The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-06-29
WISCONSIN ITEMS
Some Interesting Happenings In the
Badger State.


Lac county, is missing.
Mrs. Ella Breseau was struck by light
ming at Amigo and instantly killed.
Michael Mack of Ettrick, Trempea-
Ieau county, lost his home by fire.
John McCabes dwelling at Merrill
was damaged by fire to the extent OF
5000.
]. Jorgensen of Ashland was ordained
as minister at the Danish Lutheran
convention in Marinette
The shipment of lumber from Marin
cite to Buffalo last week will amount 10
100000 feet
According to the Marinette school
census, there are 5,209 school children
i'll that city
The Turner societies of MenOninee
and Marinette celebrated their tWentl-
eth anniversary.
Mrs. Paul Galipeau was burned TO
death by the explosion Of kerosene
lamp at Merrill.
Mrs. Robert Griffiths, aged seventy
five years, who has been resident OF
Racine since 1852. is dead.
Burglars entered the hardware store
of the H. A Kohl company at Amigo
and secured revolvers valued at 500
Robert Marshall, one of the leading
business men of Marshall, died after an
illness of seven weeks from brain fe-
YER
Franz Vogl, a resident of Columbus
since 1916, died suddenly of heart dis
ease He leaves a widow and nine chill
dren.
1t is claimed that the hay crop will be
short one in Door county this year, on
account of the cold. and backward
spring.
A two-year-old child of William john
son, residing at Brant, was fatally
scalded by falling into tub OF hot
water.
The tenth annual reunion of the
Black River and Trempealeau Valley
Veterans association was held at Mer-
rillan.
John B. Houser, aged sixty-four, died
at La Crosse. He was a member OF
Company B, Thirty-ffth Ohio, during
the war.
Albert Coulter was committed TO the
Chippewa county Jail for sixty days on
being convicted of assault. He lived at
Fairchild.
George Eby and Miss Rosa Greene
veldt of the town of Lima, were mar
ried at the Lutheren parsonage in She
bcygan Falls.
At Pembine, Lewis Grimm, Il section
hand on the 500 read, fell from coal
car, striking his head on the rail Al
most instant death resulted.
Ross Hagadone, the eighteen-year-old
son of J. p. HagadOne, lumberman,
died at Ashland from injuries received
by falling from his wheel at Washburn.
Otto G. Bleedorn, city engineer for
six years of GAINESVILLE, is dead, aged
thirty-siX years. He was graduate OF
the GAINESVILLE high school class OF 80.
Roy Dean, aged six years, fell into
vat of buttermilk in a creamery near
GAINESVILLE, and but for the timely arrfv-
FL of his father, would have been sutfo-
Gated.
The barns and sheds on the farm of
Pascal Skemp's farm, at Rrtledge,
Grant county, were burned, with all
the farm machinery. Loss $4,000; in
surance, $1,000.
Grasshoppers have made their APP
pearance in some of the northern
towns, but they are confined almost
wholly to old meadows and abandoned
clearings as yet.
S. O. Y. Gurnee died of appendicitis,
aged siXty-seven years, at Madison. He
was formerly a resident of Fitchburg.
but moved to Madison in the fall of
1895.
A telegram from Rose Hill, ILL.,, an
nounces the death of Edward Chellis,
former old resident of Racine, from the
effects of an operation. He was forty
six years old.
Cheesemakers in Door county report
great falling off in the receipts of
milk over former years this season, q
fact that they attribute to the comH)ara-
tive small number of mich cows re-
naming. q *
At a meeting of the Wisconsin crew.
Alfred +. Alexander of Menominee was
elected captain for the year 1898. Mr.
Alexander has attended the university
for three years, each year having been
identified with the eight.
Lightning cut q queer caper on the
premises of A. J. Sturdevant, ne ar Bar
aboo. While Mr.. Sturdevant and his
brother were milking, the bolt struck
the barn, near by, the shock knocking
over the men and one of the cows.
They were unconscious some time.
Judge Vinje signed writ of manda-
mus at West Superior directed to G.
II. Gill, eX-treaSurer of the town of Su-
periOr. who continues to hold the cash
and town records, to compel him to
turn them over to Jacob Erickson.
elected April 6. Gill refuses to recog-
niZe Erickson whom, he alleges, is not
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