The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-15
WISCONSIN ITEMS
Events of the Past Week in the
badger State.

A union labor directory of the City
of Green Bay will be prepared by the
Federated Trades council of that city.
E. NJ. Williams and wife recently
celebrated the twenty-ffth anniversa-
~ of their wedding at Palmyra.
The Appleton churches have raised
S56.S5 for the Cuban sufferers. The
money will be forwarded by Maj. Erb,
witt some clothing.
Green goods men are at work in RAJ
cine. The town has been flooded with
circulars, and many victims are said
to have been caught.
The Arion band and orchestra of
Oshkosh has been increased by the
addition of two Chinese musicians,
residents of that city.
Ashland county has about $4,000
acres of land whose tax titles will vest
in the county by default this summer.
The land will all be sold at auction.
Three more men have been placed
in the county jail at Oshkosh, making
total of eight, who are charged with
the recent burglary of the Menasha
brewery.
A young man riding a bicycle and
drawing a sled upon which was a
coop of live chickens for market. was
one Of the queer sights at Waupaca
recently.
Jack Haynes, papermaker, OF Ste
vens Point, has fallen heir to consider
able property, left to him by relatives
in England. He is an emplOye of the
Wisconsin Paper and Pulp company.
Another 81, 900 has been added to the
Soio haI n AnnI6-
ton, bringing down the total amount
needed for the building and appara-
tus to between $1,000 and $4,000.
The sisters of mercy Of ST. Joseph's
convent at GAINESVILLE, in connection
| with st. Patrick's church, have ceie-
brated the twenty-fifth anniversary OF
their organization.
The body of a child was found in a
small paper box in the Rock river at
GAINESVILLE. The box was bound with
cord to which was attached "a stone.
The body was wrapped in a paper OF
the date of Feb. %, 1898.
Members of the Racine militia COM
pany who have absented themselves
from drill were sent for and brought
to the hall by squad of their compan-
ions. They may be honorably dis
charged by the officers of the w. n. &.
Anton GurSkey, sixty years old, was
killed at the j. l. Case Plow company's
plant in Racine by being caught in an
elevator. His neck was broken and
his head crushed. He had been EN-,
ployed at the shops for fourteen years.
Tile Mellen lumber company Of Ash
land has let a fiye-year contract to
Wesley Belllnap for the cutting of 3d.
100000 feet of hemlOck timber. Mr..
Belknap will work on this CONTRACT
the wear round, and will employ from
| TOO to 125 men.
Burglars entered the factory of the
| Excelsior Shoe and Slipper company
at Cedarburg. They were discovered
by the employees, and one of the trio
| was captured, after being shot and
slightly wounded. The man was taken
| to the Jail at Port Washington,
Reuben Black a we'll known bust
ness man of Lancaster, was cleaning
repeating rifle, when the charge eX-
ploded and he was instantly killed,
| the charge passing through the body
near the heart. The corOner'S jury de-
| cided that death was accidental.
Fishing in Green Bay is poor, and
most of the fishermen have returned.
| The lake trout seem to have deserted
the shoals. The reason assigned by
| the fishermen is that the ice is too thin.
Over 200 men, who have been earning
from 50 to SD per day, are affected.
A number of Green Bay youths have
| formed an anti-mOustache club, the
| members of which have pledged them
| selves not to wear any hirsute ad0rn-
ment and if they have that distinc-
| ton they must at once remove the ba-
sis for it.
The yarn sent out from eK2osha
about q letter sent out to a citizen by
| Cuban prisoner, giving the location OF
| q buried treasure near that city, has
proved to be a fake. Similar letters
| have been received in many other
towns.
Rev. Joseph w. Cochran, of the
| Presbyterian church of Madison, has
definitely rendered his resignation to
the congregation. He will take charge
of church in Philadelphia May l. He
| has been with the Madison church for
| five years, going there direct from a
theological school.
The schools of Reedsburg were the
| first to contribute money toward the
movement which will result in q free
public library in the city. AS the re-
suit of dinner and entertainment,
they have placed in the bank $50,
their first contribution to the library
| fund.
| The state convention of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians will be held at
| Marinette April II, Ii and IA. Not
| less than 400 visitors are expected