River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-09-05
The News Condensed.

were arrested IN Madison Tor holding
an open meeting in the streets and
were each fined one dollar and costs or
five days in Jail.
The twentieth reunion of the Thir-
teenth Wisconsin volunteer infantry
took place at Evansville. More than
200 of the 400 remaining members from
Six different states were present.
The steamer Penobscot cleared from
Superior for Buffalo, n. Y. with the
largest wheat cargo ever carried from
the head of the lakes, 122, 900 bushels.
Over 1000 visitors from out of town
were in attendance at the semi-centen-
NAL celebration of the Church of the
Holy name in Sheboygau.
Rev. ]. +. Dudley, Congregationalist,
after continuous pastorate of twenty
six years in Eau Claire, preached his
farewell sermon.
Mrs. Magdalena Knoere +, of Mequon.
was killed in a runaway accident at
Milwaukee. She was 81 years old. Her
husband, Andrew Knoerer, II years of
age, was fatally injured.
Adolph Ballot, of Madison, an agent
of the Louisiana lottery, was SEN
fenced to six months imprisonment
for using the mails for lottery pur-
poses.
Hog cholera has literally wiped out
several herds near GAINESVILLE. Some
400 or 500 hogs have been buried so
far and the disease is still spreading.
Robert l.. Jennings, who died in Chi
cago, was cashier of the Mitchell bank
in Milwaukee for thirty years. When
the bank shut down during the panic
he retired. lie was 40 years of age.
NJ. " Curtis, aged so, committed sui
eide at Marionette by hanging himself
from a rafter by wire moose placed
about his neck. 1t was believed To
have been a case of temporary insanity.
NJ. u. Mutt, a wheelman, returned &c
Portage from Cleveland, having made
the trip in fourteen days. The dis
lance travelled was 1,97s miles, an
average of 81 2-7 miles per day.
John Griffin, of Lyndon, was taken
to the insane asylum.
The Fox river valley odd fellows held
their annual reunion at Appleton.
New asphalt walks will be laid In
the capital park at Madison at a cost of
S., 200.
A son of Louis Lightheart, of Har-
risen, Ill. died at Beloit from lock-
Jaw caused by slight wound in his
foot a week ago.
On the farm of Peter Stemper, near
Port Washington, fire destroyed barns
and grain stacks valued at 1900; no
insurance.
Hunters and fishermen report that
deer were never so plenty in northern
Wisconsin as at present.
bayfield, county has a population of
~,
Capt. John Pennefather, one of the
oldest letter carriers of Milwaukee.
who served through the rebellion with
distinction, is dead.
Winnebago Indians had a big war
dance near B,acl: River Falls, which
was participated in by band of Chip
pewas-
Mrs Minnie Buege, of Milwaukee.
committed suicide by jumping into a
cistern. Her health had been poor.
Walter Wilcox. jewelry and furni-
ture dealer at Hurley, made an assign
ment.
Sawyer county will not be bonded
for railway, public sentiment being
against the proposition.
The Evangelical Lutherans are
building a $50. 600 church at jefferson.
John Kimball. aged IS. who married
Isabella Frazier, aged rs. on the 18th
of August, brought suit in Eau Claire
for divorce. alleging that he was en-
trapped and coerced into the marriage
jefferson C. MeKenney, a well-known
Milwaukee attorney, died at the age
of IS years.
The Peter Schoenhofen Brewing
company of Chicago purchased thirty
two saloons in Milwaukee.
Peter Heup, timer, % years old.
was drowned in the river at Milwau-
kee. He leaves a widow and three
children
Fire that started in the warehouse
of the Union Steamboat company
burned over a dozen blocks in Milwau-
kee and destroyed property worth
$685.. 600
Mr.. and Mrs John Bishop, of Fond
du Lac, celebrated the tiftieth ami
versary of their wedding.
Post Office Inspector Price, of An
tigo, arrested Charles Huck body.
deputy postmaster at Eagle River. On
charge of embezzling post Office funds
TO the amount of $1,000.