River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-03-23

The News Condemned.
Al the annual meeting in Madison of
the Wisconsin Press association, {. W.
Bowron, of the Oshkosh Northwestern,
was elected president
The Light Guard armory was sold
at sheriff's sale in Eau Claire OF mort
gage held by the state to j. j. Fruit,
representing the state board of normal
school regents, for $4,000.
The annual drive meeting of the Me
nominee River Boom company was held
in Marinette. The total logs cut for
Menominee and Marinette were 300,-
900. 900
The Retail Lumber Dealers Mutual
Insurance association in session in
Madison elected A. {. Dodge, of Mon
roe. president
Adolph Huffman, who was formerly
superintendent for the Nation Manu-
featuring company's furniture factory,
committed suicide in Sheboygan, Loss
of his position was the cause.
Farmers in Doom county are begin
ming to realize. now that thorough in
vestigation is being made, that thou
sands of bushels of potatoes were
frozen during the cold weather OF the
past winter.
Chippewa Falls was visited by thun-
der and snowstorm. The snow fell for
two hours, accompanied by lightning.
The three-year-old girl of Mrs Er-
hard. a widow was burned TO death III
Marshfield during the absence OF her
mother.
Norman /. Baker, young attorney
has voluntarily undertaken crusade
against the saloon men in Kenosha for
the infringement of the Sunday law ana
the selling of liquor to minors.
Managers of public places of amuse-
ment in Wisconsin have no legal right
to exclude colored people from such
places on account of their color. 80
holds Judge Goss of the Oshkosh
municipal court
Mrs. D. II. Ferguson. the wife of
wealthy lumber manufactures in Eau
Claire. was arrested on the charge OF
forgery, preferred against her by one
of her husbands employees.
Fred Pfunder, father of eN-Assem-
blvman Pfunder, died at the home OF
his son at Two Creeks at the age OF s.
wears He was one of the early settlers
of Two Rivers.
Gen. Shafter will lecture before the
students in Madison on March IS
The Wisconsin state bicycle meet
will be held in GAINESVILLE on the fair
grounds July II. IS and "A. One thou
sand dollars in cash and $500 in prizes
will be hung up
GOV. Schofield has returned to Mad
ison from his trip to California much
improved in health.
The post office at West De Pere will
on April be raised to the presidential
class and the salary of the postmaster
increased to $1,000,
Fire destroyed the machine shop.
carpenter shop and electric light plant
of the Montello Granite company caus-
ing loss of $4,000.
Emma Van Lob. the 16-year-old
daughter of Fred Van Lob, residing
two miles east of Merrill. accidentally
shot herself dead while handling shot
gun.
The large creamery at Logansport
was burned. the loss being $4,000; no
insurance. The plant was owned by a
stock company.
Lathrop Burgess. aged % years. died
in Brighton township. He was one OF
the original founders Of Brighton, TAX
ing up a homestead, on which he lived
till his death.
Obed Moore. farmer of the town OF
Hull. was killed by a falling tree.
Victor Hallett. aged AZ, a farmer
from Red River. was instantly killed
and his body shockiugly mangled by 3
street car in Green Bay
Mark Honeysett. who died recently,
left in his will 81, 900 to the First Bap.
fist church of GAINESVILLE and $1,000 to
a Baptist orphanage near Chicago.
An ordinance appropriating $500 and
authorizing a tax of one mill in adH
ton passed the common council to es.
tablish public library in Kaukauna-
The stock of Cotter & Chatfee. furni-
ture merchants, was almost complete
" destroyed by fire in Whitewater.
Loss. $1,000
DR.. T. g. Luther, a dentist in Ripon
for 40 years. died at the age of % from
a paralytic stroke.
For the fifth time within two years
William Bryant was arrested on the
charge of selling liquor without a IL
cense in the town of Eldorado. He
pleaded guilty and was fined $50 aud
costs
John Guiddinger of Newton. claims TO
have discovered perpetual motion and
has gone TO Washington 10 apply for a
patent on his invention.
In saloon fight in Eagle River Peter
Dunsmore received injuries from which
he died.
The Fond du Lac police discovered a
robbers den under the post office side
walk and Horatio Took. a lad of "A
years. was arrested and confessed to
charges of burglary.
frankie Corwin, aged four years
while playing with matches in James
vile was burned TO death,
Fenner Kimball died in GAINESVILLE,
aged u years. He was we'll known
figure in state politics aud had held va
rious public positions.
The oBe-time famous 0akton Spring
hotel has been burned The structura
originally cost $4,000. but had not
0een occupied for a NUMBER OF years.