River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-03-29
The News Condensed.


The News Condensed.
In order to get money for her lover
Miss Kittie Dean. OF Milwaukee. stole
s125 from her father When her act
was discovered she attempted suicide
with laudanum, but will recover.
About $4,000 900 feet of logs belong
ing To the Menominee Indians were sold
at Kestena.
Charles Lynes, dealer in agricul-
tural implements, made a voluntary as
signment at Oconto.
Considerable damage was wrought
by a windstorm in She boygan, Mil
waulxee and Racine.
The plant of the Belle City Malleable
Iron cc.npany was destroyed by fire at
Racine Loss, 500 600; insurance, SEQ
600
The College State Oratorical assoeia-
ton at meeting at Beloit admitted
Lawrence university and voted to hold
the contest next year at Appleton.
Sever Peterson, 63 years old, com
mtted suicide by hanging at his home
in La Crosse Overindulgence in drink
was the cause
Loggers on the Chippewa waters did
we'll the past winter and the majority
of them made money.
Charles A. De Witt, newspaper man
of Roscobel, committed suicide at Nc
Leans boro, Ill
d. $ Simmons, aged 81. died in
Beloit He was a resident there forty
years and much of the time in business
Mrs. Margaret Mayer was arraigned
at Racine. charged with poisoning her
first husband, Herman Groenke
David Jacobs confessed at Saratoga to
completely in killing his son-in-law,
Peter Houston, June ., 1893.
For improvements to be made upon
its lines this spring the Milwaukee
street railway will spend 100000
q Citizens OF Racine believe that fire
bugs are infesting the town.
As the result of an attempt to commit
suicide by cutting his throat Even
Evenson, of La Crosse county, will
never again be able to talk above IA
whisper
Ties placed upon the track wrecked
a train on the Chicago, Milwaukee &
81. Paul road near Wausau, severely
njurirg the conductor and engineer.
On March Is an Oconto farmer sowed
some spring wheat This is the earliest
record yet made in Wisconsin.
A man answering the description Of
John Keen, who is wanted at Reigate,
Surrey, England, for embezzling large
sum of money from a loan association,
was arrested at Chippewa Falls.
Phelps Perrine, wing in the state
prison for the robbery of the United
States Express company of $4,000 at
Hurley, has been released w the board
of control. with the approval of Gov.
Peck.
Eliza Grandson (colored), generally
known as Aunt Eliza died at the county
age She was born in Herkimer coun-
ty, n. Y.
Joseph Broker and wife were arrest
ed at Clinton on "a charge of having
caused the death of an infant.
Charles Good, Mexican war veteran,
celebrated the Tooth anniversary of h $
birth at his home in Platteville.
The trial at Madison of Albert A.
Cadwallader. ex-president of the Su.
perior' national bank, on the charge of
Incorporating funds, has been set
for Monday April 9.
John Doyle. a prisoner, became
violently insane in the municipal court
In Milwaukee after Justice Hutching
had assessed him so for being drunk.
He was taken to the insane asylum.
The reorganized Plankinton bank In
Milwaukee will be known as the Mer-
chants national bank and will open its
doors not later than April Is, and a
| dividend to depositors will at once be
declared.
Prisoners in the Manitowoc Jail had
a pitched battle and one mans skull
was almost fractured.
In spite of financial depression the
| Manitowoc Building and Loan associa-
ton declared dividend of ~ per cent.
Lars olesen, 6s years old, man OF all
work at the Norwegian Lutheran or
phans' home, committed suicide in
Madison. He was tired of life and de-
sondent
The remains of Albert $. NcCapes,
4 aged 40. were found IN the hayloft of
/ the Park hotel at Vernon. He was en-
ployed at the hotel and had been miss
I ing two weeks
Justice Booth, of Beloit, rema nded
Marshall Reed for trial on the charge of
attempted assault on a S-year-old
child. The case created great excite
ment.
The Canadian Pacific is said to be
backing a company Incorporated to
build an air line from Superior to Chi
cago
Isaac Catanch lost his life at Rush
vile by the burning of his barn. Tween
ty-two cows and two horses also per-
ished in the flames.
c. Paulson, of Manitowoc, and John
Geigle. both inmates of the county in
sane asylum, quarreled, the tiff re-
sulti7g in the death of Paulson.