River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-05-31
The News Condensed.

David Donald. aged years. was shot
near Ashland by a companion, Eddie
Oliver. of the same age. Both had re-
volvers and quarreled The bullet
lodged in one of the little fellows
lungs.
The last of the heavy transforms
ended at Kewaunee in a blizzard of
snow and hail. Farmers reported the
pea crop totally ruined.
Slot machines have been ordered out
of GAINESVILLE.
Henry Halberstadt, one of kenosha's
leading business men, and who had
been i'll for some time, was pronounced
insane and taken TO the Northern hos
pital for the insane.
One thousand guests from Chicago
and Milwaukee attended the opening
of a new brewery at Waukesha, costing
$4,000.
The state board Of normal school
regents decided TO release Superior
from its offer of 600 bonus for the
seventh Wisconsin normal school.
Il. l.. Wilson. a young Canadian stu
dent in the GAINESVILLE school of telcg-
raphv. became so violently insane that
the authorities were obliged to take
him into custody
Citizens of GAINESVILLE are organizing
to secure lower insurance rates.
The soldiers monument at Berlin is
now being built 1t viii be about 40
feet high.
A riot was nearly precipitated in
Racine by the opening of barber shop
on SUNDAY. Other BARRIERS marched in
body to the shop and threatened TO
prosecute the proprietors.
The bodies of Cook Palmerand Sailo1
Whitley were taken from the rigging
of the wrecked schooner Cummings at
Milwaukee by tn" life-saving crew.
Mrs. Edward Eldridge. of Fan Claire
was robbed of $500 that she had Sc
creted in lounge.
Richard Merrill. of Milwaukee. won
the Prairie Gun club stake in the tour
nev at the Garfield Park race track in
Chicago
The Milwaukee railway sent out an
order from GAINESVILLE reducing all
trains on the branch lines to one daily
Scarcity of coal is the cause.
A well-developed case of smallpox
has made its appearance in Watertown.
The victim is Mrs. James Enright. and
she was exposed in Chicago
The gas works at Eau Clair passed
into the hands of a new corporation.
Superintendent d. Douglas, Of Mime
npolis. buying a controlling interest.
Miss Marietta Hawks. young type
writer 81 Marinette. has. with four
other relatives. come into a 5000, 600
estate in Cambridge, Mass.
Low freight rates are stimulating
production, and every flour mill at the
head % the lakes is in operation and
all bat two are running day and night.
At least $4,000 damage was done
in Hudson and vicinity during the re-
cent flood.
River Falls suffered loss of over
$50. 600 by the recent high water.
Rain flooded Downing. and the dam
age TO property would reach wei into
the thousands.
Peter Olson. d transient. who robbed
a man at Haywood of Sis, was found
guilty and sentenced to Waupun for
four years.
Andrew Engbretzen accidentally shot
himself dead at Cartwright
Joseph ]. Hadfeld died at Wauke-
sha from cancer lie was prominent
in politics and one of the wealthiest
men of the village.
\ rock sturgeon weighing l06 pounds
was on exhibition at Superior. 1t was
believed 10 be the monster that recent
~ frightened White Birch fishermen
Joseph Farlin, of Company II, Fifth
Wisconsin volunteers, died at Arcadia.
Marsene b. Erskine. who had served
four terms as mayor of Racine, and
who was a prominent business man.
died at the age of "A years
The dam at Phlox went out, carry
ing large quantities of logs and several
barns down stream and much live
stock was lost in the rush of the wa
tiers
Hans Larson. of Menominee, man
of family, while respondent from
drink, wound a heavy logging chain
around his hips and jumped into the
river.
Mrs. Caroline Draper, whose husband
founded the hotel which bears his name
pt ooanamowoa, died - the ege Of as
years
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