River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-12-05

During the heavy gale Tuesday Otis
johnson, seaman on the schooner
Flotilla. was swept overheard and
drowned. The accident occurred near
Green BAY.
The Knights OF the Golden Eagle.
mutual insurance company. headquar-
iers at Philadelphia. has applied for
permission TO transact business in this
state.
While hunting ducks on the Wiscou-
sin river at Boscobel Fred Renshaw was
accidentally fatally shot in the back by
Peter Welley.
The fight over the removal of the
county seat from Waupaca to the viii
iage of Manawa has been settled N
favor Of Waupaca.
A tramp known TO the local police as
"Slinger' was fatally, beaten by two OF
his comrades at Beloit. One of his as
sailants is w. j. Grier, and the other re-
fused TO give his name.
The sawmill of the Menominee River
Lumber company, owned by Jesse
Spalding, of Chicago, was burned at
Marinette. About 25o.0O0 feet of lum-
Der was destroyed. The loss was $780,
600; insurance, 100000.
Mrs. John Berger, aged GO, was found
dead in a chair at her home in James
vile by the milkman.
Sixty thousand bushels of potatoes
have been converted into starch at
Black River Falls factory.
p. Olson, young man living eight
miles south of Cumberland, fell on a
slippery walk and discharged a rifle
which he carried, the ball entering his
heart and producing instant death.
Mike Schingowitz, of Hankinson, n.
D., found his affinity in the person of
Miss Sadie Thornton, of Neenah, whom
he wooed, won and wed all inside of "a
hours.
Work on the new bridge across the
st. CroiX river at Osceola has been
commenced. 1t is to connect that viii
lage with the Minnesota shore, viii
cost $11 800, and is to be finished by
February l, 1896.
The stock of J. w. Conn. general mer-
chant at Edgerton, was damaged by
fire the other morning to the extent of
$4,000; insurance, $1,000 on stock, and
81 900 on store.
The three-months'-old babe of Mrs.
John ID. Bardman, of Ellsworth, who
got off the train at Hudson, was found
to have been smothered to death by
the heavy wraps around it.
The electric street railway line of
IL miles in extent, which has been
building all summer, was successfully
inaugurated at Sheboygan.
NJ. C. Whitford, son of President w.
C. Whitford, of Milton college, was
granted a divorce in the circuit court
in GAINESVILLE on the ground of deser-
ton.
The J. I. Case thrashing machine
works at Racine, which have been idle
for two months, started up again, Civ
ing employment to 700 persons.
John II. MCCLELLAN died at Appleton.
aged 6s years. He was great leader
in public enterprises. The town of
Mackville was named in his honor.
f. A. Long, of hartford, editor of
the Green Lake County Reporter, shot
himself fatally because of business
troubles.
Near Black River Falls uans Amund-
son, a Scandinavian farmer, committed
suicide by taking large dose of strych-
nine.
A. L. Badger, who sued the GAINESVILLE
cotton mills for $4,000 for the loss of
an arm, failed to prove negligence on
the part of his employers, and the case
was nonsuited.
The nine sawmills in Marinette have
closed for the season, as the ice is too
thick for them to operate. They have
cut 240.000.000 feet of lumber and
stripped 2o0. O0O.O 900 feet.
William IL. Blodgett, of Wisconsin,
principal examiner of the patent Office
at Washington, has resigned.
A man known as Indian Pete" and
his wife were burned to death in their
bed at their home near Peshtigo.
The dry goods store of Henry
Schwager in Milwaukee was destroyed
By fire. Loss. $4,000; partly insured.
Spring wheat millers in Milwaukee,
who some months ago formed nation
al combine, have fallen out and the
trust will probably soon be thing of
the past.
John Schneider and o. ID. Bartlett,
riding in a closed milk wagon. were
struck by a train in Oshkosh. and both
were probably fatally injured.
An Appleton jury gave Joseph Pro
mer a verfict for 5000 damages
against the Lake Shore railroad for per-
sonal injuries.
A large four-story -four mill, owned
and operated by j. G. Heaton, was de-
stroyed by fire at Reedsburg. the loss
being about $4,000.
Thomas Dempsey, who drove his
hack in front of train at Manitowoc.
causing the death of Andrew Webiin,
has been held for trial in bonds of $500.
Burglars entered the general store of
d. j. Finkelstein in Spring Green and
took about $1,000 worth of his best
clothing and winter goods.
Fire destroyed the Galland-Henning
Pneumatic Mating Manufacturing
company's plant IN Milwaukee. Loss,
81, 900, covered by insurance.