River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-19

kindly to the decision of the state
superintendent that hereafter its di-
plomas will not be signed as state GER
tificates for the reason that its courses
of study are Ii, equal to those of the
state universit
The News Condensed.
The La Crosse gasworbs have been
sold to Chicago parties.
A. ID. Bass lumber yard at Curtis
was burned, the loss being $1,000.
The expenses of the state institutions
for June amounted to sS9,072.56.
Fire at Prairie du Chen destroyed
the Schuman & Menges Brewing COM
pany's plant and Chris Garvey's block,
the total loss being SIS, 900.
Whittlesey was wiped out by forest
fire. The town included the depot,
boarding house, store and few unoc-
cupied buildings. 1t will probably not
be rebuilt.
The assignee of the 4. f. Tanner
Furniture company in milwaukee, filed
his statement of assets aud liabilities
as follows: Assets. s6f, 1924; liabili-
ties, S71.21491.
A Chippewa Falls tanner is taking
strong grounds against Sunday sports.
He says if the people would read the
Lamentations of jeremiah, they would
not want to play ball.
Two Appleton young women were
arrested and fined for stealing flowers
from graves in the cemetery.
Five-year-old Mintie Krell. OF Ian
80 lsllaA n fu, tlnur,a lrar x-l,tlo
passing the time until her father
plowed a row In the cornfeld. The
sna6e had ten rattles.
There are now $50 prisoners at Wau-
pun-6O8 men and "a women.
A saloon is advertised to be sold at
auction in Eau Claire, good will ex-
cepted.
The Dean company, of Appleton, has
shipped carload of cheese to Glas
gov, Scotland.
A Merrillon rose bush exults in 759
roses in full bloom in one day. 1t is
10 years Ole.
There are 800 boys at the Waukesha
industrial school. There were never
more at one time.
The town of Arthur. Chippewa couE-
ty, reports fine body of iron ore. A
vein six feet deep has been laid bare.
Fifty years ago there were three ma
sonic lodges in the state with III mem
bers. To-day there are $50 lodges with
Is, 800 members.
Peter Kelley, log driver at Wausau,
was drowned while rescuing a boy.
Kelley was recently married and had
already saved one boy the previous day.
The Smith family at West Point
held their picnic at Crystal lake. fifty
nine persons being present. Fifteen
were present who have attended all of
the ten annual gatherings.
Geo ge Il. Rickeman. one of the best
known business men of Racine, and
prominent in politics, died at the age
of 81 years.
The late Mrs. John A. Jones. of Jul
neau, was a lineal descendant of Sir
Thomas Mayhem, who came from
France to England during the reign of
William the Conqueror
1t was believed that the four prison
ers who escaped from the Milwaukee
Jail last month had crossed the border
and were now in the wilds of Ontario,
and there was little likelihood of their
being caught.
Fifteen pigeons flew from James
vile to Green Bay, 140 miles, In four
hour.
{. 5. Morris, a deaf mute, walked off
the railway bridge at GAINESVILLE and
was drowned.
Miss Parker. of GAINESVILLE had tu-
NOR removed from her tongue. 1t made
its appearance about eight weeks ago.
1t was oblong in shape about the urea
of a nickel.
A Grant COUNT man suffered the
amputation of a part of his foot as the
result OF using quack medicine to
cure his corns. The medicine caused
blood poisoning.
CLARENCE You've pleaded guilty to
forging a check against the Glenwood
Manufacturing company at Hudson
and got year in prison.
The completion of the Onalas ska &
La Crosse electric line was appropri-
ately celebrated at OnalaslIa.
Brown Bros, of Rhinelander, have
induced a Polish colony of forty fami-
lies to settle on lake 5 miles distant.
a double wedding occurred at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Baker
in Madison, the principals being Miss
Lillian ID. Baker and Ernest y. War
ner. and Miss Carrie Baker and George
Cakes.
The pocxetbook factory of Enger &
Kress at North Milwaukee was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss. $4,000.
The North Wisconsin Lumber COM
panv's ST. oles at Hayward burned re-
Gently. cremating ten horses Loss es- |
timated at $1,000
August Schulke was stabbed in a |
quarrel at a party in Sheboygan and |
fatally injured. Frederick Carl was
also stabbed.
The colony Of Rockford Swedish peo-
pie who were going south 70 locate on |
given up the idea. The land was found /
to be under water.
Town Chairman Simpson, of Ar /
cadia. was robbed of the contents Of /
his granary. containing 200 bushels of /
oats.
An unknown man. probably a Mil
waukee home veteran, was drowned at
Racine.
The steamer White Star was burned /
s.. 900 worth while lying ather dock in
Sheboygan.
A Kewaskum young lady was
frightened by lightning. The next
morning she came downstairs and
when she attempted to say good
morning" found herself speechless.
She had improved an3 could talk in
whisper