River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-07-06
The News Conden sed.

w. III. Mccain, charged with the
murder of Bob Kirkwood near White
Birch year ago, and who was on trial
in the circuit court at West Superior
for the murder, is a free man. The de-
Tense pleaded insanity and the jury re-
turned a verdict of insanity.
John C. Koch, republican, wss
elected mayor of Milwaukee over Gar
rett Dunck, democrat, by over 5000
majority.
The strike on the Northwestern Fuel
company's coal docks at Washburn has
been declared off.
Noah Murray, for forty Years resi-
dent of Beloit, died at the age of IS
years.
The plant at Eau Claire of the Mad
ison Street Manufacturing company.
sashes and doors. was Quilted by fire.
Damage, $1,000, insured
Harry T. Hubbard, a travelling sales
man for Stahl Bros, New York, shot
himself at the PlanIinton house in Mil
waukee. He may recover.
The Eau Claire wooden mills, owned
by l.. Stoeckler, were burned, the loss
being 6, 900; insurance. 5000.
The Iron Belt mine near Ashland,
owned by the Standard Oil company,
discharged over 100 men in order to re-
duce the force
Frank Willern and Mrs. Bertha
Escher, of Sheboygan, were arrested
for the murder of the woInan's hus
band. who it was alleged committed
suicide.
Fred Hanson, engineer in the Grant
planning mill at Kenosha, was caught
by the main belt and drawn into the
fiy-wheel, where he was almost instant
" torn to pieces. lie was middle
aged man and leaves a wife and four
children.
]. G.. Grindell, Sr, one of the old res
idents of Platteville, while working in
his brick yard just out of town fell
from one of the lkilns and was probably
fatally injured
A. C. Probert, president of the lately
suspended Bank of Washburn, assigned
to o. Flanders, of Bayfield,.
The dead body of William Fischer, a
street car driver, was found in a park
at Sheboygan with bullet hole through
his body. The coroner's jury We're un-
able to decide whether it was suicide or
murder.
The Kaukauna Fiber company's
sulphite mill at Kaukarua was de
stroyed by fire. II was a two digester
mill, with capacity of seven tons a
day. Loss, $4,000.
Robert G.. Ries, proprietor of a big
cooper shop at Milwaukee,. made an as
signment. The assets are placed at
s25, 900; liabilities not given.
Ralph York, of Eau Gale, nephew of
Mrs. Ed Haag, aged 16, was drowned in
the st. Croix river at Osceola while in
bathing.
Judge Bennett has settled a warm
dispute in Beloit by deciding that the
legal license fee is $500 and not 5000, as
the saloonkeepers contended.
Charles Roeser, Jr., of Wisconsin.
chief topographer of the post Office de
partment in Washington, died of
apoplexy He was 40 years of age, and
served in the war in the eommissary
department under Gen. Thomas.
Fred Arnold. of Eau Claire. has been
appointed cadet at Annapolis by Con-
gresham Shaw.
Farmer Grath and Herman Welke
were killed by black damp while dig
ging a well near Manitowoc.
The store of Thomas Stout at Clear
Lake was entered by burglars and the
safe blown open, but only small
amount of money was secured.
Mrs Angelina Demarrie died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. II. ). Allen,
in Chippewa Falls She was born in
1732, and was therefore 121 years of age.
The entire plant of the John O. Davis
Lumber Company at Phillips has re-
sumed work, amicable arrangements
having been made with the employees
of the company.
The village of Thorpe was recently
incorporated All at the first election
George H. Lusk was elected president
Coonie Schaefer, aged II years. and a
Jew peddler named Schwartz were
drowned in the Black Hawk river near
Spring Green while in bathing.
Alexander Agnew. of Chicago, was
found dead in bed in a Milwaukee
hotel.
Andrew colvin, a conductor on the
Wisconsin Central, had his leg cut on
while coupling cars at Mellen-
John Alton, of Greenwood. aged 10.
was drowned in Black river miles be
/ low that place.
Another successful commencement
season has closed at Beloit college and
a class of twenty-one young men was
| graduated.
The twenty-sixth annual commence
ment of the State normal school al
PIatteville added twenty-six graduates
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