River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-19
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The News Condensed.
The Koch Cigar company has incor-
porated at Washburn.
The Racine Paper Box Manufactm-
ing company's plant was destroyed by
fire.
Mrs. Mary Fairweather. % years old,
died in Sheboygan. She was pioneer
settler and the oldest resident of the
county.
The discovery that many of the pub
lie school buildings in Milwaukee were
impregnated with sewer gas aroused
considerable excitement
A fire in the insane asylum at She
bOygan, caused by an overheated stove,
resulted in the death bv suffocation of
Chester Carver, night Waterman.
A large vein of natural gas was
struck at the depth of $50 feet while
driving a well on the farm of DR. l.. \.
Buck, a mile south of Appleton.
Robert Brown, farmer aged 20 liv-
ing near COnvalley, was found frozen
to death on a woodpile in the lot in the
rear of his house.
Wisconsin people win remo:e the
famous brown stone monolith to the
worlds fair regardless of any action on
the part of the state legislature.
Game Warden d. w. Fernandez has
in course of preparation a general
game law, designed to take the place
of the many and conflicting local en-
actments now upon the books.
C. E. Boone. aged % years. veteran
in the late war, died az Rockton.
At least 1000 persons were afflicted
with winter cholera in La Crosse and a
few deaths have resulted.
Daniel Cory died at Marinette. aged
%. of heart failure. following acute
rheumatism. He had lived in the city
nearly fifty years.
E. j. Miller and two worl1men fell
from scaffoldIng at Ashland while at
work on bridge and were dangerously
injured.
Charles Slack is the first victim of
Ashland's cold weather this season.
He was picked up on the street fatally
frozen.
The government fog signal station
at the lake entrance to Sturgeon bay
canal, destroyed by fire last summer, Is
being rebuilt.
Peter Engstrom was given a verdict
for SIS 600 in the circuit court at Ash
land in an action against the Ashland
Iron and Steel company.
Robert McCamis. Il prominent citizen
of bayfield,, dropped dead from apo
plexy. He had accumulated $50. 900 in
property, but leaves no heirs.
A jury brought in verdict of six
cents damages for Alderman Greene,
of Altoona City, who sued jefferson
Remission, motel keeper, for SO, 0O0
damages for assault aud battery.
George E Lloyd was cleared of the
charge of forgery before Judge Parish
of Ashland.
Arne Holm, young farmer of the
town of Beloit, committed suicide By
hanging. No cause for the deed was
known.
a freight train was wrecked on the
Chicago 81 Northwestern road by run
ming into an open switch at Able
man.
w NJ. Ruggles. mining man at Ash
land. says that unless the absentee
owners of iron lands in the Gogeble
range lower their royalties they will
have TO pay taxes on high valuation
of undeveloped lands
All of the Milwaukee brewers have
agreed to the new scale of wages pro-
viding for an increase of from s. to s.
month for new men.
John Wagner was found guilty Of
selling Intoxicating liquor illegally
He was fined SIS and costs. amounting
To Sis. Wagner is an old man living
on the outskirts of Sparta and sold
"elderberry wine"
4 train of saw-logs was being
brought to Eau Claire. This was the
first time that logs have been shipped
from the pineries instead of foated.
Lumbermen were watching the ex-
pertinent with interest
August Greulich. founder of the
wholesale liquor house in Milwaukee
which bears his name, died at his home
at the age of so.
A. n. Rose. who was arrested IA Mil
waukee for working an advertising
swindle. pleaded guilty to having re-
ceIved money under false pretenses,
and was sentenced to one year IN the
house of correction.
The attorney general has given an
opinion. in response to a request from
Insurance Commissioner Rust. that the
Domestic Loan and Building associa-
ton, as well as insurance companies,
must pay state licenses
w. II. Allen. a war veteran. aged IS.
died in Beloit of diabetes. He went TO
Beloit in 1874. walking with a wagon
train most of the way from Buffalo,
y. y
While Chris Miller was repairing the
machinery which runs the elevator of
the icehouse at Pewaukee he became
eutaugled in it and was crushed and /
ground beyond recognition. He leaves
a wife and large family of children.
In Hudson in one day Henry Lin /
niger scored divorce from Mary Lin +
niger, Rhoda 81. Campbell from Homer
l. Campbell. Josephine johnson froa.
Lewis johnson and Kittie Williams /
from David J. Williams