The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-06-15
WISCONSIN ITEMS.

Mrs. A. w. Creydt of the town OF
Lebanon, died from injuries received
week ago.
Ed Schudry was arrested at Rhine
lander on a charge of attempted rob-
berry and ASA 1t.
Charles Lars was struck by roll
ing log on ruA way at Tomah and Sc
riously injured.
The Sunday schools of Sank county
Will hold their annual picnic at kirk
land, Devils lake, June %.
The butcher shop of shop of Andrew
Sensenbrenner at MenaSha was dam
aged by fire to the extent of $500.
The postoffice at Medina, in Outag-
ME county. near Appleton, was robbed
of small sum of money
Game Warden Bissinger of Green
Bay was fined So and costs for alleged
assault on Attorney Martin during a
trial.
David Law formerly mayor of Green
Bay, is dead. He was lieutenant III
Company G. Fourteenth regiment
Wisconsin volunteers.
Forest county is suffering from a
shortage of funds, as a result of the
suits brought by the Taxpayers asso-
citation to set aside the tax levy.
The residence of Father Schoelter at
Oshkosh was entered by burglars re-
Gently, and a small sum of money was
taken.
The Beloit College library has just
received about 1000 volumes from the
library of the late Prof Charles A
JOY of Columbia College, New York.
Roy Bonnell aged nine years, died
suddenly at New Lisbon. The cause
of his death is supposed to be from
being struck on the head with stone
by playmate.
Commissioner Fricke has revoked the
license of the Schuylkill Insurance
company of Philadelphia, for writing
insurance in Wisconsin through nom
resident agents.
The mills of the Cirkel Manufacture
ing company, located at Boyd, were
destroyed by fire. This concern was
engaged in the manufacture of slaves
and heading.
DR. A. Ross Hill, Of the department
of psychology and pedagogy of the nor
NAL school at Oshkosh has received an
offer of a chair in the university of
Nebraska.
Blaine Officer and George May, both
of Niroqua, aged respectively fourteen
and sixteen years, were committed to
the reform school until they gain their
majority.
Michael Nicholson, aged seventy
three years, died after a lingering ill
ness of pulmonary consumption, at the
residence of his son, Martin Nicholson,
at Kaukauna. The remains were taken
to Manitowoc for interment
The La Crosse District Epworth
league convention will be held ut Elroy
June % and %. Delegates from Bara-
boo, La Crosse, GaleSville VirOQua,
Black River Falls and other places,
will be present.
Mrs. Charles Mann of Mount Pleas
ant was perhaps fatally injured near
Western Union Junction. She was out
riding, when the seat of the carriage
broke and she was thrown backward in
the road.
A contract for building the new
bridge of the Green Bay & Western
Railway company across the WiscOn-
sin river at Grand Rapids was let to
the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron COM
pany of Milwaukee.
Operations will begin at the Chippe-
wa Falls Wooden mills this week, and
work will be pushed rapidly until the
season closes in November. About a
dozen Workmen will be given employ
ment during the summer.
Fire destroyed the warehouse and
office of the Neenah & Menasha Coal
company at Neenah. The saloon and
of Do ,aio
damaged Loss, $1,000; insured.
Manager Drake. of the Shaw tannery
at Mellen, has invented a rotary en-
CINE which was put together and tried
last week It's weight is only sixty
pounds, and on trial it produced 1900
revolutions per minute, producing five
horse power.
Mayor StarkWeather of Superior has
reached the conclusion that he will APP
point a full police force, making the
statement that he has authority for
the act under the city charter. In do
ing this he ignores the Pattison police
commission and his own commission.
Supt Hart of the WaukeSha reform
school was in GAINESVILLE to take back
Herbert Garyin, a cOlOred boy, who
was sent up from that city two years
ago and who was out on parole He
was serving five days in Jail for jump
ing on moving trains. While going to
the depot the boy gave Mr.. Hart the
slip.
The jury in the well known tax title
case Of Brown & Rhinelander against
COhn q Finn of Wausau, which has
been on trial at Grand Rapids before
Judge Webb for three weeks, returned
a verdict for COhn & Finn. The land
involved is valued at about $4,000.