The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-16
WISCONSIN ITEMS.
Events of the Past Week in the
Badger state.

Peter Zinner, hotel man at Marin
cite, had $500 stolen from a tin box
he had in the house.
james Frawley, a resident of Racine
for twenty-five years, died OF heart
trouble, aged SiXty-tive years.
Carl Nunnemacher has been arrested
at La Crosse, on a charge of assault
with intent to kill.
The amount of saw logs being cut In
the pineries tributary to Chequamegon
bay this winter will far exceed the cut
Of any previous winter.
The total amount due Brown county
from the State of Wisconsin for the
care of insane persons at the county
asylum is $9,1S2.SS, which is $59566
less than last year
A conservative estimate places the
amount of money that will be left in
Door county during the coming season
on account of the stone trade at $780,
000
Charles Magee, one Of the oldest resi-
dents of Sharon, and at one time well
known lumberman, died at his home
in the town of Richmond. He was six
ty-nine years old.
Eddie Reynolds of Hebron, while OPP
Grating a hand feed-cutter, in some
way caught his hand in the knives,
and had three fingers cut off ut the
first joint.
Miles Pluck died at Horizon, aged
seventy-eight years. He was born in
County Wicklow, Ireland, May 81, %;
came to America in 1852, and has lived
in Horizon since 1857. He leaves
large family, all Of whom are grown.
A p Dascher, a Waumandee, Buffa-
10 county man, came to his death III
an appalling manner. He was operat-
ing with a steam saving machine,
when the saw burst, piece hitting his
skull and killing him instantly.
Charles Horner, a resident of Pound,
was found dead i'll his bed at the home
of G.. r. Kelsey, where he was staying.
An inquest was held, the jury finding
that he died of apopleXy. Deceased
was forty-eight years old.
1t is estimated by prominent brew
err that in the city of Sheboygan there
are consumed, in round numbers, 30
900 barrels of beer annually, which IS
considered a large amount for city
Of $4,000 inhabitants.
D. G. Cheever, formerly of Clinton
Junction, q former member of the leg
islature and eX-member of the board of
control died at Williamsburg, Va,
where he had been living for the past
two years.
Mrs. Jacob Kizer, who lives near
Lake Geneva, fell, about three months
ago, and it was thought she had only
bruised her shoulder. Since then it
abs panied her until it became unbear-
able, and, on a consultation of doctors,
it was found that the bone was broken.
The home Of H. Engelbret, in Johns
town, Polk county, caught fire in some
unknown manner. after the family had
retired to rest. When they awolIe they
found the house beyond saving, and
they were only able to escape with
their lives and the clothes they had on.
Professors Hale and Ellerman, Of
the YerkeS observatory at Williams
Bay, have commend ed special work in
photOgraphing the sun with an appara-
tus connected with the tWelve-inch tel
escope Special attention will be paid
to the spots.
The FiShermen'S union of Oshkosh
will send a lobby to Madison, when the
critical moment arrives in the passage
of the fish and game bill, to secure GER
tain rights and privileges to the fisher
men of Oshkosh which will allow them
to fish for limited season only
The thieves who stole forty pairs Of
shoes at Hustisford last week. were
traced to Horizon, but the shoes or
men could not be located 1t is be-
leved to have been the work of gang
of tramps gathered at the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul roundhouse.
Constable Albert Kellmer of New
Denmark, Brown county, was arrested
by Sheriff Schauer. He was charged
with selling liquor to minors. He plead
ed guilty to the charge and was fined,
which, with the costs, amounted to
$28.
There appears to be a large number
of wildcats and wolves in the vicinity
of Superior. Joseph EkeS brought four
wildcats in, and another man brought
in three wolves. They will receive
bounty. 1t is said that as Wood cOun-
ty pays no bounty, there are no Wild
cats caught there, but all are trapped
either in Marathon or Clark.
Henry Mayer, cashier for the Mena-
sha woodenWare company, was arrest
ed on warrant charging him with the
embezZlement of 1896 from that COM
pany. He was taken before Justice
Bradley and the case was continued
until Feb. 10. He was placed under
bonds of 5000.
The village of Palmyra, containing
600 inhabitants, numbers fifty persons
over sixty years old; twenty over sew
enty; ten over eighty and one over
ninety years of age. There are forty
resident widows; thirty-one pianos,
and receives $4,000 in pension annu-