The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-27
WISCONSIN.
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Fome Interesting Happenings I'm the
badger State.

Rploit merchants have organized
Market Day association, and will have
monthly sales days for farmers
Father Beyerle pastor of the Roman
Catholic church at Grand Rapids, died
in q Milwaukee hospital.
Carl Kisselbach was arrested at La
Crosse on q charge of selling liquor
without license.
Door county will this year produce
he greatest crop of peas ever raised
On the peninsula.
The dates for the big Marathon
,ourty fair are August 80 and 81, and
September l.
Juneaus council has voted to refuse
q accept the stone crusher bought
recently.
Illegal fishing is said to be carried on
- q large extent on Lake Winnebago
again.
Joseph Wermouth. for MANY years
resident of Madison and vicinity, was
instantly killed by a fall from train
at KaEoka, Mo.
Matt Kreiner committed suicide at
Spooner by shooting himself through
The head with a revolver. He leaves
wife and child.
Patrick Leahy, a stevedore. thirty
years old and single, was found dead
in the toilet room of the Merchants
hotel at Srupeior.
The ninth annual session of the
Jqnesville District Epworth League
convention will be held in GAINESVILLE,
Aug. 1922.
At a meeting of the Racine council it
was voted to issue $50, 900 school bonds
to erect new school house in the
Third ward.
David Griffiths, q blacksmith OF
Barneveld, had two fingers on his right
aand cut off while sharpening a NOW
ar sickle.
Paul Schlaer accidentally shot and
silled Louis Banach of Plover on the
farm of A. Soetber in Georgetown.
Banach was 10 years Old
The house of Edward Brown, in the
town of Harmony was burned. The
The family were asleep and had mar.
row eccape.
Miss Lizzie Houston, who was tried
FOR insanity in the county court at
Kenosha was discharged. Eight doc
tors were called to give their opinion.
The Juneau county summer school
opens at Mansion July 26 and contin-
ues four weeks ], A. Hageman and
A. Fl. Fletcher will be in charge.
Grasshoppers are rel crted doing
large damage to oats through North
prn Wisconsin. Crops of some farm
prs have been destroyed and others
report large damage.
Mrs. Alexander c. Resseguie died at
GAINESVILLE, aged 81. She had been for
fifty years a resident of Rock county
and for forty years resident Of
GAINESVILLE.
John w. Canes, president of the
First Wisconsin Cavalry association,
announces that the regimertal reunion
vii be held at Ripon on September
Is and 16.
Deputy Game Warden Johnson cap
tured fourteen nets on Winnebago
lake. When pulled up four good-sized
sturgeon We're taken from the nets.
a boat was also found and seized.
Gov. Scofield granted a pardon to
Fred Genke, who was serving two
years sentence for horse stealing.
Genke was sent up from Calumet
county.
Peter Dehl, of Harrison, Calumet
county, was arrested on complaint OF
Il neighbOr named Sommerhalter, on
a charge of assault with intent to do
bodily harm His hearing was post
pOned until Aug. 2
The state organization of Christian
Crusaders aas leased the Washington
Park camp grounds at Eau Claire Tor
two weeks, beginning Aug. 8. Ihey
have a brass band containing forty
five members.
w. ID. Lewis, manager of the West
ern Union Telegraph company's office
at Green Bay. fell overheard from 4
yacht, i'll which he was sailing. and
was drowned. The body was recoy-
cred.
Jacob Herman, ST., died at his home
near Townsville, Dunn county, from
the effects of the hot spell, aged 50
years. He was born in Wurtenburg.
Germany, in 1909 and came to Amerl-
ca in 1858.
Isaac Lopez, an old resident, died at
Oshkosh. He was born Oct. 70, 1910,
at Islip, T.. |. He was ordained as an
elder in the Presbyterian church, ana
continued i'll that capacity up to ms
death. Mr.. Lopez went to Oshkosh IN
1862
Henry Fisher of Waukesha shot
himself in the right temple and dled 4
few hours later. The deed was com
mitted while his wife and eldest son
We're on the opposite side of the street.
near the home of Mrs. Fishers pa
rents. Deceased was thirty-nine years
old.
William Kartsen, an old resident OF
West eBnd attempted suicide. He has
been in ill-health for Il few weeks, ana