The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-03-23
WISCONSIN ITEMS.
Events CT The Past Week In tie
badger State.


walk at La Crosse and broke her arm.
A new bridge will be built at the
John street draw in Appleton.
Christian 10th, aged IA years, died
at Appleton.
John Shaw, we'll known resident of
Eau Claire, dropped dead on the street.
He was "a years of age.
The Howard paper mill of Menasha
will not bring suit for damages against
the city of Menasha as reported.
Eli Hayner, convicted of forgery at
Monroe, was taken to Waupun for a
year.
Frederick Louder of the town of
Plymouth fell from his wagon striking
on his head and breaking his spine.
The accident caused his death.
The Racine Library association has
leased the Secor block for the public
library, subject to the approval of the
city council
Patrick Lyons, well-tO-dO farmer
and pioneer settler of Rock county, re-
siding not far from Brodhead, died sud
denly, heart failure being the cause.
He was 60 years old.
Contracts have been closed by which
the West Superior driving park and
race track will be owned and operated
for the season of 1897 by the Superior
TrOtting association.
The residence of Henry Forbes, cleo
trician for the Portage Electric Light
company, was destroyed by fire. The
building and contents were almost a
total loss.
Mrs Joshua Thayer, aged about 65
wears, died at Palmyra after years of
suffering from rheumatic compiled
tons Her aged husband, one of the
first settlers of the town, survives her.
John Atkinson, who hurt his eye.the
latter part of last week at Green Bay,
is slowly recovering from the effects,
but it is feared will never have COM
pIete return of his eyesight.
Charles Allen, who is operating
gang of nets at Thayerport, near Stur-
geon Bay this winter says that the
catch is so trif1ing that it is not worth
the trouble of lifting.
Miss Annie Hiney died in Mineral
Point at the age of 60 years. She was
sitting at a table partaking Of her
meal when she was stricken with apo
pleXy and died instantly.
Mrs Lewis Tollefson, better known
in and about Stoughton by her maiden
name, Susan WettleSOn, died in Tale
poosa. Ga, after an illness of ten days
from pneumonia.
An electric light proposition is to be
submitted to the Elroy common council
and promises to be favOrably consider
ed. The proposition is made by syn
dictate of foreign capitalists.
Of
Jackson [. Case farm, three miles
southwest of Racine, was fatally in
iured while engaged in running feed
cutting machine.
The Waupaca County Agricultural
society will offer free tickets for one
day during the fair to all pupils who
have attended school eight weeks dur
ing the year.
Nicholas Boucher died at the home of
Emile Manchester in the town of Belle
view, Brown county, from old age The
deceased was seventy-nine years and
seven months old.
An exchange says that if all the cows
in Wisconsin We're standing, heads ana
tails, in single file, the leader might
have her nose stuffed in feed box IN
Maine, while the last one thoughtfully
switched flies in sunny California
The new gospel ship of Capt. Henry
Rundy has been completed by the Ra-
cine Boat company and will be launch
ed in a few days. The craft is forty
feet long, twelve feet beam, and cost
$1,000.
There will be a contest over the IL
cense question at ElrOy. After three
years of no license and one year of Ii
cense which has not proved salts
factory to all, a strong fight is ex-
pectcd.
In the county court at Oshkosh
Louis Tesch was given divorce from
Augusta Tesch, but the defendant was
given Judgment of $3.50 against the
plaintiff. They were married March l,
o95, in Black Wolf.
A council of the Order of United
Commercial Travellers of America mas
been organized in GAINESVILLE by b. w.
Estey, one of the grand officers OF the
supreme council, assisted by Mr.. WEB
ster of Milwaukee.
Farmer Frank Dalzell of GeneSee is
digging potatoes. This is his second
good. even for Wisconsin. These WIN
ter tubers are being shipped to Mil
waukee, where they bring $2.15 BUSH
ell. How Dalzell does it is his secret.
The circuit court at Dodgeville
granted a change of venue to Rock
county in the case of Stephen Terrlll,
who was once convicted of murder and
sentenced to state prison for life and
brought back a short time ago for
new trial
The Sagola Lumber company OF Sa-
COLA, Mich. has just completed big
luInI,o, dnaI II sold 1O.OOO.OOO feet or