River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-04-26
The News Condensed

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The News Condensed.
The schooner Lottie Cooper was
wrecked off Sheboygan and Ed Olson,
one of the sailors, was drowned.
Letter Carrier Albert Gilman, aged
20 years and father of family. was ar
rested in Milwaukee, on the charge of
systematically robbing the malls since
July last and admitted his guilt.
Harry Hurley, night Waterman and
constable of Prairie du Chen for many
years, was found dead in his house
The brownstone quarries at Wash
burn are preparing for a big seasons
work.
Anton Walterbach, a wealthy farmer
of Manitowoc county and an old
settler, died suddenly In Manitowoc,
aged 70 years.
The state board o. normal school re-
gents arrived at West Superior. and
after looking over the three sites of
fered rejected all of them.
w. II. Dawley, editor of the Lang
lade County Special at Amigo, he's
been appointed special allotting Indian
agent for Wisconsin in place OF Dana
G. Lamb. deceased
Frank Hull ate wild parsnip at
Lone Rock and died in half an hour.
By order of the mayor of Kaukauna
all saloons must close by IL o'clock
p. IN.
Pliney Pierce aged SO. was buried at
Manitowoc. He came to ManitowOc in
1896. and was without doubt the oldest
living settler there.
The Ashland supervisors refused an
offer of settlement made by Edward
Fennelly, defaulting county clerk.
William Miller was sentenced at
GAINESVILLE to one year in the state
prison a. waupun for issuing forged
check while drunk.
Investigation of the Davidson theater
fire at Milwaukee resulted in a verdict
that no one was to blame for the loss
of life.
The Christopher Columbus. the only
whaleback passenger boat, is being re.
fitted and will leave West Superior
June to run between Chicago and
Milwaukee.
Three million whitefish fry were
planted near Chambers island, Is miles
off Marinette, and 3,0O0,0 900 more were
to be planted.
The republicans will hold their state
convention in Madison on July Is.
Milwaukee's poor list contains the
names OF 4,963 families, which is equal
to a popula.io ion of about 25, 900. The
list is the largest in the history of the
county.
receiver was appointed for the
West Superior Iron & Steel company of
Milwaukee. The company's authorized
capital was s2,5O0,0OO
The Milwaukee Street Railway com
pany reconsidered its determination to
cut employees wages and again signed
the old scale.
Fred Loe gins. of Marinette, stood sc
near a dynamite blast at Pembine that
one of his legs was crushed.
The sixteenth annual session of the
Grand Council of Wisconsin Royal Ar
canum was held in Racine. +. A. Dow,
of Plymouth, was elected grand re-
gent
Elder Wilcox, who predicted that
big storm would destroy La Crosse on
the lst of April. IS still predicting dis.
aster. He says that he miscalculated
the date. He is living in cave which
he built.
Devereaux & Small, Oconto railroad
contractors. have secured the contract
for grading the entire new line of the
Wisconsin & Michigan railroad.
At Manitowoc l3-year-old boy spent
fourteen days In Jail for illegal fishing.
Lightning struck the Office of the c.
L. jerks Lumber company and the
dwelling of c. B. Tibbets, at Onalas
ka. Several persons were In both
buildings. but none were fatally in
jured.
Mavor Cameron, of Eau Claire, in
structed his new police force to close
all saloons at II p. IA. and observe a
strict Sunday closing.
business men of Milwaukee won q
fight with the Wisconsin Telephone
company over an obnoxious rule
The police at La Crosse captured
Timothy Graham, aged 80, who killed
little George Ryan in Chicago last July
At the instance of a former sweet
heart. Henry Cribles, a Wisconsin
farmer, was arrested charged with the
murder of Banker Mead at Waupaca.
Mrs. A. Nelson. aged SO. mother of
the famous singer. Mrs Christine Mel
son Drier. of Chicago. died at her home
in Madison from heart disease
The three great brown-stone quar-
ries located at Washburn are making
active preparations for the seasons
business
]. & Trary, of Oregon, died of hem-
orrhage OF the lungs while sitting -
chair in his home. but the body was
not discovered until two days later.
James Ward and wife SO maltreated
a e-year-old adopted orphan boy at
Magnolia, Rock county, that the neigh
bors interfered and took him away.
The examination of Frank and Pat
rick O'Neil for the murder of Timothy
Dillon has been fixed at Manitowoc for
May 25.
schooner Island City sank off Mil
waukee and her crew of two were
drowned. Capt. Ward drifted ashore in
yawl-
Albert Paris, a boy Is years of age,
was sentenced to the industrial school
at waukeshs by Police Ju>tiee Smith
Of Green Bay for burg ae.l-ag a. Ia
Tiers house.