River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-01-14
The News Condensed.


Hawkins, of Watertown, who lost over
$40, 900 in his dealings with the late w.
Y. Rambusch, against Mrs. Rambusch
10 foreclose a mortgage of $500 on 30
acres of land in Juneau. This is all the
property Mrs. Rambusch has except her
homestead, and was given TO her by her
father upon her marriage.
Peter Walker, an employe in the c.
L. Coleman mill at La Crosse for 30
years, went to his room in his usual
good spirits, and when called to sup
per was found hanging by the neck,
dead.
The recent soft weather has been dis
astrous to logging. The total losses by
the arm weather will be over $4,000
u day to the 20 companies of Marinette
and Menominee.
Mrs. Benjamin Larson was assisting
her husband to saw down a tree near
Marshfield when it fell. chTushing her
10 death. She leaves four children, the
oldest only six years.
Two locomotives and three freight
ears were demolished in a wreck on the
Weyerhauser & Doble logging road at
Minnesung. One of the firemen re-
ceived slight injuries.
Rev. W. \. Hunsberger, pastor of the
Grand Avenue Methodist church in Mil
waukee, has made arrangements to go
on the lecture platform with discourse
on "Wooing and Wedding" being billed
as the marrying parson" of Milwan-
kee. During the year 1896 iIunsberger
married 700 couples.
The firm of Miller & Co. which did
commisss on business in the German
market ia Milwaukee, has dissolved, the
partners have disappeared. and with
them has melted away from $4,000 to
$4,000 belonging to confiding Wiscon-
sin farmers.
John Kazda. an inmate of the county
insane asylum at Manitowoc, became
very violent and attacked Superin-
tendent Mueller with a knife, stabbing
him in the breast. Kazda, after being
overpowered and locked in his cell, COM
mitted suicide by hanging.
Three-cent pieces raised TO ten-cent
pieces by cutting down one side of the
three-cent coin until it is perfectly
smooth so as to resemble well-worn
dime, are in circulation in Nes' Su-
perior.
W. C. Silverthorn, chairman OF the
democratic state central committee,
calls upon democrats to hold local
meetings for the purpose of selecting
delegates TO a general state convention
TO be called later on.
Ex-Gov. Upham was cordially vel
coned home to Marshtield by hosts OF
citizens and band.
Percy E. Pope, proprietor of jew
elry establishment in Fond du Lac,
made voluntary assignment with liza
bilities of 81 500; assets, 5000.
Thirty-six employees of Milwaukee
were dropped from the service as the
result of the civil-service rule that all
employees of the city shall be citizens
of this country.
Ex-Sheriff II. T. Pember, one of the
pioneers of Rock county, died in Johns
town Center. aged Il years. He came
to Rock county in 1874 from New York.
Gov. Upham before retiring refused
TO grant a pardon 10 eX-Banker j. Il.
Koetting, of Milwaukee, serving five
years sentence for embezzlement.
Roy Afford, the 17-year-oId son of
1 ". III. Afford, a marble and granite
/ dealer in Madison, was drowned while
/ ice-boating on Lake Monona.
Mrs. Henry Esperson, one of the
! leaders in La Crosse society and quite
widely known about the state, died
rs the result &C a fall.
Matthew Musolf. aged ten, and Willie
/ Charbanau. aged II, were killed by the
collapse of a load of logs upon which
they were riding at Washburn.
ice boats collided on Lake Pepin, at
/ Pepin. and Glen Murray was knocked
senseless and has bad cut on the head.
and George Murray was cut on the
head. face and knee, and may be Grip
Piled for life.
The Anchor Grain company, doing
business on the Superior board OF trade,
,ssigned to c. f. Tryon. The assets
and liabilities are each about $4,000.
burglars broke into the shoe store
Of Radtke Bros, in Appleton, and stole
a lew pairs of shoes
/ Clarke s. Matteson was arrested at
Fond du Lac, on a charge of mnrderous
assault, his wife being the complainant.
Frank Cornelius, a furniture dealer
at Darlington, assigned to David
+ Schreiter. His liabilities are $4,000 and
/ the assets $4,000.
Nels Christensen, partner in the gro
ery firm of r. A. Thompson d Co.. com
/ mitted suicide by hanging himself in
La Crosse. No cause is known for the
I deed.
Oscar Jeyne. the 16-year-old son of a
/ well-known farmer of the town of New
/ Hope, hung himself in the woods near
/ his fathers farm.
\ fire in the dry goods store of W. X.
Smith, in Eau Claire. did about $1,000
damage.