River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-03
The News Condensed.

Mrs. Elizabeth Johns, a Waukesha
widow charged with shoplifting, ended
her life y drinking carbolic acid, after
having attempted to poison her six chill
dren.
Attorney +. III. Mosher, of Racine,
charged with crushing the skull of Nels
Luccasohn with a hammer, was taken
before justice of the peace for exam
nation, but the case was adjourned to
December 0. Luccasohn will probably
recover.
Mrs. William Jones, of Waterville,
captured and owns a large. live gray
eagle, measuring seven feet from tip to
tip, that few into her poultry yard, be-
came entangled in a wire fence and was
secured, ,Inharmed by her.
a statement of the assets of the Rock
County Tobacco Growers association,
hich recently made an assignment in
Jaaesville, shows assets of 4,403; liza
bilit:es. s1.647.
FrenS Weber, of Shcboygan. and Al
bert Rickmeyer, of Sheboygan Falls,
met in a ten-round fight at the latter
city and Weber knocked Rickmeyer out
in the seventh round.
Mrs. Emma r. Ludington, widow OF
Harrison Luddington, Jr., has brought
suit i'm Milwaukee TO recover her share
OF the estate of her husband 5 father.
ex-Gov. Ludington, which is valued at
100000
The Lake View Cycling club football
eleven of Chicago was defeated at Ra-
cine by the Racine Athletic associa-
tons team by a score of 10 to o.
The grand army headquarters are
TO be moved from Stevens Point to Mil
waukee, where. on and after December
]. they will he located in room No. sc of
the Colby e. Abbott building.
Fire destroyed the house of United
States Pension Agent J. II. Wood worth
at Waupaca. Loss, $500; insured for
$4,000.
\ man named Webster was brought
to Iron River in a critical condition.
lie was taken for deer and shot by a
hunter.
The attempt TO introduce the free
text book system in the public schools
of Milwaukee seems to be a failure.
For three days the family of Anton
Rosmiarek in Milwaukee went without
food. When discovered the mother was
dead and the three little children were
in rags and nearly famished.
Rev Stephen G.. Butcher, of New
Britain, Conn, was married in Beloit 10
Miss Sybil Wheeler, the ceremony TAX
ing place in the chapel of the First
Congregational church.
The open deer shooting season in
Wisconsin closed October 81. but not
wiihstandinc this fact. it is estimated
that not less than 500 deer have since
been slaughtered in the counties OF
Douglas and Bayfield,.
The house and barn of James Quinn,
farmer. three miles north of Lodi, was
destroyed by fire.
The retail grocers of Milwaukee are
taking steps to secure some outsider to
come 20 the city and establish cracker
bakery which shall not be member of
tn, cracker trust.
c. Densmore Wyman, at present gen
eral manager of tie Milwaukee Street
Railway company, has been elected gen
eraI manager Of the New Orleans (La.)
Traction company.
Gov. Upham has pardoned 40 CONFLICTS
from the state prison at Waupun since
he took Office in 1894.
While skating on a pond near wau-
paca, Ret Brown, aged 2l, aud Ira Glib
son, about the same age, broke through
the ice aud were drowned.
DIR. Samuel Bell, of Beloit. filed a
claim against the government 81 years
ago for about sl2 due him. and has Just
received check for the amount.
Mrs. Sarah Fuller, widow of Henry L.
Fuller, died suddenly at the residence
O. Mrs. j. L. Case, in Racine. She had re-
sided in Chicago for several years
Mr. and Mrs. Neubecker. of Brookfield,
residents there for % years. celebrated
their golden wedding with large circle
OF friends and relatives.