River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-08-12
STATE
HAPPENINGS


ly predict is to become national in
city, called the Religious Day
School" 1t 10 interdenominational
and its object is to teach religious
principles to the children. 1t is open
to all interested, regardless of age or
church affiliations. The principal text
book used is the Bible.
Iron River = Otto Pudas was
drowned in the Iron river, ten miles
north of this city. Against the advice
of his companions he swan out into
midstream and was apparently over
come by exhaustion and attempted %
swim back, but his strength was not
sufficient to battle against the strong
current. TIE young man was 20 years
old.
Plymouth.-During the last two or
three weeks a number of burglaries
have taken place at Elkhart lake.
The gallery of Bratz & Zierer was en-
tered and an expensive camera taken.
A camera was taken from one
of the cottages, and sneak thief en-
tered one of the cottages taking sew
eral pieces of silverwase and a small
amount of money
Menomonie.-The two and four-year
old sons of P. H. Swensen, playing
with matches, set fire to barn. Peter,
aged four, was burned to death and
the younger brother probably fatal
ly burned. The barn was totally de-
stroyed, together with barns belong.
ing to P. B. Clark and E. S. Roach.
Property loss estimated at $500.
GAINESVILLE. A severe electrical
storm almost reaching the portions of
a hurricane swept over the county
north of GAINESVILLE. Barns on the
McCortney farm burned, loss $4,000.
Valuable cattle on the McLay farm
were killed and small buildings and
trees blown down. A heavy rain fol-
lowed.
Schleisingerville. - Business men
and farmers organized the Farmers
Supply Company, with capital stock
of $4,000. The object of the COM
pany is to deal in grain, -four and
feed, lumber, wire, lime, tile, coal, &C.
ment, and all kinds of building mate
rial.
Waupaca. The Waupaca-Green
Bay railway installed wireless tele-
graph system between it's station and
the general Office in this city, and the
other terminal of the line at Scan
dinavia, II miles distant This is
the first line in Wisconsin to do its
entire train dispatching by wireless.
MISUNDERSTANDING that her hus-
band would carry out his alleged
threat to leave her, Mrs. Libbie Will
son, aged Is years, bride of four
weeks, drank carbolic acid in her
home, 545 Van Buren, street, and died
in Emergency hospital 40 minutes
after she reached the place.
Neenah.-While starting fire in a
paper mill, AL Zehner fell into bed
of hot Goals. Before he could be res
cued his right arm had been burned
to the bone. Other parts of his body
were also badly burned. He is in a
precarious condition.
Milwaukee.-Mary Wagner, aged 20
years, West Allis, was held by the po-
lice in connection with the discovery
of a newborn baby's body in suit
case left in the public service build
ing. The young woman was arrested
when she came to claim the suit case.
Eau Claire.-Rodich Ortman, aged
Is, was brought from Augusta to the
Sacred Heart hospital at Eau Claire
in a serious condition as the result
of an accidental shooting near the
lads home at Augusta, where Ortman
was hunting. The gun exploded.
Madison.-A joint meeting of the
Wisconsin and Minnesota Library as
sociations will be held at Superior
and Duluth, September Is to IS. A
full attendance of Wisconsin librarians
is desired by Miss Lutte e. Stearns,
acting secretary.
Neenah.-City improvements are a
noticeable feature of the advancement
of Neenah and Menasha this sum-
mer. Five streets are being paved
with concrete and one with tar
macadam.
Barron.-Charles Anderson, a for
mer resident of Sparta, while driv-
ing from Barron to Cumberland was
killed when his horse became fright
ened at an auto and threw him out on
his head. His neck was broken.
Janesville-Roy s. Lawson and
Jesse Wells, two local youths arrested
on charge of highway robbery,
pleaded not guilty and were held for
trial
Wrightstown = Henry Zuehl was
probably fatally injured by a bull
which knocked him down and gored
him. The animal was driven away
by his wife and neighbors.
Misunderstanding strike of ESQ lime
kiln workers affecting two lime kilns
at Marblehead and one at Hamilton,
was settled, the men returning to
work at the old scale, $1.60 per day.
Neenah.-Work has been started
on a new $4,000 church for the Ger
man Lutheran congregation, of which
Rev. A. Kleinhans is pastor.
Jefferson.-The names Of about
twenty-five habitual drinkers have
been forwarded to the licensed deal
ers by the council with a caution
against selling any of the number any
intoxicating liquors.
Eagle River.-Mrs. E. T. Hayward
of Rummeles fell from a hammock
ond sfr1Icl her head against a tree