River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-08-26
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/ died. Death resulted from nervous
| troubles and came Unexpectedly. Mr..
Henk laid the foundation of his for.
tune in the discovery of the now fam.
Gus Henk mineral spring in 1881. He
was Milwaukeean by birth and pre-
vious to that time had been in bust.
ness in that city. He was the first
to bottle mineral water and ship it out
of Waukesha, an industry which has
| since grown to large proportions.
Observation-Disclosures Werner, aged
% years and unmarried, was acct
dentally killed by north-bound limited
passenger train No. 70 on the Milwau-
| kee road a half mile north of Adell.
The head, left arm, and right leg were
cut off and strewn along the railroad
| track for five rods while one piece of
the shoulder and arm, weighing about
seven pounds, was carried on the en-
CINE of the train and dropped on the
track near Plymouth station, 81s
miles distant.
Oshkosh.-Lieut. Gov. John Strange,
head of the Strange Paper Company
of Menasha, was asked point blank
if he had bolted La Toilette. He de-
MED that he had but he stated freely
that he was opposed to La Toilette as
regards La Follette's policy upon the
downward revision of the tariff Mr..
Strange said he could not agree with
the Wisconsin senator in his views on
| the tariff.
Kenosha.-Father Bandizzone of the
Holy Rosary of Pompeii Italian Cath
Ollie church expects this year to wipe
out practically the entire bonded in.
debtedness of the church, amounting
to about $4,000, and to start work
on the erection of a new three-story
parochial school. The cost of the new
school will be about $4,000.
Racine.-A special committee named
by the county board of supervisors to
| investigate the necessity of building
new courthouse, after considering the
different plans, may report to the
board and recommend the remodeling
of the structure from the second story
up and an addition on the west, esti-
mated cost $4,000.
Racine.-Racine was visited by
storm that nearly reached cyclone.
Nearly 100 trees were blown down and
buildings damaged. Many telephones
were put out of business and electric
lights were out in the southern part
of town. Awnings were wrecked,
plate glass windows broken in bust
ness houses and cellars and Easements
were flooded.
Madison.-Mrs. Chain, a woman
about seventy-five years of age was
found dead a bathtub at the home
of Mr.. ad Mrs Edward Norton, with
whom she had been living for the last
ten years. The body was found rest
ing on the rim of the tub with the
feet on the floor and the head and
arms under IA inches of water.
La Crosse.-The first contract for
the permanent improvement highway
system was let for the job of re-
surfacing the Onalaska-Midway road
with limestone top dressing laid in
modern style. The sum appropriated
by the county board for this highway
was $4,000.
| MISUNDERSTANDING in two inches
of water was the peculiar fate of Joe
Provost, a laborer of Cornucopia, a
| few miles north of here Provost, who
! had been celebrating rather joyously,
| left the saloon and started for home
Whe next seen he was lying face
downward in the gutter, dead
Observation-Disclosures H. Rogers,
an old settler of Milwaukee, died in
| the residence of his son, George H.
Rogers. Mr.. Rogers was well-known
in Milwaukee and to the travelling pub
lie through his association with the
Prairie du Chen division of the Mil
waukee raid
Menomonie.-While holding a bar
for riveters at the Menomonie gas
plant Oscar Moen was in an unknown
manner struck by a piece of iron and
fell to the bottom of the tank 80 feet
below. He was badly crushed and
died. He was unmarried and about
10 years old.
Lake Geneva.-Following the seri-
Gus injury to Philip Swift in an auto
mobile accident recently, wealthy men
at Lake Geneva have taken steps to
erect a modern hospital here. The
capital stock of 100000 has mostly
been taken up.
Madison.-State Bank Commission
er M. c. Bergh granted a charter to
the Farmers State bank of Belmont,
Lafayette county, with capital of
$4,000. J. H. Riechers is president
Of the new institution and L. K. Kuhu-
helm cashier
Kenosha.-Rev. Alfred w. Griffen
and family will leave shortly for An
tigo, where Mr.. Griffen will take
charge of st. Ambrose parish Mr..
Griffen came to Kenosha some three
years ago as chaplain of Kemper hall.
Lake acknowledgement Haley,
the 12-year-old pupil of Mrs. George
Fellows school near here, was found
in a house near the Northwestern
depot at Williams Bay.
Janesville-Hugh Murray, aged As
years, was killed in freight elevator
at P. Hohenadel's canning factory. He
has relatives in Rockford and Beloit.
Fort Atkinson.-Rev. H. F. Knutt
of Milwaukee was elected treasurer
of the Lutheran synod now in con-
vention here. The synod is composed
of the states of Wisconsin, Michigan