The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-27
WISCONSIN ITEMS.
Events of the Past Week In the
Badger State.

birthday.
Albert Neumann, aged seventy nine
years, died at his home in the town OF
Winchester.
John Coleman of Aurora, aged eighty
two wears, died of cancer after two
years of suffering with the malady.
The Chicago, Montello & Northwest
ern company, which proposes TO con-
struct a railway from the east line OF
ering, when a stroke of apopleXy fol
lowing a day of seemingly perfect
health resulted fatally.
While returning home from visit
with a neighbor. Mrs. Joseph Harris
stepped off a sidewalk at Cuba City
and broke her arm.
Two unknown highway robbers have
been terrorizing Marinette for a week
or more past and as yet have not been
captured.
A postoffice has been established at
Mikesville, Winnebago county, Wis,
and Michael Schwartz appointed post
master.
Albert Kalocheske. the 1ive-year-old
lad who was 50 badly burned Wnle
playing with matches at Green Bay,
died of his injuries.
John Jenefski, a Polish boy. had his
arm taken off in the Northwestern
yards in Ironwood. The boy was pick
ing up coal in the yards, and in cross
ing the tracks slipped and fell.
j A. J. Kilgore, carpenter residing at
500 Vine street, while carrying a bun
die of shingles up q ladder at Green
wood, fell a distance of eighteen feet,
sustaining very serious injuries.
A large residence near Emerald
Grove owned by Edward Chesebro OF
Fairfield and occupied by Jerome Ter
williger and family was destroyed by
fire.
Fred Eckhardt of Viroqua has sold
from his tobacco buildings, crop of
1895, 100 cases, to Philadelphia parties.
The tobacco market this season is
lively and Vernon county weed is held
to be the best in the state.
Frank Ware of Wild Rose, a short
distance northeast of Hancock, dug Il
hill of thirteen potatoes which weighed
twenty-five pounds and eleven ounces,
the largest single hill ever heard of in
that locality.
Charles Grallup of Friendship is ~
of injuries received when he walked
off the rear platform of a Northwest
ern train at Van Dyne, while it was in
motion.
Green Lake county westward 125
miles to the west line of Juneau coun-
ty. through Green Lake, Marquette,
Adams and juneau counties, has filed
it's certificate of organizat ton with the
secretary of state.
CordWood is being RATED down the
river at GAINESVILLE this fall in bigger
loads than ever before Ever since the
excursion season closed Capt. Alex
Buchholz has been towing large loads
daily and the river bank across from
the icehouse is heaped with it.
Mrs DR.. McEwan died at her home
at Alexandria. She leaves six chill
dren, the youngest not two years old.
She was of middle age, of unusual in
tellectual ability and highly-thought of
in Alexandria socially and in all work
for the good of the people
Fred Jungmann and his son, liquor
dealers, were arrested at Appleton,
charged with failing to cancel the reve-
nue. stamps on beer kegs emptied in
their saloon The arrests were made
by United States Deputy Marshal
Buckley of Milwaukee. Their hearing
was adjourned to October 9th bail
being furnished in the sum of 200.
At Menomonie August Heberle, aged
about twenty-one years, was sentenced
to one year in Waupun, and Engle
Redum, aged about sixteen years, was
sent to the reform school, both having
pleaded guilty to having robbed the
store building of Thompson & Messen-
ger on the night of May %, 1895.
Father Yocum OF Adams county, aged
ninety-one years. though on the list
of superanllates, still frequently preach
es. He at first thought the annual
Methodist conference for his district
this year at Ashland was beyond his
strength, but when the time came he
was there, making his siXty-eighth an
nual attendance.
John Donda, seventy-eight years of
age, went into the woods near Stevens
Point to chop wood and expected to
come home to dinner. He did not ap-
pear, and when a party went to look
for him they found him sitting up
right against stump, dead. 1t is
thought he died soon after reaching the
woods from heart disease.
The first mill on the Menominee
river to shut down was that of the
Bay Shore Lumber company. The
mills cut this season was 10000, 600
feet and the proposed log cut for next
summers use is only 100000 feet.
This, it is said, will leave 12O men out
of employment during this winter in
MenOminee.
While driving along The highway.
three and half miles south of Or
fordville, Charles Barnard of Evans
vile found Girls Rude lying dead in the