River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-05-03
The News Condensed.

At meeting of the university board
of regents at Madison DIR. J. c. Elsom,
of Minneapolis, was elected professor
of physical culture.
Lightning struck the house of Jacob
Miller at Fennimorc and Samuel Arm
strong was injured.
Joseph Professionalism, prominent
furniture dealer, shot and killed him
self at Appleton.
The state university board of regents
at Madison elected Prof Charles +.
Smith, of Vanderbilt university, pro-
lessor of Greek and classical philoogy.
Albert Egert was killed by the expio-
| sion of an oil tank at Grafton, Wis
1t is reported that Chicago men have
discovered a vein of gold and silver
bearing quartz near Rudolph, miles
from Grand Rapids.
A branch of the Milwaukee Kelley
cure is to be established at Merrill.
Lon Sires, who attempted to wreck
train at Richland Center, was sentenced
to two years in the peDitentiary
Hilbert Tiscil, a laborer at Fulton,
was murdered and robbed, and Charles
Coats was arrested for the crime
A wire-spring mattress factory will
! be built at Marshfield. II vii! be a
local enterprise with a capital stock of
$40, 900, employing twenty-five men.
John Fose of Appleton, has a horse
/ that regularly drinks beer with him 1t
the bar of the Commercial house.
Rev. Nathaniel Butler died at his
home in burlington aged 60. For fifty
wears he had been n minister of the
/ Baptist church
Dennis Shea, of Beloit. died in Mex
| leo.
While Charles Schilling. young
! shoemaker ut Alma was fooling with
rifle it was discharged and the bullet
went irto the shoulder of Miss Rose
| Rummel, causing a painful wound.
Joseph Brett Schneider a well-known
and prosperous furniture dealer at APP
pleton; committed suicide No cause
was known.
Ex-Assemblyman D. d Hooker died
in Fernwood aged 63. He secured the
passage of the fre-escape law in Wis
consiu.
Alfred L. Cary. a Milwaukee attor-
ney, has been selected to hear testi-
mony in reference to Receiver Cakes,
of the Northern Pacific
Mauitowoc will have another bank.
/ The quarters of the defunct State
bank were leased to L. ID Moses, who
will start state bank with capital
of $50 600
Mrs Schneider, of the town of Shor-
man, Sheboygan county, aged So, was
killed by bunting sheep while passing
through pasture.
The Malt & Grain company's plant
at Appleton was damaged by fire TO the
extent of SIS, 900
p Pierce, who built mill at Manito-
woe Rapids as early as 1896, died the
other day.
Farmers near Randolph We're secur-
ing fancy prices for their lands on
report that gold has been found there
Edgerton business men have organ
lied for mutual protection.
The police chiefs of Wisconsin met
in Milwaukee and formed a thief-catch-
ing association. with Chief Jansen, of
Milwaukee, as president. and Chief
Byrne, of La Crosse, secretary.
The new hotel at Racine was leased
to A. d. Young. of Chicago, for FIVE
years, the first year and half free and
the rest Of the time at s.. 900 per year.
1t will be opened May Is. The hotel
cost $4,000.
Henry Mullolland, Sr.. 81 years of
age, died at Manitowoc, where he had
lived for forty years and had twice
been member of the state assembly.
John Fossum, IA years old, was play
ing with dynamite cap at Chippewa
Falls. when it exploded, shattering his
right hand.
Two cases of smallpox We're discov
cred in Zeman's hotel in ManitOwoc.
Mrs. A. b. Skidmore, of Pine Creek,
who was imprisoned on a false charge
because she had secured an injunction
against the erection of q school build
ing was awarded s., OOG damages
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Stevens celebrated
their golden wedding at La Crosse.
Their children and grandchildren, num-
boring twenty one, were present, and
the unusual fact was noted hat
there has never been a death in the
family.
Crazed by the torture of disease
Frederick Billings. an old soldier, aged
So, endeavored 20 end his life by means
Of a pocketknife at La Crosse He
would probably die.