The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21

recently The price paid for the COM
panies was $14.oo0,0c0.
Joe Craig. the heavyweight OF Ire
land, who is said to be clever boxer,
is coming to this country shortly. Tom
Sharkey, who boxed with him in Ire
land, stays Craig is not only sim
puncher but scientific.
Edward Hanlon Ten Eyck, who last
year startled the rowing world by Win
ming the diamond souls at the Henley
(Eng.) regatta, announces his intention
of again competing in that regatta.
His entry will be found in the list
when ii is opened.
The Michigan Copper Mining COM
pany, limited, has filed articles of in
corporation at Marquette, Mich. Its
capital stock is SO, 100000. The COM
pany is to operate the Ridge mine, on
Ontario range.
The heaviest woman in Kansas lives
at Fort Scott. She lives with her
niece during the winter, and travels
with some big circus during the snow
season. Her name is Miss Clare; she
is thirty-siX years old, and Wighs AZ
pounds.
The case of Lizzie l.. Villas ct al. by
William f. Villas, guardian ad litem,
for $500 against G. /. Bundy ana j.
Is. Fleming, who are Eau Claire law
yers, has commenced in the circuit
court at Eau Claire. 1t arises from the
estate of the late Levi Nj. Villas.
President Bolden Week, of the Chi
cago drainage board, says that the ilig
drainage canal. which is to connect
Lake Michigan with the Illinois river
at Joliet, will be completed by he ail-
tumn of 1899 SO far over S2,,Mlo,'E)0
has been expended.
Charles e. Smith, who has rented
the Milladore sawmill plant at Mllla-
dore, Wis, for the Sherry Lumber
company, has bought the property
from James W. Cameron, the assignee.
Mr. Smith will put in 100000 feet
Lore of logs this winter
In the executive session of the SEN
ate a treaty between this country and
Mexico, extending for year the time
for marking the boundary line be
tween the two countries, was received
and referred to the committee on Tor
eign relations without being read.
Bankers at Dubuque. Iowa, are re-
ceivipg letters protesting against the
involuntary bankruptcy clause OF
Congressman Henderson's bankruptcy
bill. The correspondents say it would
abolish the custom of preferrlng nome
creditors, and thus operate against
local bankers.
A sensation was caused in Chicago
political and police circles the other
day by the announcement that GO out
of the 40 policemen of that city had
been refused civil service examination
because they were of foreign birth and
had not taken out naturalization pa
rers. Some Investigations are likely
to follow.
Castell Bridges, lately of Chicago,
operatic and minstrel tenor, was found
dead in his bed at the Sherman hotel,
Mount Clemens, Mich. He is Supposed
to have died of neuralgia of the heart.
He was forty years old, native OF
England. He was taking the baths FOR
rheumatic affection.
Several matches between American
and foreign boxers are scheduled to
take place at the National Sporting
club of London within the next three
months. The Americans are George
Reyers, Danny Mcbride, Billy
O'DonnelI and Joe Bernstein. The lat
ter NAV receive the first chance against
Ben Jordan.
A deficiency judgment for 81, O4O.79
was entered in the United States cir
cult court at Helena, Mont, against
the Oregon Short Line q Utah North
ern Railway company, being the
amount due on the bonds issued after
the property was sold under fore
closure.
The dispatch sent out to the effect
that W. A Clark had sold his Butte
properties to the Colusa Mining and
Smelling company of Spakane, is in
correct. The Clark properties mines
and smelters, have simply been con-
solidated into one company, known as
the Colusa-P PARROT Mining and Smelt-
ing company. 1t is Butte concern
and Mr.. Clark has all his original in
terestS.