River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-02
The News Condensed,

James Murphy, of Appleton. wa $
struck by train and fatally injured.
John Bolena was fatally shot by II is
scr-in-iaw. Nicholas Engles. The affs III
was the result of family quarrel.
The big $4,000 damage suit at Gre Ell
Iav of John Driseoll againststhe oo
road for forest fire damages was DE
c;ded in favor of the road.
David i. Sanderson died at Nee nah
aged &c. He was resident of W. nne-
bago county for so years.
Mrs. Adelaide Conger, widow of Judge
Harmon S. Couger. of Jarlesville died
in San Francisco ut the home of her
daughter. Mrs. Lucy COnger Ran som.
Evan Evans, aged II years, veteran
haggage1nan at Tive Rivers, Is dead.
The body was buried at Racine.
Wallace Jerome, at AbleIUan, was
drawn into some gear Wheels by belt
in the mill and one arm was pHlled from
its socket, his jawbone broken in two
places and other injuries resulted.
Bernhard Casper, postn-zsst er of New
Berlin, was found dead int bed at the
home of relatives in Milwaukee,.
The wife of S. Z. Brimi. a merchant
and local politician at Eau Claire,
banged himself on account of her
sufferings from sickness
Maple Lodge sanitaTium was de-
stroyed by fire at Oshkosh Loss, $25,-
coo; insurance, $11.oOo. 1t was the.
prcper4v of Drs Oviatt and Mixer.
Fire in the lumber yard of y. j. Hol-
way in North La Crosse and the plant
of the La Crosse Lumber company
caused a loss of $4,000.
Miss Nettie Wood was awarded IL
gold medal in the first oratorical contest
ever held i'm West Plainfield.
f. NJ. Williamson, one of the oldst
residents Of Madison, died in his 95th
year. He had lived in Madison since
1910 and in the same block for 40 years.
James G. Flint, aged Ga, president of
the Commercial bank and one of the
wealthiest and most prominent business
men in Milwaukee, died in Chihuahua,
Mexico. where he went some time ago
for his health
The mills in Fox river valley will be
shut down within a few days, and 5000
10 lU.tUU DtISOliS v III tC maui iethN"
Jack Hess, a burglar who escaped
from the Jail at GAINESVILLE eight years
ago. and was recently retal<en, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to one year.
Gov. Upham issued proclamation
setting aside Friday, May /, as Arbor
day.
John J. r. Pease, aged o., died at his
home in GAINESVILLE. Mr.. Pease was n
native of Massachusetts, and came to
Wisconsin i'm early days.
The plant at Washburn of the lumber
firm of A. A. Bigelow q Co., seized for
taxes and valued 81 about $4,000, was
sold at auction 70 +. III. Hartshorn for
less than $4,000.
Maple lodge sanitarium, situated just
north of Oshkosh, was burned, the loss
being S25 900; insurance, $1,000.
Mrs. Elizabeth Blackburn, aged 100
years and months. died at Fond du
Lac.
Articles of incorporation were filed
for the washJurn Driving Park asso-
citation. A 90-acre tract of land will be
purchased ON Houghton boulevard, one
mile from the city hall, and a one-mile
tract constructed
Saul Levy, proprietor of the Beloit
Bazar and the Peoples Tailoring conf
pany, failed. giving bill of sale to Isaac
Burnell, of Milwaukee
John Holzinger shot and killed his
aged mother-in-law, Mrs. Catherine
Miller. and fatally wounded his young
wife in Milwaukee. Family trouble was
the cause. The murderer was arrested.
Fire DESTROYED the water-power plant
of the Bower City Light & Power COM
paxy at Monterey, causing a loss of
$4,000.
Leopold Grombach, a stock dealer in
Milwaukee, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself.
1t was discovered that the fire which
destroyed Crummey & Brooks hard
ware store at GAINESVILLE was started by
burglars, who had looted the place.