River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-02-23
The News Condensed.

Henry A. Wieben, lieutenant of fire
engine company No. 21 committed sui
eide at his home in Milwaukee by shoot
ing himself. No cause was known.
Richard Ullrich killed himself in Mil
waukee because he was unable to make
his butcher shop pay dividends.
Mrs. May Edgren, who went from
Madison to the Klondike as bride
about year ago on wedding trip,
died in Dawson City.
Assemblyman Woyciechowski, of
Milwaukee, died in Madison after
brief illness from pneumonia. He rep
resented a Polish district.
One of the Oldest houses in La Crosse,
once the property of the pioneer mis-
sionary, Elder Reynolds, was ruined by
fire.
Rev II. Stone Richardson a we'll
known Methodist minister. died in Osh-
kosh. aged 49, He leaves a wife and
one son.
4 fire at Prairie du Chen destroyed
II business houses, the loss being
$4,000.
wounded Washington volunteers at Ma
Mia, was formerly resident of La
Crosse, where his father lives.
Mrs. Hattie NJ. Conlee reported to the
police in Oshkosh that thief entered
her home and secured over 500 in
plumber.
EX-State Senator +. W. Persons. of
Depere. aged 63, one of Brown county's
weathiest and most prominent citi-
zens, died in Phoenix, T.
In the circuit court at Racine Cath
arine Lamberton was granted a divorce
from Charles Lamberton. The parties
are prominent residents of the town of
Caledonia.
Hon. Mr.. and Mrs j. L. Linderman
celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of
their wedding at Osseo.
\ car load of paper was shipped from
Kaukauna to China.
4 curfew ordinance was passed by the
city council at Rbinelander and the
slot machines were ordered out of the
city by the chief of police.
During the month of January Charles
Lampher, of Stanley, killed eight wild
eats and received his bounty from the
county clerk of Taylor county.
Thomas Pospishely. aged 90 sexton
of the German Catholic cemetery in
Eau Claire, was found dead in his yard.
Fred Sheler. well-known farmer of
the town of Caledonia, was fatally in
jured in runaway accident.
Hollis HerreIl of Eau Claire. superin-
tendent of the county poor farm, sent
his resignation to Chairman Dittmer, of
the county board.
Engineer James c. Cowper was killed
and Charles Truesdale and Jerry Crow
ley severely hurt in head:end collision
on the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul
road near Beaver Dam.
Rev. d. c. Jones, for four years pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church
in Rice Lake, has resigned and accepted
a call to Iron Mountain, Mich.
The body of Amund Olson was found
at the bottom of a haystack on the farm
OF Jack Thompson near Viroqua. Mr..
Olson was an inmate of the almshouse
and wandered away last summer
John Council, a saloon keeper in
GAINESVILLE, was fined $52.41 for selling
liquor to a minor.
The divorced wife of Thomas Dow
ling, a well known citizen of Eau Claire
who served with the Third Wisconsin
regiment, was frozen to death
Horace \. Taylor. Of Madison, ed
itor of the Wisconsin State Journal,
has been appointed assistant secretary
of the treasury.
A fire in West Salem destroyed sew
eral business blocks, only partially in
sured.
Darwin Clark, one of the first white
settlers of Madison, died at the age of
81. He helped to build the first cabin
in Madison. as we'll as the capitol and
scores of other buildings.
Judge Fish granted Thomas Dalton
divorce from Ellen Dalton on the
ground of desertion. The Daltons are
among the best known people of Ke-
nosha.
Stephen Montsavig. of Custer, while
repairing a well IS feet deep was buried
at the bottom by cavern.