The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-01
WISCONSIN ITEMS.
Events of the Past Week In the
badger State.

The Wisconsin Cnalr company "
Port Washington disbursed Sl2,0OO III
/ gold among its employees last week.
Jacob Jones, al old resident of Mon
roe. died at Fort Scott, Kan. He was
seventy-siX years old.
Henry Clans pleaded guilty at Ra-
| cine to an assault upon Kit Banks and
was sentenced 10 a year at Waupun.
| Ira III. Noble, one of the pioneers of
! Racine county, died at his home there,
aged seventy-siX years.
Large marsh fires, which have been
burning for several days, were eXtln-
| guished at Horizon by the rain of the
past few weeks.
William Baker, for many years re-
| spected citizen and capitalist, died at
Beaver Dam of kidney disease. aged
49,
Bishop Grafton of Fond du Lac Wis
| tied the Church of the Intercession at
| Stevens Point and confirmed a class of
sixty presented by Father Weller.
The council of Ashland has made a
| tax levy of 1S mills Oh the dollar of as
| sessable property, a big reduction from
that of several years. The total levy
is S112.333.
Business men and residents in the
vicinity of Monument square at RAJ
cine complain of the noise made by
the members of the Salvation Army
organizations.
Mrs. Louise Huber of Green Bay,
while cleaning off the windows, slip
ped and fell, thrusting her hand
through the glass and cutting it Sc
verely.
Albert Neal, young man residing at
Evansville, jumped off 4 fast freight,
struck a cattleguard. was thrown un-
der the train and had an arm cut eff
below the elbow.
The council adopted a curfew ordin-
ance at Marinette. All children under
sixteen must be off the streets before S
o'clock p. III. and until 6 Il. H.. or suffer
Il fine of ST and costs or two days in
jail, if a sufficient excuse is nCt given.
The trial of Frederick Hubachek, a
Racine merchant charged with daub
ing the sign of a leading saloon. re-
suited in his acquittal. Frank Miller,
for burglary, was sent to the state
prison for six years.
There is talk of another railroad
through the Fox Lake section of the
country OH the north and south line
There is & magnificent country over
the route proposed, which would open
up a chance for good shipping points.
Mrs. Sarah Fuller. widow of Henry
I. Fuller died suddenly at the home
of Mrs. j. /. Case in Racine. Mrs.
Fuller was the mother of Percy S.
Fuller. who died in Chicago Nov {,
and whose remains We're taken to Ra-
cine for burial
The confirmation of the decision rem
dered by Referee Jones in the Cam
bridge railroad case is expected from
Circuit Judge Siebecker this week
Also, an order from the judge to sell
the road to satisfy the Judgment of the
labor liens
A man named Webster was taken to
Iron River in a critical condition. He
was taken for a deer and shot by Il
hunter. The bullet entered his face
near the nose and came out at the back
of the neck. 1t is doubtful if he can
live.
President Smithyman of Milwaukee,
has notified the Oshkosh societies of
the EpWorth league that Oshkosh has
been selected as the place for holding
the annual convention of 1897, for
which Oshkosh made vigorous de
mand.
A statement of the assets of the
Rock County Tobacco Growers asso-
citation, which recently made an as
Signment has been filed. There the
nine creditors, whose claims amount to
81 ,647.O3. Including the office fixtures,
the assets foot up $4,403S9.
About $500 has been subscribed by
members of ST. Johns Catholic church
for the new parochial school at Marsh
field. Hardly one-half of the parish
toner's have been called upon and it is
anticipated that enough will be pre-,
scented to build the structure which
will cost $4,000
Paul j. Hebard died at Hebron He
was born February &c. 1927. in the
town of Waterbury, Bennington coun-
ty, Vermont, and moved to Wisconsin,
settling with his parents in the town
OF Sullivan, Jefferson county, Nov 6,
1912, and had n continuous residence
in the county since Sept. 10, 1853.
While train on the Greenwood
branch was going at full speed, stakes
on a fiat car loaded with telephone
poles broke, letting the poles drop off
the car Several men were standing
OH the end of the car at the time. A
pole hit Frank Zeinert on the head. in
fiicting n horrible wound
Capt E. G. Clark of Eau Claire has
purchased large quantity of timber
land in Tennessee, some sixty miles be
low Cairo, and is now preparing to re-
move his stave and hub factory from
Cadott to that place Everything but
the buildings will go, including nearly
all his old employees and their families.
Kenosha is likely to have another
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