River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-11-21
The News Condensed.

Chief of Police Jansen, of Milwau-
kee, raided three gambling houses and
arrested 81 keepers and inmates, and
announced that all professional gam
blers must leave town at once on pain
of being arrested and sentenced for va
grancy.
More deer were being brought into
Marshfield than in any year before.
Adolph Westphal was killed by fly
ing bolt in his mill at ShawanO.
III. Bartell, of Logansville, fell under
the feet of his team of horses and was
dragged to death.
Stanley Parkinson, son of Prof. John
Il. Parkinson, of the state university,
had his right arm so badly lacerated by
the accidental discharge of gun that
amputation was necessary.
Capt. w. p Evans, 10Th infantry, has
been detailed to duty as military in
structor at the state university in place
of Lieut.. Chyonoweth.
Jesse Morgan. of Chicago, while hunt
ing deer at Sand Rock with his brother,
James ii. Morgan, and Edward Stock
ley, mistook Stockley for deer and
shot him through the head, killing him.
Acting Mayor Faude was arrested
in Ashland on warrant charging him
with malfeasance in office. This is the
result of his order to Chief of Police
Bennett to let the saloons run on Sun
day.
A fire in b. Uhrig &, Sons coal yards
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DIR ". c. Menier's residence in SUI
perior was burglarized. and cloaks and
clothing to the amount of Sl00, as well
as $50 in cash, were taken.
Edgar w. Sheldon, serving a six
months sentence for larceny, and John
Wright, wanted at Manhattan, Ill, for
horse stealing, escaped from the jail at
Fond du Lac.
Charles Lowery, serving six-months'
sentence in the county Jail at White
hall for assault with intent to do great
bodily harm. escaped by digging hole
through the wall with a poker.
The body of Francis Hinton, the for
mer manager of the Bay View mills of
the Illinois Steel company, who com
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buried i'll Milwaukee.
Mrs Mary Sontoi, aged GO years, and
one OF the oldest residents of Bosccbel,
died very suddenly.
Justice Sarau was called on at Oshkosh
to marry Fred eros, aged IS years, and
Mrs. Catherine Thomas, aged 90, both
of Waushara county. They had known
each other for many years.
The state Sunday school convention
held a three-days' session at Fond du
Lac.
Abraham Pugh, aged 60 years; James
f. Sullivan, aged So; Mrs. Chester f.
Clemens, aged so. and Michael Farley,
aged 50, all residents of Racine, are
dead.
Charles Elder, Armer from Ocono-
mowoc, was robbed of 5 IS in a saloon in
Chicago.
Miss Olive Crosby, a trained nurse,
aged 43 years, while returning from
party at Stevens Point died on the side
walk from heart failure.
John and Vester Maddox, aged re-
spectiyely Is and "a, were under arrest
at Baraboo on the charge of numbering
a colored man in Franklin county, Va.
David Patton, a saloonkeeper, was
sentenced in Milwaukee to the state
penitentiary for five years on the
charge of assault with intent to muir
der.
A bald eagle measuring seven feet
three inches from tip to tip was shot
at Delevan lake by Ned Hollister.
John A. butcher, one of the pioneer
merchants of Milwaukee, died sudden.
Nv at his home of heart disease.
The jury at Ashland in the case IF
Dan Richie for the murder of William
Amrine brought in a verdict of murder
in the first degree. which calls for life
Imprisonment.
Henry Mueller. resident of Water
town since 1855, hanged himself in his
room, where he had been confined for
nearly year with nervous troubles. He
was 10 years of age and unmarried.
Frank Morgan and David Forschaar,
farmers at Nekimi, were arrested on
warrants charging them with selling
aduIterated milk to cheese manufac-
turers.
A branch of the Wisconsin Humane
society is to be formed at Kenosha.
The Menominee Boom company COM
pleted its seasons log sorting at Mari
nette, having sorted this season $751;
100000 feet of logs.