River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-03-04
NEWS OF
WISCONSIN


with having violated the Sunday law
after evidence had been presented
against him by scouts of the Civic
league who stated they had purchased
liquor there on Sunday, December 20.
Waukesha.-James Butler, serving
life sentence at Waupun for the
murder of his aged wife in the town
of Lisbon, July 5, 1897, is seeking his
release from the penitentiary and has
recently written letters to former ac-
quaintances here, some of which con-
tanned small sums of money, asking
pardon. Up to the present time no
effort along this line has been made,
even the members of his own family
repudiating him.
La Crosse.-Realizing that he was
insane and fearing that he would go
home and kill his wife, George Nei.
berger, railroad employee, thought to
obviate the danger to his family by
suicide and threw himself in front of
the fast mail on the Milwaukee road
as it was pulling into the North side
station. Four railroad men, after a
desperate fight, succeeded in dragging
him ont of danger. He was committed
to an insane asylum.
Sheboygan.-Sheboygan merchants
and shippers are preparing to organ
ize a local branch of the western adj
justment bureau to secure better
treatment of their claims against the
railroads for overcharges, ETC., on
freight The organization is being ar
ranged by Attorney Langdon of Osh-
kosh, where the central Office of the
adjustment bureau is located
Tomah.-The Tomah Civic Improve
ment league has secured the services
of Mrs. McCrea, a professional land
scape gardner, to assist in identifying
the city. The Goodyear Lumber Com
pany has donated 500 to be divided
into prizes to be offered for the best
improved property and the best look
ing back yards.
Kenosha.-Quite a little stir was
caused in Kenosha by the announce
ment of the marriage of William Mere
dith and Miss Nellie LaVoy. They
left Kenosha, stating that they were
going to Chicago to visit friends. A
telephone message announced that
they had been married at Crown
Point, Ind.
Merrill.-Emil Pfister, a resident of
this city, was instantly killed at Clan
don, a small station in the south
eastern part of the county. He is a
fireman employed by the Milwaukee
road and was cleaning the flues under
his engine when train of runaway
cars struck the engine, breaking Pts
ter's neck
Sparta.-Congressm Esch of this
district is making strenuous effort to
secure an appropriation for the pur-
chase of additional land for the gov
eminent range near Sparta. At the
last session of the legislature an ap-
preparation of $150,000 was made to
purchase 1000 acres of land for the
range.
Madison-That Wisconsin is far
below other states in making appro-
priations for state fair purposes was
shown when the bill of Assemblyman
G. G. Brew of Milwaukee, calling for
an appropriation of $250,000 for the
next three years, came up for hearing
before the committee on state fairs.
Chippewa Falls.-The question
whether a chief of police is allowed to
accept fees for serving papers or act
ing as private detective was investi-
gated by a council committee, Thomas
Rowan being the complainant against
Chief of Police Wands. Rowan wants
Wands removed.
Marinette.-Carl Leonardson, one of
the patients sent to the Pasteur instf-
tute at Chicago from Marinette week
ago, was in a critical condition.
George Lang, 14-year-old boy, was
taken to the institute suffering front
the bite of a dog reported as mad.
Kenosha-Arthur Donley was the
victim of an attempted holdup in the
center of town. He was on his way
home when two men leaped from be
hind a building and presented re-
volver to his head. Donley escaped
by running.
Menasha.-A new southbound "pa-
per train" has been put on by the
Northwestern road, leaving Menasha
daily, except Sunday, carrying only
paper and perishable stock, and will
make the run from Menasha to Chi
cago in a little less than ten hours.
Sparta-The r. Taylor Drug Com
panys store was entered and the till
tapped. Losby's barber shop was also
entered but the thieves secured only
small amount Of change and several
boxes of cigars.
Oconto.-The Oconto company's two
big barns in this city were totally de-
stroyed by fire, with loss of about
81 900, covered by insurance. About
100 tons of hay were burned.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bollieu, for
merly an inmate of the state industrial
school for girls, has been taken to
West Bend by Sheriff Schousebeck of
that city, charged with theft of a
dress from a woman in a boarding
house in which she was employed.
Kenosha-The contract for the
heating plant to be installed in the
new Third ward school was let to the
American Foundry and Furnace Com
pany of Milwaukee for $4,685.
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