The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-13
WISCONSIN ITEMS.
Events of the Past Week in the
Badger State.

The new Holly pump at the La
Crosse WaterWorks plant is a success.
Mrs. Sarah Fairbanks died of Rright's
disease at Appleton.
The Arlington hotel at Marinette will
be opened again this season.
Only one person was committed to
the Kelley cure from Marinette county
last year.
Dora Sartwell, a La Crosse girl, took
a dose of laudanum and lived only
few hours.
Mrs. Chris Nelson was severely in
jured in a runaway accident at La
Crosse.
The total loss on the Reid ice cream
plant at DelavaE is now estimated at
$4,000
Mrs. Alice Maurer was granted di-
vorce from DR.. A. A. Maurier, at La
Crosse
Mrs. John Parkinson, who was over
Iome by coal gas at her home in Wind
Sor, a week ago, is dead.
Tramps broke into a freight car at
La Crosse and carried off a conSidera-
BILE amount of goods.
Babe Laporte, who accidentally shot
himself through the body at Wausau
died from the effects of the wound.
The Postal Telegraph company ex-.
poets to have it's line extended to Madi-
son and in operation by June l.
Alma, the 16-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stoffel, died of
Bfight's disease at Racine.
The registry lists of Racine show
$3.50 names this year, the largest in
the history of the city.
Mrs. e. H. Daniels, widow of Capt.
NJ. Daniels who was killed in the late
war, died at her home in Mayville of
pneumonia.
Earl Barber of Stockholm, Pepin
county. will probably lose, his arm as
the result of a fracture three months
ago.
Patrick Rooney dropped dead from
heart disease at Appleton. He was
sixty-seven years old and one of the
pioneers of the county
An unknown person shot through the
door of Francis LindQuist's office at
Marinette. One Of the panels was shat
tered.
Two farmers who live in Manitowoc
county. by the name of Stephane. have
ent on a pea-mowing machine.
Dewitt Brown Il Co., Of Menominee
have nearly finished their contract OF
furnishing 900 cedar and tamarack
spiles for new tannery at Marlnette.
The workmen in the granite quar-
| rieS at Berlin threaten to strike on
April Is unless paid in cash instead
of in due bills as has been the Gus
tom for two years.
| The funeral of Walter StinSon, a
| telegraph operator, was largely at
| tended at New Lisbon. A special train
| carried the remains to Necedah for in
| terment
A barn of Michael Schneipp, in the
| town of Buffalo, burned with all the
| contents He lost cattle and horses.
| Loss, about $500, covered by insur-
| ance.
The upper cotton mill shut down at
| GAINESVILLE for an indefinite period. and
! POO employees are thrown out OF employ
ment. The shutdown may last all
| summer.
Three Kenosha boys found a dyna-
| mite cartridge and became anxious to
| know what it was made of. One OF
| them struck it with a stone. They
| were all badly bruised, but will recov
| err.
While Dan Head, Kenosha banker,
| was out driving, his horse staggered,
| fell and overturned the carriage The
| occupants were thrown out, and Cl;ir-
| ence Head, six years old, had his ankle
| broken.
| A. Kirchner left Fountain City with
| his steamer, the Percy Swain, and sew
| enty men and three barges, for Lyons
| Iowa, to resume work on government
| dams in the Mississippi river. His
| contract calls for about 100000.
! Chas. Blonke of Lake Geneva and
| Sarah Ripley of Fontana were each
| adiudged insane, on proper eXamlna-
| tion before Judge Wheeler at Elkhorn
| and ordered committed to the state
| hospital at Mendoza.
Racine society has been in state
| of agitation since last week, when
| thirteen young men, connected with
| well-knoWn families, and some of
| them social leaders, were arrested in
| q raid made upon Mrs. SchultZ'S queS
| tionable resort.
John McRae, of Oconomowoc died
! at the age of - years. He was born
| in Inverness. Scotland, settled in HuS-
tisford, Dodge county, in 1916, engag-
ing in the mercantile business. In
1876 he removed to North Lake, Wau-
/ keSha county.
| At a meeting of George D. Eggles-
ton post g. A. r., in Appleton, COM
| mittee was appointed to solicit funds
| for the erection of fine flagstaff in
the city park from which "Old Glory"
may be properly displayed on public
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