River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-04

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valuable horses burned at Berlin. One
was a stallion valued at 81 900 and the
other was a driving horse.
a fire in II. +. Gieslers stationery
and toy store at Sheboygan ruined o
Sc, 900 stock, which was partially in.
sured.
Capt. W. L. Bray ton. clerk in the
pension office at Washington. whose
former home was GAINESVILLE, dropped
dead on the street.
James Hennessy. a switchman EN-.
ployed in the yards of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway a Milwaukee,
was struck by train near the foot of
National avenue and fatally hurt.
A large Touring mill owned by
James Robbins and John X. Baltzs-l
was destroyed by fire at Madison. the
loss being s25. 900.
The 81. Paul road will build docks a;
Sturgeon Bay and establish line of
car ferries with the east shore.
About ten days ago Lena Yarbaci,
an attractive Bohemian girl, ~ years
of age, disappeared from her home in
South Superior and the police had
been unable to find her.
Edward Porter died at Waukesh.
He was roadmaster of the first railway
built in the state.
The smallpox which was for some
weeks las. summer and fall epidemic
in Milwaukee and which kept the
health department busy all winter is
practically wiped out
Narwegiau Lutherans of Milwaukee
dedicated their new church. many
clergymen from abroad taking part.
Gov. Upham had appointed George
r. Atwood. attorney of Oconto county,
in place of =. A. Martineau, resigned.
In the town Of Cedar Lake. Is miles
northeast of Rice Lake. prospectors at
depth of 50 feet struck 1e-foot vein
of mineral that ASSAYS 90 per cent. iron
and 20 per cent. free gold.
The Northwestern Cheesemakcrs' as
ISOLATION at Fond du Lac elected G. A.
White. president; Adolph Schocnman,
secretary. and Thomas johnson, treas
urer.
Clement A. Won Trott. of Milwaukee.
appointed military cadet by Congress
llkdlA f-OtiitINs has bttb W re
port at West Point June H..
A team belonging to John Jochmann.
farmer of Ellington. ran away i'm Ap-
pleton and Jochmann's skull was frac
tured.
The book store and book bindery of
II. u. Quinn was damaged 10000 by
fire at Milwaukee. Insurance. $4,000
g., 2
south of Wautoina. fell from a load OF
hay. striking on his head and breaking
IFS neck.
The Wisconsin Telephone company
at Milwaukee announces n reduction
of rates to take effect July 1.
Mrs. Mary Kirkland Holley died al
La Crosse. aged 81. She was daugh.
ter of Gen. Joseph Kirkland. of Utica,
y. V. where she was born i'm 1904.
An oil stove exploded in the house of
!. z. Nelson at West Superior. fatally
burning baby and 15-year-old hoy
Mrs. Nelson and another son were seri-
ously burned.
Col. Henry Starr died in Milwaukee,
Of pneumonia. aged 65 years. Col.
consin infantry during TIE war.
Logging on the st. Croix has closed
for this season. and the breakup is the
earliest in the region. Millions of feet
of logs are left on the sideways.
William Loeber, charged with muir
dering Ferdinand Moritz. cattle
dealer at Milwaukee, was held for
trial without bail.
Cyrus Farnsworth was burned to
death in his house about mile east of
Aliens grove. He was an old settler
and was about Sc wears q age.
Gecrge Watson. builder, was killed
by fall from scaffolding at Sparta.
Mary Delaney. of Milwaukee. was
arrested in Washin. ton. ID. C., on the
charge of setting fire To two churches.
II was reported that the Wisconsin
Central would extend to Manitowoc
and establish lake connections there.
Mrs Johanna Burke died at her home
in Madison. aged 100 years and
months. She was born in County Cork,
Ireland.
Joseph Stole was killed at the Chi
cago. Burlington & Northwestern de-
pot at Prairie du CHEN while trying to
board a moving freight train
William Koch. formerly leader of the
military band at Fort Smelling. Mimi,
was sentenced % the house of c,rrec-
tion in Milwaukee for one year for for
gerry.
Northwestern lumber dealers in ses-
sion at Madison elected A. \. Dodge.
Monroe. president: VIII Doud. slough
ton. secretary: Theodore Huger, Water
town, treasurer
Fred ;. Parker. an attorney at Su-
perior, brought suit for collecting a
bill. The defendant failed to appear
and judgment was about to be ente red.
when the judge happened to RENE mber
that the defendant had been dead for
six months,