River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-08-12

Charles Breed. Charles Gates, Frank
Hewitt, Hiram Hart and George Huntz-
sjcker started from Neillsville for the
Klondyke region.
Louis Schnell, 10 years old, was
drowned at Sheboygan while bathing.
William O'Brien, aged %, employed
In a paper mill at Grand Rapids, on
wager jumped out of the mill window,
a distance of 80 feet, into the Wisconsin
river. lie burst blood vessel and died.
A heavy rain and windstorm ragged
in Baraboo and vicinity, laying fields of
corn and grain low. Over three inches
of water fell.
Stephen S. Joyce, clerk OF the cir
cult court in Green Bay, shot his wife
IN the left arm, installing her for a
burglar. She will live.
Adrian lodge No. 10, f. & y. NJ, enter
tanned 400 guests at its semi-centennial
anniversary.
The car ferry line betwee.' Manito-
voc and Benton Harbor, Mich, with
connections at Benton Harbor with the
Big Four road for eastern, southeast
ern and southern points, is In opera
ton.
Richard Collier, aged so, one of the
oldest and most influential farmers in
Racine county, was killed at kellogg
Corners while hosting hay.
Tie salary of the head clerk in the
post office at Stevens Point has been in
creased from 500 to $1,000 and the
salaries of the two other clerks from
$500 and $500 to $500 and $500.
John McGregor shot a badger in Mari
nette. Three of them attacked his dog
while he was returning from fishing
trip. This is the first badger killed in
Marinette county.
james S. Lockwood, resident of
Racine for the last so years, died sud
denly. He built the first public hall
in the city.
William Stricken, of Edgerton,
pleaded guilty to the charge Of bur
glary and was sentenced TO two years
and three months in Waupun. 1t was
his second offcnse.
The Grand Army of the Republic in
GAINESVILLE has decided war upon the
ton without having any right to II and
will enforce the statute making the
olTense a m.sdemeahor.
William Miller, war veteran, died
in Amigo, aged II. lie came to Wis
consin from Virginia when child and
was present at the first Wisconsin ter
ritorial convention.
The Postal Telegraph company will
rebuild its line between Green Bay and
Milwaukee.
The government will begin the work
of dredging the Manitowoc river to
depth of 81 feet about September 1.
The privilege accorded the public of
attending chapel services at the Wau-
pun prison having been abused, the
state board of control decided to alb
rogate the rule.
In 1895 the population of Racine was
$4,000. 1t is estimated from the school
census just taken that there is now
population of 10000 people.
Because of family trouble Albert
Schultz shot his wife at Waterfowl and
then killed himself. The woman will
recover.
Hog cholera has broken out on the
farm of w. ". Crane, two miles north
of Weyauwega. Mr.. Crane has lost over
one-half of his herd of 100 hogs
The speed programme of the Mara
thon county fair at Nausau has been
issued. Purses aggregating $1,000 are
offered. 1'he fair will begin August 30
y. c. Foster, millionaire lumberman
and capitalist of Fairchild, gave Sta
ton Agent J. II. Foss $1,000 to defray
expenses of prospecting in the Yukon
gold fields.
The Union brewery at Oshkosh owned
by J. Glatz 6 Son was damaged by fire
to the extent of $4,000.
The department known as the top and
bottom mill of the Bayview mills OF the
Illinois Steel company in Milwaukee
started up. employing 100 men.
The school census of Madison shows
1880 children of school age, or between
four and twenty-one years. This is 81
less than a year ago.
Brown Bros, of West Superior, have
been awarded the contract for rebuild
ing at Menominee for 100000 the man
ual training school building burned
some time ago.
AtWest Superior w. f. Edholm, piano
and music dealer, assigned to =. j. Ex-
trand for the benefit of creditors.
Rudolph Paetzer committed suicide
in jail at Lancaster by taking arsenic.
A month ago he stole horse and buggy
in Bloomington.
Two Indians, John Chambeau and
Hip George, from Lac du Flambeau.
were arrested in Hurley for hunting
deer cut of season, They went 10 jail.