River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-09-03
The New. CONDENSED.


The News Condensed.
The HUSKY Cycle company at Mill
waukee assigned to Hugo Casper. The
essets are IS, 900 and the liabilities about
the same.
NJ. S. Harris, one of the supervisors of
West Plainfield, found a mud turtle
with the figures 1885 and the word Sam
both plainly engraved in the shell on its
back.
AS a Chicago & Northwestern train
was making up at Winona the conduct
or discovered dead man lying on his
back in car of hogs. 1t is thought he
vas a tramp and had entered the car to
steal ride.
In Taylor county, near Medford, 1000
acres Of land were sold to the Weeks
Lumber company, of Stevens Point, and
Oliver Darwin, of Black River Falls, by
Pedro A. Merino. of London, the consid-
Grafton being $4,000.
Hans Z. Warner, a prominent repub-
lican politician and member of the state
board of control, died at Ellsworth. He
was secretary of state from 1878 to
1882.
Mrs. w. Darman, 30 years of age, was
knocked from the Wisconsin Central
bridge into the river at AIenasha by a
switch engine. She was rescued by a
brakeman, but was probably fatally in
jured.
Capt. John Fitzgerald, president of
the Milwaukee Shipyard company. and
oil he oil a
his home in Milwaukee after brief i'll
ness.
William Chase, of OconouoSoc, kissed
his wife and child good-by, went into
the barn and blew his brains out with
revolver. Dependency w2s the
cause.
Frank Kiser and helper, name un
known, were suffocated while working
in a well 90 feet deep near Milwaukee.
Their bodies were recovered.
Three young Fond ia Lac men were
capsized in boat on Lake Winnebago
and were rescued after being in the
water over two hours.
Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan
have been invited to take part in the
semi-centennial exposition in memory
of the 5Oth anniversary of the adnis-
sion of Wisconsin to statehood.
A teachers institute for Trempealeau
county was held at Whitehall. Profs.
Slime. of River Falls, and McGregOr, of
Platteville, were the conductors, and
there was an attendance of 60 teachers.
Glenn A. Bowerman. a travelling sales
man. 90 years of age, died at Janesville.
lie leaves widow and one child.
Pevton. Kimball & BARRIERS plant,
one of the largest sawmills in the Lake
Superior district, closed for the season
at Superior, throwing 125 men out of
work.
William Hemming, prominent BUSH
ness man at GAINESVILLE, died at the age
of 50 years.
Both the two sawmils In Superior are
closed down and the indications are that
they will remain idle for a month az
least.
The four-year-old son of Julius MaIi-
they was burned TO death at Lewistown
while the parents were absent In the
hay field.
w. X. Key, aged 81, retail tobacco
merchant in Beloit for nearly so years,
is dead. He was prominent in masonic
circles.
Ernest Won Briesen. superintendent
of public property under Gov. Peck and
a prominent attorney of Columbus, died
suddenly of heart disease.
Henry Kraus, chairman of the town
of Taycheedah. suffered a sunstroke
and died soon after.
Oliver Perry Sackett, charged with an
attempt to murder Officer Owen o Hara.
in Kenosha on the night of July &c last,
was caught in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa jenkins, of the town
of Menasha, celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary.
A stipulation was filed with the clerk
of the supreme court in Madison Dis
missing the action brought by Michael
Kruszka and others to test the legality
of the apportionment made by the last
legislature, without cost to either party.
Freeman II. Lord, Of Riverton Fslls,
has been appointed by Gov. Upham TO
the board of normal school regents. He
succeeded the late DIR. Edward Ballard,
who died short time ago.
Judge Colonius. probate Judge of JEFF
ferson county, died at Jefferson after
weeks Illness.
Fireman NJ. Moore, of Melrose, was
instantly killed in railway wreck near
Sandstone.
While IS workmen were engaged in
tearing down Music hall. four-story
structure at Eau Claire, the building
collapsed. killing three men and injur-
ing Is others.