River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-07-30
The News condensed.

John Devenick's two barns we're
struck by lightning at Columbus and
burned aud two horses and eight cows
were killed. Loss, $4,000.
Benjamin Low met death near Eau
Claire in sight of his wife and seven
children. They lowered him into CO.
foot well which he was digging and he
was overcome by gas, and before hc
could be pulled out was dead.
Theodore Lindow, aged about GO
years, farmer living two miles
from Durand, was found after fam
lily alteration hanging at the end of
rope.
Walter Nunnemacher, son of the late
was drowned while fishing in Nago-
wica lake. The body was recovered
He was heir to S25O,O00.
The Steel Barge company at West Su-
perior is preparing plans for new
steamer to be added to its own fleet.
The ship is to be 40S feet long, AS feet
beam and % feet nodded depth.
Paul Dagener, private in Company
A, was shot IN the back of the head by
Private Young on the rifle range at
Marshfield. Mistaken signals was the
cause.
The Northern Pacific railroad will
convert it's dock in Superior now occu-
pied by the Youghiogney q Lehigh Coal
company into merchandise dock, and
will build an addition for large ware
house.
The city council of Grantsburg closed
a contract with company of Indianapo-
lis for pumps and chemicals for fire pro-
lection This is the first of any kind
of protection the place has had.
The post Office at Stanley was robbed
while the postmaster was at ball game
at Stevens Point and 81 800 belonging TO
the schooi fund, of which the postmaster
was treasurer, were taken.
Sylvester c. Hill, New York mer-
chant, and Halle Rogers. of Oshkosh,
were married at the latter place. The
bride is the divorced wife of Rev. Duncan
McGregor, whose expulsion from Phil
adelphia church two years ago created
so much talk.
The midget baby which was born TO
Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Scofield at Plain
field few weeks ago is dead. The child
at birth weighed "a pounds.
A permanent dam is to be construct
ed in the Nemadji river about ten miles
south OF Superior by the owners of
the 70,0Oe,O00 feet of logs which are now
tied up in the stream.
Mrs. j. NJ. Smiley, aged so, died sud-
denly in Beloit of neuralgia of the
heart.
William Brinkerhoff, of Auburn, n.
", has beaten all records for AZ days
fishing in Pallet lake, near Woodruff,
catching 457 black bass.
The Third street car barns of the
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light
company were destroyed by fire, the loss
being $50 600.
A foater was found under the Cen
trail ore dock at Ashland and was iden-
titled as Mcmahon, a deck hand on the
steamer Fayette Browne. He fell off
the dock while DRUM, July4.
Some important discoveries of iron
have been made near the town CO
Brule, upon the properties of Stephen
Mcneil and Ira w. Burhans, of Su
perior.
The army worm has made its appear
ance about two miles northwest of
Sparta.
The work Of driving piles for the sub
structure of the new Duluth-Superior
bridge has been commenced.
Judge Seaman in the United States
court issued temporary injunction
against the city of Milwaukee restrain
ing it from enforcing the four-cent
street car fare ordinance.
w. S. Frisbey. representing Chicago
business house, was drowned at Du-
rand while in bathing.
The 1s-year-old son of Ira Donald
son, a farmer of the town of Pleasant,
was killed by vicious horse.
Horace Blackman, one of the most
prominent citizens of Kenosha county,
died in Kenosha. He had been prom
inent in public affairs of the county ard
had held several offices of trust.
The government engineer in charge
of the Fox river improvement issued an
order to reduce the use of water from
600 cubic feet a minute to $4,000
cubic feet. The order affects all in the
Fox River valley. employing 5000 per
sons.
Elisha Burdict, resident of Wiscon-
sin since Is4s, and of Madison since 1892,
died of cerebral hemorrhage. He was
one of the most prominent real estate
dealers in Madison for the last 40 years.
Rev F. L. CresweIl. of Minneapolis,
Mimi. has been extended an invitation
TO accept the pastarate Of the FIRST
Presbyterian church Of Beloit.