The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-01-24
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1000 entries.
The United States senate confirmed
| the nomination of l.. Il. Ring as post
master at Neillsville.
The Methodist church at Shell Lake
was burned with loss of $4,000 and
| an insurance of S1,700.
Emil Cornte, a Swiss cheesemaker at
| Monroe was adjudged insane. and will
| be taken to the Monroe hospital.
An order has been issued discontinue
| ing the postottice at Reesburg, Clark
| county Mail will be sent to Thorp.
The marshes in the vicinity of Osh-
| kosh are overrun with muSkrats, and
| single hunters bag 300 to $50 per day.
Joseph Greuttner, representative of
the Pabst Brewing company at Chiffon,
received broken hip in a runaway ac-
cident.
Best & Loucks, owners of the new
shingle mill at Bayfield,, made a con-
tract last week with Eastern parties
for 100000 shingles.
The house Of James Herr at Baraboo
burned with its contents. The loss is
$1,000 Mrs. Herr was i'll and was
with difficulty taken from the building.
Weddings in the state: Robert Wa
son of Dale, to Miss Lydia Teppla OF
Medina; Miss Susan Sturtevant of Del
AVIAN and Chandler Scott of Calamar,
Iowa.
The congregation of st. Georges
church at Kenosha held it's annual
meeting, and decided to build q new
hall on North Chicago street, to cost
about $4,000.
The Congregational church started at
Port Washington last June was dedl-
Gated recently. 1t is the lower portion
of what will ultimately be large
$1,000 structure.
J. B. Feazette, a veteran trapper and
hunter who has resided for thirty or
forty years on the Rat river, i'll the
northern part of Marinette county,
died at his home in the heart of the
wilderness.
The Bank OF Dorchester has closed.
1t was conducted by Schafer q Spang-
Ter and was considered prosperous.
Schafer & Spangler also conduct
store at Dorchester and one at Iron
wood Mich.
A deed was filed at Racine for the
transfer of the Racine Linseed Oil
company's plant, by the National Lin
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seed Oil company, the price being CIV
Ell at $4,000.
Marcus Saeinheimer of Chicago was
killed by a cake of ice falling on him
at the icehouses at North Lake, near
Pewaukee. He was passing under the
ice runway, and the cake slipped off,
striking him on the head.
Congressman Jenkins, being unable
INT c1-l1si
at River Falls, ordered an election,
which was held, and four candidates
were voted for. Cyrus c.. Glass won
out by plurality of 50.
An eleven-year-o old boy was picked UP
by the police at Fond du Lac. He gave
his name as Israel Cohen, and admit
ted having run away from his parents
at Chicago His father, Conrad Cohen,
has been telegraphed for.
John G. Vetter, Madison contract
or and builder, made a voluntary as
signment for the benefit of creditors.
No statement of assets and liabilities
has been filed. w. III. Afford, assign
ee, filed bond in the sum of $500.
Lucius Fairchild Post, G. A. r., of
Madison, is going to look into the wear
ing of G. A. r. buttons in Madison by
persons not entitled to them. There is
a law on the statute books providing q
penalty for those wrongfully wearing
them.
Wolves have again become trouble |
some to the farmers in Sank county, |
and are more numerous than they were
twenty years ago. They are running
about in packs of three to eight, and
some of them are said to be of the |
large timber variety
At the March term Of the circuit |
court at KeEosha, in the case of Haus-
er vs. Whitley, Peter Hauser was given |
$4,000 damages from injuries received |
from a bull on the Whitley farm, where |
Hauser had worked. Judge Fish al |
lowed a new trial
There has sprung up much adverse |
sentiment against the proposed charity |
ball at Chippewa Falls. Instead of |
giving ball, many people are in favor
Of a general contribution of funds, fuel
and clothing for distribution. This
plan may prevail.
Prof. Floyd Davis, the expert en-
ployed to test the city water at Osh- |
koSh, says that the samples obtained
show that the water is unfit for use,
especially for children, whose systems
are more prone to infection than those |
of adults. He found chlorine in the
water.
Neils Rasmussen, justice of the peace
at South Superior, and his son, Peter
Rasmussen, president Of the Buffalo
Oil company, died of grippe They
will be buried at Randolph. Mrs Ras-