River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-09-30
STATE NEWS

! bIdIS, the QuSSIlOH USIHS WuSlnSA luO
saloons should pay low license Of
| $500 or a higher tax of $780, The low
| license people carried the day. The
/ following places were carried for low
license: Pewaukee, Beaver Dam, Prem
tice, Monroe, Portage, Stevens Point
and Corliss. Sturgeon Bay and Thorpe
are the only places reporting having
voted for high license. At last springs
election Sturgeon Bay voted itself
dry" and there are no open saloons
in that city. The "wets" brought on
this election, hoping that the city will
vote for saloons next year under high
| license.
Beloit.-William Meyst, aged 63
years, died after a brief illness con-
| tracted at his summer home at Beu-
lab Lake. He was brought home on
Sunday and expired from heart
trouble Mr.. Meyst lived many years
in Milwaukee and was prominent in
fire and life insurance business. He
came here eight years ago and was
cashier of the Berlin Machine works.
He was born in Holland. His boyhood
days after he came to America, were
filled with trials, but he was a lin
guist of unusual abilities and by this
means made a place for himself in
| few years.
La Crosse.-That the state fair at
Milwaukee does not realize it's full
possibilities for the reason that it is
dominated by politics, is the declara-
ton of A. Hirshheimer, millionaire
manufacturer, who has just returned
from a trip to Milwaukee. 81 do not
want to pose as a knocker," said Mr..
Hirshheimer, "but after seeing the
state fairs of Minnesota and Iowa, /
was disappointed with the Wisconsin
show. The public from the state also
deserves criticism for not patronizing
/ it in larger numbers"
Manitowoc-A red button or a blue
ribbon or some ether mark of identifi-
cation will be placed upon men who,
because of their drinking habits, have
been posted by the city council, if
| plan approved by the council is car
ried out. The council will either
adopt the Fond du Lac plan of posting
the photograph of every posted man
in the saloons or will compel them by
an ordinance to wear button or rib
bon.
Shawano.-Judge Hastings of Green
Bay rendered decision in favor of
the plaintiff in case involving title
to a strip of land % rods wide run
ming through the village of Surfing.
The case is one of the oldest in this
part of the country, litigations be-
| tween julius Surfing, whose name the
village bears, and Henry Johnson and
Louis Rollman, defendants, having
been going on for years.
Hartford.-A deal of some impor-
lance was completed at Schleisinger
vile when the Washington County
Telephone Company bought out the
Cedar Lake Telephone Company for
$4,000. The Washington County Com
pany increased it's capital stock from
$4,000 to $4,000. The Office and CEN
trail of the company will be at Schleis-
ingerville hereafter. a
Wells.-John Dooley Campbell, APP
pleton, has distinguished himself by
killing the largest black bear here on
record. His dimensions are as fol-
lows: Front legs, inches in diane
ter, "a inches round and 13 inches
from ear to ear; chest across, 25
inches; feet tip to tip from nose to
tail; paws Ike inches; weight, 600
pounds.
Waukesha.-Ptomain poisoning, the
cause of which is unknown, caused the
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rer, a local grdcer, within four days.
At the time of the boys death his SIS
ter was apparently in good health, but
on the day of the funeral the girl was
stricken suddenly with the same
malady and died.
Ashland.-A. Brandt of Washburn
was brought to the hospital suffering
with terrible burns on his face and
hands. He was out hunting and the
camp caught fire while he was asleep.
In order to escape, he ran through
burning blankets which were hung up
for a door, and in this way he was
seriously burned.
Wausau.-Leah Prain, the seven
year-old daughter of John Prain, was
held up by two boys, one of whom was
about Is years old and the other
slightly younger, who grabbed her
pocketbook and music roll. The boys
took the girls car fare from the
pocketbook and threw the music on
the walk.
Appleton.-After celebrating near
ly three hours, the jury in the case
against Alexander Grignon, the 76-
year-old lock tender charged with as
sault with intent to kill, found the de-
PENDANT mot guilty The charge
was preferred by Robert Grignon of
Sartelle, Mimi, son of the defendant.
Wausau.-A young man, giving his
name as Louis Norris, claiming to be
deserter from the United States
army, gave himself up to Sheriff ]. L.
Sell in the latter's Office and requested
that the proper authorities be notified
and that he be taken to an army post,
to be tried for deserving.
Oconto.-The charges of Official mis-
conduct and malfeasance in office
which were made against A. H. Luck
enbach, school commissioner, by for
mer Alderman Simon and which a
committee of the council has been in
vestigating, came to a sudden ending
when the charges were dismissed and