The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-07
WISCONSIN ITEMS
Events of the Past Week i'm the
Badger State.

arrested on a charge of threatening to
kill his children.
The Atlas factory at Sheboygan was
sold by Louis Bollschmider to A.
Schram of Plymouth.
A sewing school will be established
at Oshkosh as department of the
high school
Mrs. Herman Stahl and Henry Eek
hardt, old residents of Sheboygan
county, are dead:
A new German newspaper, the Daily
Zeitung, has been started at Sheboy-
gan.
Paul Stanton, theatrical man, was
sentenced TO one year in Waupun for
stealing goods from a store at Racine.
Rev. A. o. GieseI of Platteville will
assume the pastorate of ST. Paups Luz
theran church at Saginaw, Mich.
A fire in the dry good store of Har-
nett, Campbell & Co., at Racine, dam
The GAINESVILLE street railway has
shut down for the winter. 1t has been
operated at q loss for some time.
A factory for the manufacture of
corncob pipes will be established at
Seymour; Brown county.
Capt: Van Ellis Of Port Washington
pleaded guilty to charge Of illegal
fishing, and was fined $50 and costs.
The residence of Paul ,Schrechert at
Watertown was partially destroyed by
fire.
The A1goma M. r. church at Osh-
kosh will soon celebrate the twenty
of n
Herbert Montayne, the Rock county
farmer who was struck by a train
some time ago, died of his injuries OF
Beloit.
A new Lutheran church will be built
at Ettrick, Trempealeau county. 1t
will be brick structure to cost
$4,000.
A team of horses took fright in the
main street of Galesville and ran out
into the country. No trace of them has
since been discovered in the woods.
For the first time in it's history the
villa &c of Grantsburg has harbored
tramps who have asked to enjoy the
shelter of the county Jail.
A petition will be presented to Judge
ellison of Fond du Lac, of the Fourth
judicial circuit, asking him to accept
a denomination for the office.
Frank Tinklin, aged seventeen, of
Kenosha, stabbed his father with
file. intiicting a slight wound. His
mind was unbalanced at the time.
Racine citizens express great salts
faction with the curfew law, which
has been in operation in that city for
some time.
Stephen Lally, a Dane county farm
er. disappeared last week, and was
found frozen SO badly that it is be-
lieved he cannot recover.
Jacob Krall, an ex-alderman and a
well known resident of Oshkosh,
dropped dead In restaurant at that
place while at supper.
Julius Denhardt, a farmer, has set
UP the plea in mortgage foreclosure
suit brought by M. w. Kruger Of Nee
nah, that part of the amount was
gambling debt, and therefore illegal
The Wisconsin River Land company
has decided to drop it's tax fight
against Pine county, and pay the sum
assessed against its property. The
amount involved is about $4,000.
Mrs. Herman Tyler, wife of store
keeper at Niles, Manitowoc county,
frightened away some burglars who
had gained entrance to her huSDand
store while he was absent.
An Appleton girl recently arose in
her sleep and walked more than four
miles to the house of a friend She
was nearly chilled to death before she
was awakened.
A dividend of "a per cent has been
paid to the creditors of Muehl u
Straub of Appleton, and the assignee
was discharged. The claims aggre-
gated $4,000.
The Woodruff buckle factory at
GAINESVILLE was robbed, but little of
value was secured. The thieves left
quantity of pure silver, used for plat
ing, but carried away the tools.
The Madison Electric street railway
will be sold under foreclosure proceed
ings by bondholders. The road will
not bring more than 1900, the
amount Of the bonds.
In digging well in Sank county,
some tamarack poles We're found fif-
teen feet below the surface of the
ground. They were in fair state of
preservation.
The depot of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railroad at Oconto was
robbed of $50 worth of tickets by
thieves who entered through a win
dow.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ w. Coon of Palmy-
ra will celebrate the sixty-first ami
yersary of their marriage shortly. Mr..
Coon is eighty-one years old and his
wife eighty.