The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-08-09
WISCONSIN ITEMS


A young. man named DooIittle of
Sharon while fishing on Delavan lake,.
drowned. His body was recovered.
Stephen H. Sage, a pioneer of Ra-
cine, celebrated his eightieth birthday.
He settled in Racine in 1884.
The farm buildings of John 3. An
derson, near Viroqua, and lot of hogs
were destroyed by fire.
Herman Schoening, young German
farmer near AntigO was accidentally
killed by the premature discharge of a
gun.
Miss Ada Lewis of Stockton, West
Superior school teacher. and James
Mclean, a young West Superior law
yer, were married in Stockton
John Verheiden of Green Bay, ten
years cid, drowned in East river.
While playing on the dock he accident
ally fell i'll. His father is one of Green
Bays prominent men.
Fred Kispert Of Menasha is charged
with burglary, preferred by his di-
ycrced Wife, Mrs. Roseblack. He was
caught by two officers after a lively
chase, during which his skull was
cracked with club.
Thomas Byard, Racine member of
Company +, is very sich at Jackson
vile. Fla. A few Gays ago his father
went to that place, and q telegram was
received by Mrs. Ryard calling her to
the bedside of her son.
Among the men who returned to Sc
attic with Klontlike gold was Samuel
Spiegel, brother-in-law of Joseph Kai-
ser, prophet L of the Fair st re in Mad
ison, who brought home three bags
with about $4,000 worth of treasure.
Theodore NJ. Slosson, whose body
was found in Lake Michigan at Chica-
go, was graduated from Beloit college
in 1863. and has many relatives i'll Be
lott. He was bookkeeper at Mime
apclis, where he leaves q family
William Symmetrical, Jr., of Sparta,
was found dead on the tracks of the st.
Paul railroad He had been run over
during the night. Both legs and one
arm were torn eff and the body was
otherwise badly mutilated.
Joseph Reinehr, a wood and coal
dealer of Watertown, arrested on the
charge of forging a 5000 note, which
was cashed by the Merchants Bank,
went before Judge Bennett at James
vile and pleaded guilty. and was SEN
fenced to the state prison for q year,
July % a broWn-haired, Well-dresseI
woman of medium size registered at
West Superior hotel as Mrs. e. e. Har-
mon of Seattle. The same evening she
went out dressed for the street. and
has not since been seen. The Seattle
police have been communicated VIII.
ROink, a cattle dealer of st. Paul,
was held up and robbed of $500 by
three men near Burkhardt, st. CrOiX
county. The robbers are thought to be
the crooks who broke Jail Sunday
night. Boink formerly lived at BALI
win, ST Croix county.
Timothy Williams, Beaver Dam
grain dealer, met with a singular acct
dent. While at his office, where he
Kept gun for rats, the weapon was
knocked over by his dog, with which
lie was playing. One barrel was dis
charged, SCATTERING his left knee. The
leg was amputated above the knee.
The following articles of incorpora-
ton were filed in the office of the sec
rotary of state: The Davidson Theater
company, Milwaukee, capital stock,
$4,000; Tigerton Creamery company,
Iigerton, capital stock, $4,000; the
GraYes-Seaman Parlor Frame compa-
ny, Milwaukee, capital stock, $4,000.
The waterworISs war, which has been
carried on for years in the city CT Osh-
kosh, but with special fierceness since
Mayor Idesen was elected, came to an
end by the adoption of an agreement
between the city and the company, in
which liberal concessions were made
to the city.
Col. Thorn of Wausau has begun an
important suit for the taxpayers CT
Villas county, to cancel certain county
orders that are alleged to have beeh
illegally issued by order of the county
board Several thousand dollars i'll
county orders have been issued, it is
claimed, and in violation of the statl- 4
tory provisions.
Company A, Second regiment, left
fifteen sick men at Charleston when
they sailed to Puerto Rico. There WAS
much anxiety among their relatives at
Marshfield to know their col ditiOn and
the care being taken of them, and At
torney Frank a. Cady volunteered TO
GO to Charleston and personally lcox
after the boys.
The steam Yacht Kaukauna re-
turned with party of six from the
CITY of Eaukauna who have been crUis-
ING along the shores of Green Bay,
Lake Michigan and Mackinac island.
They have been absent about ten days,
and were out in the recent storm, but
weathercd the gale after terrible ex-