The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-01-10
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Two hoboeS in the Stanley jail set
fire to the Jail, but it was discovered in
time TO avert serious consequences.
The public schools at Washburn have
been opened after being closed for
three weeks on account of diphtheria
scare.
Judge Parker sentenced Harry Swan
son and John Wade. at West Superior,
to pay $50 costs or sixty days in jail
for killing deer out of season.
The nine-year-old daughter of Ilnute
Hogan farmer living near Beloit,
ate a lot of pills she found in box,
and died within three hours.
A building and loan association has
been organized at Kenosha in connec-
ton with the Northwestern Building
and Loan association of Madison.
The fou1-months-old child of Capt.
n Reiter, of the Appleton fire depart
ment, was asphyXiated. The other
children were sick from escaping gas.
Sneak thieves broke into the jewelry
store of Paul f. Sass at Lodi, on New
Years eve, carrying away several hum
dred dollars worth of gold watches.
Company f of Oshkosh was mus
tered into the state service by Col.
Patton This is the last company of
the Second regiment to be mustered
in.
A rumor was recently published that
State Superintendent Emery would
take charge of the Elkhorn high school
at the expiration of his term of office.
Mr.. Emery denies the report.
Dan Noble, alias Austin, was sen
fenced to one year in Waupun for the
larceny of two shirts at La Crosse. He
had just finished a ninety day term ILL
jail for the theft of two shirts.
C. A. Cobergs tailor shop at Belolit
was robbed of $3.50 worth of cloth re
Gently Edward Carmedy was arrest
ed and the property recovered Car
nody is we'll known to the police.
John Reikert, a farmer of Eldorado,
Fond du Lac county, suffered injuries
in a runaway which it is feared will
prove fatal. He is seventy-six years
old His hip and left arm were frac-
tured.
A. Lincoln Reinbold died at Chiffon.
He was a member of Company l. Nine
teenth e. S. A. infantry. He enlisted
Porto Rico, and was sent home sick.
He was home on a furlOugh.
George Olson of Taylor, member of
the assembly elect for Jackson county,
it is said has returned all the passes
and franks sent him, and announces
that he proposes to stand Squarely on
the platform on which he was elected.
A special election at Boscobel, to de-
ternine whether or not the municipal
ity should maintain an electric light
plant, and whether th Getty should be
bonded for $4,000 for this purpose, re-
suited in favor of ownership, LIZ to 50.
The butter factory known as the
''Waushara, ON the AurOraville road,
about three miles north Of Berlin, was
burned to the ground. The loss on
building and outfit will probably be
about $500 or $4,000. Insurance, $2,-
20G.
The directors of the Northern Chau-
tauoua association held meeting at
Marquette to discuss arrangements for
the assembly next year. 1t was decld-
ed to have one, and DR.. H. G. Jennings
Of Chicago was engaged as superln-
tendent.
Outagamie county farmers are re-
ceiving unusually good prices for their
hogs and they do not have any tr0u-
bic diSpoSing of them, as the county IS
oyerrun by stock buyers. The buyers
are offering from $3.15 to 81 per JOG
pounds.
Peter Kennedy in custody at the
city Jail, West Superior, broke out and
| is al large. Kennedy was being held
fcl. the authorities of Two Harbors,
| Mimi. who We're preparing to eXtradlte
him on the charge of forgery. He
pried tie bars off the window.
Willie Groat, the youth who was ac-
cidertally shot in the back by COM
paniCn at IrOnton few days ago, died
If lockjaW About eighty shot entered
his back, of which only twenty-SlX
we're removed Those remaining in the
flesh caused bloOdpoisoning, and the
boy died i'll great agony.
BY a narrow majority of one vote the
supervisors passed resolutions at Mar
uuette recently, looking to redistrict-
inc Of Marquette county and reduc-
ton in the size of the board The pres
emf board has members enough for a
small legislature, and it is an item of
considerable expense to the county.
Two teams have broken through the
ice at Ashland this week and taken a
cold bath. One team has remained at
the bottom of the bay. The team was
hauling a load Of lumber near one OF
! the docks. when the ice gave way, ana
the horses load and all went down.
1t was impossible to get the horses out.
The cook in the Drummond Lumber