River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-16
The News Condemned.

Charles ID. Jones, aged IS, war vet.
eran and an old resident OF Racine, fell
and injured his head so badly that he
died.
Miss Viola Browning. of Chippewa
Falls, aged 50, secured a husband by
responding to a matrimonial notice il
a Minnesota paper. A Red Wing mar
is her victim.
Andrew Tolecb and his son-in-law
were drowned in the river near Ra-
cine. One endeavored to help the
other.
Abner Atwood, of the town of Grand
Rapids. has added skunk raising to his
farm industries.
George w James died at Richland
Center. He was a schoolmate of Ben
Butler.
Mark Richardson. of New Diggings.
killed his brother George as the result
of ten years quarrel over their ia
theirs estate.
Josiah Hoover was sentenced at Rock
Falls for five years in the state prison
on the charge of manslaughter. On
May 10, 1898, he killed his COUSIN, Elias
Hoover
The lifeless remains of August Pc
terson were found in his boar ding
house at Ashland and bottle of poi
son was found on table near by. He
left no papers.
The bodies of Mrs. James Locke and
Frank Cliss were recovered a. Phillips,
making a total ~ thirteen, and il was
believed all the people were accounted
for.
James, the 11-year-old son of Patrick
Williams, of Milwaukee, was drowned
in the government canal at Menasha.
A new military company was mus
tered in at Racine with siXty-eight
members 1t goes into camp at Camp
Douglas.
The 3-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sweet, of West Superior, was burned
to death.
A dismantled and unoccupied saw
mill and adjacent machine shop on the
Eau Claire river, owned by the North
western Lumber company, was burned.
the loss being $4,000.
James Locke and his whole family
were buried in one grave at Phillips.
They were victims of the drowning ac-
cident at the great fire.
Thomas W Thomson. a merchant,
died at Rio OF consumption.
After robbing George Boss, town of
Yorkville farmer, burglars set fire to
his house and it was destroyed.
The Northwestern railroad shops,
which were closed by the strike, have
resumed operations at Ashland.
The main building of the Northwest
ern university at Waterman was struck
by lightning and totally destroyed.
Loss, s25, 900; insurance, $500
The tobacco crop in the vicinity of
Stoughton was seriously damaged by
hail and rain.
The first lumber camp of the season
to go out is O'Neill's, which left Ash
land with footy men.
Fire at South Milwaukee destroyed
four buildings, causing loss of about
s.. 900.
Congressman Charles Barwig was
renominated by the democrats of the
Second district on the 52sth ballot
James Forrey and Henry : Morrow
were shot at Kenosha by drunken
sailor. Gus Williams. Forrey would
die, but Morrow might live.
BENJAMIN Green, OF Elroy, is 20 years
old and vet he is blessed with new
tooth in his upper jaw, which he says
is the third growth in that place.
John, brother of the late Gov. Lewis
Harvey, and formerly OF Sheboygan,
died in san Diego county, Cal. He had
grown wealthy as a fruit raiser.
Portage county has under eultiva-
lion p. $40 acres of potatoes, the largest
field of any county in the state. The
increase in acreage, as compared with
last year, is 1858.
Judgments have been rendered
against former treasurers of Wisconsin,
for state funds aggregating s1sl,Ol5-
At meeting of the executive com
mittee of the school board in Milwau-
kee the proposition to debar married
women from teaching unless their hus-
bands are dependent upon them was
defeated.
August Moss and Adolph Hatsly,
farmerz Of the town of Washington,
fought as the result of an old feud.
Moss stabbed Hatsky in four places
and ne would probably die. Both have
families.
Charles Hulin. an engineer on the
Chicago & Northwestern road, was
killed at Wittenberg- He was repair
ing some defect under the engine while
another train moved his engine