River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-10-21
The News Condensed.

The News Condensed.
L. Dickerman has been appointed
chief clerk of the railway mail service
at Milwaukee.
Joseph Waukekon and James Hard
head became involved in quarrel at
Chandon. and Hardhead fired at Wauke-
kon, killing him instantly.
Andrew Christianson, farmer living
between Cambridge and Rockdale, died
while eating his lunch at Fort Atkinson.
Fire on the farm of Mrs. George Nc
Farlane, in Rock Prairie, did damage
to the amount of $4,000.
At the session of the state convention
Of Christian Endeavor Workers at APP
pleton il was decided to assist organ
lied labor in its fight for Sunday rest.
Wisconsin lumbermen have agreed on
an average advance in prices of so cents
er 1000.
The sixteenth annual Milwaukee ex-
position closed after one of the most
successful seasons financially in its his
tory.
Milwaukee city has obtained judg-
ment whereby it comes into possession
of dock property valued at 200 which
was supposed to be owned by the Shea
Dock company.
The Madison street bridge over the
Chippewa river at Eau Claire was
burned, the loss being 100000.
Earle Treadway. of Deloit, three
months ago got silver in his mouth
from chewing gum and suffered fright
fully until it finally worked its way
through his cheek.
Adolph Kuudson, farmer in the
town of Washington, was killed by his
team running away.
\ visit to the sugar beet-growing part
of Jackson county shows immense fields
nearly ready to gather. They have
grown to enormous size and tests show
that they have a high percentage of
sugar.
Gold has been found in Rock county,
within eight miles of GAINESVILLE.
A reward of $3.50 has been offered
by Douglas county for the arrest Of the
murderer of Joe Blackburn, the Gordon
trader.
The president has appointed EdgaT T.
Wheelock to be register of the land
office at Wausau and Henry G. Nc
Crassen to be receiver of public moneys
at the same place.
a deal has been made transferring
tire big plant of the J. |. Case Thrash
ing Machine company in Racine to a
syndicate of eastern capitalists. The
puchase price is said to be S2,00O,00O.
Edward IIough. of Honey Creek,
charged with counterfeiting money.
was found guilty and sentenced TO the
state prison at Waupun for 3Ia years.
Stevens Point has secured a branch of
the Raci. knitting works, which will
give employ ment TO about so girls.
a ten-year-old d lighter of Fred Pull
Wittenberg by Henry Gehrman, Is years
of age.
The hotel at Twin Bluffs owned by L.
I:ist was destroyed by fire. 1t was the
only hotel in the village.
Francis Gambler and Annie Lower.
while buggy riding in Milwaukee we're
run down by an electric car and Gam
bier was killed and Miss Lower was
probably fatally injured.
Ferdinand Grolowitz, aged AZ years.
had a stroke of apoplexy while riding a
wheel in Sheyboygan and fell off and
died soon after.
A party of Is robust young men of
Earboo, Lodi and Portage are making
arrangements for a trip to the gold
fields of Alaska and expect to start
about February 1.
Joseph Butterfly, the Indian who was
reported to have been robbed and
Iumped of the cars while he was in
toxicated.
Charles Rudenbach. aged "a years, a
resident of Richfield, dropped dead in
the street in Milwaukee.
The laundry and bakery annex of 81.
Agnes hospital in Fond du Lac was
burned, the loss being $4,000.
Thomas LOTUS, sentenced to state
prison for life from Calumet county
July II, 1874, for the killing of his two
children at Chiffon, died in the prison
hospital at Waupun.
The Sank County Agricultural so.
ciety held at Baraboo the most success
full fair of it's existence.
The store and saloon of William
Gotbes. on the Shawano road, near
Green Bay, were destroyed by fire, the
loss being $4,000.
George B. Mclean, one of the leading
dry goods merchants in Monroe, made
an assignment with assets of $4,000 and
liabilities Of $4,000
While Mrs. William Fisher, of Lowell,
was lighting a gasoline stove il explod-
ed. setting fire to the house and burning
her to death.
Peter Mrozinske, farmer living near
Marshfield, will probably lose his eye
sight by a dynamite explosion while
blasting stone.
Z. c. Roberts. of Racine, attempted
suicide in his room at a hotel in Green
Bay. The bullet fiattened on his skull,
but did not enter his brain.
John Kessler, an i1-ysar-old boy at
Black Creek. was accidentally shot and
killed by George Sager, a lad of Il.
while the two were shooting at mark.