River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-10-14


Gale college, after a years suspen-
sion, rcopened at Gainesville with a good
attendance.
School boys at Eau Claire have ex-
perimented so successfully with hyp-
notism that the school board has for
hidden the dangerous practice.
At the Methodist conference i'll Mar
inette $4,000 was subscribed toward
building a new Stephenson science hall
at Lawrence university in Appleton.
James McCutcheon. on trial at Mer-
rill for the murder at Tomahawk on
April of Adam Coey, was declared not
guilty.
Rev. j. II. Parsons died at his home in
Mcnomouie Falls, aged "A years. He
had been preaching 81 years.
The Reliance works of the L. p. Allis
company in Milwaukee have closed con-
tracts for foreign orders for railway
engines aggregating 100000.
Nick Keeper, a well-known farmer re-
siding near Waterford. set fire to his
barn and persisted in the flames. He
was respondent over family troubles.
Albert L. Ide, president of the Nation
al Electric company of Eau Claire, died
on train while returning with his fam
ilv from his summer cottage at Lake
Chetek.
The president has appointed w. Il.
Finch. editor of the La Crosse Repub-
lican, minister to Paraguay and Uur-
quay.
The state convention of equal suf-
fragists will be held in Monroe on Tues
day, October 26.
Joseph Blackburn. an old settler, was
killed near Gordon, Douglas county.
He was found dead at his door by In
dams. a neghbor was suspected.
NJ. o. Wick, of Amherst, was held up
by two men and robbed of $3.50 and some
valuable papers in Stevens Point.
Chief SkenadOre. of the Oneida In
dams. died in Seymour at the age of So
He was famous chief and headed the
Oneidas when they came TO Wisconsin
from New York in the early sos.
Eight ONEIDA Indians, convicted OF
raiding William Gothe's saloon, west OF
Green Bay. were sentenced to three
years each at Waupun.
Wallace and Viola Sedo, aged four and
two years respectively, died at Black
Creek. presumably from eating poison
Gus berries in the woods.
The United Danish Evangelical Luth-
eran churches of America have selected
Racine as the place for locating the Dan
ish-American college.
Theodore Rudzinski. of Milwaukee,
has completed a deal with the Peshtlgo
company for 10000 acres of land near
Beaver Creek and expects to have 400
Polish families located on the tract
within year.
James ID. Holmes, a well-known mer-
chant, died in GAINESVILLE, aged 80 years.
Nick Feck. convicted of assaulting the
little daughter of Frank Feldschau at
Kenosha. was sentenced to eight years
at hard labor.
At Jefferson Judge Bennett sentenced
Otto Pohlmann, of Ixonia, to state
prison for ten years for an assault upon
Miss Alvina Berg, of Concord.
Thomas Allen. aged p years, son of
Gen. +. S. Allen, of Oshkosh, had his
right arm torn away to the bone by
the accidental discharge of his shot
gun.
Rev. W. w. Rose, for the last ten years
pastor of the First Congregational
church, died suddenly of heart disease
at his home in Fort Atkinson.
Samuel W. Hunt died at his home
in Menominie, aged O. years. As
lawyer and politician he was widely
known throughout the state.
Capt. John Lander dropped dead in
Madison, aged 81 years. He had fol-
lowed the sea for many years.
Col f. b. Gray. department com
rpander of the q. \. r., was granted an
absolute divorce at jefferson. His wife
was given alimony of $3.50.
Charles Gill, ex-treasurer of Superior,
was arrested on a charge preferred of
emOezzlement of $4,000 of the town
funds.
Albert Benin, of the village of London,
pleaded guilty to a charge of horse steal
ing, and was sentenced to two years in
the state prison.
A fierce fire ragged in the fields six
miles west of Beloit and 100 men worked
all night to subdue the flames. Over
100 acres were burned over.
John Arndt, aged 6years, accidental
IL killed his brother Willie, aged eight
years, at Fremont. while playing with
8 gun.
NJ c. Bergh, of Viroqua, has been APP
pointed bank examiner for Wisconsin
in place of Henry Fink, of Milwaukee,
who resigned.
Fourteen leading Wisconsin masters
declined 10 join the American Mating
company and announced their inten-
ton TO fight the trust TO the bitter end.
william Timmony, aged 20. an inmate
Of the Rock county insane asylum in
GAINESVILLE, committed suicide by drown
ing in bathtub.