River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-29

trouble in crossing the falls. Arrange
ments are now under way for the act.
VIII Have "A state Fair.
The State Agricultural society will
hold its fair as usual this year in Mil
waukee from September 20 TO 25, not
withstanding the belief that certain
legislation passed at Madison last win
ter would affect this years fair.
The News Condensed.
George May. aged So. hanged himself
in barn at the rear Of Lis residence
in Green Bay. DespOl leney due TO
sickness was the cause
The state factory inspector sent about
60 boys under Il years of age home from
different factor .es in Glenwood where
they were wor Sing.
The women who operated the street
cars for chart y in Marinette discovered
that $50 in counterfeit money was
worked off them.
Work has begun on the Washburn,
bayfield, & Iron River railroad. II. S.
Bracey, Of Chicago. has the contract for
the cons .ruction. The distance is 37h
miles.
The thirty-eighth annual fair of the
Trempeleau County Agricultural So
ciety will open at Galesville August II
and continue four days.
The tenth annual reunion of the
Twenty-first regiment, Wisconsin vol
unteers. was held at Omro.
At the annual school meeting of the
elected treasurer, which office he has
held continuously for SO years.
W. IL. Crestley was granted divorce
in GAINESVILLE from Minnie Crestley on
the ground of desertion. The parties
reside in Beloit.
Capt. John Powers, a well-known
lake captain, died of heart disease in
Racine while reading a newspaper.
Citizens of Menasha are making an
effort to get the bronze statue of CO.
lumbus which used to stand on the lake
front in Chicago.
Will Lewis. Western Union operator
at Green Bay, was drowned, being
knocked from a yacht by boom stick.
John T. Sprague. senior editor of the
Mareston Star, died at the age OF IS
years.
a petition has been sent to the post
master general asking for the establish
1nent of a post Office at the Five Cor
ners," three miles southeast of Milton.
Mrs. Elizabeth Walker, widow of
Isaac p. Walker, one of the first two
United States senators from Wisconsin,
died at the home of her daughter at
Lake Mills.
Ex-Chief of Police G. 4. Kretlow, aged
"a, died in Fond du Lac from the result
of an operation.
Dennis Kehoe, farmer of East Hol-
land, was killed while moving hay. The
mower struck a rail, the jar knocking
him off and throwing him under the ma
chine. lie leaves a widow and four chill
dren.
The corner stone of the new masonic
and odd fellows hall, whi@h is being
erected at a cost OF $1,000, was laid at
Oakfield.
Jesse Cooper, aged so, village clerk of
Prairie du Sac, shot himself in a corn
field. No cause is know for the act.
Charles Kaun, Jr., of the town of Bar
ton, was dragged to death by a horse
running away.
Joseph Borkenhagen, a farmer at
North Greenfield who was awaiting trial
for attempting TO kill several neigh
hors, committed suicide by hanging IN
bis barn.
Mrs. Augusta Larney, former wife of
Michael Baumgartner, on trial at
Oconto for murder, has been
charged, there being no evidence .la.
she murdered Baumgartner.
At Chippewa Falls Fred Horton, an
insurance svinller, was given a sen
tence of 30 d. s in the county Jail.
Charles Lundgren, aged %, farmer
living "a, Atlas, Is miles. southeast Of
Grantsburg. suicided by hanging.
Max Kreiner committed suicide a.
Spooner by shooting himself. He leaves
a wife and child. Domestic trouble was
the cause.
Mrs. Alex c. Resseguie died in James
vile, aged 81 years. She was 50 years a
resident of Rock county and 40 years
a resident of Janesvile.
The Globe department store in Osh-
kOSl. NJ M uHLlAhts AEAOA DtaAE Oh
assignment TO George Hilton. The as
sets are $4,000. and liabilities $4,000.
Maj. William Mahoney, one of the
most popular veterans of the state, died
in Wausau. He was formerly deputy
collector of internal revenue.
An unknown man was found dead in
the road in the town of Suamico. From
papers on his person IL is supposed he
is from Oconto. There were no maraks
Of violence.
BY the liberality of E. d. Smith Me-
nasha will become the possessor of a I
public park and public library.
John Walkowski was arrested and
Jailed in Wausau charged with having
murdered John Wojcik last December.
Alex johnson, of St. Paul,
bridge carpenter in the employ Of the
Omaha road, had his right foot cut off
while attempting to board a moving
train at Rice Lake.
John w. Case, general foreman Of Z
streets at Stevens Point. an old resi-
dent, dropped dead of congestion of the I
brain.
Miss Annie Fl. Levi and Joel Levi, of !
Chicago. were married by Justice Hay
den in Milwaukee. They are first
cousins and had the ceremony per-
formed there to overcome the difficult I
ties of the Illinois law.
Charles b. Roberts, of Milwaukee,
has been appointed collector Of Gus
toms for the Milwaukee district.
The operation of all nickel-in-the-slot /.
machines has been stopped in Eau /
Claire by order of the chief of police.