River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-04
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lht NEWS
DIR. Matthew Uhl, of La Crosse. died
at the advanced age of s. years.
Joseph Patzner. of Potosi, sold II 900
pounds of honey this year. His apiary
is one of liz hives.
Alva +. Leavitt, formerly the leading
bookseller at GAINESVILLE, died in De
troit, Mich. where he had rolled up a
fortune of $685. 900.
Edwin q. Payne, principal of the
Oneida Indian school, has been pro-
NOTED by transfer to the Klamathy
school in Oregon.
Carl Bertow stabbed Arthur KOe-
ni+zer at Milwaukee for interfering in
his quarrel with Engel bishop.
Saloonkeeper Bernstine and Cabman
Brewster We're charged with robbIng
NJ. o. Robinson, of Buffalo.
A board of charities will be organ
lied at Eau Claire.
Logging operations are in full blast
in northern Wisconsin. The cut will be
fully up to the average.
samuel Heath was found guilty of
murder at Milwaukee. Court was held
Sunday to let the jurors off Christmas
The Wisconsin ] cad & Zinc company
at Shullsburg sold 200 tons of high
grade jack to the Lanyon company at
Waukegan.
DR. 0'Brien was seriously burned at
Ashland while impersonating Santa
Claus in ST Agnes hospital. Cotton
batting on his costume caught fire.
Burrill G. Reppy, formerly of La
Crosse, veteran of Company Il. Second
Wisconsin cavalry died at De Soto, Mo
The Berlin company has thus far this
season sold 1000 bushels of pickles.
Samuel A. Heath. who was founs
guilty in Milwaukee of manslaughteI
for the killing of james Connolly at
picnic last summer. was sentenced to
the house of correction for two years.
Edward Holleran, alias Teddy" Hol-
leran. notorious character, was killed
during a fight with John Walsh,
naloonkeeper in Milwaukee.
Deputy Game Warden A. l.. Lord of
White Birch, near West Superior, is
following up the law-breaking hunters
who xiii deer out of season.
Pelton's old brick store. which had
been landmark on the North side of
Omro for the last twenty years, was de-
stroyed by fire.
The recent warm weather at Bay
field made "a rift in the ice as far "a
Houghton. making almost open water
to Madeline island.
The top and bottom mills of the Hi
nois Steel company at Bay View failed
to start up owing to the fact that there
were no orders on hand
At a meeting of the West Superior
chamber of commerce a committee was
appointed to draft resolutions opposing
the free iron ore clause Of the Wilson
bill.
A Mr. Jandell. of Marshall, Mich, is
wintering | 800 sheep in Superior. The
ANIMALS are fed from mill screenings,
of which an abundance can be secured
at the flour mills.
The death of George Nelson Town
send at Warren, ILL.,, recalls the fact
that he settled at Gratiot Grove.
this state, in 1921. and that in the fol-
lowing spring he was sergeant in
Capt William Hamilton's command in
the Winnebago Indian war.
Charles Z. Ettick got one year in
prison for stealing 100 hams at La
Crosse
Mrs Nancy Vanausdall. who died at
Patch Grove recently, was baptized by
the eccentric Lorenzo Dow when she
was 8 years of age
A. j. Helm bach, of the Booth Packing
company at Superior, has been callei
to account for selling pheasants. par
tridges and snipe out of season. The
law provides that this kind Of game
cannot be sold after December s.
Forged checks for small amounts
were successfully floated among the
merchants OF La Crosse.
Milwaukee men have incorporated
telephone company which will enter
the field On the expiration of the Bell
patents
P. w Mehar. furniture dealer and
undertaken at Bcloit, assigned He
owed 50. 900, and his assets are more
than that amount
The GAINESVILLE Transfer & Implement
company made an assignment. The
company had a capital stock of
81, 900 Its liabilities were not known.
A farmer near Lemke and his two
horses were killed by an Omaha train
while trying to cross the track ahead
of the engine near Marshfield-
Preparations are about 10 be made
for the construction of an immense
boom in Lake St Croix, at Prescott,
which. when fully completed. will raft
more logs and employ more men than
on the boom at Saltwater.
Henry Spingarn, jeweler at Ash
land. mysteriously disappeared, and
one of his creditors-Mr. Gittler. who
had advanced him ssOO-has learned
that he indirectly purchased ticket to
Chicago.
Mrs Barbara Krauaeher was fined
s25 and costs in Milwaukee, for beg
ging. "a 1t was shown that she and her
husband owned three pieces Of property
in the city.