The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-28
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The North Western Railway Com
pany has cleared up the blockade in
pulp-wood which tied up the trains for
a week at Appleton.
Mrs Samuel Dowd of the town of
Dallas, near Chetek. died of cancer of
the stomach, having lived without food
nearly five weeks.
Miss Elizabeth Shepard will repre-
sent the Oshkosh normal school at the
state oratorical contest to be held at
Stevens Point March 18th.
1t cost Judge Webb just 1854 to be
candidate for United States senator,
according to a statement filed with the
secretary of state at Madison.
Bertha Macy, aged twenty, died at
la Crosse. She was the daughter of r.
G. Macy, a coal dealer, and went to
Chicago for a surgical operation.
Mayor Roe and o. G. Lee, two. of
Stoughton's leading tobacco dealers,
left for New York and other Eastern
points, in view of large tobacco deal.
Ex-senator Sawyer has so far recoy-
cred as to take daily drives at Osh-
kosh, and spend some time each day
at the National Bank attending to
business.
Judge Bennett granted a divorce to
Wilhelmina Sellnow from Frederick
Sellnow at GAINESVILLE on the ground Of
cruel treatment. The parties reside at
Waterloo.
The village board of Elkhart Lake
awarded the contract for putting in
system of waterworks to the Sanitary
Construction Company of Green Bay
for $1,000.
The Bigelow mill at Washburn will
be nearly as good as new when it Is
started in the spring. The owners are
expanding $4,000 in making changes
and repairs.
A stock company is being organized
at Green Bay to change the Christie
hotel building on Washington street
into an operat house. Local capitalists
are interested in the scheme.
Negotiations are under way for the
purchase of the west side street rail-
way line at Green Bay by the re-or.
gained company of the Fox River
Electric Light and Power Company
Owing to the warm weather loggers
in Chippewa and Marinette counties
are discharging their sllidding crews.
Unless cold weather comes again,
amps will be broken in few days.
1t is Just announced at Racine that
Miss Caroline Hatchwell and Freder-
ick l.. Monroe. two well-known society
people. had been married at Milwaukee
April Doth last by the Rev. e. w.
White
"Jack'' Mcbride of Monroe was SEN
fenced by Judge John M. Becker to a
year and one-half at Waupun. On
February 4th Mcbride threw a piece
of coal into a fifty-dollar plate-glass
front
Deaths in the state: Richard Wig
gin, GAINESVILLE; Mrs. Jane Whitman,
aged eighty-five, Beaver Dam; G. N.
Lloyd, Berlin; John Bezio, aged fifty
nine, Marinette; James Crowley, Pal
myra.
The trial of George Miles, held at
Oshkosh, for the murder of Blanche
Sessians alias Birdie Fox, will take
place next month in Waupaca county
court. Witnesses have been ordered
to report March 9th.
1t has been reported to the Racine
police that William Schrader has dis
appeared from his boarding house.
Fears are entertained for his safety.
He was twenty-four years old and
formerly lived at Milwaukee.
Perley Lowe of Chica concluded q
deal at Marinette for the purchase of
the seasons cut of the Peshtigo Lum-
Der company, nearly 100000 feet.
The consideration is over 100000. 1t
is one of the largest deals of the year.
Nomination papers for Justices Cas-
soday and Dodge of the Supreme court
have been circulated at Marinette and
many signatures obtained. There is
large local sentiment for both candi-
dates and the bar unanimously in
dorsed them.
Conard & Goebert of Green Bay, ac-
cIlsed CT selling liquor to minor, were
allowed to close their T lace of business
and they will not be rf-!uired TO appear
before the council Monday night to
show cause why their license should
not be revoked.
Kirk, Christie & Co. of Cleveland,
this week bought 100000 feet Of hard
wood lumber Of the Marinette Lumber
Company. The consideration was over
$4,000. 1t is the largest sale of hard
wood lumber made in years on the
Menominee river.
The new IS. Cyril and Methodius
Polish Catholic church at Eaton.
Brown county, was almost destroyed
by fire recently. The church was erect
ed last summer at a cost of nearly
$4,000. The loss is partially covered
by insurance of $4,000 on the building
and $1,000 on the contents.