River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-16
The New. Condensed.

The Milwaukee county supervisors
| decided to test the constitutionaiity oil
the habitual drunkard act, which com
pels the county to pay $3.50 each for the
reformation of drunkards by means OF
the gold cure.
Vincent Roy, the wealthy Chippews
Indian, died in Superior, where he had
resided for so years.
The Wisconsin Sugar Beet Company,
| which has commenced the erection of a
large plat at Menomonie Falls, distrib
uted car load of sugar beet seed
among the farmers with whom the
company has contracts.
The Grove creamery at Bowers was
destroyed by fire. Loss, $1,000; insur-
ance, $3.50. The flames communicated
to the store of C. L. Mower. who sus-
tanned a loss of $1,000, partly covered
by insurance.
The explosion of a boiler at Eastlanf
resulted in the death of Messrs. East
man, Keith and Eastman's son.
Exhaust La Porte was accidentally
fatally shot while fooling with gun at
Wausau.
John Foxon, wealthy farmer OF
Byron, became exhausted and fell upon
the road and was fatally frozen.
The hid of w. II. Wheeler d Co., of
Beloit, for constructing the water
works plant for Columbus for $4,000,
has been accepted by the council
John Day, member of the sopho-
more class of the University of Wis
consin, was drowned in Lake Mendoza
by the upsetting of boat.
Hiram X. Laughlin, a prominent dry
goods merchant, died ut his residence
in Fond du Lac, aged rs years.
Emil Thurman, a section man en-
ploy ed by the Northern Pacific railroad
at Rlueberry station, received letter
informing him that n rich uncle had
died in Germany leaving him $4,000.
The county auditing board of Black
Falls declined 10 pay the bill of 5000
for the treatment of eight patients IN
the inebriate asylum. 1t was thought
the county would have to pay.
The upper cotton mill at GAINESVILLE
shut down for an indefinite period,
throwing 200 persons out of employ
ment.
Frank Doudsn, living near Richland
Center, committed suicide by hanging.
Patric Connell, wealthy farmer Iiv-
Ing near Rock, was found dead in his
granary. He leaves a wife and IL
children.
Mrs. John NJ. Keep, widow of a former
Judge of Beloit, was found dead in her
bed in that city.
Burglars went through the dry goods
store of Hinrichs e. Thompson at Mad
ison and got away with about $1,000
worth of silks, gloves and handker-
chiefs.
Lyman Clark, the first hotelkeeper
in Baraboo, and who once represented
Juneau county in the legislature, died
in Omaha, Neb.. aged So years.
James III. Halsted, aged 60. and who
taught the same Sunday-school class
for quarter of century, died at Bara-
boo.
Andrew Palson, aged IS, and who had
been identified with Sank county since
1914, died in Baraboo from cancer of the
stomach.
George Sheehy was found guilty at
Superior of mayhem. Sheehy last
winter at Dedham in a saloon brayl bit
an ear off Thomas J. Quinn, lumber
man.
Mrs. Annie Morton, assistant post
master at West Newfield. pleaded
guilty to embezzling post Office funds.
William and Mary Terry, who we've
eight years ago divorced, were re
married in Beloit-
John Gryker. of Madison, being re-
fused admitance to the home of Mrs.
Patrick. with whom he was in love.
slashed himself across the throat with
a razor, dying on the doorstep.
One of the largest dryers on the
Fourdenier machines in the John
Starnge Paper company at Menash blew
up. No one was injured. The loss was
81, 900.
Nick Ley, an old resident, commit
ted suicide at Manitowoc by drowning
in the river.