River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-03
The New. Condensed.


Hotel Beulah, on the shore of Lake
Beulah, was destroyed 10y IRE. The
guests made their escape without in
Jury, but lost from S4OJ to 5000 in val
rabies each.
Two children of Emery Slauson, liv-
ing miles west of Arena, were burned
to death in their home during the alb
sence of their parents.
r. w Engel, who committed suicide
in the Hotel Pister in milwaukee, de
serted his wife at AthOl few weeks
ago and left with another woman.
This years state fair was financial
success Treasurer Doyon estimated
the total receipts at nearly $4,000. As
the expenses were about $4,000, thi:
will give the treasury handsom,
balance.
Robert Stephan was awarded a YER
diet of $500 against the Milwaukee
Street Railway company for the loss
OF his right hand in an accident il
1898.
The A. L. Adams Lumber company
WHOSE failure Tor between $50. 70 aud
S6O. 900 was announced at Green Bay,
will 5e lie To resume business in .
short time.
Three hundred students were regis
tered at the\opening day at the "is-
coisin university. IL Is Thought the
total attendance, Will reach l.6J0
Tne shell Lake savings bank. which
failed in June, s93 aud reopened by
consent of depositors, WAS sold by the
sheriff under execution. the bank
has not made any OF the payments
promised.
Two men were arrested on suspicion
of being implicated in the many bur
rlaries at Mgnitowoc They gave their
names as Patrick and Michael Counor.
They had twenty goid watches and
nearly $500 in their possession.
The icehouses of the Wisconsin Lakes
lee company cot Milwaukee were struck
lbs ligh5uin5 ANA uurHed 10 The ground
Loss, $1,000
The Murphy Lumber company has
decided not 70 rebuild ito extensive
mills, which were burned at Green
Bay. This entails loss to that city
Of sI25. UO0 paid annually in wages
Near Kenosha, two tramps called at
Fred Schnickle's farm and asked the
old man tor quarter. lie refused and
a few moments later found his house,
uarn and outbuildings all on fire The
loss was complete.
1t IS settled that the state fish hatch
cry will 90 To bayfield,.
Henry g. Weinberg, well-known
Milwaukeean, was found dead m the
KIRBY house. 1t was supposed he com
united suicide by taking poison.
At Madison the Barrett Record com
panv of Superior was awarded the con
tract for the new normal school for
500, $50.
Near Arena two children and the
farmhouse of Henry Slauson were
burned
Rev. T. J. Borgia, a well-knowu
preacher of Wisconsin. died at Marsh
feld of apoplexy, aged 30 years
JOHNNIE Rosenthal, years old. wac
killed by passenger engine at Beloit-
The hardware store OF Ed Murphy
at Shell Lake was broken into, the
safe blown open and about $1,000 in
money and negotiable pa. ers taken
away.
AT Beloit John Knipschild. farmer,
was impaled on a crow bar and died
At Eau Claire. the circuit court held
the term ''boodler' in a certain news
paper article was libelous.
Matt c. Burke, well known through
out the northwest. made a voluntary
assignment at Superior to W. ID. DIVER
for the benefit OF creditors.
Ia fire at the library of the Geo
graphical society at CrandOn, 1000
books were burned.
Thirty buildings were destroyed by
a cyclone which swept over Door
county, farmers being the principal
losers.
The college at Beloit opened with
women enrolled as students for the
first time in its history.
John r Gentry beat Joe Patchen in
three straight pacing heats at Mil
waukee. Best time. 2:054.
The log drive on the Menominee
river reached the boom after long
drive of seventy days.
Thirty acres OF lumber yards at
Fond du Lac. owned by Moore & Gal
loway. were burned over, the loss being
500, 900.
There was plan on foot to make the
theaters of Milwaukee pay a license,
and the matter was being looked into
by aldermen.
Xavier Funk. who escaped with
eleven others from Kane county QlL)
Jail two weeks ago, was arrested at
Milwaukee and taken back TO Kane
county.
John Kare1, United States consul
general at St Petersburg, who had
been visiting relatives and friends at
Kewaunee, started for his post of duty.