The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-01-04
WISCONSIN ITEMS
Events of the Past Week I'm the
Badger State.

Two stores and two hotels in the vii
lage of Knapp, near Eau Claire, were
destroyed by fire. the loss being $0,UOU.
The Wisconsin Malt and Grain com-
pany at Appleton has decided to dou-
bio the capacity of it's plant at once.
An fie,rric lighting plant will be es-
tabl1shea at Medford by a local organ
ization of business men.
The Bertillon system of identifying
criminals will be adopted by the Ra-
cine police department.
Shaw's tannery at Rib Lake was
burned, entailing loss of $1,000, with
full insurance.
All nickel-in-the-slot machines have
been ordered out of town by the Ike
nosha authorities.
n. d. Reynolds is suing the Thomp-
son Carriage company of Oshkosh for
$4,000 damages for injuries received
while working in its factory.
Thomas Farrell of Oshkosh recently
celebrated his ninety-irst birthday. lie
has been a resident of Oshkosh for
thirty-eight years.
John S. Sweet, formerly clerk at the
Grand Hotel. GAINESVILLE, and who was
also clerk at Green Bay, died at BIZ
loxi, Miss, of yellow fever.
Anton Ulrich, a farmer living near
Columbus, was thrown from a rieigh
in that city and sustained broken
leg.
Miss Almena De Puy, library ex-
pert at jackson, Mich, has been en-
gagged to classify and organize the pub
lie library at Appleton.
Eau Claire people have not yet given
up hopes of getting the normal school
located in that town. They will try to
get the matter of relocating the school
before the legislature.
l.. f. Rudenbusch Of Mayville was
bound over to the federal grand jury
at Oshkosh, under $1,000 bail, on the
charge of sending obscene literature
through the mails.
G. M. Burlington has asked to be re-
leased from the receivership of the
Commercial bank at Eau Claire, as its
affairs are to be Strengthened out. "A
final dividend will soon be declared.
A man named Bennett, living near
Williams Bay, has confessed to plac-
ing a steel rail on the railway track
near Ringwood, ILL.,, which came near
Wrecking passenger train.
Rev. Mr. Campbell of Amigo has
been called to the pulpit of the Congre-
gational church at Hartford. The
church recently celebrated the iftieth
anniversary of its organization.
Arthur Keller of Brooktield has coll
fessed to the theft of $215 from Will
lam Keller at Tomah, and has pro-
duced the money. The case against
him was continued TO the next term of
court.
The machinery for the new knitting
Dlant-fifty-two knitting machines and
thirteen loopers- at Stevens Point, has
arrived and is placed in the building.
The plant will start in about month.
Fritz Gerber, a cheesemaker, living
near Afolkey, ILL.,, sixteen miles from
Monroe. was struck and killed by st.
Paul passenger train on a crossing
three miles east of that city.
Mr.. and Mr.. Herman Yahr of Wash
ington county celebrated the golden an
niversary of their wedding. The cou-
pie came to Wisconsin from Germany
in 1S47.
Dio w. Durham, of the Young Mems
Christmas Dinner club of Oshkosh, re-
ceived a check of So, the membership
fee, from Congressman Davidson, at
Washington.
Tie Loyal League of Racine has
voted in favor of establishing reserve
fund. and one annual assessment, and
has instructed it's delegates to the state
convention to work for that end. The
Racine branch has 1853 members.
Father Joseph Tiepel, late missionary
priest in the diocese of Tennessee, has
been placed in charge of the Sacred
Heart Catholic church at Manawa.
The church has been without priest
since October.
Herman Rudolph, former resident
of GAINESVILLE, who has just returned.
after eight years residence in the
Klondike region, brought back over
$4,000 made in the saw mill business
since the discoveries of the gold fields.
Iatrick McNamara's twenty-acre
farm. a short distance west of Ian
caster, in the absence of legal heirs,
NAV escheat to the state, if an action
in the county court is decided atfirma-
lively.
Edward Benson, the sole surviving
member of the persons who escaped
from the famous excursion wreck on
the Chicago & Northwestern road on
Nov. /, 1859, near WATERFOWL, is iy-
ing in Fond du Lac.
y The suit of the West Publishing COM
pany of st. Paul to compel Columbia
county to pay 500 on law books fur
nished to the county, has been decided
in favor of the defendant in the federal
court at Madison, and consequently
the county will not accept the books.