River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-24
The New. condemned.


very suddenly of apoplexy. He is "A
years old and is survived by a wife,
son and daughter.
Fire that started in A. +. Ellison's
shoe store in Eau Claire destroyed
about half his stock, worth $4,000,
damaged the building about $4,000,
and damaged Mrs. Lamphere's short
hand school on the second floor about
l,5O0.
Three sons were born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Smonson, of Beaver Dam.
Two of the boys weighed five pounds
and one three. The triplets and
mother were doing we'll.
The annual freshman debate in Be
lott and Ripon colleges was won by
Beloit.
Six fires in one afternoon in widely
different sections of Eau Claire, all
started in barns, are believed to have
been incendiary. The total loss is
81 900.
The intercollegiate debate between
Georgetown Cd. c. university and
the University of Wisconsin resulted
in victory for the former.
After three years inexplicable ILL.,
ness Miss Barbara Knobel, of Altoona.
has been relieved by surgical opera
ton of a four-inch steel hatpin inn
bedded in the muscles of her right
side. How it got there she doesn't
know.
Another rural mail route is shortly
10 be established, between Appleton
and Greenville and Hortonville and
Medina.
Theodore S. Chapman died in Ber-
lin. aged 81. He was superintendent
of schools of Waushara county for
many years, and was civil war vet
eran.
George r. Eddy, one of the best
known job printers in Milwaukee, who
had lived in that city more than 40
wears. hanged himself while despond-
ent.
The great warerooms OF the Chicago
Rockford hosiery works in Kenosha
we're destroyed by fire, entailing loss
of more than S125.000 TO the company
and throwing 800 persons out of work.
North York hamlet on the line of
the Wisconsin Central railroad, was en-
tirely destroyed by fire.
John Erickson. aged As, railway
man residing in Silver Lake, was killed
by a freight train near there.
A. ". Stevens, founder of the \. w.
stevens threshing plant in Marinette
died at his home in Auburn, \. y. lie
was II years of age.
The Boer peace ENJOYS will be greet
ed in Eau Claire by mass meeting. re-
ception and entertainment.
George Davidson, of Marinette, was
found dead in his barn by his wife. He
had hanged himself. He was 65 years
old. The cause of his suicide was I'M
known.
Miss Nettie Hopkins and John Hotf-
man. of Sheboygan, were married at
the home of the bride S mother in Wey-
auwega. Both are deaf mutes
HartwelI Allen. man well known in
educational work and politics in Yer
non county for the past 40 years,
hanged himself az firoqua. Poor health
was the cause.
Al meeting of the stockholders of
the Waupaca County Agricultural So
cietx ii was decided 20 hold four
DAYS fair in Weyauwega september IS,
10. 20 and 81
President b. +. Montgomery: at the
head of the international mining con-
press 10 be held in Milwaukee June 49, |
was formerly Wisconsin man, having !
made his home at La Crosse until |
about 1869.
4 sl.o0o.000 mortgage, the largest IN |
the history Of the county. was placed |
on record in Oshkosh. 1t was given by |
The Winnebago Traction company TO
the Trust Company of America, New
York concern.
Charles Lee. aged Y. resident OF |
GAINESVILLE for 40 years and member |
of the local g.. A. r.. choked to death |
from paralysis of the throat while eat |
ing
Robert NJ La Toilette. former con-
eressman from the Second congress
sional district is out as Candidate for
the gu,ernat orial nomination on the
republican ticket.