The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
WISCONSIN ITEMS
Events of the Past Week I'm the
Badger State.

passed a curfew ordinance.
Samuel Aamodt was struck by tree
at Clark'S camp near Grantsburg. he
died while being taken home.
The Kemnitz Furniture company at
Green Bay has started up its plant
with seventy-fiVe hands.
Mrs Thorp of South Madison fell
Sunday on a walk beside her house,
and fell in such a way as to fracture
her right arm just above the wrist.
w. J. Plank, a cook in a lumber
camp at Ellis Junction, was kicked by
a 1umberman and will probably die as
a result.
At the judicial election, to be held in
April at GAINESVILLE, a successor will be
chosen to County Judge John w. Sale.
There is no opposition to Judge Sales
reelection.
Beloit sportsmen are opposing the
bill introduced by Senator Green OF
Milwaukee, which provides for the
prohibition of spring shooting OF
aquatic birds.
Casimir Danielski, a Green Bay
saloonkeeper, was bound over to the
federal court at Milwaukee in the sum
Of $500 on the charge of selling liquor
to Indians.
Joe Rel, working in Fred Hansen's
camp at Squirrel lake, while telling a
tree was struck in the side. He was
taken to the Sisters hospital, Toma-
hawk, and died soon after
Joseph w. Goucher, matchmaker
at Mcmillan, was bound over to the
circuit court on the charge Of Grim
inally asSaulting his sixteen-year-old
daughter.
Elizabeth Fox is dead. She and her
ashland were among the first settlers
of Brillion, going there thirty-tive
years ago. She was seyenty-siX years
old.
The coroners jury in the case OF
Peter ChristiansOn, the man who Tell
from an ice runway on Lake Monona,
Madison, and was instantly killed, re-
turned a verdict of accidental death.
Mrs. Hessen of Waupaca, an old
lady who has been stopping at the
soldiers home for the past year or
more fractured her arm while visit
ing friends in Appleton.
Two boys about twelve years old got
into a quarrel at Kaukauna, when DO
seph Darius, it is alleged, drew his
knife and slashed the other, son Oh
Street Commissioner Garrett, across
the wrist, inficting an ugly wound.
A telephone line is to be erected be-
tween New Lisbon and Mansion.
Poles are already distributed aud tur-
Their work will be done soon. BY us
ing Connections this gives telephone
communication to Sparta.
In the case to GUST Assemblyman
King Staples from his office as chair
man of Iron river, motion was mace
to dismiss the case. Judge Parish de
MED the motion and the defense is IN
Producing evidence.
At a meeting of the city council in
Racine a resolution was adopted in
favor of paying a salary to the mayor
of 81 900 and to aldermen $500 year.
The proposition will be submitted to
popular vote at next springs election.
Application for a receiver has been
made for the firm Of f. A. Plummer u
Co. running a department store at
Oshkosh. The application is made by
+. A. Plummer and L. S. Donaldson
Of Minneapolis.
Sheriff McGonigal returned to Lam
caster from Ritzville, Wash, with
Mark I. Townsend, charged with kill
inc his wife ten years ago in Grant
county. Townsend will say nothing
about the matter.
The oratorical contest at Lawrence
university was held and George Bald
win won, with III. G. Logan second
and Benjamin Babcock third. Messrs.
Baldwin and Logan will represent
Lawrence at the state contest at Be
lott March r.
The house of Capt. John S. Nc
Naught at Madison was entered by
burglars while the family was at
church. The thieves secured a cOnsid-
cradle amount, including a gold watch,
o purse containing about So and sew
eral articles of jewelry and silyerWare.
The Wisconsin & Michigan Railway
company is trying novel method IN
loading logs on fiat cars. The scoop of
one Of the steam shovels has been re-
moved and extra chains attached to
the long arm The. chains dre put
around the logs, steam power applied
and the logs are lifted aboard.
James Thorp, young man living a
short distance east of Darien, had his
right arm cut off about three inches
below the elbow in feed cutter He
was trying to pull out an ear OF corn
from the machine, when the mitten
he wore was caught in the rollers and
his arm was drawn in.
Ed Anderson, a resident Of Rhine
lander, has recently invented new
onpIiaDca fOr. tho 71Sp of cyclists 1t is