River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-02-16


The farm residence OF ii. A. Wheat
near Beloit was destroyed by fire.
Total loss, 81, 200; insurance, $1,000.
Mrs Eliza Howard, wife of prom
inent La Crosse druggist, died Of heart
failure, brought on by winter cholera
John Worldly, laborer working for
Winston Bros, at Virginia City. was
blown to atoms by the premature dis
charge of blast
There has come a serious split in the
Beloit camp of Modern Wocdmen. and
a second camp to be formed If a char
ter can be secured.
Manager Fred ID. Simmerman, of the
the Western Union telegraph Office at
West Superior. was missing, and It was
said he was a defaulter.
John Koch, a Milwaukee cooper, went
home in an intoxicated condition, had
a disagreement with his wife, and then
killed himself with pair of shears
The shipments of ore from Benton
in 1892 were: Galena, 500. 900 pounds;
black jack, 5000. 600 pounds; dry bone,
5000, 600 pounds.
A. Ii. Smiley. of Milwaukee. received
notice of the death of an elder brother
in California, leaving an estate worth
$500, 900 to be divided between Mr..
Smiley and two brothers residing in
Massachusetts
Eight gambling houses in Ashland
were raided by the chief of police.
An alleged Geficit of $1,000 has been
found in the funds of County Treasurer
A. Ii. Wilder. prescription clerk
from Chicago IN the employ of Schulze
Brothers at Racine. was missing, as
was also about S225.
Anna Finder, 13-year girl, over
turned pot of boiling water on her
self at her home in Milwaukee and
died of the injuries sustained.
Elijah FairbairD. for more than thir-
ty years connected with the mechanic
al department of the Chicago. Milwau-
kee & ST. Paul road "a Milwaukee has
resigned.
Harry Mcmahon and his wife Kate,
who arrived in Milwaukee about two
weeks ago from Chicago. were arrested
on the charge of counterfeiting.
While Mrs. Wolkey, of Bloomer, was
cutting meat she cut her little girls
thumb off. The piece fell on the floor
and was instantly eaten by the pet cat.
The body OF Butcher L. u. Vouruden,
why mysteriously disappeared from
Pewaukee, was found hanging in his
ice-box lie was 80 years of age and
single.
The Milwaukee police made an inn
portant discovery, which resulted in
the breaking up of well-Organized
gang of thieves and burglars and the
raiding of their den
To prevent if possible the marriage
in this state of clipping couples from
Chicago and elsewhere the Milwaukee
Ministers association has appointed a
committee 70 confe- with ministers
and lawyers regarding the amendment
of existing marriage laws in this state.
The local stationery engineers at
Beloit have formed a branch of the
National Association of stationary en-
gineers.
Fire started the other morning in
Haney Bios agricultural implement
warehouse at Sturgeon Bay and totally
destroyed that and the Peshon and
Opera House blocks. Total loss. SIS. 050;
insurance, $4,000.
Mrs. Grant Chapman. of Chapman's
Quarries, locked her 2-year-old and 4
year-old sons in the house while she
went calling The older child got
matches and set fire to little Roberts
aress and he was roasted to death.
The contract for sellin z beer on the
worlds fair grounds has been awarded
to the Pabst Brewing company OF Mil
waukee. The firm expects TO sell about
5, 900 barrels daily.
A telegram announced the death by
paralysis at Denver of George w.
Brown. an old pioneer If Eau Claire,
and prominent in politics there thirty
five years ago
/ John Stott organizer of the Kearney
| (Neb.) cotton spinners' strike, wa.
stabbed six times about the head il
GAINESVILLE by two spinners, who sus-
pected he was planning to get places
for many Of the Kearney strikers.
j. A. Kness. q saloon keeper at Greer
Bay, was arrested on the charge oil
stealing horses in Phillips county
Kan.
The Peshtigo Lumber company Of
| Marinette has closed deal for so. 900.
| 900 feet of lumber with Perley. Lowe
& Co. and T. II. Sheppard & Co. OF
| Chicago.
Henry Nerar, IS yeary of age. was
found frozen TO death in the southern
/ part of Doom county. bottle con
tanning a small quantity of whisky was
found on his person. The superstition
Is that he was overcome by drink, and
lying down in the snow was soon an
| conscious