River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-08-09
The News Condensed.

The bank at Cambridge was robbed
by burglars of S1O0 They blew open
the safe, but did not get into the inner
portion, where the bulk of the cash is
kept.
The barn of Hebe Smith near Wau-
kesha was burned, and l3s sheep and
/ five horses were cremated.
Thomas S. Marcher, well-known
travelling man, died at Racine, aged ~
years. He was born in Pennsy lyania
! and went to Racine in 1870.
The population of Milwaukee, accord
ing to the count completed at the CEN
sus office in Washington, is 2s5,315. In
1890 the population was 204,46s.
Chris. Anderson, a mechanic in Ra-
cine, &c years old, has left for Dem
mark with a brother to claim a for
tune of $4,000 left by the death of
their parents.
The Soldiers and Sailors association
of Walworth county held its twelfth
annual reunion at Elkhorn.
The board of review has fixed the
valuation of Oshkosh property at
S9,549,G23. Last years valuation was
S9,3o2,9S4.
Fire burned the Monico hotel and
several business houses, the loss being
$4,000.
f. Garrett Van VIE, one of the pio-
neer settlers of the town of Salem,
died at the age of II years.
The body of murdered Indian,
Mitchell by name, was found about
mile from Keshena on the old fair
grounds His skull had been fractured
by blow.
George Potter, an employe Of the
seed distributing department at Wash
ington, was fatally injured in runa-
way in Madison.
DR.. Samuel H. Gish, the Oldest den
list in practice in GAINESVILLE, died at
the age of 81 years.
Six members in GAINESVILLE of com
pany !, w. \. g., have joined the reg.
ular army and will be sent to China
September I.
j. Peterson, aged SIS, farmer of the
town of Ellington, committed suicide
as the result of dependency.
A little child of Mr.. and Mrs. Grant,
of Ell Paso, fell into the pig pen and
was killed and the body almost de-
voured by the hogs.
Fire at Rhinelander destroyed ST.
Mary's Catholic church, the largest
house of worship in Oneida county.
Two shots were fired by unknown
persons into the bedroom occupied by
Mrs. McGinty and her daughter at
their home in the town of Byron
shortly after midnight, but no dam
age was done.
4 colony of about 20 Hollanders from
De Pere have bought land near Tony,
where they will settle.
The Island wooden mill in Baraboo
has completed an order for 10000
blankets for the United States army.
The body of Louis Belfi was found
near the big eddy in the Wisconsin
river by Frank Tozer while out hunt
ing one mile south of Merrill. 1t is
thought Belf was murdered.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to rob the pioneer limited train on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway
al Reeseville. The work was planned
by half dozen masked men.
Mr.. and Mrs S. Il. Hopkins. Of Dale.
Outagamie county, have been married
- years. Mr.. Hopkins is 90 years of
age and Mrs Hopkins 90.
Benjamin Armstrong, the oldest
white settler on Lake Superior, died
at Ashland of heart disease. He went
to that region in 1895.
The post Office department has es-
tablished rural free delivery service,
10 begin August Is, at Black River
Falls.
Ed Stevens. lumber driver for the
Rogers Ruger company, was killed in
Vest Superior, being run over by his
wagon.