River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-26
The News Condensed.


Janesvilles valuation is $4,000, 900.
an increase of $4,000.
Archie Tegtmeyer, a Milwaukee
jeweler, assigned to Peter J. GILES.
The assignees bonds were SIG, 900.
A muscallonge weighing twenty
nine pounds is the biggest fish this
season taken from Sturgeon Bay.
A West Bend farmer says this is the
first time in twenty years that
he cut rye before the 4th of July.
Charles f. Bliss died at his home in
Racine of old age. Deceased was born
in Baden, Germany, December %, 1917,
and came to Racine in 1S4s.
Philip Goldsmith, a prominent man
ufacturer and merchant of New York
was drowned while bathing with his
boys in Cedar Lake, in this state.
A Kaukauna paper company has re-
ceived an order for 200, 900 reams of
tissue paper. 1t will take ten cars to
carry the 10000, 900 sheets of paper.
Assignee Benjamin NJ We'll, of the
Rich-Sibler Dry-Goods company in
Milwaukee, will pay the creditors 411f
cents on the dollar.
The Polk County Fair society filed
its articles with the register of deeds
at st. Croix Falls. President. George
r. Anderson; secretary, Ere Hudson.
Carl Tafe, the 7-year-old son of
George Tafe, a farmer living near
Hewitt, while in the field had one of
his legs cut off by a mower AMI bled
TO death.
Deputy Sheriff Pierce, of Mantle woc
county, arrested an clipping Manito-
voc couple, Frank Kaulzer and Miss
Theresa Cipperoy, of Marshfield.
Kaulzer is farmer about % years old,
while the girl is lot yet Is.
Stephen Terrell was sentenced at
Dodgeville to life Imprisonment in
the Waupun penitentiary for the muir
der of John Quirk at Mineral Point
last week.
The Wisconsin building on the
worlds fair grounds still stands just
as it did when the fair closed. though
nearly all of the other state buildings
have vanished. DIR. Willoughby, who
bought it. will use it as club house.
Motormen IN Marinette were arrest
ed for working on street cars on sun
day in violation of law.
Sanford 6. Campbell, manager of
the Waukesha creamery, was drowned
in the Wisconsin river while bathing.
There are farm hanis travelling
through the country offering to work
for from So to $40 month.
Fire destroyed five barns, Seyberth's
meat market and Butchers barber
shop at Eau Claire, the loss being
about $1,000.
The twenty-fourth annual meeting
of the Wisconsin Dental association
was held in GAINESVILLE.
The Omaha Railroad company Will
punish Spooner, the strike town, by
removing shops and closing the eating
house.
Samuel Bergner was assaulted by
striking coal beavers at Superior. who
beat him with clubs until he became
insensible.
In opposing assessment of the fran
chises of the Milwaukee Street Rail
way company Vice President Payne
said the property, which is bonded for
S11, 900, 900, was not worth 5000, 900
Icehouses belonging to William
Plankinton, the Chicago Refrigerator
company and the Juneau Ice company
were burned at Pewaukee, the loss
being Sl5O,00o.
Miss Mary NJ. Linehan. the daughter
of John J. Linehan, retired million
aire of Dubuque, Ia, and Il. Ellwanger,
of the wholesale liquor firm of ELL
wanger & Brady, of Dubuque, eloped
to La Crosse and were married
Flames that started in Fred Mansz'
butcher shop in Milwaukee caused
loss of $40, 900.
A couple ere married at Pine River
by Dominic Spencer, who was carried
TO the altar. he being helpless from in
juries received in runaway.
The Wisconsin crop of cherries is
large and excellent in quality. At
points they sell as low as Sl.50 a bush
Ell.
Edwin II. Abbott. the railroad man
of Milwaukee, carries $4,000 life
insurance. His premiums are $4,000
year Rudolph Nunnemacher car
ries $3.50, 900.
A little 2-year-old child of August
Bjerlxland. living near Cumberland,
fell into a well 80 feet deep and was
drowned in plain sight of its mother.
The entire plant of the GAINESVILLE
barb-wire works. with the exception
of the storchouse, was destroyed by
fire, the loss being $4,000.
John Bilni, a farmer at BOYD, died
of starvation He was So years old,
miser and worth thousands of dollars.
A new worm has appeared in the vi
ciu of Marshfield, and is doing
great damage. IT resembles the cab
bage worm, is about l inch long and
has a stripe down the side.
Peter Schrank, laborer 80 years old,
was killed in Milwaukee by the caving
In of sewer. He was laying pipe Il
feet under ground.
The Loyal Temperance legion of
Wisconsin held its fourth annual con-
vention at Racine. A rapid gain in
was reported.
Norman Chatfeld, who died in Ad-
ans county recently, was the inventor
of the arr brush for applying powdered
crayon in portrait work.
Augusta Nassau. Mary Schmidt and
Lille Wilson, Chicago shoplifters who
had been operating in Milwaukee for
some time, were arrested.
The jury in the French murder case
at Ashland disagreed and third trial
is made necessary.
James Il. Kicks was elected mayor
of Boscobel by the council to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of John
ii. Sarles.
James Mccarthy. contractor and
an ex-deputy sheriff. was shot and
killed in Milwaukee by "Dick'' Fails. a
pugilist, during an alteration in a sa-
loon.
Rev. f.. j. LAWN, resident pastor of
st. Francis Catholic church in Ne
cedah, died after brief illness. he
was about 60 years of age and one of
the oldest priests in the state.