River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-07-16
The Ners Condrnsod.


Alfred Il. Bechler, aged 25 years, O
draughtsman employed in tho city en-
gineer's office, jumped into the lake at
Milwaukee and was drowned. No cause
was known for the deed.
Mrs. Marie Simmons, aged AZ years,
died at Green Bay from injuries sus-
tanned from the explosion of a lamp.
She was cook on the schooner Stew
art, coal-carrying vessel from Buffalo.
Sister Superior Adele, of the convent
at Robinsonville, Is miles northwest OF
Green Bay, died at the age of 67 years.
Her name before joining the sisters was
Adele Brice.
Robert Wagner, president of the Mil
waukee Furniture company. was ar
rested on a warrant charging him with
arson and was later released on bail.
The new catalogue of the Wisconsin
university shows total registration of
,s9s students during the present col
lcge year, an increase of rs over the at
tendance last year.
Mrs. Mary Butcher, aged ST, was muir
dered at her home in the town of
Lebanon, near WATERFOWL. William
Zeiner, a hired man, was missing.
BY the death of Capt. John Stewart,
aged 65, bayfield, loses one of its best cit
liens and North Wisconsin one of its
landmarks and most eccentric charac-
tiers.
James Mcmahon, sailor on the
steamer Fayette Brown, was drowned
AT Ashland while intoxicated. His home
was in London, England.
The places of most of the men who
went on strike at the flour sheds at
Superior were filled and work was pro-
crossing at the mills and sheds under
police protection.
The coroner's jury in the Hilgendorf
murder case found that Mrs. Hilgendorf
had been murdered, as suspected, by
corn knife in the hands of her husband,
august Hilgendorf.
The farmhouse of Charles Geary, in
the town of Porter, was destroyed by
fire. Loss, $500.
County Clerk o. X. Anderson, who
was arrested in West Superior on war
rant charging embezzlement of county
funds, was discharged because there
" as not SulUcltHl tNiucIcS " SuStaih
the complaint.
AT GalesviIle building in course os
construction was destroyed Ivy incendi
aries. 1t was owned by Ed Shuman
and the loss is about $3.50.
Nathan Nutting, aged 70 years, was
killed by the cars near WATERFOWL ami
bis wife was badly injured.
.laaIo,.oI ha nnff-
gambling ordinance that has been in
vogue in Milwaukee since 1890 uncon-
stitutional.
The ninth annual session of the Uni
versity OF Wisconsin summer school
opened in Madison with nearly 100 pu-
pills in attendance.
Charles \. Spencer, proprietor of the
Wisconsin Wood Pulp company at
Grand Rapids died of heart disease at
his home in Lafayette, Ind.
The body of an unknown man WITS
found floating in the river in Milwau-
l,ee at the foot of Erie street by Capt.
Boutin, of the life saving crew.
Amelia Killen. aged 20, employed as a
domestic in Milwaukee, attempted to
fiji an oil stove while it was burning and
set herself on fire
DIR. ID. G. Hathaway has been appoint
ed receiver of the Bedal Chloride of
Gold Cure company in Milwaukee.
Mrs. ID. II. Schofield, of Plainfield,
gave birth to perhaps the smallest
baby in the state. He is a boy and
weighs 1A pounds, is 10 inches long,
strong and healthy and is perfect in
form.
The 12-year-old son of Fernando
Marsh was terribly burned by fireworks
at Lake Geneva.
Taxes for four years will be collected |
II possible on the Great Northern ele- |
vators at Superior on the ground that |
they are not exempt as railroad prop |
erfy.
Frank Worth, Chicago engraver, |
and Miss Clara Murphy were married
at hartford by Judge Willard. of Green
Lake county.
The dwelling house of NJ. A. Hatch |
and two adjoining dwellings were de-
stroyed by fire at Sheboygan. The loss
was nearly total, and will reach $1,000. |
Forest fires in Marinette county were
becoming serious and would cause ,
great damage unless rain fell.