River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-01-19
The News Condensed.


John L. Sulliyan's bar bill at the
Williams house in Manitowoc was an
even $24, or one dollar for each hour he
was in the city.
A recapitulation of the buildings
erected in La Crosse last year shows an
aggregate value of $512,5S6.
big George" the Indian who killed
Swan Swanson, Swede, was sentenced
in Madison to ten years in prison.
The jury in Oshkosh in the case of
John Campfeld, accused of the murder
of Alphonse Sandon, failed to agree and
was discharged.
G.. w. Root, one of the pioneers of
Sparta, died at the age of 90 years.
Thomas Hogan, well-known charac-
ter of Hurley, was frozen to death while
driving through the woods few miles
from Ironwood, Mich.
B. B. Humphrey died in Elkhorn of
heart failure. He was resident of Wal
worth county for 60 years.
James G. Monahan has been appoint
ed collector of internal revenue for the
Second district of Wisconsin.
The fourteenth child, son, was born
into the family of Mr.. and Mrs. August
Milbrandt in Mayville. Eleven of these
children are alive, of whom the eldest
is IS years.
Company A, Third Wisconsin regi-
ment, was mustered out at Neillsville
by Capt. Andrus, all members receiving
an honorable discharge and being paid
in full.
CYRUS Church, whose home was at
Walworth, died at Austin, ILL.,, of heart
failure. He was the oldest pioneer res
ident in southern Wisconsin, having set
tied in Walworth county in 1885.
Health Commissioner Schulz, of Mill
waukee, was served with a notice by
one of his own deputies that he was vio-
la ting the smoke ordinance.
In Barron county last year 6s7 new
residents settled in the 10 towns, pur-
chasing in all 70, 095 acres of land.
Frank Challoner, member of the
board of regents of Wisconsin uni
versity for the past five years, died in
Oshkosh, aged as years.
County Superintendent Of Schools
and Mrs j. B. Fournier, of Allouez, are
parents of a new son that weighed IS
pounds at birth The child at the time
of its birth measured two feet in height.
Menomonie has now a workhouse in
connection with the county Jail. 1t is
supplied with rock and hammers and
will furnish work for from IS TO 20
tramps each week.
Duncan Sellers died in Dodgeville,
aged 70. He was born in AYRSHIRE,
Scotland, and had lived in the town Of
Dodgeville So years. He leaves wife
and nine children.
The Methodist church was burned at
Shell Lake. The loss is $4,000, with an
insurance of $1,70O.
Burglars broke into Keating's saloon
in Kenosha and secured $3.50 in money,
a few bottles of wine and some cigars.
j. d. Witter gave check to the pub
lie library board in Stevens Point for
$500. Mr. Witter is a wealthy resident
of Grand Rapids, Mich, but owns con
siderable property in Stevens Point.
John Vullings, aged rs, dropped dead
at bis home in Green Bay of heart dis
ease.
Eli Gosselin, an old resident of Rock
county, died at his home in the town
of Fulton, aged 90 His wife died year
ago. He leaves family of nine chill
dren.
Sheriff Leith closed the doors of the
Liebig Drug company in Portage to sat
isfy judgment of S235.
In West Superior Judge Parker sen
fenced Henry Swanson and John Wade
to pay S25 and costs or 60 days in jail
for killing deer out Of season.
Gustave Wallin, who joined company
E, of Beloit, and served in the Spanish
war, was found dead in Rock river near
Edgerton.
The nine-year-old daughter of Knute
Hogan, a farmer near Beloit, ate lot
of pills she found in a box and died
within three hours.
While c. Z. Grobman was counting
his cash in his music store in Milwaukee
thief ran into the place and snatched
$500 and made good his escape.
Charles Schmidt, of Thorpe, suffered
the loss of his right leg at the ankle, p
falling tree crushing 1t.
Fire in the lumber yard district in
Milwaukee caused loss Of $4,000 to
the John Schroeder Lumber company,
of $4,000 to the Louis Henes, Jr., Coal
company and of $4,000 to the Ansted
Leather company.
Mrs. William Smell died in dentist
chair in Milwaukee while under the in
fuence of chloroform.
Jacob j. Starin, of Whitewater, died
at the age o. "A. He was one OF the
Oldest residents, having lived there
since 1910.