The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-12
WISCONSIN ITEMS.
Events of the Past Week I'm the
Badger State.

Mrs. Andrew Schenk died very sud
denly of heart disease at Darlington.
The Hatton & Co. mill at Rice Lake
| is being worked night and day.
The loss on buildings by fire at La
| Crosse in 1896 was $10f ,046.70.
Mrs. Rankin of Whitewater, has
been committed to an asylum.
Mrs. Julia NJ Ramsdell died at her
home in Marion, aged seventy-eight
years.
Mrs. Henry Espersen died of concus-
sion of the brain, resulting from fall
| two weeks ago at La Crosse.
Andrew Heyer killed a bald eagle
near Geneva lake. 1t measured seven
| feet two inches from tip to tip
J. J. Melby, who resided near White
hall, was taken to Mendoza q few days
| ago by Sheriff Durisch.
A young son of Mr. Dahlberg of Mer-
| rillan was shot and killed by com
panion while hunting.
Charles Riley, who was shot at Chip
| pewa Falls, still lives and has a chance
| of recovery now.
Gilbert Tenant has been elected
| president of the Waushara County Ag-
| ricultural society.
Prisoners in the Merrill jail made q
| break for liberty, but were captured
| before going far.
A branch of the American Federation
| of Labor has been established at La
| Crosse.
Over $4,000 in taxes was paid to the
treasurer of Chippewa county last
| week.
Harry Freemore of Oakdale broke
his leg while climbing upon lumber
! wagon.
| The cost of public improvements at
La Crosse last year amounted to ST.
| 600.
There were 1927 births and 1,160
deaths in Winnebago county the past
| year.
The Delevan Creamery company met
last week and closed up the affairs Of
the organization in consequence OF hay-
ing recently sold the factory.
John Sinzinsky, the insane patient
who escaped from the county asylum
at GAINESVILLE recently, has been cap
tured at Crystal Lake, Ill.
Mrs. Mary Dorfler a well known res
ident of Neenah, died of consumption,
aged SO years. A husband and five
children survive her.
Herman Wangner, who stole ham
from the butcher shop of Fred Last at
| Horizon, was sentenced to jail for
ninety days.
| William Hall. the we'll known Me-
! nominee lumberman, who is logging III
Florence county has thus far banked
about 100000 feet of logs.
Paul Anderson was kicked in the
head by horse at NVaupaca. Mr.. An
derson's injuries will probably prove
fatal.
Mrs. O. r. Hunter, 4 pioneer of RAJ
cine county, died at the age of %. The
body was taken to SOmers, Kenosha
| county, for burial.
Ex-Sheriff Fred Horn has begun suit
against Winnebago county for $l661
in fees rejected by the county board at
it's last session.
The new bridge at Burton, Grant
county, has been completed.
There is a scarcity of water i'll the
wells at Edgerton.
Andrew Morrissy had his right leg
| broken while closing the door OF his
| blacksmith shop at Delavan, and being
| unable to get help, was obliged to stay
in the shop all night.
| At the annual banquet of the Ep,
| worth league of the Court Street NJ. f..
church at GAINESVILLE the pastor, Rev.
DR.. Sabin Halsey, was presented with
a silver water set.
~ A cc1ssf91 finn
| association held it's annual meeting and
elected the following officers: Presl-
dent, H. Wheeler, ST.. vice president,
Noah Saemapn; secretary, otto CAM
ron; treasurer, e. A. Dow.
Miss Della Collins, formerly of James
| vile, died at Fort Wort, Tex, aged
! sixty-siX. She was gospel preacher
of much power and was well known III
| Texas and Wisconsin.
Henry Liebele of Thorpe was grant
ed a ten-year franchise by the village
| board for putting in an electric light
plant. Work on the new plant will be-
| gin at once.
William Lloyd of Randolph, who
| went to Racine to attend the Eistedd-
| fod. blew out the gas at the Wagner
house, and only the prompt assistance
| of a physician saved his life.
| Christian Muller, the we'll known
lumberman of Davenport, who is quite
an extensive logger on the Chippewa,
is of the opinion that the lumber bust
ness the coming year will be much bet
| ter than last year.
The flour and grist mill belonging to
| MAYER & Eimerman of Elkhart Lake,
] burned with all its appurtenanceS.