The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-28
WISCONSIN ITEMS.
Events of the Past Week in the
Badger State.

planted at sturgeon Bay this week.
William Howard was arrested at
Racine on charge of burglary.
an living at Shawano, was killed at
Iron River, Mich, while driving logs.
Edward Capman, a former resident
of GAINESVILLE was accidentally killed
at Chicago
Porter LeWellin, an old resident Of
the town of IoXnia, died at the age OF
Is years. He leaves four sons and one
daughter.
At Shopiere a horse which John
HOseman was cleaning and a COW
standing next to the horse We're killed
by lightning.
There are now over 600 incandescent
and % arc lights in operation in con-
nection with the electric light plant
at Lake Geneva.
Mrs Jacob Troutman, wife of well
known business man, died at Ocono-
mowoc after a lingering illness, aged
Al years.
Bert Huntington, a young farmer,
sold cow in Eau Claire few days
ago, and has not been seen since by
any of his relatives or friends.
Roots hotel, at hartford, which has
been closed for the past two years,
has been leased by T. f. Pearson. He
will take possession May 1.
A smooth swindler passed forged
checks on John Trudell and William
Wayenberg, Chippewa Falls mer-
chants.
William Hemphill, a retired farmer,
dropped dead after walking home to
dinner at Edgerton. He was seventy
six years of age
August Strauss, arrested at Superior
on charge of attempting to pass
forged check for $153, was held for
trial at the superior court.
Three youthful offenders escaped
from the Vernon county jail at Voro-
qua A little powder, a match and a
fuse opened the jail door.
Mrs. G.. Cramer, mother of f. A.
Cramer, died at Neenah, aged 81 years.
The remains will be taken to Ocono-
mowoc for burial.
Deputy Fish and Game Warden John
Stockdyke of Sheboygan arrested Ed
ward Pittner and August Pleider for
catching crabs with traps in the She
boygan river at that point.
Navigation is fairly open on the
lakes and rivers at Oshkosh and up
the Wolf river The locks on the low
err Fox still remain closed however,
the repairs not being quite completed.
A. J. Weatherwax died at Lake Ge-
neya the result of taking a dose Of
poison. He was seventy years old and
was suffering with a cancer on the
face.
Mrs. Dan Campbell, who was charg
ed with having shot and severely
wounded her husband at Marinette
was discharged from custody. Her
husband refused to appear against her.
The Central Wisconsin Electric Rail
way company has been ordered by the
common council of Oshkosh to at once
repair the streets upon which it made
excavations last fall and laid no rails
The lakewood Beach club met at
Marinette and elected the following
officers: President, A. G.. Merryman;
vice president, E. A. Brown; secretary
IT, f. Hancock; treasured, j. A. Van
fCleve.
Mrs NJ. G. Bushnell, wife of one of
the most prominent citizens Of OmrO,
died from a stroke of apoplexy. She
was in church and sang in the choir,
and had Just finished a duet when she
was stricken down.
J. D. Harris, an old resident of Nee
nah, committed suicide by hanging
himself He was arrested last week
on charge of administering poison to
- ie, hi h0
ried him into committing the act.
Fred Kuehne, a youth Of IS years
employed at the Northern Electric
works in Madison, met with bad ac-
cident. A heavy fly wheel which he
was filing fell, catching his leg just
above the ankle and crushing it.
A Judgment has been entered against
the CITY of Kaukauna of $500 for al
legged injuries in the case of Henry
Damn falling on a defective sidewalk
on Lave street. An appeal has been
taken to the supreme court.
Frank Reichel, a man from Kau-
kama who was sentenced to term
in the county Jail at Appleton for
abusing his wife, and who escaped
from that institution on Feb. 2, is
again behind the bars.
w. G.. Adams and Eugene Rock
wood of Brodhead were arra2gned be-
fore Justice Harvey Clark Of Monroe,
charged with gambling, on complaint
of William Lake, also of Brodhead.
They pleaded not guilty, and will APP
pear for trial on May 13-
Edward Rape, 4 son of J. A.
Rappe of Marinette, and an infuen-
tial man, is missing He disappeared
about month ago. and nothing has