River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-05-30

nosha, was arrested iHChicago, charged
with being concerned in one of the
most extensive land Avindles operated
in this country in vess.
John w. Wagner, proprietor of the
Wagner house at Raeine and also pro.
prietor of cigar mhnafactory, made
an assignment with liabilities of 50, 600
and assets of $4,000.
A collision occurred between the
police and a crowd Of strikers at the
Croker factory in She boygan 10 which
clubs were used. Several arrests were
made.
The Barclay Milling company at
West Superior madI an assignment
with liabilities of $4,000. The plant
and stand are valued at $4,000. John
Differ was appointedheceiver.
During a drunken sow in the Indian
camps near tie missisn at Black Falls
Jim Swallow and GeSrge Black Hawk
got into a quarrel ansi Black Hawk was
literally cut to pieces.
j. W. Hart shot himself dead in his
room at the st. George house in La
Crosse. He came from Laramie, Wyo.,
last February, and snad work until a
few days ago, when De was laid off.
A warrant was issued al Green Bay for
the arrest of IL. ID. Summerville, post
master at Wausaulsee, on a charge of
opening letters.
A number of manufacturers at Kau-
kauna will file claims against the gov
eminent for damages resulting from
shutting off the wat,r power
The Milwaukee & 'yaulesha Electric
railway company WAS incorporated
with capital stock slf 81, 900, 900. The
road will connect Milwaukee with
Waukesha.
The works of the Northwestern Fur
niture company ins Milwaukee were
burned, the loss beiEg $4,000.
The William Tidd company, of Stone
ham, Mass, purchased of the Wiscon.
sin River Land company at Merrill
s,440 acres of land. The tract was es.
timated to contain 30,O00,0O0 feet OF
lumber.
Mrs. Rose Meiridh, Of Milwaukee.
took q dose of carbolic acid, but the
poison did not prove fatal, and she was
recovering from it'd effects when she
ended her life by haSpging.
The Milwaukee Street Railway COM
pany, with bondsd Indebtedness of
nearly sic, 900, 900, Went into the hands
of receiver
The Northern Cols Storage company
of West Superior, with capital stock
of 5000, OOO filed art files with the regis
ter of deeds.
After making a slght for two years
John Ii. Koetingx the banker who
wrecked the South Side savings bank
in Milwaukee, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to five years in prison.
AT La Crosse tn ! Konzen & Worth
company, musical instruments, was
closed up on a mortgage.
John j. Halfen, postmaster of Con-
cord, dropped dead in business house
at Oconomcwoc. Heart disease was
the case.
The Opera House. block, the Vivant
hotel and several other buildings were
swept away by fire, at Amigo Total
loss, $4,000.
John, the 19-yes~-old son of Joseph
NJ. Zwiffelhoffer,s of Tilden, was
drowned in Dunca5 creek.
Ethelbert Stewart, special agent of
the United States Hlreau of abor, says
there is more childlabor in proportion
to manufacturing Institutions in Wis
consin than IN ny..other state.
j. w. Hart COMM fitted suicide at La
Crosse by shooting himself in the head.
His home was in y hnnibal, Mo.
The Paff block GAS burned at War
saw with total LOS of $4,000; insur-
ance, SlO,500.
The will of Coy" William Young
was fled for prolb bate in Milwaukee.
The widow is gisen an annuity of
$500. and the household effects.
The Wisconsin paper and pulp mill
was destroyed bt fire at Stevens
Point, the loss being s2'o,oO0.
Henry Grove. prominent wholesale
liquor and cigar dealer in Madison,
died after long isness, aged ~ years.
The Methodist ministers of Mil
waukee resolved that in the future
they will keep AWAY from reporters
and will make all sheir revelations as
to the wiejedness pf the city from the
pulpit.
An unknown mafn was run over by
an incoming freight train in the yards
of the Chica % Northwestern at
GAINESVILLE.
The resi 4ence Of j. f. Borgwardt at
Marinette was fr'.d by lamp explo-
sion. Mrs Borgwt rdt and l6-year-
old daughter leapSi through an upper
window and both were considerably
bruised. Three little ones were some.
what burned enore they escaped.