The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06
WISCONSIN ITEMS.
Events Of the Past Week In the
Badger State.

| survive him.
James Harp died at his home at APP
| pletOn of blOod-pOiSOning He was
| fifty-eight years old and leaves a wild
ow, three daughters and one son.
Frank G.. Bissell, formerly grocer
at Neenah, met with a railroad acct
| dent at Morgan, Utah, a few days ago
| in which he lost foot
Horace Brand. veteran of Union
Center, died suddenly at his home. He
was father of Conductor Brand of Bar
abOO.
William Kluess, the only son of
| James KlueSS, died at his fathers
home at Greenville, after a lingering
illness, of consumption, aged thirty
| two years.
| Mrs S. II. Karner, for nearly half a
century a resident of Stevens Point.
died at Lockport, Ill, at the age of
eighty-one. She was the mother of
eX-Mayor Sanford Karner.
| City Engineer G. o. Vibahn filed his
resignation with the city clerk at Wa
| tertown. He has held this position for
the past three years. He will begin
the study of law this fall.
The state synod of the Presbyterian
church of Wisconsin will be held at
MariDette October 13, IA and Ii. Com
mittees are preparing for the reception
of over 200 of the ministers AID Aay
men of Wisconsin.
Ed. Delaney, the hack driver who
stole watch and money from a man
III a disorderly house and was con-
victed of grand larceny at Eau Claire,
was sentenced to one yea" in state
prison by Judge Bailey.
| John Jenkins, a farmer ii ing west of
| Naukesha, was thrown from his Wag-
| on and received internal injuries, and
a con fusion of the head. The team ran
away and struck Michael Seabold and
he sustained serious injuries also.
Lena Carlson has disap .oearcd from
her home in Stanley and as Il result
| Farmer Berger is under arrest charged
with abduction. Mr.. Berger is a we'll
TODD farmer living near Black River
Falls.
| James Plunkett. a brakeman on the
Wisconsin Central work train, fell be-
tween the cars at PotterS station, The
| train passing over his body, killing MIN
| instantly He was about thirty-two
| years old.
The Wis :cnsin Central company re-
duced the length of the days WnlE
| from ten to eight hours through 1t its
shop system at Stevens Eaint and cuts
he wages accordingly Forty three
men. most of them day labor1rs on the
repair tracks, were laid off,
James Anderson. who has been in
| jail at Chippewa Falls for the past
| two months awaiting trial On the
| charge of firing into the Central las-
senger train, pleaded guilty before
Judge Condit and was sentenced to
one year i'll the state prison.
James Devine, one of the earliest
SETTLERS OF the state, died at the nome
of his son, Thomas, in Portage, of "iG
age. He was born in Uernan, C0luty
Kerry. Ireland, in 1912. He came TO
| America in 1S49, settling at the garrl-
son at Fort Winnebago.
| Articles of incorporation of the st.
Hilaire Lumber company were filed at
La Crosse, with a capital stock or
| 100000. The incorpOrators are Frank
p. Hixon, La Crosse; Daniel }. Arpln
and Edmund P. Arpin, Grand Rapids,
Wis. The office of the company will
| be at La Crosse.
| Samuel Larson, who had been held
in jail for several days, was examined
at La Crosse by DR.. p. B. Amundson
and DR.. H. G. Miller, and adjudged IN
sane. Larson is about Twenty-Five
| years Of age, and has been an en-
ploye of C. l.. Colman. He will be
| taken to the asylum at Mendoza for
| treatment.
| The jury in the damage suit of Ray
mond Bigelow VS.. George Danielson,
after being out about thirty hours, re-
| turned a verdict of $500 damages for
plaintiff at Oshkosh. The plaintiff is
youth of about nineteen years OF age,
and in 1894 lost two or three fingers OF
his left hand by an accident in defend
ants pulp mill near Ashland.
James Ryan, resident of Stevens
| Point, who works with the CentraIS
pile-driver, went to the city to get Il
number of the crews checks caShed.
| AS he was about to return, on the mid
night train. he was waylaid by two
| footDads and severely beaten about the
| face with a billy. His cries for help
| frightened the men away before they
could secure his purse.
| II. f. Gets & Son, grain and hay
| dealers of Whitehall, assigned to e. N.
F! TrOWbridge. H. e. Gets has made an
individual assignment. They have been
the leading business men in the vii
! lage for twenty-five years, and own
grain warehouses there and at Elva,
Strum, Osseo and Mondovi, on the
Omaha road. No statement of the as
sets and liabilities is given.
| Otto and Van Dusen pleaded guilty
in the municipal court at Oconomowoc
| to the charge of burglary committed in
| the town of OconomOwoc two weeks
ago, when William Stargart and his
| family were bound and robbed of 5000.