River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-30


All the big cranberry marshes in the
vicinity of Grand Rapids and Centralia
were burned over by the fires. They
produced the biggest part of the cram
berry crop of the state.
An Appleton editor who has been
protesting against the custom of pub
fishing cards of thanks" was par
alyzed few days since by receiving a
postal card announcing a birth in a
family and adding ''card of thanks
Manitowoc paper says that citi-
zen saw ''some" grasshoppers the other
night His boat was about a mile
from the shore and the water between
it and the shore was quite well COW
cred with them.
Lightning struck the engine house
at Fond du Lac and set fire TO the
building. Loss, Sill
Mrs. Alice ID. Jensen died suddenly
in the union depot at Milwaukee. She
has had consumption for long time.
The grocery firm of r. f. Moves &
Co. at Sheboygan assigned to Otto L.
Killing Estimated assets are 5000;
liabilities. $4,000.
Capt. T. c. 0verton. a prominent
military figure of Platteville, died at
the age of IS years.
Three men, all from Chicago, were
killed and three others I'M ured in a
railway wreck at Fort Atkinson.
William Brinlme yer returned to
Milwaukee after three weeks absence
and claims to have been lured from
home by stranger and drugged and
robbed
Racine Y. NJ. c. 4. hall was entered
by burglars. Furniture was broken
and 500 worth of mining stock owned
by Secretary Roltman was stolen.
William T. Jackson, farmer near
Mineral Point, was under arrest for
alleged assault upon Mildred Daniels,
l4-year-old girl.
La Crosse A. X. L. men formally de-
clared the strike off. About seventy
will fail to get back their positions.
All the diningroom girls at the Cliff
house, DEVILS Lake, went on strike.
Male guests helped the lardlOr, out
and the girls were discharged.
Mathew Tschech, of Glidden, was
instantly killed by falling tree.
Charles Z Wheeler, of Racine, was
arrested in Chicago on suspicion of be-
longing to gang of bicycle thieves.
George BaIlantine, the surveyor who
drove the first stake in the original
plat of Milwaukee, died in that city,
ageo 81 years.
Berlin has 4 female physician who
halls from Milton. Her name is Miss
- -
years experience as a nurse and four
years course in a medical college.
The police were looking for three
crooks who succeeded in passing a
large number of forged checks on Ash
land merchants.
At Ashland Mrs. Farrell attempted
to light gasoline stove and ignited
some oil she had spilled on her dress
and was badly burned.
George Bessie, who on May stole
horse and carriage from farmer near
Amigo and left the same in Shawano,
was found at a relatives in the town
of Norwood.
Michael Cook, an old resident of the
town of F.rn.ington, was thrown from
his wagon by his team running away
and instantly killed.
John A. Pettigrew, ex-superinten-
dent of Lincoln park, Chicago, will SUI
perintend Milwaukee's parks
The Leper Moe, who was found liv-
ing in box car at La Crosse, was sent
back to Houston, Tex. by the author
tiles The poor creature has but one
thing left for him TO do. That is to
get to the island of Oahn, in the Pa
cific ocean, as soon as possible. This
island is home for lepers.
A plan to colonize idle coke workers
on farms in Wisconsin is being for
warded by Rev. ID. II. Lunerdine, of
Connellsville, Pa.
Mai Hutchius. of Rockford, ILL.,, won
the diamond badge in the club shoot
at, Beloit, breaking forty-six out Of
fifty blue rocks.
Soft maple trees at W aulesha were
attacked by small insects which were
stripping them of leaves.
Stephen Marston, an aged citizen of
Eau Clare. loaded car on the Wiscon-
sin Central with stoves and furniture
from his own store for the destitute
people of Phillips.
Hugh A. Moore, of Lancaster, claims
the thrashing record;. l. 400 bushels of
oats were thrashed in one day on his
farm.
An attempt was made to burn st.
Paul's Episcopal church at Onalaska.
floor and ignited it.
Delos Granger. well-to-do farmer,
who settled in Eau Claire county
al cut thirty years ago, died in Eau
Claire, aged 20 years.
vhe steamer ;. ;. Curry arrived at
Wsst Superior with $500 tons of coal.
the largest cargo brought to the head
of the lake.
A spark from a steam thrasher OF 8
NJ ~ Randall's farm near Waup "a
caused loss of 1000 bushels of grain
A Langlade county farmer residing
near Amigo thrashed 465 bushels Of
barley from sixteen acres of lsnd.
Nearly thirty bushels per acre is pref
~ good crop.
The janitor at the Uaion depot in
West Superior discovered what looked
like a full-fiedged dynamite bomb.
The fuse was burned out. indicating
an attemrt had been made to ex-
plode it.
Old people are not always slow. At
Grafton. Ozaukee county. Mr.. Mahon-
ey and Mrs Chambers. both over so,
were welded after half hours court
ship.
BY lighting his pipe in a field Louis
Guna-um of Addison, lost about eighty
shocks of wheat
Shipments of iron ore from Lake SUI
perior points exceed those of last year
more than 1000. 900 tons.