River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-07
The News Condensed.

An order has been issued establish
ing the free delivery service at Neenah,
! to take effect November /.
Sales of wild land in western Bar
ron county are increasing very rapid
~, and it will only be question of a
short time when all the available farm
ing lands have been taken up and set
tied upon.
The annual report of the auditor of
the interior department for the fiscal
year shows that the amount disbursed
by the Milwaukee pensian agency was
$7,9o1 ,309 and the expenses of the
agency were S27.716.
Government surveyors are at work
measuring from the stumpage the
amount of timber which has been un-
lawfully cut from the Oconto Indian
reservation.
The ninth annual convention of the
Wisconsin State Library association
was held in Madison.
Rev Mrs. Harriet NJ. Kirk, min
lister of the Free Methodist faith,
dropped dead in the arms of a neighbor
in Stevens Point.
Mabel Roderick, girl five years old,
daughter of William Roderick, was run
over and crushed to death by a wagon
in Manitowoc.
The red brick primary school house
was burned at Wonewoc.
Firein the boiler house Of the b. Uhrig
Coal company, in Milwaukee. de-
stroyed $4,000 worth of property and
damaged the stock and warehouse of
the Foster Lumber company to the ex-
tent of $4,000.
Andrew Haben, of Oshkosh, lost FIVE
frame buildings in the fire at Victor,
Col
Col. Warham Parks. who for many
years occupied a prominent place in
legal circles, and civil war veteran,
died at Oconomowoc, aged 50 wears.
The corner stone of St. I}artholo-
NEW Episcopal church was laid in
Pewaukee by Bishop Nicholson.
Fred G. Zapfe. aged 80 years, was suf-
located at his home in Green Bay dur
ing fire.
Fire destroyed the warehouse con-
tanning the finished product of the
Paine Lumber company at Oshkosh.
with a loss of S72 1000.
Hugh Connen. of bridge crew, fell
dead in Cumberland at the breakfast
table at the Windsor hotel. Connen
was married and lived in Minneapolis.
Miss Flora Hofmeister forewoman of
the Badger Manufacturing company.
pleaded guilty in Racine TO the charge
of violating the child labor law and was
fined ten dollars and costs.
George G. Houghton was elected vice
president and general manager Of the
Wisconsin national bank in Milwau-
kee. TO succeed the late Charles Best
Hans r. Madsen. Dane 40 years old,
engaged as night fireman al the Bad
ger Electric Light company in Racine,
was killed by electricity.
w d. Pearl. proprietor of the Cliff
house, Devils Lake. has pair of huge
oyster shells sent him from the Philip
pines by Gen. Otis.
DIR Davis, the Eau Claire paper man
ufacturer. has begun the erection of a
paper mill at Jim's Falls. two miles from
Chippewa Falls.
Mrs. Martin Alderman. wife of the
oldest hardware dealer in Port Wash
ington, committed suicide by drowning
in 2 cistern. She was ga years old.
GridIey chapel, w. B. Strong's me-
mortal TO his father. Elijah Gridley
Strong, an early resident of Beloit, was
dedicated.
John T. Flavin. superintendent of
schools of Dodge county and president
of the State Teachers associa ton,
hanged himself on his farm in the town
of Emmett Dependency was the cause.
John King, helf-breed Indian from
the Oneida reservation, was run over
and killed by train in 0conto.