River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
The News Condensed.

Chippewa Falls has offered the Heck
la Watch company $4,000 on condi-
that it will invest $3.50, 900 there for
ten years and employ about 200 men.
A $40, 900 mortgage has been exc
cuted by the f. p. Allis company. Mil
waukee, to the Northwestern Mutua
Life Insurance company, covering the
entire plant.
Richard Goggin, freight conductor
was thrown from his train in a fight
with tramps near jefferson Junction
and killed. His home was near Unior
Center.
Capt. T. C. Overton, an early settler
in Platteville, died at the age of 81
He was once prominent and wealthy
but died in poverty, leaving a large
family. He was a war veteran.
Fire at Kaukauna destroyed the Sur
Publishing company's plant an6
Thompson's carriage works
Mrs L. G.. Armstrong, wife of s
prominent physician, died suddenly al
Boscobel of heart disease.
John, the 12-yCSr-old son of Patrol
man Taylor, was drowned while
bathing in the Mississippi river at La
Crosse.
The entire crop of small grain, about
loo bushels, of J. L. Hallock, at Max
vile, 10 miles from Durand, was dc.
stroyed by fire.
Mrs. Rosemond Follett. editor. pro
prietor and manager of the Daily Ga
zette at Green Bay, died from cancer.
aged Al years
The town of Phillips, which was
burned recently. will be rebuilt Con
tracts for public buildings have al
ready been let.
Mr.. Nevill, of Augusta, lost two head
of valuable Jersey cattle, to all ap
pearances willfully cut and hacked to
death to spite their owners.
Miss Celia Emerson. of Loyal. at
tempted suicide in Marshfield by talk
ing a dose of corrosive sublimate. She
was on her way home from a sanitariun
in Michigan.
The Muench brewery at Appleton
was burned, entailing loss of SIS. 900
insurance, $4,000
An attempt to remove a smallpDz
patient to the Milwaukee pesthoust
led to riot ia which the officers were
roughly handled.
A large sawmill at Ellenboro was
burned to the ground with no insdr
ance. The loss was unknown.
The stockholders of the old Bank OF
Manitowoc held meeting and organ
lied into a national bank, with a cap
ital stock of 100000
A camp of Modern Woo1man was
organized in Stoughton by State Dep
uty Il. III. Love, of Madison.
Rev. T. S. Richey, OF Chippewa Falls,
has been called to st. Stephens Epis-
copal church in Milwaukee.
Fifteen citizens of Chippewa Falls
subscribed SS1 900 to meet the paw
ment of 40 per cent. 1t was agreed &c
give creditors of the Seymour bank.
La Crosse was visited by two more
incediary fires. and in both instances
the property destroyed was barns.
George Edenberf, a prominent citi-
zen of Boscobel, vas seriously injured
while attempting to stop runaway.
Abba Moon. released convict, was
shot and kille'. near Eleva. while re-
sisting arrest for robbery.
The Richards homestead, located
miles southwest of Racine, was
burned.
The schooner Restless. with crew
of three men, was believed to be lost
She sailed from Manitowoc for Pine
Lake seventeen days ago.
Edward Mcintyre. one of tae pio-
neers of Milwaukee, died at.the age OF
90 years.
Some miscreant at Glidden has been
poisoning cows there until nearly
every citizen has suffered loss
Engineer Charles Hulin. of Kan.
kauna, was crushed to death while he
was oiling his locomotive ON a side
track at Witten berg.
A well which throws water several
feet into the air was struck on the
Kruger farm near Plymouth.
Hugo jacob, for three months con-
sui at Reichenberg, Bohemia, has re
turned to Watertown.
Two strangers cut the tongues ont
of horses they had hired of a livery
nan at Chetek.
August Recknagle. of Westville. was
swindled ont of 500 by lightningr rod
peddlers-
August Peterson killed himself at
Superior after spending all his means
in searching for a brother and sister
who had preceded him from the old
country.
State Senator NJ. d. Foley shot and
killed in Nevada. had a brother in Chip
pewt. Fails
Reports from nearly all parts of
Dane county were TO the effect that
the corn and potato crops would be al
most a failure.
Accident insurance comes handy. A
Lake Mills man has recovered $3.50 for
the loss of foot ID. T.. Wilson, of
Edgerton, was injured oy stepping on
a rusty nail and got $50.