The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-29
WISCONSIN ITEMS
Events of the Past Week in the
Badger state.

The La Crosse common council has
appropriated $3.50 to lay out a park ON
the river front in that city.
Frank Manuel, a woodsman of Stan
ley, was struck ON the head by a fall
ing tree and fatally injured.
boys choir of twenty-five mem
berS has been organized in Christ Epis-
copal church of Green Bay under f.
M. Bissinger.
The city of Sheboygan spent 81, 2S5.-
SO during the month of February to aid
Door families in that town. The cost
1T this work is about $4,000 a year.
The little daughter of Peter Firkus,
living near Stevens Point, was burned
SO badly while playing with matches
chat she died from the injuries.
Thieves robbed the money drawer in
Joseph HesSer'S meat market at Bril-
lion, securing 81. Tramps are suspect
ed of the deed.
The German Veterans association of
Green Bay is making preparations for
celebration on Sunday, March 26,
the occasion being the birthday ami
versary of Emperor William.
A party of men on board the yacht
Venus rescued two duck hunters ON
Green Bay, who had become fast in
the ice and would have persisted from
hunger and exposure.
Thomas Linn. better known as ''Nor-
Wegian Tom" serving sentence in the
county jail at Medford for drunken
ness. committed suicide by cutting his
throat.
w. z. Veitch of GaleSville has pur-
chased $50 head of cattle in that VII
cinity to take to South Dakota to stock
a ranch. which he will establish near
Aberdeen.
Louis Papendick of Sheboygan, aged
sixteen. has disappeared from home.
His parents have offered a reward for
information that may lead to his dis
cOVery.
William Root. a Chippewa county
man, who broke his leg, refused to be
taken to the DOOR hospital ON Friday,
claiming that he would be sure to meet
with bad luck if he permitted it.
James Smith was sent to the county
jail at Hudson for sixty days for
throwing stone through a window of
passenger train. He halls from Chi
cago.
d. S. G. r. Charles A. Van Ness of
Milwaukee instituted a court Of indie
pendent Order of Foresters at Bosco-
bel; also a ladies' lodge of Companions
to Foresters. Both orders start in with
charter lists of over thirty members
La Crescent a small village across
the river from La Crosse has pro~l-
bly, the oldest postmaster in the United
States in point of service. Thomas
Minsh2ll has handled the mail in that
place for more than forty-one years.
The hospital conducted by Mrs. Mary
Hayes will remain in Madison and in
the future will be a public institution
in charge of a committee of citizens
until a permanent public hospital can
be established in the town.
The anti-saloon league of Beloit will,
as heretofore, bring the license ques-
ton out in the spring campaign. Speak
ers will be brought from outside the
city and strong agitation will be kept
up until election day.
At meeting of the Racine city coun-
Gil an ordinance was passed making
eight hours a days work for all city
work. The board of public works will
hereafter be obliged to insert the eight
hour clause III all it's contracts.
A bad fire occurred in the town of
Arson, Iron county, causing the de-
struction of the saWmill belonging 70
Mitchell & Smith. 1t is not known
how the fire originated. There was
no insurance and the loss will aggre-
gate $1,000.
The last of the Peshtigo Lumber
conlpany's camps has broken up. The
cut, including logs put in by jobbers,
amounts to 22,0O0000 feet, which, with
100000 feet carried over from last
year. will keep the mills unusually
busy during the saving season.
Grand Patriarch f. A. Bartlett of
Raraboo and Grand Scribe l.. O..
Holmes of the grand lodge, l. 0. o. f.,
of Wisconsin, have issued proclama-
ton to all the encampments in the
state to take appropriate action to COM
memorate the founding of the order in
America, April rs, 1919.
Christopher Broollman of Wonewoc
has invented a rotary convertible eX-
pension engine, which is said by en-
gineers who have examined it to be a
wonder. The engine can with little
trouble be converted from a double to
q triple or quadrupIe expansion engine
without additional cost of OPERATING
q. w. Hanley, representing the Wis