River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-10
The News Condensed.

One of the cooper-shops of the Joseph
Schlitz Brewing company at Mil
waukee was destroyed by fire. The
loss was about SIS, 500 and was covered
by insurance.
John Ulrich fell dead on the street
at La Crosse. He was 66 years of age
a native of Switzerland and proprietor
of the Nord Stern, German news
paper, from 1857 to 1881.
Rev. Z. Z. Duckworth. for many
years a stauncl Methodist, and until
recently pastor of the First Methodist
church of Oeonomowoc, has withdraw
from the Methodist church and is
studying for the Episcopal ministry.
The firm of H. s Mack & Co, which
failed recently in Milwaukee, has
been reorganized and the business will
be continued as before. The chattel
mortgages, aggregating 500, 900, were
compromised.
Rev John Walworth, the oldest min
lister in years and service in Peru. and
one of the widest-hnown men in the
state, died at Richland Center, aged &c
years.
The sheriff took possession of the
Bank of Washburn under executions
issued in favor of the Bank of River
Falls IS. 900 and Kiewert & Co, Mil.
waukee. 81, 400.
The wife and f We children of Michael
O'Connell were burned to death in
their home near Waverly.
A half-witted son of August Beasly,
who lived near Port Washington.
locked his parents in a barn, TO which
he then applied the torch, and they
were fatally burned.
George Bowers, one of the first set
tiers in that part of the state, dropped
dead at his home in Boscobel. He was
81 years of age.
The National bank spf the Republic
of Chicago was awarded judgment in
the federal court of Sl1,O90 against
David Goodman, of Milwaukee.
Charles A. Nobel. postmaster at Sol
diers Grove, was brought and placed
in Jail at Madison under indictment
for OBTAINING registered letters.
Burglars attempted to blow up the
jefferson county bank at jefferson.
They then stole a team and departed
in the direction of Milwaukee.
The Ashland Terminal company de-
cided to build belt line of Is miles
around Ashland, and viii commence
the work next April.
Charles A. Smart. general merchant
of Wild Rose, Washara county, made
an assignment, with liabilities of So
600; assets, $4,000.
Erwin McLaren, the 15-year-old rob
Der of the post Office at Fulton, was
taken from Chicago and lodged in
Jail at Madison.
Dynamite" fishermen whose ex-
pIosions have killed thousands of fish
in Rock river are to be arrested by
GAINESVILLE authorities-
The Milwaukee city budget for 1895
aggregates 81. 3O7, 100
The LABEL Wagon company of South
Superior assigned with liabilities of
Sl35. 900; assets, 100000.
Col. Michael Frank, the father of
the free-school system of Wisconsin,
died at Kenosha at the age of 80 years
James Gingles dropped dead of
heart disease in the rear of his hotel
in Watertown. He was "a years of
age and leaves wife and one daugh-
ter.
The case of the state against DR..
Pickin for the abduction of Mabel
Briggs and Alma Leonard was dis
missed in the municipal court at Eau
Claire.
Brakeman Thomas Mcmahon, of
DUBUQUE. Ia, was killed at Prairie du
Chen on the St. Paul road.
Frank Merriman. manager of the
telephone exchange at Appleton, was
held up by footpads at that place and
robbed of $500 and gold watci.