River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-09
News In Brief

T. A. Gray, cashier of the defunet
Fairfax bank. has been acquitted of
the charge of forgery and receiving de-
posits after insolvency. All the other
cases against him were dismissed.
Bondsmen will have to pay.
Ed Ahlberg and VIM. Boyle have
been arrested for purloining goods from
the dry goods store of ]. Friemuth. at
Duluth. Boyle was a clerk in the store
and Ahlberg had charge of the steam
heating plant.
The general committee representing
the city of ST. Cloud authorized a con
tract with Foley Bros. & Guthrie for
about three miles of railway spur track
into the finest granite beds. This makes
available for operation 30 to 80 fine
quarries. Hennessv Bros. & Cox. OF
st. Paul. will take granite for ST. Paul's
new public building from one, and
Fothergill & Co. of Chicago, will put a
large polishing plant in another.
Anderson & Bodin's saloon at Still
water was burglarized. Eight dollars
in cash and about $50 worth of cigars
were taken.
Holy joe, who, with his brother,
has for years walked. the streets of St
Paul barefooted and engaged in prayer
and religious devotion on the crossings
has been sent to the Rochester asylum.
An attempt TO burglarize Wheaton 5
store at Elk River was frustrated. il
being discovered, aud the robber was
shot at 10y man sleeping in the store
Winona Poles have organized mu-
tual insurance society known as the
Crown of tie Polish.
A. J.. Swoofe has been appointed post
master at Walnut Grove vice Robert
Matt, removed.
Richard Kennedy was found guilty OF
murder in the third degree for killing
young Hoy. by the courts Of Minnedpo-
lis. The killing was the result of a
drunken scrape.
4 man named PASCAL, living at From
tenac. was assaulted by gang of roul IA
boys who were celebrating Halloween.
They threw stones at him, infiicting
dangerous injuries about the side aud
breaking leg.
Lake Crystal is to have an artesiap
wen. and to start with an eight-incl1
boring, the depth will be 900 feet, IN
less full supply of water is reached
before going down that distance.
The body of John Stecnsburg was
found in the Mississippi river at Hast
ings-
John r. Sutphin. ex-mayor Of Duluth,
has assigned aud retired from his con
nection with the Swift Dressed Beef Co.
WI. Bnrnheim shot and killed Joseph
Clark. eolored man, about midnight
in Minneapolis. Burnheim claims Clark
tried to hold him I'D. Clark, before
death ensued, denied this.
The ST. Croix & Lake Erie Ship Canal
Construction company is a new corpo-
ration in which several Duluthians are
interested. The city as a whole is also
interested. for when the canal IS con-
structed, Cleveland, Buffalo and oths r
Lake Erie Ports viii be brought about
liz miles nearer TO Duluth.
The Fox-Wisdom Lumber company S
plant at Willow River, together with
considerable private property, was de-
stroyed by fire. Company's loss, $50, 600.
The street car strike in the Twin
Cities is over, many Of the union men
returning TO work AS strike IL was
a monumental failure.
Chas. Ripke and John Shopper. both
living near Red Rock, near neighbors
and sworn enemies, had trouble about
an alleged trespass- Ripke drove 10
his enemy's house to settle the matter,
whereupon Shopper struck him with a
sledge hammer, knocking him from his
buggy insensible to the ground. He
was taken home in an unconscious con-
dition.
Chas. Strader, an ex-patrolman OF
West Duluth, made an unsuccessful at
tempt at suicide by shooting, after be
ing arrested for drunkenness. The
bullet went through his hat lie phi;
$40 in court as disorderiy