The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-15
WISCONSIN ITEMS
Events OF the Past Week in the
Badger State.


guilty of selling liquor without Ii
cense and fined $50.
The Southeastern Teachers associa-
ton will hold a convention at Water
town on April l and 2.
A poultry show will be held in Mon
roe in connection with the farmers
institute.
John Lauermann, a resident of Fox
Lake has fallen heir to $1,000, left to
him in Germany.
One of the two Oldest settlers in RAJ
cine. Charles Bunce, aged seventy-siX
is dead.
Alexander Mcclellan GAINESVILLE
salOonkeeper, has been deprived of his
license by the common council on the
ground that his place was disorderly.
The GAINESVILLE police have declared
war on slot machines, and will compel
their removal from all places OF bust
ness in the town.
Hatton & Co. of New London will
build a stave and heading factory at
Park Falls. A site has already been
selected.
An ordinance has been presented to
the city council of Racine in favor OF
ployes.
During January the receipts at the
Racine poStOffice amounted to $1,000,
over $4,000 more than for the CORE
spending month last year.
The Watert0Wn common council has
passed an ordinance fixing salaries OF
city officers for the year beginning
May / next.
Peter Anderson of Racine fell from
n fence head first into a snoWdrift ana
was unable to eXtricate himself. lie
nearly suffocated before help arrived.
The war department has cut the
water power allowed to the Fox River
Valley Paper mills 10 per cent. There
is still q good margin left before the
1S-inch limit is reached.
Mrs. f. NJ. Fuller and daughter Shir-
lev were i'll the Highland Park hotel
at Aiken, S. c., when it burned, es-
Gaping, however, with all their person
al effects.
T.. j. Baskerville and a committee
Of the congregation of the Madison M.
e. church raised more than $4,000 in a
single day to wipe out the debt of the
church.
The late Mayor Poznanski of Chip
pewa Falls left no will. 1t is estimat-
ed that his estate is worth about $12O,-
OO0 and it will go to his wife and
three children.
William MCGEE of Amigo captured a
black eagle in rabbit trap. The bird
weighed about twenty pounds, and
measured seven feet three inches from
tip to tip Of it's wings.
Assignee Humphrey has paid off the
final assessment for the Hudson Saw
ings bank, which failed in 1893. The
amount is about $41 900, or nearly
per cent. The total amount paid to the
creditors is 81 per cent.
William Baker Of Madison died at
Stevens Point just two days before the
day set for his wedding. He was to
have married Miss Annie Habick of
Madison who was sent for when he
died.
The state veterinarian has denied
that hog cholera exists in the herd at
the Northern hospital at Oshkosh,
after a thorough examination. Some
of the hogs have died from some I'M
known aftiiction.
Joseph Hech, a carver at Sheboy-
gan, was adjudged insane and COM
mitted to the hospital at Oshkosh. He
had terrorized his household with a re-
yolyer and knife before he was arrest
ed.
Charles Wallis, Bernard RaddatZ
Lizzie Raddat, his wife, and August
Ruedinger are in Jail at Oshkosh be-
ing charged with numerous robber1es
ct hencoops and granaries in the town
of Black Wolf.
Some unknown person has offered to
give $4,000 to build hospital at Mad
ison, provided satisfactory assurances
are given that the institution will be
properly maintained after it is built.
About $500 was raised for the hospital
at recent charity benefit concert.
John Johnson has been held under
$500 bonds at Pesthtigo for an alleged
attempt to kill John Lund. The men
had an alteration, and Lund was shot
i'll the arm with a revolver. Johnson
was unable to furnish bail, and went
to the county jail at Marinette.
The work of taking the soundings of
the channel into the port of Green
Bay and Depere is completed. The
work was begun a month ago, under
the supervision of Engineer Young of
Milwaukee. The last soundingS indi-
Gated twenty-one feet of water
The r. w. Merryman company of
Marinette has disposed of it's entire
cedar single cut for the year 1898 to
the Hines Lumber company of Chica-
go. Nearly 100000 shingles are in
volved il the deal, at a consideration
of about $4,000.
G. A. Bartlett, weighmaster of La
Crosse. who was removed nv the com