River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-12
The News condensed.

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The annual snail feast of the Mil
waukee Snail society took place in Mil
waukee garden.
Mrs Victoria Delphy, of Wausaukee
cut the throat of her child and then hel
own throat. Neither Is fatally wound
ed. She was insane.
John Malaney. Jr., plumber for the
Madison Gas company. together will
four assistants, narrowly escaped deatt
from asphyxiation.
The house of Frank BenneclE at West
Superior was entered in broad daylight
by burglars, and several hundred dol
lars in money taken.
John Dolan, living near Glasgow,
broke his leg by a log rolling on it.
He was unable to get the log off, and
when found was fatally frozen.
Bartholomew Strigel, aged SIS years.
was asphyxiated by coal gas at She
boygan. He leaves a wife and six
children.
Seven saloonlxeepers in Beloit plead
edg uilty to selling liquor in violation
of law and were fined from 500 to $3.50
each.
Margaret Austin has secured S., us
from the Northern Pacific Railway
company for the death of her husband.
who was killed 10y an engine near
Chippewa Falls last September.
Adolph Swanson was killed in the
woods near Prentice by falling tree.
He leaves wife and two children.
John Bentheimer committed suicide
at Green Bay by taking laudanum and
morphine. Dependency and excessive
liquor drinking caused the act.
Gov. Peck and the other reelected
state officers were inangurated. the
oath being administered by Chief JUS
tlce Lyon, of the supreme court
Influenced by physicians and the w.
C. T. L.. Methodists of West Superior
have refused their church to Kelley
lecturers after making contract.
Fred Nix. a painter, was instantly
killed at the new Listman flour mill in
West Superior. a scafTold on which
he was standing gave way, and he fell
eight stories.
John l.. De Bow. one of the oldest
pealeau county. died at h, home in
Preston of pneumonia, aged about 80
years.
A compilation of the building Stats
ties of GAINESVILLE for the year 1892
shows that ESQ new residences have
been built, at an aggregate cost of
$500, 900.
Health Commissioner Wingate's an
nual report contains the following
facts: Deaths recorded, 1922; still
births and bodies brought To city for
burial. ssl; total burial permits issued.
5,173; estimated population, 249, go;
death rate. per 1000, 1902.
Capt. McDougall is making an effort
to secure for the whaleback vessels the
exclusive transportation of the flour
that will be turned out by the West
Superior mills.
Another elevator is announced for
West Superior. 1t will be built by a
syndicate headed by +. J. Phelps, of
Minneapolis. This makes West SUI
psrior's elevator capacity Ia O00, 000
Rev. r. I. Myer, rector of Mar
quette college. Milwaukee, has been
appointed secretary of the English as
sistancy of the Jesuit order. which in
cludes all of the English-spealSing
Jcsuits in the world.
The regents of the state university
have decided to increase the rate of
tuition at the institution from sl2 10 $50
for residents of the state and from SIS
to $40 to non-residents.
A fire at Amigo caused losses as fol-
lows: c T. Mcdonald. dry goods, $, 600,
fully insured; o. Ii. z. Allerton, grocer,
loss. s.. 600, no insurance; l. Silbar,
clothier. loss. $1,000, partly insured.
The Waukesha county board of sup
ervisors has authorized the issuing of
$50, 900 worth of $500 bonds, payable IN
ten years and bearing interest at the
rate of 6 per cent, 10 be used in the
construction of modern courthouse.
Gov. Peck has appointed DR.. Samuel
johnson, of Hudson, to be surgeon
general of the Wisconsin national
guard.
Gov. Peck has issued a proclamation
announcing the adoption of the consti-
tutional amendment prohibiting the
passage of any special laws for the
government Of cities. 1t does away
with the special charters for cities
The Sturgeon Bay & Lake Michigan
Ship Canal and Harbor company has
decided 10 the government the Stnr-
geon bay canal. IL miles in length, ex-
tending from Sturgeon bay TO Lake
Michigan, the consideration being
ISL, $50.