River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-11-04
WISCONSIN NEWS
TERSELY TOLD

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past. Mail from Sioux City will here
after leave there at $40 p. M, arriv-
ing at Chicago at a. M the following
morning. in time for the train that
reaches here at ten o'clock, instead of
at 1870 o'clock. Meanwhile efforts
are continuing to get similar improve
ments in the mail service from Oma-
ha, Kansas City and other big points
on the Missouri river
Beloit.-St. Peters congregation,
the newly organized Catholic church
IN South Beloit, is to have a church
building, located at the corner Of
Clark and Hayes streets, in South
Beloit. The chapel will cost $4,000.
Rev. Father O'Reilly, the priest in
charge, expects to have the building
ready for use this winter. The new
church is in the diocese of Bishop
Mu1doon of Rockford, ILL.,, and passes
out of the jurisdiction of the Wiscon-
sin church authorities.
Sharon.-The fifty-seventh annual
convention of the Northern Illinois
Evangelical Lutheran synod, in four
days session here, elected the follow.
ing officers: T. P. Hersch, Evanston,
president; P. H. R. Mullen, Freeport,
secretary; William Funkez, Chadwick,
statistical secretary; G. J. Dnerey,
Chicago, treasurer The synod in ex.
ecutive voted to extend it's district
so as to include several churches of
the southern district.
La Crosse.-Blind in one eye and
suffering from other injuries alleged to
have been sustained when beaten
while drunk by G. o. Walker, city
marshal of Onalaska, Andrew Larson
has brought suit against the officer
and his bondsmen, three prominent
citizens of that town, for $4,000 dam
ages. He claims he was left in the
lookup until the following day before
the wounds were dressed.
Chippewa Falls.-Herman Kieso, As
years old hanged himself in the coun
ty jail here with towel which he
fastened to an overhead steam pipe.
Kieso was held on statutory charge.
his alleged offense having been com.
mitted against his 15-year-old daugh
ter last July at his farm home in the
town of Sampson, Chippewa county
He was to have been tried at the No
vember term of the circuit court.
Madison.-Daniel Logan of So West
Huron street, Chicago, was crushed to
death in the collapse of part of the
rev Wisconsin state capitol here
Three hundred tons of granite fell 70
feet. carrying Logan with it. His
head was terribly crushed. The mans
life ceased the instant of the impact
of the mass of falling masonry upon
tie concrete terrace below.
! DISQUALIFICATION the present sea-
son of road building is finished Rock
county will have approximately SO
miles of improved roads completed
within the last two years, at a cost of
$51, 800. While some of the roads have
been built at cost of $500 mile,
others have cost as high as $4,000,
bringing the average to about SLIGO
for every lineal mile of work.
Oshkosh preliminary ex'
animation, Frank P. Morris and his
wife, Elsie Morris, were held to trial
on the charge of robbing the residence
of Mrs. Edward J. Morgan and Miss
Lizzie Hill and the dressmaking shop
of Mrs. J. L. Sterling. The hearing
was set for November and the bonds
were continued at $4,000
Beloit.-The last of a number of
historic paper mills at Rockton, near
Beloit, was destroyed by fire. The
loss is $4,000, and the insurance one
quarter that amount. The mill was
the property of F. K. Moody of Chi
cago and o. M. Glass of Rockton. The
IRE originated in the wheel pit from
an unknown cause.
Appleton.-At the meeting of the
Outgamie County Federation of Catho.
lie societies the county president was
instructed to appoint committee to
act with him in fighting for the re-
moval of immoral posters from bill.
boards and to abolish the exhibition
and sale of suggestive postcards.
anesville.-Janesville will be the
first city in the state to bring up for
shall be a change in the form of city
government, the old charter given up
and the newer form of rule by commits
sion adopted. This can be accomplish
ed by call of $50 citizens.
Eau Claire.-When Fred Fitzpatrick,
bartender at William Dunham's sa-
loon, opened it he discovered that the
cash register aid been rif1ed of be-
tween SIS and $40 in change which
had been left in the register
Manitowoc-The team taken by the
Reedsville bank robbers to make their
escape after raiding the bank, and To-
Gated at Menasha, was identified by G..
l. Ohm, the owner.
Beloit.-The City Relief society re.
ceived $500 as a result of tag day
for it's benefit.
Grand Rapids.-A construction COM
pany of this city has just signed a
|. contract for the construction of a 49,
O0O-foot floor and large tank wall to
be built at Nekoosa, eight miles south
of this city. 1t is estimated that at
least 1000 barrels of cement will be
consumed in the process of this con-
struction.
New Richmond.-Two large ice
houses were destroyed by fire. A large
number of bottles found in the ruins
indicated that tha buildings were 1lsed