River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-01-05
The New. Condensed.

Joseph a. Mayer, FARMER al leds-
ant Prairie, shot and killed in Chicago
Dennis E. Riley, special agent for the
Northwestern railroad. Mayer claims
self defense.
James Mcdonald, aged 102, resident
of Chippewa Falls for 40 years, died at
St. Joseph's hospital. He was born in
Montreal in 1896. Three children sur
vive him.
At the annual meeting in Green Bay
of the Wisconsin Fishermen's assocla-
tion L. c. Shilling, of Green Bay, was
reelected president.
Miss Carrie Edwards, prominent
young lady of Fond du Lac, has joined
the Mormon faith and gone to Salt Lake
CITY. where she will make her future
home.
Judge w. Wing, of Kewaunee, has
applied to Gov. Scofield for the pardon
of Josephine Cheney, who was sen
fenced to Waupun by Judge ellison in
November, 1892, for Is years, for poison
ing her husband.
Lorenzo Wilcox, aged so, residing
seven miles south of Wautoma, died
from the effects of blow which be
received several weeks ago.
Nettie Reinick, of Milwaukee, is only
10 wears DID, but she has had her legs
broken Is times.
Wolcott post, the largest and most
influential grand army post in the state
at meeting in Milwaukee adopted res
olutions indorsing the sentiments eN.
pressed by President Mckinley on his
recent trip south.
Private John Cherette, company X,
Fourth Wisconsin, died of typhoid fever
at Camp Ship, in Admission, Ala. The
body will be sent to Eau Claire.
Charles B. Hinckley, a well-known
resident of Rock county, fell dead at
his home near GAINESVILLE.
Frank Rosa, a former business man
of Hillsboro, was taken to the Mendoza
asylum.
Richard Guenther left Oshkosh for
Frankfort, Germany, where he will
begin his duties as United States con
sui.
Charles Allenburg was held up at
Platteville and relieved of sos while
passing up side street.
John Cherette. of EauClare, private
of company K, Fourth Wisconsin vol
unteers, died in Camp Ship at Annis-
ton. Ala, of typhoid fever.
Octave Fish, a well-known French
man, was killed while cutting timber
near Iron River.
/. C. Sloan died in GAINESVILLE of apo
plexy. He was a noted lawyer, for
many years a dean at the Wisconsin
university, and was elected to congress
from Wisconsin during President Lin
coins term.
L. A. Doty was found guilty in Niro-
qua of obtaining money fraudulently
by passing himself off as revenue of
ficer and was sentenced to prison for
year.
Miss Belle Hite, of Madison, commit
ted suicide on a street car in St. Louis,
Mo, because the gripman did not re-
ciprocate her love.
Henry Landon, aged 10, and one of
the pioneer settlers of Winnebago cOun-
ty, died in Neeuah.
Henry Hess pleaded guilty in Mil
waukee to charge of arson and was
sentenced to six years in the state
prison at Waupun.
Fire at Wrightstown burned barn
owned by William Rice, with six head
of horses and 81 head of cattle.
Henry Schuette, German laborer,
committed suicide in Melville by TAX
ing trough on rats"
c. r. Coon, a resident of Hudson since
1856, died at his place of business in
Waverly after a brief illness, aged 10
years. Mr. Coon was the seventh mayor
of Hudson.
Miss Ethelwyn Eaton, daughter of
President Eaton, of Beloit college, will
go to France in January to become
teacher of English in a school at
Biarritz, near the Spanish frontier.
Word has been received of the death
of Henry Geffert in Maryland. Mr..
Geffert was for many years one of the
active business men OF Reedsburg.
Mrs. John Roche, resident of Union
Grove for a perod of so years, died at
the age of 70 years.
James Mellen, foreman of lumber
camp at Butternut, was chased by
pack of wolves for several miles, and
but for speedy horse he could not
have escaped.
Secretary of State-eleet Froehlich and
State Treasurer Davidson filed their
oaths of office with the secretary OF
state.