River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-20

Michael Roepler was arrested and
taken to Ashland from Marengo on a
charge of starting the forest fires
which resulted in the loss of eight
lives at High Bridge.
The big Muscoda bridge over the
Wisconsin river at Muscoda was
wrecked by a cyclone and several
houses were unroofed and blown
down.
Frank G. Richardson. aged &c. at
tempted TO jump on a freight train at
Glover's station, fell under the wheels
and lost both legs and his right arm.
He died four hours later.
Joseph Briggs found his lost daugh-
ter at a residence on the west side in
Eau Claire, to which she had gone in a
dazed condition. The girl had been
drugged.
Two barn fires were caused by light
ming near Beloit. Ed Follon lost
So 900 and G. n. Cornelius $1,000. Four
horses were burned in the latter's
barn.
Nose Verval, of Beloit, was fatally
injured at Ashland by falling through
partially burned bridge a distance of
80 feet
The Northwestern Stave and Head
ing association met at Eau Claire and
raised the price of headings to four
cents per set. The combination con-
trolls the output in Wisconsin and Min
nesota.
In Milwaukee John w. Latin, secre-
tary of the grand lodge of free ma
sons of Wisconsin, was badly injured
by coming in contact with one of tie
iron posts of the electric railway on a
moving car.
After a game of ball at Markesan
Edith flanders and Mr. Uhl, catcher of
the Fox Lake nine, jumped into
buggy, drove to Fox Lake and were
married before the angry parent and
an officer could overtake them.
Walter p. Goodel, of Reedsburg, is
dead, aged 80. No one knows how he
suffered the injuries at Elroy which
caused his death.
Roloff and Eilxey, the Seymour bank
robbers, pleaded guilty and were sent
to Waupun for eighteen and twenty
months each.
Postmaster Edmund Giegel, Sr., of
Nelson, one of the pioneers of Buffalo
county, died at Minneapolis hospital.
lie was 60 years of age.
The grist mill of c. c. Craneat Down
ing was burned. Loss, $1,000; insur-
ance. $4,000. Incendiarism was sus-
pected.
Frederick De Genkolb and Christina
Koch, who were married in Alstadde,
Germany, celebrated in Sheboygan The
fftieth anniversary of their marriage.
Albert Schwartz killed a 400 pound
bear about miles from Eau Claire.
James O'Rourlze, who lives in Mil
wauxee. claimed that while asleep on
his porch some one took a pocketbook
containing S1,005 from his coat pocket.
The kiln of the Wisconsin Red
Pressed Brick company at Menomo lie
was burned, the loss being $4,000
p. A. Borreson, La Crosse jeweler,
assigned with liabilities and assets
each $4,000.
The body of James Mccarthy, of
Columbus. o.. was found in the dock
at Ashland, and was buried in the
potter's field after an inquest 1t was
supposed to be a case of suicide.
Twelve new cases of smallpox were
verified at Milwaukee. There were at
last reports l25 cases in that city.
Four architects and builders were
arrested in Milwaukee. charged with
an attempt TO defraud the county.
The crop of small grain in La Crosse
county was never better
There were ninety-two teachers at
the recent Alma institute-nine-tenth
of all the teachers in Buffalo county.
Public schools opened in Milwaukee
with an attendance of about so per
cent. All the children were required
10 show certificates of vaccination.
Because of domestic infeIiclty Mrs.
Henry Bergenthal. wife of a distiller
in Milwaukee, committed suicide by
inhaling gas
August Fuermann. president of the
A. Fuermann Brewing company, died
in Watertown aged ~ years.
Mrs. Lena Kupp died in Amigo
from the effects of dose of laudanum-
No cause was given for her deed.
Herbert j. Cunningham, of James
vile, was Frustrated by lightning.
The kilns of the Wisconsin Red
Pressed Brick company were de-
stroyed by fire in Menominee. The
works had capacity of Z 900. 600 brick
a year and are owned by Minneapolis
parties
p. L. Hinrichs, of Boscobel, has been
appointed agent at Janesville for the
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul rail-
road.
The Sheboygan, st. Paul 81 Central
railway viii be completed by Decem-
; Der /.
Fire destroyed a part of the shoe
shop at the state prison in Naupun,
causing loss of $4,000 to NJ d. Wells
g. CO., of Chicago, the contractors.