River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-01-21
The New, Condensed,

The News Condensed
The new city hall at Columbus has
been completed at cost of $50, 900.
George Getz, of Newark, successful
ly underwent an operation at Chicago
for the removal of part of his skull
The residence of Philip Hembel, of
Sevastopol. Door county, was burned.
Loss, $1,000: insurance, $500.
Racine capitalists intend organizing
a stock company, with a capital of $751;,
600. to manufacture sand brick.
An attempt to revive the Farmers
Alliance of Wisconsin will be made
February 5, when a meeting will be
held in Madison.
Cecil NJ. Church, a wealthy farmer of
Janesville, blew out his brains with a
revolver because his wife said she did
not love him.
Two colored children, about years
of age, named Sylvester Ford and Lot
tie Wood, broke into store at Fort
Howard and secured S12 in cash.
Edward L. James, former resident
of Racine, committed suicide at Chica-
taken to Racine for interment
Miss Hattie Bender, teacher in the
GAINESVILLE high school, will leave for
Japan this month to engage in mission
airy work.
The fire losses last year at Beloit ag-
gregated but SSsS, and the insurance
paid was only 1888, while the premiums
paid aggregated S25, 900.
The ST. Paul Railway Company has
discontinued the manufacture of freight
cars in Milwaukee.
Charles X. Wells, the well-known
lawyer and one of the oldest residents
of Milwaukee. died at the age of near
ly rs years.
Matthias Schneider, aged Is, hostler
employed by DIR. Levings, was found
dead in his bed, having been suffocated
by coal gas
James Kirby, a farmer, was frozen
TO death at Sturgeon Bay. He was
found within so feet of house.
Coats & Co, commission merchants
at Sparta, have failed, owing 500, 600,
with 81, 200 assets, after satisfying the
bank of Sparta
Mrs. ]. NJ. Johnson, of Indianapolis,
Ind, was arrested at Dubuque, Ia, for
kidnapping her boy at Lacrosse, where
her divorced husband resides.
Emil Hager, aged As, resident of
Lindley, while returning from Lynn
over the Milwaukee track fell from the
track onto a skidway and was killed.
Willie Baggs, in attempting to jump
on a passing train In Milwaukee, fell
and was terribly mangled, dying in
stantly.
John Horn, son of ex-Alderman
Horn, of GAINESVILLE, has been appointed
page in the house of representatives at
Washington.
The 7-year-old son of C. +. Fischer, a
travelling man, ran under team of
horses at Lacrosse, and was instantly
killed by blow on his skull.
A tail end collision occurred at Van
dyne and James Conley, brakeman,
was caught between the wheels and
his legs badly mangled.
William lessen, of Milwaukee, aged
"a wears, was suffocated at the Mil
waukee glue works at Port Washing
ton.
Mrs. Marie Boldt, aged ~ years, liv-
ing in Milwaukee, was burned to death
by her clothes catching fire from a
stove.
Grace Winters, the young lady who
was arrested in Winona, Mimi, few
days ago and taken to La Crosse
charged with beslg implicated in a
murder committed in Indiana last June,
appeared before Commissioner G. C..
Prentiss, and there being no evidence
against her the prisoner was immedi-
ately discharged
A stranger seized a mail bag as it
was thrown from a train at Racine
and disappeared. The next morning
the bag was found rifled of registered
packages
Prof. F. b. Power, dean of the
pharmacy department of the state
university, has resigned TO take the po-
sition of chief pharmacist of the
Fritsche Bros. at Passiac, n. J.
Helene Bncher, of Milwaukee, wants
a divorce from her husband John. In
October, 1891, she claims that he tried
to poison her and that she narrowly
escaped. He owns farm in Marinette
county worth IS, 900.
The residence of Father Boehrn,
pastor of the German Catholic church
at Eau Claire. was entered by thieves
while he was at church. They secured
$50 and got away.
Mrs Mary Cole, of Appleton, has
been granted pension of Sl2 a month
on account of her son, who died in a
rebel prison. The lady is now "a years
of age
On opening a frSght car at James
vile a man was found in an almost
starving condition. He had been in the
car for eight days and was too weak
to speak. 1t was thought he would re
cover.
Chester Bell and John Olson, aged
respe ctively IS and 10, were sentenced
at Eau Claire by Judge Bailey to the
industrial school till they are 81 fol
stealing.
Henry Sievert, the hermit of Oal
Grove, Pierce county, is dead He wa,
bachelor and for tlIirty-fiye years
had lived alone in his shanty on Big
river.
Oscar johnson was shot and instant
ly killed by John Blazer, at Brice, {
small station on the Omaha road
johnson jokingly pretended to steal 1
knife belonging to Blazer. and the lat
ter's wife handed him a rife and told
| him to shoot the offender.