The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-07
WISCONSIN ITEMS
Some Interesting Happenings in the
Badger State.

The supply of soft coal is very shors
at Marinette.
The Hamilton & Merriman company
Of Marinette is now closing out us pis
Chicago yard, and will transfer les e
tire business to Marinette.
n, n Dawson, who is in Raclhe az
nrasant has in his position the orlglnai
order issued by Gen. Grant as coloiieA
If the Twenty first Illinois regiment
Archbishop Katzer administered con-
firmation at Darlington to a class oA
pighty-five. being assisted by the pas,
for Father Harmon, who mas lseu
there for over twenty-five years.
Edward Anderson, aged seventeen
years, dropped dead in drug slore a.
Racine He was an enthusiastic
wheelman and overeXerted nilllseil'
Heart disease was the cause OF oea'h'
Mrs. Daniel Scofeld died at James.
vile. Mrs. Chrisiana Merkel, also ol
GAINESVILLE, died at the home Oh her
daughter, Mrs. Margaret Battray, ased
eighty one years.
Isaac w. Seymour, aged seventy
eight years, an old resident OF ROCK
county, died at Beloit He was the
father of Stroke Seymour of the Uni
yersity of Wisconsin Boat crew.
The Fox River Hunting and Fishing
club will not build a club house until
spring, because it is so late now the
season would be over before they
could use it.
The barn of Peter Johnson, together
with horse, harnesses, hay and other
property, was destroyed by fire at RAJ
cine. The loss is $500, with an insur-
anCe OF 500.
Mike Buffalo, eldest son of Chief An
tome Buffalo of the Redcliff reSerVa-
ton, was married with great ceremony
at the reservation to Mary NeyeauX OF
Lapointe.
The thirtieth annual Seymour fair
will be held at Seymour Sept. 20, Il
and % There will be horse, bicycle
and pony races, besides other attrac-
lions.
AT the annual reunion of the FOX
River Valley Odd Fellows at kaukau-
ma, Senator A. B. Whitman was elect
ed president of the association for the
ensuing year; T. e. Johnson, vice pres
ident; Fred Rowie, secretary.
A man named Cattanach at Mason
Vile, shot a bald eagle that measured
seven feet and half from tip to tip
of wings He saw three more, but
was unable to get them. They had
been killing sheep.
While Tugo VOllert and number of
companions were in bathing, near
Rocky Point, at Pewaukee, he was
seized with cramp, and although he is
an expert swimmer, he would have
been drowned but for the timely aid
of Miss Clara LuenZmann, who swan
out into deep water and brought him
| ashore.
Mrs. Bessie Higgins, daughter of
William Buckingham, was found dead
| In bed at her home in RidgeWay. The
husband had been absent for week
in the northern part of the state, and
two little children were at home with
her.
A farmer named Nelson, three miles
north of Kaukauna, lost all of his
grain by fire. A steam thresher had
been engaged to do the threshing, and
had just begun when fire was dlscoV-
cred among the grain stacks. Inc
| thresher was saved.
The La Crosse Independent, Tele-
phone company has completed settlns
poles in Trempealeau, and the wiring
will be finished in few days. These
lines connect with those of the Vino
ma exchange, and give a long circuit
extending to points in Minnesota.
The fourth annual fair of the Onei-
da Agricultural society, the only IndI-
an fair in the United States, will be
held at the Oneida reservation, Sept.
%. 30 and 80. There will be horse,
pony and foot races, games of lacrosse
and other sports.
The examination, at Appleton, OF
Messrs. Reese, Kelly and Krebs, who
are charged with larceny by the Thil-
many Paper and Pulp Mills of Kau-
kauna, was concluded before Justice
Cook, and resulted in the discharge of
the defendants from custody.
The new building being erected at
the Wisconsin State Soldiers home is
rapidly nearing completion. There are
applicants enough to more than fill the
new quarters, Capt Woodnorth states,
and it looks as though the trustees
would be forced to refuse admission to
worthy couples again this winter.
Buying of the tobacco crop now be-
ing harvested in Dane county, has be-
gun. About fifty acres are said to
have been secured. The price, SO far,
has been s cents per pound. At this
price the crop will net the grower
from 500 to $175 per acre. The crop
is larger than last year
Treasurer w. p Clark, of ahe Wis
consin Pharmaceutical association, has
just secured for his stone implement
collection rare specimen. 1t is
stone ak with double groove, and