River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-05-19

Gov. ScOtield has appointed Ut. =. y.
Wentworth, of Milwaukee, to succeed
himself on the state board of dental ex-
aminers.
Indians can be sued in the state
courts. This is the gist of decision of
the state supreme court.
Andrew Bornosd, rs years old,
drowned at the Eureka lock, six miles
below Berlin. He was in boat fishing
when it was carried over the dam.
Dennis Mccarthy, an old resident of
the town of Porter, received fatal in
iuries by falling down a stairway.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Sweet, who for
five wears have been missionaries under
the American Baptist association in
China nave arrived at their home in
Sheboygan.
The n. Ludington company in Mari
nette, of which ex-Congressman
Stephenson is president, announced an
increase of from ten to fifteen per cent.
Ia the wages of its 400 employees.
i. j. Scofeld, a prominent fruit grow
Ell of Plymouth, and a nephew of Gov.
Scofeld, died at the age of As years. He
leaves a widow and five children.
The dates of the Langlade county fair
have been fixed for September IL, 13
and IA.
Miss Alice Rusl, daughter of Col. L.
J. Rusk and granddaughter of the late
Jeremiah Rusk, secretary of agricul-
ture under President Harrison, is the
most prominent candidate for the honor
of christening the battleship Wiscon-
sin, which will be launched in Septem-
Der.
Henry S. Woodruff, widely known as
the patentee and maker of the Wood
ruff trace buckle, and the owner of Joe
Bassett, the trotting horse, died in
GAINESVILLE, aged 76 years.
John Glynn, the St. Cloud farmer who
blew out the gas at the Park hotel in
Sheboygau, is dead. lie was Al years
old and leaves a family.
Rev. John Popp, father of Rev. 7. p.
Popp, of Baraboo, celebrated his fiftieth
anniversary as pastor of the Lutheran
church at Wrightstown.
The Hubbard & Noble lumber factory
at Reedville was burned, the loss being
$4,000, with no insurance.
William Daniels was killed in a saw
mill at Big Falls. He was single man
and his home was at Omro.
Sheboygan county is out of debt.
The amount collected in the Catholic
churches in Stevens Point for a monu-
ment to the victims of the Maine is
S111.94.
Eugene Heimbaugh was arrested in
Edgerton for having in his possession
horse and buggy alleged to have been
stolen at East Troy.
A. j. Cramer. the secretary of the
Milwaukee Mechanics Fire Insurance
company for 80 years, died suddenly at
his home in Milwaukee of pneumonia.
He was a war veteran.
There will be a reunion of the Wis
consin cavalry at the capitol building
in Madison June Z, and 8.
Mayor Kepler has ordered the saloons
closed on Sunday in Eau Claire and will
also enforce the ordinance compelling
saloon keepers TO close their places of
business at II o'clock p. m.
Nearly 100 suits have been broughtin
Justice Watson's court against persons
in Fond du Lac by the Wisconsin Odd
Fellows Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany.
w. w. Erwin, the noted criminal law
yer Of ST. Paul, Mimi, was married in
Trempealeau to Miss Anne Olive.
Joseph Diehl, aged 30, farmer of the
town of Troy, committed suicide by
hanging.
Louis II. West, aged GO, freight agent
of the Green Bay & Western Railway
company in Stevens Point. committed
suicide by hanging himself.
The first honors in the interstate ora
torical contest held in Beloit were won
bv William Gorsuch. of Knox college,
H.; second, by J. A. Barnett of Ohio;
third, by Thomas w. Nadal, of De PAW,
Ind.
Wunderlich Bros sawmill and lum-
Der yards at Mayking were destroyed
by fire.
The large sawmill at Casco owned by
L. Decker was burned to the ground
with 10000 feet OF hardwood lumber.
John Johnson was found guilty in
Marinette of attempting to kill John
LHnd.
Mrs. Mary Nelson, of Nora, 60 years
old, ended her life by hanging. Melan-
cholia. brought on by worrying over
financial matters, Is said to have been
the cause.
Mayor-elect Dumphy, of Elkhorn, de-
clined to qualify and Mayor Norris APP
pointed ID. w Stanford, president of the
council, to fill the vacancy.
The firm of Jameson, Cadzow e.
Creig, which conducted a big depart
ment store in Milwaukee, failed for
$500, 900