River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-10
The News CONDENSED.

The steamer Frank Vane left Mil
waukee for Manitowoc under charter
to take cargo of hay to Buffalo from
that port She will carry about SOC
tons. The hay is destined for Europe,
where there is a shortage in the fodder
crop.
L. L. Ball, of Bloomington, and Miss
Salina Bambrough, of Beetown, were
married at Dubuque, Ia II was a run
away match.
Fire in Bodden e Heath's coffee and
spice mills in Milwaukee caused a loss
of 81, 900, covered by insurance.
The contract for building the Mil
waukee city hall has been let to Paul
Riesen for S696.SIS
The structure containing the fog
horn at Chequamegon Point was
burned, the horn and machinery be-
ing destroyed
Striking longshoremen at Ashland
attempted to prevent the putting to
work of a nonunion crew and riot re-
suited, IN which several were injured.
Herman Witl1e, who shot at Maggie
Christman in Racine because she re-
fused to accept him as sutton, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced TO the state
prison at Waupun for eight years.
John Fiddler, mulatto, detected in
the act of assaulting a little girl IN
Marshfield, was taken into the woods,
stripped and fiogged with a strap. He
was then turned loose and warned never
to show himself there again.
in the eolored band at West Superior,
had his right hand blown off by giant
firecracker.
Joseph Lessard had Thomas O'Con-
nor arraigued in La Crosse in the JUS
tice court on the charge of adultery
with his wife. Investigation showed
that O'Connor married the woman six
years ago and had been away since.
The plant of the MilwauIxee Tack &
Nail company was in the hands of the
sheriff on an execution for S14,61l in
favor of William Becker.
AT Prairie du CHEN V. Schultz, 90
years of age, suicided by hanging
Mental trouble was the cause.
Arthur Weld, director of the Arion
society of Milwaukee, has rendered
his resignation because of an intrigue
in behalf Of Prof. Tomlins.
Thieves broke into the general mer-
chandise store of J. A. Rudolph at An
tigo and stole about 500 worth of
goods.
At Rhinelander the sawmill of
Chafee & Co was burned. Loss, sSJ,-
900: insurance, $4,000.
Secretary Carlisle has appointed n.
f. jerks superintendent of construc-
ton of the public building at Milwau
kee.
The Sheridan Lumber company a
Eagle River shut down, throwing $50
men out OF work
G. c. Triumph president Of the South
Side savings bank in Milwaukee, which
suspended recently, has disappeared.
Miller Pelton. aged %. died in Beloit.
He was pioneer settler of southern
Wisconsin.
Al the races at Hammond a running
horse owned by Mr.. Parks. of Barron,
dropped dead on the track by the
bursting of blood vessel. The ho~Se
was valued at 81, 900.
The dead body OF John Gillespie, OF
Kenosha. was discovered in some
shrubbery in Chicago by boy. There
were no marks of violence and the case
was shrouded in mystic Y.
The steamer Fashion, of the Che
quamegon bay ferry line, was burned
the loss being $50
President Gallagher of Lawrence
university. has accepted a call to the
presidency of the Maine Wesleyan sem
mary at Kent's Hill. Me.
Mrs. August Kleeman, aged IS, living
in Shields. while driving "A load of grain
TO be stacked fell in front of the wagon
and received fatal injuries
The barn and seven outbuildings be-
longing to 5. Schnlt. about miles from
Chippewa Falls, were burned entailing
a loss of about 81. 800.
John Leinlokken. private banker
in La Crosse. announced the suspen-
sion of his institution. giving as the cause
his inability 10 realize on securities
Andrew Hestrom, for fourteen years
county clerk of Burnett county, and
for eighteen years postmaster at Grants
burg. is dead. He came from Sweden
in 1861.
While the 8-year-Old son of Charles
Anderson. of Eau Claire, was running
across he street car tracks To meet his
father he was struck by an electric car
and killed.
The J. Oberm.inn Brewing company
in Milwaukee filled for S295, 900.
Miss Susan Schillner. Of Chicago, Wis
iting relatives near Glen Haven, was
instantly killed by her cousin, a young
man, who snapped a gun at her. sup
posing it was uni aided