River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-05-05

Charles Grover was found dead on the
street in Waukesha. He was a single
man, 80 years of age, and had no rela-
tives as far as known. A verdict that
he came TO his death by natural causes
was returned.
Department Commander =. =. Gray,
of the G. A. r., has issued a circular to
the posts in Wisconsin asking each vet
eran 10 select several young men OF his
acquaintance for enlistment in case
troops are called for by the president.
At patriotic mass meeting held in
Madison volunteer company was
| formed with many weIl-lnown citizens,
| among them Mayor Charles E. Whelan,
on its roll.
John Shepherd Dog, an Indian who
saws he is 100 years old, was cared for
at the police station in Oshkosh. He
brought some skins to the city and
walked 25 miles.
A boy, Ernest George, was instantly
killed in the staye mill at Glenwood.
He attempted to replace chain on the
elevator shaft, when his clothes caught
and he was drawn down and his throat
cut.
A fire destroyed the commissary
building of the Wisconsin Veterans
home in Waupaca The loss is So 900,
with no insurance.
Gov. Scofield has appointed W. S. Hay
ward, of Hayward, coroner of Sawyer
county.
Thomas Strange died in Menasha of
neuralgia of the heart, aged Is He is
survived by a wife and six children.
Carl Haselbauer who lived in She
boygan 40 years, died at the age of IS
years.
George Beach, for 10 years janitor of
the Normal school in Whitewater, died
a. the age of 63 years.
Lawrence Berke, 80 years of age, was
killed by being jolted from a car of the
Fond du Lac avenue line in Milwaukee.
At New Richmond 900 600 feet of lum-
Der in the yard of the Willow Lumber
company was burned.
Alfred Cobb and George Baxter left
Sun Prairie for Alaska.
company composed of the Sons of
Veterans and members of the Boys bril-
eade of the Congregational church is
being organized in Sheboygan.
Ten thousand printed copies OF syn
opsis Of the game laws are being sent
out to be displayed 10 hotels, railway
stations and other public places.
Phillip Yerbeck, a widely-known resi-
dent, died in Menasha from the effects
of paralytic stroke two days before
his golden wedding, aged 80 years.
Word has been received in Madison
of the death in Seattle, Wash, Of Mrs.
John Hummer, wife Of former State
Treasurer John Hummer.
Anthony Rupp, a farmer residing
about five miles from Prairie du CHEN,
committed suicide by shooting himself.
Thieves broke into Gross & Jacobs
hardware store in Stevens Point and
stole $50 worth of jackknives.
A. f. May, chairman of the town Of
Jefferson. nearly lost his life, taking by
mistake 10 drops of aconite. Prompt
medical assistance prevented fatal re-
suits.
The purchase of large amount of
land in Oshkosh by the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway company is re-
garded here as the preliminary move
to the establishment of car shops.
Several business places in the village
of Arena were burned, the total loss be-
ing $4,000.
Among those enrolled at Chicago and
who left for the south is n Menasha boy
named Charles Jeffries, son of Edward
TefFries ITo is II wears old mt which
age his father offered his services to his
country during the civil war.
John Schiller, aged 46, of the town of
Green Bay, dropped dead.
Two children of Charles Gardiner, of
Big Creek, were burned to death in a
ages were three and five years, re-
spectiyely.
Perry stickney, formerly secretary of
the Mazomanie & Berry Creamery COM
pany of Mazomanie, pleaded guilty to
the charge of emblezzling $1,000 and
was sentenced to two years in the state
prison.
Educational hall at the Northwestern
state fair grounds in Chippewa Falls
was burned by an incendiary fire.
ORR b. Faringer, captain of the S. U.
Pinney Hose company, fell dead while
running to a fire in Madison.
Antonio Balestiere, who was on trial
for the murder of James Sokoup in Mil
wsukee, was found guilty of murder in
the second degree.