River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-02-28
The Ncws Condensed.

being typical lndlan, bright, shrewd
and cunning.
The Ncws Condensed.
1t has been decided to rebuild the
Stadt theater IN MilNa ul1ee at cost o.
over 100000. The pemodeled theater
will be of iron and stone and iireproof
throughout.
Miss Almah j. Frfsby has resigned
her position at the Wisconsin state
university and will at the end Of the
present school year take up the prac-
tice of medicine.
The intense cold and deep snow drove
many of the large gray wolves that in
habit the Kettle range ~ bluffs from
their fastness TO appPaso their hunger
with the farmers hocks.
Fred Vietz committed suicide at Two
Rivers by shooting. lie leaves widow
and family. Insanity was thought to
be the cause
The e-weeks-old Child of Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Faulkper, of Bay View,
was suffocated. 1t Rad been wrapped
in quilt and placed in crib by its
parents bed.
Aft an illness of, some weeks Mrs.
George J.. Iiendrickson, wife of the
professor of Latin in the State univer-
sity, died at Madison.
The Chicago. st. Paul. Minneapolis &
OMAHA, the Duluth South shore e At
lantic and the Northern Pacific have
entered into a coordination for the
building of a union depot at the june
ton OF the three roads in Superior.
The Wood county board met in spe-
cial session and made an appropriation
of SIS. 900 for a new county Jail, to be
erected in Grand Rapids.
C. L. Bennett, a printer, claiming
Baltimore as his home, lost one of his
legs while mounting moving freight
train at Monico. iIe was otherwise
crushed and bruised, and would prob
ably die.
Three prisoners Escaped from the
county Jail at Juneau. They are
Frank Heath, John Rogers and Edward
HALEY.
The 9-year-old son Of Conrad Wagner,
of Mount Horeb. died from the effects
of injuries sustained by falling under
a sleigh upon which he was catching a
ride.
Patrick Boyle, skidder in Polly's
Camp. 90 miles north of Hayward. was
instantly killed by = log falling on his
head.
The Brassville district is now part
of Kenosha. the ordinance annexing it
having passed the council. The popu-
Iation of the city now reaches 10000.
John Waller. proprietor of a saloon
i'm Milwaukee, placed the muzzle of a
pistol in his mouth and fred twice.
Death was almost Instantaneous. Wal
Ter left a letter saying that he had
gambled away all his money.
The question of changing the county
lines of Grant and Crawford counties
and making BOscobtl the county seat is
being debated.
Frederick ReifeRstahl, one of the
pioneers of Milwaukee,. died at the age
of G. years. His death resulted from
a sunstrolxe about two years ago.
Peter Fernett. II Chippewa Falls,
has sued the Boston & Maine railroad
for s.. 900. His sot was killed on the
road last month.
Mayor Roach announced at Menasha
that City Treasurer Schwaab was SiOO
short in his accounts e.
A bonus of $4,000 was being raised at
Grantsburg for Iowa parties, who are
to erect a large canning factory.
Food and clothing were distributed
bv the state to 80 destitute families
in Burnett county.
A large barn, together with about
| twenty cows, on lhe farm of George
( V-hl. near Ga,esvilIs. was destroyed by
fire. There was no insurance.
/ Peter Wakem. one of the most prom
| inent stock raisers of southern Wis
/ consin, died at Bloomington Grove.
Luther Clark, Hell-known contrse.
I tor. died in GAINESVILLE, aged 90. He had
resided there fifty .ears.
The large three-Story frame building
known as the Swain house was de
stroyed by fire al Washburn. Loss
81. 600; insurance SS0o0
At Butternut william Harms was
sent to Jail for six months for blowing
M the Farmers UNISON store with dyna-
mite.
The Shebovgan CITY Railway com
pany petitioned tie council for per-
nit to erect poles, to put in a trolley
system The line will be extended in
all parts of the cits
Milwaukee officers. while endeavor
ING to enforce the davis regarding the
disposition Of garbage, were mobbed
by Poles.
The Milwaukee Theater company
which conducted the Davidson theater
made an assignment to w. h. Dean.
Gatlieb Straub, a piano mover, was
instantly killed in Milwaukee by pi
ano falling upon hun.
The post office At Westfield was en-
tered by thieves and $50 worth OF
stamps and change taken.
Adam Berhenspn, aged Il. while
coasting at Racine was run over by a
bobsled and fatally hurt
Clause Haverson lunberman in q
| Rice Lake lumber company near Big
Chetek lake. was killed by a falling
tree.
The main building of the Janesvill,
Chair company. together with the en-
CINE house and other small outbuild
ings. was destroyed by fire. Loss SIS,
600.
The Brown comfy poorhouse, 10
Gated 3 miles east of Green Bay, wa
destroyed by FIRE. Loss, $4,000; insur
anee, $1,000.
A Northwestern passenger train col
/ llded with light engine at Grimms
10th engines were wrecked, but 40 oR'
was injured,