The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06
WISCONSIN ITEMS.
Events OF the Past Week I'm the
Badger State.

Deputy Warden Mucl1s made a capt
ure of set lines in Lake WlnneDago,
off Oshkosh. They were destroyed.
Patrick c. Higgins, aged tifty-nine
years. passed away at his home III
Madison.
Amos Squires, a well known conduct
Or on the Madison division of the
Northwestern railway, is missing from
his home in Madison.
The Shell Lake Lumber company I'm
ished hauling logs last week, by rail-
as we'll as by team. On rough estl-
mate, about 100000 feet have been
banked this season.
A deed was recorded at the registers
office in Marinette transferring several
thousands of acres in Marinette, Lang
lade, Oconto and Forest counties to ).
B. Grunert of Oconto.
Linus Robbins, a we'll known resi-
dent of Sheboygan Falls, died at the
home of his son, ]. j. Robbins. He
lacked about six weeks of being ninety
years of age.
Mrs. A. e. Law, eighty years of age,
a resident of the state for forty years
and of Wood county for eighteen
years.
H. Zech of Chiffon, who recently pur-
chased the ButlerMueller plant at
Ellis Junction from the assignee, q. IL.
Ellis of Milwaukee, will erect pulp
mill. 1t will be built at Sandstone
Falls. on the Peshtigo river, about sew
en- miles above Ellis Junction.
The artesian we'll which Gray Bros.
of Milwaukee commenced sinking
about three weeks ago, has been com
pleted at Perrin. The drill went TO
depth of 4S5 feet, and the flow is 200
gallons a minute, insuring an unllmlt-
ed supply of water for city purposes.
While the school authorities of Green
Bay are strongly in favor of the adop-
ton of the manual training idea III
the city high school, it is likely that
even the slight expense of this expert
ment will prevent it's trial for the pres
ent, at least.
Spencer & Riley are still making
trips across the bay with their stage
at Marinette. The soft weather Of the
past week has not rotted the ice, and
Mr.. Riley says it is not even honey
combed. Next week they will make
their last trip. The stage has run
longer this year than last.
Mrs. Wetherby, a widow, was re-
Gently drowned at New Lisbon. she
had been at a neighbours on the other
side of the river for a few days and
started home at 1890 in the morning
Being missed she was searched Tor
and it was found that she broke
through the ice in attempting to cross.
Gill net fishing is now about over
and Marinette fishermen are now try
ing their luck with hook and line
through the ice for trout. Fully 300
of them were engaged last week, but
the catch was very large. The fishing
grounds are northeast of Green island
They go out on their sail sleds ana re-
turn the same day,
Rain and a gale broke the ice on
Lake Winnebago and it was driven on
to the west shore i'll great .nasaes.
piling up to a height of twenty or tnir-
ty feet. Trees We're uprooted and huge
boulders were moved like pebbles.
Boat houses and all structures along
the shore were wrecked, and III OSh-
kosh North Park suffered greatly from
the moving ice.
Judge Bennett granted q decree Of
divorce to Gertrude Humphrey from
Lyle S. Humphrey on the charge Of
improper treatment and failure to sup
port. Both parties are we'll known IN
Evansville social circles, the plaintiff
being daughter of ANDERSON Eager of
that place. They were married Nov.
90 1894 The plaintiff was given the
custody of the only child.
The Washburn tax wrangle is not
vet settled The A. A. Bigelow COM
pany, which bid in it's lumber which
was sold by virtue of the tax warrant,
has again refused payment and the
lumber has been reattached and is adj
yertised to be sold. The tax roll still
remains in the hands Of the treasurer,
and he says he will make spot cash the
basis of the coming sale.
NJ. r. Stokes, immigrant inspector OF
the Superior district, has forwarded to
the treasury department seven depOSi-
lions taken at Rat Portage, which al
leoe the wholesale violation Of the con-
tract alien law by the Cooperative
company. an American concern 0perat-
inc near the Canadian boundary.
Complaints were made that the COM
pany imported hundreds of Canadians
under contract to work for them di-
rectly in violation of law.
The identity of Annie Broger. the
notorious woman tramp, who has been
a serious and perplexing problem for
the Menominee and Marinette police
for the past six months, has at last
been discovered through letter writ
ten from Menominee to her sister, who
lives at Norway. Mich. She has
tramped all the way from Ispeming to
New Orleans, has been in jail 1O7
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