River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-07-13
The News CONDENSED.

Mrs. William Mccain died suddenly
at Pepin of heart disease. She settled
there in 1852.
The Jury of inquest in the town of
Drummer decided that Ole Osmanson
Nestebe came TO his death by hanging
himself while respondent on account of
ill-health.
Joseph Sharon. Frenchman. while
drunk laid down in a barn belonging To
A. Schwab in the town of Greenwood
and was shot and killed by Schwab's
son August
By the readiustment of the salary list
of presidential postmasters the salary
for the Madison post Office Is increased
800. making it $1,000.
Fred G. Clemens. the boy held at
West Superior for setting fire to the
Hotel Tower and the Richelieu hotel,
causing loss of $4,000, was held in
81 900 bail To the circuit court.
The new city directory of Milwaukee
for 1898 contains 9s.625 names. This
shows Milwaukee To have population
of 263, 900.
A man named Olsen, aged 60, was
smothered TO death in fire in the Ho-
bart hotel at Eau Claire
Sheriff Moore, of Green county, says
he had in the county Jail for sixty days
a man who had borrowed s125 under
false pretenses. The borrower was
drunk at the time he obtained the
money and would gladly have repaid it,
but the lender would not withdraw the
criminal charge.
The Freeman Touring mill at Superior
is clearing 81. 900 week.
ID. Swift, who disappeared from De
Pere January %, leaving a letter to the
effect that he was about TO kill him
self. is at Meadow Lake o.
Mrs Ragle was struck by lightning
at Greenwood, the bolt tearing the
shoe from her foot and cutting cash
an inch wide in the sole of her foot
lengthwise.
Charles Pfeifer, slightly deaf, was in
stantly killed by a passenger train at
Appleton while on the way to the depot
to meet his son. He was 81 years old
and leaves wife and three children.
Postmaster Novel;, of Milwaukee,
has been notified by the postmaster
general that he will be allowed to serve
his time out, hence there win be no
new postmaster in that city until after
December 20.
Alfred p. Swineford. of Wisconsin,
who served as governor of Alaska dur
ing MIR. Cleveland's former term, has
been appointed inspector of surveyors
general and district land offices.
Col. C. +. Pfister. of Milwaukee, paid
$500 600 for the Hinsey electric road at
receivers sale.
Diphtheria was raging at Amigo and
clothing, and in some instances houses,
were ordered burned.
Arthur d. Carpenter while playing
with his wife at La Crosse, fell through
a glass door. cutting the jugular vein,
and dying in fifteen minutes.
B. +. Goss. member of the WiscOn-
sin legislature. died suddenly of heart
disease at his home in PewaulSee at the
age of ~ years.
Julius Kopp, who had been keeping
a bakery in Milwaukee. committed sui
eide by shooting himself through the
head.
Daniel Glow, inventor of the Glow
reaper and Glow tobacco tra.splanter,
died in Janesville. aged 81 years. Mr..
Glow settled there in 1913.
One of the Eau Claire street railway
company's barns was burned, with two
cars and other contents. The loss was
about 81, 900.
The Milwaukee & Northern railroad
has ceased to exist as such, and has be
come division of the Chicago. Milwau-
kee & st. Paul system
Dizziness in the iron trade has caused
the shutting down of the mills of the
Springfield tIll) Steel company at Mil
waukee.
Two larL e barns of George Reynolds
in the town of Somers with all their
contents were destroyed BY fire. Loss,
So 900; insurance not known.
A verdict in the personal damage case
of John Doherty vs. the West Superior
Iron & Steel company for $4,000 has
been gwen to the plaintiff. This is the
largest verdict in such eases ever
awarded in Douglas county
The recent fires in the vicinity of
Ashland have resulted in steps being
taken toward the organization of a reg
ular forest fire brigade, with proper APP
paratus to fight the fires which occur in
the spring and fall.
Daniel r. Porter of GAINESVILLE. plead
ed guilty inthe United States court u
opening letter belonging to another
person and embezzling money contained
therein and was fined $500.