The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-08-02
WISCONSIN ITEMS
Events of the Past Week In IN.
Badger State

enth Illinois cavalry, died at Beloit.
jay Warner of Wausau drowned in
the river at Babcock while bathing.
Frank Scheuer tried to commit sui.
eide on account of domestic trouble.
Frank Brusenbach, who was missinp
at WATERFOWL without explanation for
two days. returned home.
Thomas Campbell, aged seventy
nine. a pioneer settler of Green county
died suddenly of heart failure at Mon.
roe.
William Miller of Baraboo, died sud
denly. He was a brother of Albert
Miller who was buried alive in a well
last spring.
A large barn on the premises of Nor
man North, near BarabOO including
grain, hay and stock was burned The
loss is $4,000.
John T. Davis the young Dodgeyine
farmer who was badly injured last
Friday by being impaled on the hand
lie of a pitchfork, died in great agony.
A severe hail storm Sunday did great
damage to crops west OF Greenwood,
Clark county, much standing grain be-
ing leveled.
Mrs. George. Stetson of Pine River,
while going to Wautoma, met with a
runaway accident in which several Of
her ribs were fractured.
The ordinance prohibiting bicycle
riding on sidewalks has been put into
force at Amigo and several riders
have been fined for violating it.
Oshkosh made its first shipment Of
goods to CharIeton, The consignment
included quantities of cheese, whisky,
candles and underwear.
While setting off some fireworks
from a yacht, an eye of Postmaster j.
T.. Pettingill Of La Crosse was so bad
" injured by powder that it is feared
he will lose the sight Of it.
Arthur Smith, George S. Graves and
&. S. Hammond have been appointed
by Judge O'Neill as commissioners to
apDraise lands to be condemned for
railway purposes in Eau Claire county.
1he La Crosse interstate fair, to be
held August % to September ), bids
fair to be a successful one. Secretary
Van Auken has received many encOur-
aging letters recently from horsemen.
The Eau Claire Red Cross auxiliary
forwarded to the Charleston Red Cross
society a letter thanking the people OF
Charleston for their kindness to Wis
cOnSin soldiers.
While Henry Grandenberg, well
known farmer near Manawa, was
driving a binder, he fell under the ma
chine His hip was dislocated and he
was otherwise badly injured
The corner stone of the NJ. r. church
at Randolph was laid in the presence
of a large crowd. Rev. ]. ]. Garvin or
Lake Geneva delivered the address. 1t
will cost $4,000.
Col. w. J. Anderson of Madison, Sec
rotary to the governor is SUFFERING
from a sprained wrist. While al1ght-
ing from a street car he was thrown
heavily to the ground and handy
bruised.
The contract for the building of the
West Depere high school has been let
to julius Runiper and Henry Jaussen
of that city. The building will be two
stories high and brick veneered.
Hotel Young, at La Crosse, was SOLD
at foreclosure sale by Sheriff Lang
There were two bidders, Messrs. q.
Van Steenwyk and B. B. Healy. MI:
HeaIy bid $1,000 He holds a second
mortgage.
Lieut. J. A. Cole, who was military
instructor at the state university about
ten years ago, was wounded i'll the
arm in the fighting before Santiago
and has arrived at his old home IN
Portage to recuperate.
Prof. Warren Robinson of the state
school for the deaf at Delavan, VIII
have charge of the industrial sectloH
of the convention of instructors OF the
deaf to be held in Columbus, ONO
from July % to Aug. 4.
C. A. Whitney was married at chi
cago to Miss Eunice Viola Dewey u
A. Whitney is an Oshkosh boy, at pres
ent an attache of the Chicago Il Nortn-
ern Pacific railroad. Miss Dewey IS
niece of Admiral Dewey.
Frank Howe, farmer living few
miles northwest of Greenwood, was
injured by his team running away
with a binder with which he was cut
ting grain. The binder was demon
ished and one horse killed.
George Wightman, who is III jan d'
Fond du Lac charged with murder
has no desire to talk, and, upon the ad,
vice of his attorney, no one is permitted
to see him. The officers of the jail are
Of the opinion that Wightman is III
sane
The state board of control signed
contract with the Listman Milling con-
pany of La Crosse to supply flour Tor
the state institution for August. lhe