River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-13
The News Condensed.

Upon the motion of Senator Spooner,
Attorney General Hicks. of Wisconsin,
has been admitted to practice before
The annual meeting of the Sank
County Horticultural society was held
in Baraboo December II.
Mrs. Henry Weyenberg. aged 40. who
was buried at Little Chute. was the
mother of IS children. 10 of whom are
now living.
Henry w. Reese. of Dodgeville, has
been appointed district attorney for
Iowa county. TO succeed L. w. Pollard,
resigned.
Mrs. Pauline George. wife of we'll
known resident of Abrams. died in Mar
inette at the home Of the Dowie follow
err. Elder Bryant. where she was taken
to test the powers of divine healing.
The next state fair will be held Sep
TENDER to IA.
Gov. Scofield has appointed ]. J.
Fruit. of La Crosse, judge of the Sixth
judicial district. to succeed the late
Judge Wyman.
The St. Johns Independent Polish
Catholic church in Milwaukee was de-
stroyed by fire, entailing a loss OF
$4,000.
Work has been started on the large
lace plant which will be built a t Dowie's
Zion. south of Kenosha The buildings
will be completed by the early part OF
May.
Job, d IE;1l;o,,e n ,,-ool+br an
raiser living near Beloit. was robbed of
Sos in Chicago.
Mamie Bessie Clark. daughter of Mrs.
Ellen B. Clark, died in GAINESVILLE of
consumption, aged 30. She leaves a
mother, four sisters and five brothers.
This is the fourth death in the family
in ten ~onths.
DIR. Walter C. Pease. leading physi-
clan and pioneer of Wisconsin. dropped
dead of heart disease at Cumberland.
He was member of the grand lodge OF
masons.
Frank. Wood. who has sold his gold
coin mine at Victor, Col. for $4,000,
Coo is former Beloit boy.
After being closed for over two
months the mammoth J. I. Case
Threshing Machine company resumed
operations in Racine by putting sew.
eral hundred men to work
After 10 years of work the Milwau.
kee harbor of refuge has been com.
pleted.
Truman Rice. of Medill, aged 10,
was divorced from his third wife and
married his fourth, Mrs. Excy Dunn
aged 50.
Gottfried Baeten. of De Pere 90 years
old, bagged % rabbits in one day near
Seymour.
John Cooper, an early settler. died
at his home near North Greenfield
aged over 90 years. He was known as
one of the strongest men in Wiscon-
sin and he stood six feet two inches
in height.
p. n. jenkins, furniture dealer at
Beloit, failed for $4,000: assets. S.
600.
The Sheboygan National Gas com
pany. owned by the United Gas I'm
provement company of Philadelphia.
has passed into the hands of a Detroit
and Chicago syndicate.
James Campbell. a wealthy cream
cry owner. died at his home at Beaver
Dam. aged 65 years.
Rev. Arthur c. Kempton. pastor OF
the Baptist church at GAINESVILLE. died
at his home, aged 30 years. He was
the president of the State Christian
Endeavor societies
The state land commissioners are
in Washington to aid the passage of
the bill for the restoration to Wis
consin of certain large areas of swamp
lands. said to be about $4,000 acres in
extent.
Portage county has decided TO COM
mence the payment of its railroad
bonded Indebtedness, and 10 that end
will retire $4,000 worth Of the pres
ent issue in July
deal has been closed in Merrill
between O'Connor g. Carr. extensive
logging operators, and John Oday e.
Co. for 1000. coo feet OF timber located
near Hazelhurst. in Villas county.
Arthur Curtis, for three years right
tackle on the varsity football team,
has been elected captain Of the team
for next year Curtis is Madison
boy
sheriff Austin ChrisIer returned TO
Eau Claire from Nuskegon. Mich.
with William Hohcnstein, who Is
wanted on a criminal charge preferred
by the parents Of yong woman.
". J. Zahl. who kidnapped his two
children al Amigo. has been placed
IN jail al Wansau and the children
have been returned 70 their mother.
George Fitzgerald. i0i years old,
died at Glenmore.