River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-25
The News Condensed.


Racine to two years in the penitentiary
for attempting to kill his wife.
Ashland boomers have fled claims on
the Radcliffe Indian reservation and on
the Omaha's land grant
BY the explosion of boiler in the
flour mill at Appleton, Engineer Borta
was instantly killed
1t is estimated that the winters log
input of Chequamegon bay lOggers will
be not less than 22O, 1000, 900 feet
The Milwaukee chamber of com
merce decided to withdraw from mem
bership in the National board of trade.
Rev. John NJ. Buchanan died at his
New York home. He was the first
Presbyterian minister at Milwaukee.
The youngest child of Alex Coldwell,
of Pewaukee. was strangled to death
by screw lodging in its throat
Fred Klowka's residence near She
boygan was burned, the family of nine
persons having narrow escape.
Hans c. Kirby, of Fish Creek Ridge,
La Crosse county, died of injuries re-
ceived by falling under his horses feet.
Last year Chippewa county paid
- ops as bounty on PAL wildcats and
sixty wolf scalps-
c. L. Holmes, of Appleton. sold his
English setter dog shot" TO New
York man for 500
The widow of Rev. A. Spooner, the
clergyman found dead in his bed at
Bloomer a year ago, has decided tc
enter the ministry.
A marble bust of Pre- Porter made
by dorado Taft, of Chicago, was pre-
sented to Beloit college by alumni, Il.
D. Salisbury making the address.
r. B. Ogilvie's dry goods business at
Madison went into the hands of re.
ceiver The debts exceed 5000
At Chippewa Falls Albert Thompson
was given two years in prison for rob
berry and forgery.
William w. Latham and Lucille Hob
lit of Lincoln, H., overcame parental
objections by getting married at Ken
oSha-
Fred Christensen, head night sawyer
in the stave mill at Marshfeld, lost all
the fingers and thumb on his right hand
by getting on the saw.
The Byron CamPmeeting association
has decided that this years outing shall
commence June % and continue ten
days.
The clothing firm of Moll e Leissrin &
in La Crosse made an assignment to
George w Brice. who gave Il bond of
sl5. 900. The affairs OF the concern
were not in bad shape and they might
resume.
Knute Anderson. of Madison, whose
evesight was lost in mine explosion,
has been awarded damages of $4,000.
The authorities Of Polk and Barron
counties may build an insane asylum
for Joint use. Their insane are now
cared for at Mendoza and Menomonie.
Mrs. Maggie Hubanks. of Marietta,
sued her brother, Sam Wayne, for an a J.
legged Islander, claiming damages to the
amount of $4,000. Wayne disappeared
when he heard of the proceeding
The barn on the farm of John
Schwartz. miles south of Darlington.
was destroyed by fire, together with
500 bushels of oats. twenty-five tons of
hay and lot of farm machinery.
John johnson, a Marinette police
man. was found shot through the neck.
Suicide was possible.
The Commercial bank was reopened
at Eau Claire with +. c. Allen president
and Thomas b. Culver cashier.
]. Peterson, aged IS. and Mrs En-
gels, aged 90. died at Manitowoc
Both had lived there for over thirty
FIVE years.
Enos Eastman and wife celebrated
at Plymouth the fiftieth anniversary Oh
their marriage.
Mrs. Hattie VI. Shipley, aged 6s
years, wife of George Shipley, died IN
Boseobel of consumption. Mr> Ship
lev was a resident of that city for thir
ty-seven years.
Levi Munger, one of the early set
tiers of Palmyra, died of paralysis. aged
about so years. He leaves wife,
daughter and two sons
Prof. Voltaire, the mind-reader and
medium, held at Racine on charge of
false pretenses, gained his liberty on u
" rite of habeas corpus and disap-
peared-
The sudden death at Racine of Her
man Grosnke. by which his widow got
$40. 600 and married again, is to be in
vestigated.
f. R. Paine, president of the stranded
Commercial bank of Milwaukee, made
an assignment to John Campbell for
the bereiit of his creditors.
TIC grocery business of Thomas
RvaH at Waukesha was placed in the
hands of an assignee. The assignment
was due to slow collections