River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-02
The News Condensed.


DANES Garvin, arrested at Ashland
for wrecking trains, was found to be
insane.
Wallace Porter, of Ashland, has sold
81, 900, O0e of pine stumpage to Chicago
and St Louis parties.
4; Z. Butler, an operator on the
Northern Pacific, had his thumb bit off
by John Dwyer in saloon quarrel at
West Superior over a game of cards.
While laying out the body of Mrs.
Coam Cherrier, who died at Prairie du
CHER, some one stole large sum of
money from the house.
JEFF Withers, a colored man, was shot
at West Superior, died from the wound,
and the coroner's jury found that Will
liam Lane fired the fatal shot.
fire at Hancock burned Manser's
store, Hubbard & Moore's furniture
store, James Campfeld's saloon and II.
Barton & Sons grocery and dwelling
Loss, $50, 900; little or no insurance.
+. ii. Kratzer, money clerk in the Of
fee of the Adams Express company in
Milwaukee. embez zled $500, bat friends
made the amount good.
Simons 81 Mullen. hardware dealers
at West Superior. assigned to Dan Gull
yer, cashier of the American Exchange
bank. Liabilities, SEQ. assets about
the same.
Lieut. William G. Buck, U. 5. A.,
has been assigned to Wisconsin as an
instructor of the state militia.
William Gaulke. aged IS, was wound
up on a shaft at Westphars file works,
in Milwaukee, and fatally injured.
Frank Cannon, local manager of the
Western Weighing Inspection bureau
at Milwaukee, eloped with Mrs. Frank
Mcqueen, of Davenport, Ia Mrs. Gan
non and her two children are left pen
niless.
Rev. Thomas 5. Gum, for more than
thirty years a resident of Minneapolis
and Wright county, Mimi, died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Emil
Huser, in Cumberland.
DR.. S. L. Lord, postmaster at Edger-
ton. is dead
Adolph r. Bergh. president of the
Ideal Land & Loan company, died in
Eau Claire.
Mrs. Henry r. Iarshaw died in Mil
waukee at the residence of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Il. II. Hay. She was the wife
of ex-State Treasurer Harshaw.
Fred Riedel, laborer in Rousch's
logging camp near Marshfield, had
both legs badly crushed and broken by
Is log rolling upon him.
+ j. Sdnrope was arrested at Black
River Falls for drunkenness and was
found soon after hanging to the bars
of his cell.
The students in Beloit college have
adopted proposition to raise IS, 900 to
equip a gy mnasium provided a suitable
building can be secured.
f. j. Sanrope. a prominent jeweler
of Black River Falls, hung himself in
the county Jail.
Fergus Mcdonald, of Beloit, over 20
years old. was killed by coal gas while
in bed. His wife was resuscitated.
William Riley. of Oconto. aged II,
was frozen 20 death while undertaking
a pc rilous trip through the late biz
zard.
Harvey Smith. about % years of age,
was loading sheep at Silver Lake in
car and started to go across the tracks
of the Wisconsin Central when a train
struck and killed him.
At meeting of the directors of the
Milwaukee Exposition association 1t
was decided to give no exposition this
year on account of the worlds fair
The present officers were all reelected
by reclamation. A committee was APP
ha
worlds fair.
The body of Gottfried r. Wiesbrod
was brought to Wausau from Toma-
hawk, near which place he was killed
in the woods by falling tree. He was
about % years old and single.
w. Il. Shouts was arrested at Viro-
qua charged with bigamy. He is about
80 years old and a month ago married
girl 10 years old. His wife is an inmate
of the Mendoza asylum.
George Meyer, one of the oldest set
tiers at Fountain City, was struck by
Burlington train and instantly
killed. He had lived there since 1854
He was worth at one time $50, 900, but
died poor, at the age of 10 years.
The Highland & Mineral Point Rail
way company has filed articles of in
corporation. The road is to be IS miles
long. all in Iowa county, and the capi-
tai stock is 500. 900.
The war between residents of West
Superior as to the location of the court
house has been settled by an agreN
ment to hold sessions of the circuit and
superior courts in the west end.
Secretary Vogt, of the local brew.
ers' union in Milwaukee, had confer
ence with the Klinkert Brewing com
pany officials at Racine, and as re-
suit each employees salary has been
raised five dollars per month.
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