River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-05
The News condensed.

There Is great excitement over a
/ flowing natural gas well on George
/ Schneider's farm at Brillion.
Cargill Bros, prominent Minneapolis
grain men, have decided to erect an
elevator in Superior with capacity OF
/ 2. 900, 600 bushels.
The date of the governors guard
masquerade ball has been fixed for
February %. 1t viii be held at the
/ Turner hall in Madison.
/ Seven men were burned by hot
metal in the works of the West Superb
or Iron and Steel company, one of
whom would probably die
Seven Beloit saloonists pleaded guilty
to selling liquor without a license and
were fined 500 each. There were in
dictments against twenty more.
George McFalI, aged go, an inmate of
the soldiers home in Milwaukee, was
run over by passenger train on the
st. Paul road and instantly killed.
/ Archbishop Katzer, of Milwaukee.
celebrated the twenty-sixth anniversa-
ny of his ordination as priest.
A gigantic $500. 600 distillery. the big
gest in this country, will be established
in Milwaukee in the near future to fight
the whisky trust
The pickle factory of the Price Pick
ling company of Minneapolis, located
near Altoona, with the greenhouses
near by, were burned. Loss. 1900
Preparations are going ON at point
about 20 miles from Iron river in Bay
county and near the shores of Lake
Superior for the opening of a silver
and copper mine on an extensive scale.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary of state by the
Brooks Safety Trust company, with
headquarters in Chippewa Falls The
capital stock is -. 600, O00
The state board of health at its an
nual meeting in Milw aul1ee voted to ask
the Legislature for contingent fund of
$50, 900 to be used with the governors
approval in the event of CHOLERA cpl
demic.
The Northwestern Coal Railway com
pany has been INCORPORATED for the
purpose of building line IL miles long
from point on Alloues bay. in Douglas
county, to point on the st Louis river.
The capital stock is $1,000. 900.
The Magnolia Milling company, of
West Superior, has filed articles of in
corporation capitalized at $500, 600
Samuel 3 Burton. cashier OF the
First national bank, died in La Crosse,
aged 20 years.
The case against Peter Ferguson, of
Ashland. for cutting timber on govern
ment land has been settled, defendant
paying $1,000.
f. \. Mellor, of the late lum Der firm
of EIoxie & Mellor, which failed two
years ago for s5OO.OO causing a great
sensation in business circles, committed
suicide at the Vivian hotel in Amigo by
blowing out his brains.
Walter Austin, aged about 81 years.
was fatally attacked by Charles Moran
in a saloon at Weyauwega because
Austin thrashed George Pitt Moran's
father-iD-law-
"'he United States jury returned a
verdict against William Shultz, of Cum
berIand. Shultz was charged with
having robbed the mails and forged his
name to a $50 money order.
Delegates have been appointed from
all the principal towns and cities in the
state to meet in Madison January II to
unite in the preparation of charter
law to take the place of the one now
on the statute book.
fred Bauer. Marshaeld butcher.
rose in his sleep and walked eight miles
on the Greenwood branch of the Cen
trial.
w. L. Clothier, a farmer 81 years of
age, living at Hammond, suicided BY
hanging in his barn. Financial trouble
was the cause.
IN the election contest for president
of the village of Waukesha between W.
II. Sleep and J. J. Hadfield, which the
supreme court ordered should be decid-
ed by lot, it having found that accord
ing TO the case before it there was a
tie vote at the election in May last,
Mr.. Sleep won and was declared elect
ed by the previous board Of trustees.