River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-02-18
The News Condensed.

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company plant in Racine, which has
been closed for six months, has started
up, giving employment to 400 men.
Ralph Erlantorf, tramp in the poor
house in MenOmoDee, assaulted another
inmate, an old man named Canterell,
with an iron bar, fracturing his skull
and killing him.
Relatives in Lacrosse of Martin Stohr.
sculptor for the royal court of Rou-
mania at Bucharest, who died in De
cember, have been notified that they
will receive a portion of the bequest of
100000 marks left by him.
Two strings of sleigh bells now in
possession of Charles III. Stoddard, OF
Prairie du Sac, are 1870 years old.
Frank WinchelI, arrested with 20 car
casses of deer in his possession killed
out of season, was sentenced in West
Superior TO pay fine of $3.50 or $50
days in Jail, the punishment being so
much per carcass.
The gold mine discovered at Ridge
vile, west of Plaintield, some two weeks
ago, is causing excitement.
Chicago & Northwestern surveyors
are surveying for double track be-
tween Baraboo and Elroy.
City Attorney Frederick w. Schultz
and Miss Marguerite Wuillemin. of FL
gin, ILL.,, were married in Milwaukee.
There has been a wholesale poisoning
CT cattle in the vicinity of Almond.
John Hagerty, aged 20 years, ma
Of fEr,,.s
Bay during the last so years, IS dead.
Kari Otto Heyer, musician we'll
known throughout the northwest and
composer of many popular ballads, died
in Racine, aged "a years.
IL. c. Adams. of Madison, has been
reappointed dairy and food commits
sioner.
V. @. Kratochwill, postmaster, died
very suddenly at Boscobel, aged 50
years.
Gov. Scofied and % members of his
personal staff will attend the inaugu-
ration of Maj. Mckinley.
Owing to heavy loans TO the Russell
& Miller Milling company, which re-
Gently failed. President Fowler, of the
Northwestern national bank of Supe-
rior, resigned. He is succeeded by
Louis Hanitch.
Fire at Fox Lake among business
buildings caused loss of $4,000.
George Z. Clifford, ST., one of the
best-known men in the county and
Milwaukee, died suddenly in 0cono-
mUwoc-
Harold Bjerklien, aged five. of West
Superior, bit his tongue, and physi-
clans were unable TO stop the hem
orrhage. lie bled TO death.
Rev. William Wells, a pioneer, died in
Portage at the age OF SO years. He was
prominent in the ministry of the Meth
ouist Episcopal church for many years
Herman Wallrof was arrested in Mil
waukee on the charge of forgery. He's
% years of age. Herman Stoltz, drug
gist, makes the charge.
\. Field, merchant tailor at Racine.
has made an assig 10 Marshall
Forest. The assets ere given at $4,000,
and the liabilities wa. exceed that
amount.
At Hatchville Ed Hatch, proprietor OF
n sawmill, was caught in belt and had
his right arm pulled off at the elbow.
1t was doubtful if he would recover.
Sever Everson, aged %, was killed
while at work in Aspin. His canthook
slipped out OF rolling log, and he fell,
the log passing over him.
The large farm resiuerce of William
Dick was totally destroyed by fire near
Galesville. Loss, $1,000.
John Baptist Verreau died in Tomah
at the age of more than 100 years. lie
was born in Paris just before the
French revolution of 1924.
The State Agricultural society ar
its midwinter session in Madison fixed
The date for the next state fair at Mil
waukee for September 20 10 %.
David Harper, of Waumandee, was
instantly killed while cutting wood with
a steam circular saw. The saw broke
and flew in all directions.
DIR. a. S. Hedding, well-known
veterinary surgeon at Port Washing
ten, died of typhoid pneumonia. a
widow and four children survive him.
L. b. Usher, chairman of the national
democratic committee, is making ar
rangements for a meeting of the state
committee in Milwaukee on February
%.
Mayor Borden appointed 60 leading
citizens of Ashland to meet and sug-
gest ways and means for lowering the
expenses of the city.
James Thorpe, of Darien, had his
arm torn off by a corn shredder, and
nearly bled to death before the doc
tor reached him.
The Milwaukee brick combine has
gone 10 pieces. 1t was known as the
Milwaukee Building Material company.