The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-02
WISCONSIN ITEMS.
Events of the Past Week In 'nS
Badger State.


Fails was accidentally killed at Supe-
rior
George j. Redmond was run over
by q freight train at TomahaWk ana
escaped with mangled foot
BURGLARS broke into the shoe store
of O. A. Haase & Co., at Neenah ana
stole lot of shoes.
Edward Gagne, farmer OF the
town of Easton, Marathon county,
died at his home in that place SUD
denly.
The Marinette Boom company mas
large crew of men at work along the
river stacking the logs that were driven
upon the banks by the high water.
Rev. A. M. Pitcher, pastor of the
Methodist church at Hudson received
news of the death of his second sons
wife, Mrs f. e. Pitcher of Portage
Mrs. George Graves, George Graves,
IT.. and A. A. Bennett were rendered
unconscious by a bolt of lightning at
GAINESVILLE. All will recover.
Thomas Little, aged %, was prob
ably fatally hurt while coupling cars
on his train at Beaver Dam. He IS
conductor on the freight between Port
age and Milwaukee.
About 100000 feet Of logs broke
from the booms across the bay at Ash
land during a heavy wind and are De-
ing gathered along the shore by tugs.
Nearly all will be recovered.
Robert More was elected chairman
Of the Rock county board of super
visors at a special session. A commit
tee was appointed to draw up resolu-
tons on the death of Gen. Fairchild.
The town of Coleman, Marinette
county, will build fifteen miles of new
road this summer to accommodate the
many new farmers who have located
in it's borders.
Thomas Lawson, a we'll todo-farmer
of Waldo, died suddenly, aged 81. lie
was one of the oldest residents of the
town of Lyndon, where he had lived
forty-eight years.
Fred Lewis, who with his family
has resided in Superior for years, has
been missing for ten days, and fears
are entertained that he has been a
victim of foul play.
Charles Donovan was convicted of
tapping the till in the store of Y. Sling
er at Merrimac and was sentenced to
jail for three months. The trial took
place at Baraboo.
Adelbert Allen, better known as
Dell" is in the county Jail at Fond
du Lac, having been arrested on
warrant issued by his blind wife,
charging desertion.
Mrs. Sarah Rollins Hoxie died at her
home in Evansville She was born in
ST. Adams, Me-, in 1926, and in 1852,
with her husband, removed to Rock
county.
Frank Them of the town of Polar,
Langdale county, received a medal and
diploma as a premium for half bush
ell of wheat exhibited at the World
fair.
A sale of $4,000 county almsheuse
bonds took place at ViroQua. There
were forteen bids. The Bank of vi
rouqa secured them on it's DER Of
i IL per cent premium for 4 IL per
cent ten-year bonds.
William e. Masters was arraigned
In the municipal court at Superior on
the charge of assaulting 13-year-old
Susan Nauman. The defendant was
held for trial Masters has a wife and
family.
Fred Moore, ticket agent at the
Northwestern depot in Marinette, was
married to Miss Annie Buchenen of
Milwaukee. The marriage has just
been made public, much to the sur
prise of the friends of the parties.
A locomotive of the X V. & N. rail
way blew up in the roundhouse at
Wauzeka, demolishing the roundhouse
and making a total wreck of both en-
gines owned by the road. One man
was fatally injured,
Notice of appeal to the supreme
court was fled in the case of the state
VS.. Nicholas Flynn Flynn was SEN
fenced Dec. II, 1895, to fourteen years
in the penitentiary for the murder of
William Sullivan at Iron River.
A. D. McGilvra, well known farm
err of Baraboo, eX-secretaTy of the
Sank County Agricultural society, was
struck by lightning on his premises
and is almost totally paralyzed. 1t is
not yet known whether he Will recover
A Superior court jury brought in a
verdict of 81 for the plaintiff in the
case of Fitzpatrick against Chief of
Police Luton, a detective and two po-
HCclHen WHO IL was dlleScu ScdfcHou
the premises of the plaintiff without
warrant.
William Croell, who lives at Ap-
pletOn, has received word that by the
death of a wealthy uncle recently in
Germany, that $4,000 in cash and
$4,000 worth of property falls to him.
Mr. Croell is mechanical engineer
employed at the Telulah paper mill.
The Quinnesec Logging company