The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-02
WISCONSIN ITEMS.
Events of the Past Week I'm tho
Badger State.

rill recently, has been recaptured.
Attorney Phillips was badly hurt in
runaway at Marinette.
There is a warm fight on at Slough
ton for the poStmasterShip.
A map of Waushara county has just
been issued.
George NJ. Burnett died at Slough
ton, aged tifty-one years.
The brick residence of Henry Vetter
burned at Stevens Point. The loss is
$500, with an insurance of $1,000.
David II. Hyre, one of the pioneer
settlers of Wisconsin, died at his home
at Kings Cornersi, Sank county.
Marathon county has begun to move
in the matter of growing beets for SUI
gar-making in that locality.
Evan Johnson, aged seventy years,
died at Neenah. He leaves wife and
family of grown-up children
The city of Stevens Point is consid-
ering the purchase of new grounds for
4 public park.
Herman Jacob, a farmer living near
Cuba City, was thrown from d wagon
and killed.
Jacob Green has disappeared from
Racine. When he left he had 800 on
his person.
Joseph Mykiel of Angelica, Shawano
county, has been arrested on charge
of arson.
Francis S. Bunker died at his home
in SaXeville, Waushara county, aged
eightytwo years.
The business men of Hartford are
considering the question of giving a
bonus to beet sugar factory.
The first trip of the stage over the ice
between Marinette and Sturgeon Bay
was made Jan. %.
Mrs. Johanna Krupp died at Racine,
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Au-
gust Rogge, aged siXty-two years.
Joseph Odds, aged seventy an early
Little Prairie settler, died of paralysis
after three days prostratiOn.
The farm house on the S. G. BurdclI
place, five miles northeast of Milton,
burned. The tenant saved his house
hold goods. The building was insured.
Miles Harris of Evansville was taken
to the county insane hospital. He is q
highly-respected citizen and is eighty
years old.
Miss Lizzie Leete of Sparta died at
Chicago from pneumonia, She was
visiting relatives at Chicago the past
few weeks.
The report that another railroad line
is to be built at ManitOWOc has been
revived at that place. Surveyors are
at work in the town Of Cooperstown.
John Mccoy was released from jail
at La Crosse after serving 100 days,
and was Immediately arrested again
OH charge of theft.
The Lutheran church burned at Hart
ford. The fire caught from an over
heated furnace. The loss will be
heavy.
Lewis Bergen now languishes in the
county jail at Washburn, all on ac-
count of his failure tc support his wife.
This is the second time he has been az
rested on the same charge.
Residents of Taylor county petitioned
the county board for the formation OF
a new town in the southwest corner of
the county. 1t was denied( and the
settlers are up in arms.
Charles Mitchell, alias Charles Mes
sair was arrested at Green Bay by
Chief of Police Tennis. Mitchell is
wanted in Menasha on the charge OF
hOrSe-Stealing.
Frank Schultz of Trenton, Dodge
county, was thrown from wagon and
severely injured in the neck, which at
first was supposed to have been brok-
en-
P. ]. Mealey died at his home in the
county of Dover, Racine county, aged
nearly seventy years. He was an ear
ly settler of the town and highly re-
spected
The freshman class of Lawrence uni
versity has challenged the class of Be
lott college for a joint debate, to be
held q Appleton at a time during the
spring term to be agreed upon later
The new iron bridge to be built over
Bark river gives a great stimulus to
the quarry stone industry in Whitewa~
ter. Many wagon loads are taken from
Co burns quarry every day.
Word has been received at Neenah
by relatives of Congressman Cook that
he is now we'll again, having recovered
from severe cold that confined him
to his house.
Information was received at Milton
Of the death, at Boulder, Col, Of Mrs.
Charles w. Bullock The remains will
be taken to North Bend, Jackson coun-
ty, for burial.
Joseph Morawitz, one of Racines
best known merchants, died of COM
plication of diseases He was born in
Bohemia in 1927, and came to Racine
twenty years ago.
The second quarter of the school year
at the Oshkosh normal closed last
week. The enrolment in the normal
department proper was even 800, the