River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-11-02
The News Condensed.

Racine-Cabbage growers in the
outskirts of Racine are the victims of
wholesale thefts. One man traced cab
bage to homes on Herrick avenue and
found cellars half filled.
Marinette.-The shortage in the &C
counts of Arthur A. Cole, the abscond-
ing clerk of court, is about $4,000.
Waukesha.-Fo some time the farm
ers of Waukesha county have been
losing sheep, which were killed by
wolves.
Clinton.-The three-year-o son of
Knute Severson was killed by falling
beam, which his father let go to pick
up hammer while repairing his barn.
Madison.-In trying to exterminate
rattlesnakes in Crawford county the
county has paid out $1,000 in less than
four years by paying bounty on 1866
dead snakes at SO cents a snake. The
rattles were all presented to the clerk.
Anah.-The post Office here was rob-
bed. About $16G in stamps and $50 in
cash was taken.
Oshkosh.-C. HI. Sherburne, farm
er residing near here, paid fine of $40
and costs for trapping muskrats on
his farm. The case will be appealed.
Madison.-The executive committee
of the state board of normal school
regents let contracts of the new nor
NAL school building at Platteville.
Eau Claire.-Attorney for F. r. Sc
benthal have secured $4,000 damages
from the Minnesota Fair association as
a result of a Ferris wheel accident
in which his wife was killed and he
was injured.
Racine.-TWo little daughters of Will
liam Hagendorf, of Racine, slept all
night in bed with their mother dead
beside them and did not know it. the
woman died of heart disease during the
night.
Neenah.-The Sindahl planning mill
and lumber yard was destroyed by fire,
thought to have been caused by defec-
tive electric light wires, and the loss
is $4,000.
Waukesha-The Northern Wiscon-
sin Teachers association will meet N
this city on November and A, for an
excellent programme of addresses and
papers.
Beloit-Horace Lippett fell into the
Rock river and was drowned.
Sheboygan.-Adam Wolf, aged 70
years, prominent real estate man of
this city, was killed by falling from the
Northwestern bridge, which he mistook
for the depot platform.
Milwaukee.-Th bills for cutting
thistles during the last summer ag-
gregated $4,777.36 as compared with
S4,46347 in 1904.
Madison-Papers were filed in the
Office of the secretary of state incor-
porating the village of Balsam Lake in
Polk county.
Sheboygan.-Th biggest building
boom in years is on i'll this city, and
$4,000 has been loaned this year by
one society. Scores of houses costing
from $1,000 to $4,000 are under con-
struction now, and the work is greatly
retarded for want of men.
Oshkosh.-The son, aged two years,
of Julius Kieckhefer, fell into barrel
of garbage and was drowned.
Milwaukee.-By the will Of her ia
Their, Albert Levy, veteran distiller of
Cincinnati, Mrs. Jacob E. Friend, of
this city, becomes heiress to a third
of large estate here, estimated to be.
worth something over s1,000,000.
Fond du Lac-Superintendent of
Schools William Wilson and Principal
Elizabeth Waters of the high school,
have placed a ban on high school par
ties, because the parties take too much
of the pupils time. and are too expen-
Sive.
Onalaska.-The new Wisconsin anti
pass law has caused Onalaska to be
without city council. Three members
who are employees of railroad COM
panies have resigned.
Pound.-Because they did not know
tie gun was loaded, ten-year-old Otto
Scankerwertz, son Of a farmer, was
killed by his eight-year-old brother.