River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-09
The Ne,ys Condensee,.


the girl was literally roasted and died
in an hour Insanity was the cause.
The News Condensed.
Two children of Mrs. George Smith,
of Hazel Green, were mysteriously
poisoned and the 4-year-old died.
Sarah Reichers, of Marquette, poured
kerosene on her head and set fire to it
and died in horrible agony. She tried
to cut her throat about three weeks
ago. She was insane.
John Bry, aged 25 and a wagon
maker, was drowned while bathing in
the Wisconsin river at Spring Green.
lie leaves family.
Ashland's ex-County Clerk Fennelly
goes to Waupun for three years and
six months.
Mrs. Henry A. Doty, of GAINESVILLE,
has obtained patent on street rail
way system that does away with the
trolley and runs the cars from an I'M
foreground current. Her husband
worked il out be fore his death.
Minnie Hoyt. white girl. of Olney,
ILL.,, married Frederick Francis.
colored man, in Milwaukee, and six
hours after she committed suicide in
fit of dependency on account of the
color of the partner she had chosen.
Joseph and Frank Thum were
drowned in the Mississippi river at La
Crosse.
Frank w. Finch-IIolmes has turned
up in Beloit after thirty-eight years to
claim half the estate of Anna Holmes,
widow. his aunt.
IIemloclS bark having been ex-
hausted in Pennsylvania, that inter
est is turning to Wisconsin. A syDdi-
cate is buying tracts of five acres and
more in Chippewa county.
The August Kickbush Tobac 70 com
pany in Milwaukee assigned to ". Wa
terhouse, of Wausau.
While visiting friends in GAINESVILLE
Mrs. John Shannon, of Oswego \. Y,
received a dispatch from Glasgow,
Scotland. announcing that her hus-
baud had been found murdered in an
alley of that city.
A citizens fire association has been
organized at Green Bay.
An artesian well. at Appleton dis
charges large volumes OF natural gas.
When lighted it burns fiercely for
time.
A son of F. c. Smith, of Maiden
Rock, recently died. lie was over 6 feet
tall and weighed only sixty pounds.
He was called the living skeleton.
Hiram Cobb, an engineer at the
Monroe waterworks, dropped dead
while on duty.
The vaults which were left standing
in the ruins of the court house at Phil
lips have been opened, and all the
records of Price county are found in
tact and well preserved.
Fire in Boycott's printing office at
la Crosse caused a loss OF 5000
The supervisors at Chippewa Falls
decided to build a new asylum for in
sane to cost 500, 200.
At meeting of the Wisconsin Uni
versity regents a committee was APP
pointed to investigate the alleged so
cialistic teachings of Prof. X. T. Ely.
Forest fires asng Pine river in Flor
ence county destroyed S5,030.O00 feet
of standing pine owned by Stinchfield
& Whitney.
The smallpox situation in Milwaukee
was said to be daily growing more Sc.
rious.
A mill and shingles owned by Phil
lips & Mason, of Eau Claire. was burned
at Hawkins. Loss, $1,000; no insur
ance.
Copious rains have set at rest all
fears of further damage by forest fires
near Marshfield.
John Osterman. of Kilbourn City,
arrived in Eau Claire on the Omaha
passenger. went into the waiting room
and died of heart failure.
Green Bay has eighty saloons and a
population of nearly $1,000, or one sa
loon for about every 100 inhabitants
Andrew Toloe8 and his son-in-law
were drowned in the river at Raymond
while fishing. Mr.. TolOclz was an old
resident and leaves family. The son
in-law had wife and children.
Lightning struck the main building
of the Northwestern Lutheran univer
sity al Watertown, burning it. Loss
S25. O00 insurance, $1,000.
Henry Boehur. of Milwaukee, whose
wife wanted divorce, decided TO save
her further trouble and drowned him
self in the river.
The new odd fellows lodge at Par
deeville has been named Gov. Rusk. "
A prize fight advertised to take place
at Eden park. near KauSauna. between
John Powers and Pat Mciiugh was
prevented by the sheriff.
4. W. Sanger. an oil dealerat Beloit,
died from sunstrOke.
In two hours after looting a board
ing house at Chippewa Falls Joe Ham
ilton was on his way to Waupun for
years stay.
Carl and Emilie Riener. of Milwau-
kee, have decided marriage a failure
and fled separation agreement with
the register of deeds.
Two logging trains came together
near Washburn, smashing both loco
motives badly.
Mrs. James Pugh, a pioneer of Ba-
cine, and the first woman married in
that city, is dead, aged "a years.
KuzzelI & Co.'S Manhattan clothing
store at Beloit was damaged 81, 200 by
fire.
In mile open bicycle race at In
dianapolls, Sanger. of Milwaukee,,
easily defeated Johns>n in 2;17 Is.
Nine buildings were consumed by
fire at Hilbert.
A man from Chicago named William
Harper threatened 10 blow up the
Ashland national bank with dynamite
He was put in Jail
Grasshoppers near Winneconne were
destroying whole fields of buckwheat
and were so numerous as to bend
down timothy grass when swarms
light on it
Mrs. Joseph Hattoon and four chill
dren arrived at GAINESVILLE from Syria,
nearly exhausted Nj. liattoon, two
daughters and a son had come over
two years before and had earned
enough to pay The fare of the others.