River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS


elected are: Secretary, Gustav w.
Euchen, Sheboygan; treasurer, Nor
ris w. Richards, Madison; sergeant-at-
arms, R. w. Muckleston Waukesha.
Chippewa Falls.-Frank Spitz was
found dead by the side of his
dog near Bloomer. Spitz's dog died
five days ago and he refused to bury
it because of his love for it. Authori-
ties ordered him to bury it and he
took the dog to the outskirts of the
village and covered it with some
grass. 1t is supposed he died short
ly afterwards.
Kenosha.-In the past three or
four days attempts have been made
to enter a dozen houses in the fashion
able sections of the city and the peo-
pie are badly frightened. The lone
burglar" usually calls up the home of
his intended victim by phone and after
ascertaining that no one is at home
goes around and quietly enters the
house.
Superior. = Hugh Cork and w.
]. Semeloth, the church census
workers, are here to take the religious
census of Superior. The plan is to put
workers at the task of registering the
religious inclinations and affiliations of
every family in town so as to furnish
all pastors with information as to
where they may do telling work.
Elkhorn.-Arthur Hand and Hugo
Heiligenthal, two Lyons trappers,
paid fines and costs amounting
to $66.0S for trapping muskrats prior
to opening of season. w. A. Mitchell
of this city paid $3.50 for a similar
offense, and Francis Lyon of Delavan
contributed $30.36 for shooting coot.
Oshkosh-The Peoples Indepen-
dent Brewing Company has been
organized in this city and incorporated
articles have been filed with the sec
rotary of state at Madison. The CAPT
tai stock paid up is $150,000 There
are AZ stockholders, mostly saloon
men of this city.
Chippewa Falls. - While hunting
in the woods near here, Louis
Johnson, As years old, a well-known
logging foreman of this city, met his
death, but whether by accident or sui
eide is not yet known. His body was
found by a settler living near John
sons homestead.
Waukesha-The coroner's inquest
on the bodies of Rompo Us
ranoff and Sperro Achisbiroff, the two
Macedonians killed in a mysterious
shooting affray near Delafield, gave
the opinion that Achisbiroff was acct
dentally killed and that Usranoff took
his own life.
Milton.-When Lois Noey of the
town of Milton got up to do his
barn work, he discovered that flames
during the night had destroyed the
barn and contents including six head
of horses, the family having slept
soundly during the burning of the
structure.
MISUNDERSTANDING from hunt
ing trip on the east shore of Lake
Winnebago Walter Kellett, Gustave
Fahrenkrug and Elton Stein of this
city, had a perilous ride in storm
which worked the lake into fury.
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up.
Watertown. - John Baumann, a
farmer of the town Of Leb-
anon, while shredding corn with a
machine had his hand caught in the
shredder and several of his fingers
were crushed, one of them requiring
amputation at the second joint.
anesville-Traced by peculiari-
ties in footprints found hear
barn at Milton, Marten Hagemann,
an inmate of the county farm, was
Thursday arrested by the state fire
warden Hagemann confessed to in
cendiarism.
Madison - Sheriff KittlesOn Of
fered a reward of $3.50 for infOrma.
ton that would lead to the capture OF
the three Donnerstag brothers, alleged
counterfeiters, who broke Jail here by
saving a bar from the window.
Appleton.-Julirs Kuehne, mayor
of Kaukauna and candidate for
sheriff on the Democratic ticket in
this county, dropped dead on an in
terurban car between Appleton and
Kaukauna.
New Richmond - Deputy Sheriff
Patrick Lynch searched for Ralph
Carroll, a boy who was accused
of raising a check from four dollars to
$84 and getting the money for it.
Racine. - At the First Baptist
church Sunday school teachers
institute was conducted by w. ].
Semelroth, state superintendent OF
the Sunday School union.
Janesville-The two-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Moore OF
the town of Rock was burned to death
while members of the family were in
the field.
Observation-Disclosures of shoplifting,
Mrs. Frances Zoellner was given Jail
sentence of 80 days.
Racine-Frank Beanstalk of Cor
liss pleaded guilty to breaking
into a meat market, stealing hides,
and selling them for $37. Judge
Shielding sentenced him to Waupun
for two years.
Watertown.-Moritz Holman, pro-
prietor of the Wisconsin house,
and for many years manager
of the Buena Vista, has disposed of
his interests here and removed to
Randolph.
Croen Rav-The mavor was an