River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-10-07
The News Condensed.

The question of whether the authori-
ties in the Roman Catholic church have
the right TO remove priests at their will
was decided in the affirmative by Judge
Dick, sitting at Waukesha.
Robert w. Childs, class of 90, of
Hinsdale, ILL.,, has been elected captain
of the Beloit college football team.
High license was victorious in James
vile at the special election. The $500
license won by vote of 500. to 43 for
$3.50 and $50 for 5000
The church trouble eliminated at
Hub City in the burning of the church.
Hans Pierson, of Milton Junction.
was found beside the railway track
with both feet cut off and otherwise
BADLY bruised He died later.
Three. prisoners escaped from Jail in
Prairie du Chen by cutting a hole
through the roof and letting themselves
to the ground by sheets. but were re-
captured.
Fire destroyed the major portion of
the John Gund Brewing company's
plant at La Crosse, entailing a loss of
600. COO
W. S. Tufts store building at Thorpe.
occupied by the Withee Mercantile com
pany, was burned, the loss being Sc, 500.
Burglars entered five business places
II Durand, getting in all about $50.
Alderman Steve Luecke, one of the
earliest settlers OF Marshfeld, was in
stantly killed in a runaway, and II. b.
Serve, rs years of age. was probably
fatally injured.
Crude petroleum has been found at
Sun Prairie.
Me Keeper was burned to death in his
barn near Waterford.
\ verdict of $4,000 for breach of prom
Use was awarded by jury in Madison to
Miss Anna Kelly, a farmers daughter
in the town of Dane, against Thomas
iillgan, the son of neighboring
farmer.
4 tramp, known as George" was
killed by a passenger train on the ST.
Paul road in Milwaukee.
Andrew y. Young, editor and propri-
e:or of the Deutsche Pioneer, died at his
home in Wausau.
Charles Shipman, aged Is, was acct
IentaHy killed in Augusta while shoot
ing at a target with several young men.
Irving Piper, a farmer, committed sui
eide in the basement of his house near
Juneau while his wife was absent.
Harry HosIcr had both bones Of one of
his arms broken and was otherwise ia
iured in a game of football at Reeds
burg.
Orrin White, of Syracuse, y. y, a
travelling salesman for New York
needle house. committed suicide in She
boygan by drinking carbolie acid.
John Remley, Sr., of Pennington.
committed suicide by shooting. He
was so years old.
The divorce suit brought by Dora j.
Schmidt at Rochester was decided,
granting Mrs. Schmidt decree and
alimony of $1,000. 100 acres of land and
the costs of the action.
In a contest for a one-dOllar prize
Charles Hanson, special delivery clerl,
at the post office in Oshkosh, ate PA
raw oysters in 80 minutes and won the
prize. His nearest competitor gave
out at 81.
james Brandt boasts of an apple tree
at Marinette that has already borne
two crops of apples and is blossomed for
the third.
Herman Fry, a farmer near Cumber-
land. lost his house and all contents by
/ fire
John f. Mentze, a farmer in Hart
land, was dragged to death by colt
he was leading.
The Northern Grain company of Chi
cago will build grain elevator in Eau
Claire.
The farm barn on the X. Sleef place,
near Palmyra, took fire and with its
contents of hay. grain and farming i'm
plements burned to the ground.
During runaway at Viroqua ten
vear-old son of ole Hagen was thrown
| from a tobacco rack, run over and his
| life crushed out.
A four-year-old daughter of William
Oelhoff was perhaps fatally shot in the
forehead at Keil by Johnny Stoever,
who was carelessly handling his re-
volver. He didn't know it was loaded.
The William Addenbrook barn, with
grain. hay and farming implements
valued at SO, 900. was burned at Jericho.
While working in sewer trench at
Galesville David Sampson was fatally
injured passing train shook the
ground. causing the walls of the trench
TO fall in.
After ransacking the house of Il. j..
Securing at South Milwaukee burglars
set fire TO the building, hoping TO con-
zeal the evidences of their crime.
Two pelicans measuring eight feet
from tip to tip of wings were killed on
Green bay. near Marinette. They are
the first ever seen in that locality.