Beloit
has cashed bogus check for $50.
Barge 1877. the last whale back of the
fr.flr
launched at West Superior.
Senator F. T. Yahr and several as
semblymen visited the Veterans home
at Waupaca and found everything in
good order.
The announcement is made that Be
lott college will next term begin new
department. that of giving practical
instructions in art.
George Kopitze. q years of age. was
instantly killed on the Northwestern
railroad in Racine while attempting to
jump from moving train.
The state supreme court has decided
tina, beer brewing companies must pay
alx license in towns where they sell
their product
August Ebenreiter, aged "a years,
one of Sheboygan eounty's earliest
residents, died in the town of Sheboy-
gan Falls.
A new Methodist church was dedicat
ed at Chippewa Falls. 1t was com
pleted in September and cost about
$1,000.
andrew Juneau was arrested at An
tigo on charge of immoral conduct.
The 5-year-old daughter of Frank
Braun went to Juneau's candy store
and claims June au attempted to as
sault her. As the statutes provide no
penalty for such crime he was ar
rested ON the charge named Juneau
is 60 years old. He was in Jail.
The recent discovery of what seems
to he rich iron ore il the northern end
of Washburn county and in Douglas
county is causing considerable excite
ment
A sale of forfeited lands in Wood.
the land Office at Madison and about
5000 acres were sold at an average of
about one dollar per acre.
William 5. Holmes, Unitss States
deputy internal revenue collector of La
Crosse, pleaded guilty to embezzling
$500 belonging to the government and
was fined $500 and sentenced to inn
prisonment for thirteen months
At West Superior the jury in the case
of Nick Drew. charged with keeping a
gambling house, returned a verdict of
not guilty.
Fire destroyed the dry-house of the
Green Bay Table Factory Company.
entaIling a loss of 81 900; fully covered
by insurance.
The body of woman found in the
lake at Milwaukee was identified as
chat of Augusta Iolsdorf. formerly
cook at Capt Pabst's home.
The annual meeting of the Wisconsin
and Michigan Car Service association
was he d at Milwaukee and the work
of last year was reported satisfactory.
Five of the Fall Creek burglars,
Haynes, Moore. Ryan, Sullivan and Al
lison. pleaded guilty and each was sem
fenced by Judge Bailey to four years in
the penitentiary.
Capt. William y. Carter. compiling
clerk in the Office of the secretary of
state and a war veteran. died of Bright's
disease, augmented by blood poisoning
caused by carbuncle-
George Ceunery. of West Superior
an employee of the r B. Dear Dock and
a railroad contractor. has brought a
personal damage suit for $40, 600
Ceunery claims to have received per.
nanent injury to his spine BY the blow
ing out of core of stick of piling.