The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-03-02
WISCONSIN ITEMS.
events of the Past Week IN the
Badger State.


oDDosed to the curfeW ordinance.
The Tomahawk mills will start up
earlier than usual this spring.
The park question at Green Bay is
again agitating the minds of the citi-
ZenS.
Peas promise to take the lead again
as a general farm crop in Door county
during the coming season.
Robert Zuliger, accused of obtaining
money under false pretenses at Sey-
m0ur, was discharged.
Louis Steiltz. brakeman had his
hand crushed while coupling cars at
Fox Lake.
The Micheljohn & Hatten mills will
resume operations at New London next
spring,
The paint shop of William Rhodes
was burned at Marshfeld The loss
was small.
G. r. Crissey, physical director of
the Y. NJ. G. A. at Wausau has severed
his connection with that institution.
The Bent Wood company's plant at
New London, that was recently de
stroyed by fire, will be rebuilt.
Charles Schrank of Peshtigo, who lost
has recovered his voice.
John w. Graves, aged eighty-one
years, died at Prairie du Chen. He
was born in Claremont n. H., and
came to Wisconsin in 1916.
A Kewaunee county farmer has re-
ceived an offer of seven dollars per ton
for the 200 tons of hay that he owns,
for shipment to Europe.
Andrew Elvod was badly hurt by
having a large CAKE of ice fall upon his
head while at work filling an icehouse
at DOdgeville
Charles Taske of the town of Pierce
had his left hand caught in feed cut
ter. All of the fingers had to be ampu-
tated
Charles BeaI died very suddenly at
ElrOy. He was about seventy years old
and lived in that vicinity over forty
years.
The tenth annual fair of the Dodge
County Fair association will be held at
Beaver Dam September %, % and 80
and October /.
Mrs. Charles Stafford, while dressing
for a tea party ut Berlin, became
almost totally blind She is now re
covering her sight, however, and 1t
thought that it will not be impaired.
c.. M. Sobye, postmaster of Slough
ton, was stricken with apopleXy Febrl1-
airy Dist and has since been IN an I'M
conscious condition. He was appointed
postmaster Of that place in July, 1895.
Mns. Gertrude Williams of Wautoma
died from a paralytic stroke. She re-
moved with her family from OWego,
n. Y, and has resided in Waushara
county for forty years.
While Elmer Francis of Sumpter was
running a feed mill he had his left
hand caught in the gearing and 1t was
50 badly manglod that amputatlon was
necessary.
A warrant for the arrest of William
Zelner who was acquitted OF the charge
of numbering Maria Butcher, was ISSUED
at Juneau, charging him with breaking
Jail while being confined awaiting ms
trial
R. p. Manson of the lumber firm OF
R. p. Manson & Co., died at Wausau or
pneumonia, after bflef illness. ne
had been sheriff or Marathon county
and mayor of Wausau, beside holding
& other important offices.
The fair grounds at Stevens Point are
4 to be sold on the foreclosure OF mort
j gage of $4,000 on March I'D. 1t is
4 being urged in some quarters that the
city buy the property and transform IL
into public park.
Thirty-nine years ago this winter
choppers received a bushel OF potatoes
I for each cord of wood they cut IN DOOR
q county,. This was the only medium OF
exchange, there being no morey to be
8 had.
The congregation of ST. Peters Polish
Catholic church at Stevens point mas
begun to take the preliminary steps
toward the erection of fine new
q church edifice and parish house next
81 summer.
John Featherson, who has been en-
q poyed during the winter at Martin En-
Il tromes logging camp, near Gilps Fans,
was accidentally shot in the right leg,
#ahOve the knee, by a companion, MY
ron Betrick, while out hunting lynx.
Incendiaries are. supposed to have set
fire to the barn on the premises OF Mrs.
Mary j. Hill, which was burned at
TaneSville The insurance on the StfeeC
Railway company's power house, re-
cently burned at GAINESVILLE, has been
adjusted.
An action has been begun by the de-
Dositors of the defunct Shullsburg bank
against the stockholders to hold them
or their liability as stockholders. 1t Is
estimated that the depositors will be
ad more than 80 per cent Of their
Jams.
The Omaha company is buying 4
ght of way TO rebuild their line be-