River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-10-27
STATE NEWS

$50 and costs in court to settle for
the alleged theft of merchandise from
Northwestern and 500 line freight
cars in the yards at North Fond du
Lac during the past ten months. The
arrest of the Greeks followed a three
months search on the part of w. H.
Stevenson. a Northwestern detective.
Search of the Greek dwellings is said
to have resulted in finding almost a
carload of merchandise.
Oxford. - The seyenteen-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pallister of
Elroy was arrested here at the home
of A. MELVILLE by Sheriff Fox of Yer
non county at the request of her par
ents.
Superior.-James J. Hill, with Louis
Hill, president of the Great Northern
railroad, was here viewing the roads
terminals. in company with a party of
four Germans, said to be members of
the nobility. Members of the party
would not reveal the identity of the
foreigners.
Superior.-Judge Smith of the SUI
perior court granted the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific railroads a
change of venue from the state to
the federal court in the city's suit
for recovery of street ends on Superi-
or bay. The roads say they have oc-
cupied the street ends since before
the city was formed, and cannot be
compelled to vacate them.
Juneau-C. F. Arnold, Civil war
veteran, died suddenly of heart
failure. He was one of the pioneers
who settled here in the early for
ties" He enlisted in the Tenth Wis
consin regiment on October 8, 1861,
and served under Generals Buell. and
Thomas. He was-wounded in the bat
tie of Perryville. His grandfather,
Oliver Arnold, fought in the revolu-
tionary war He was member Of
the soldiers relief commission, and
had held many other honorary posi-
tons
Beloit.-Is Beloit in the grasp
Of an army of rats? Will it be
necessary to call on the services Of
some modern "pied piper of Hamelin"
to free the city from the pest? These
are questions which are agitating the
minds of more than one citizen, es.
pecially among the fair sex. The
pests are thick all over the city and
are to be found In houses where they
have never been before. No one
knows what is the cause, although
some wiseacres say 1t portends a
long, hard winter.
La Crosse.-The body Of a mid
dle-aged man was found at the
motor boat dock at the levee here.
A slip of paper in a tightly pinned
pocket contained the name, Sam
Jones, Dubuque" A solid gold open
face watch, two leather purses con-
tanning $1,395 and knife were in the
pockets. A wound over the temple
is believed to indicate violent death.
A railroad ticket from ST. Paul to
Dubuque, punched to La Crosse on
October 6, indicate that the victim
was en- route home
Sheboygan.-A total of 1927, 464
pounds of cheese, selling at ST.
1921, was produced in Sheboygan
county during the year ending April
| 80, according to the annual report of
| Supervisor of Assessments A. P.
Pauly, just compiled. There are 10S
cheese factories and four creameries
In the county. In all 1891 pounds
of butter were made in the county
during the year.
Stoughton.-To prevent any fur
Their spread of infantile paralysis
of which several cases exist in the
city, the board of health has instruct
ed the city sprinklers to sprinkle all
side streets of the city every evening.
| All school buildings have been fumi-
gated. Cases of this disease and some
measles caused these actions by the
city.
Madison-The system of testing
cattle for bovine tuberculosis has
become so general in Wisconsin
that the United States agricultural
| department is unable to fill the de-
mand from this state for tuberculin
D. B. Clark, state veterinarian, said
| that the department is 1880 orders
| behind the demand for tuberculin
Wausau.-Nine members of Com.
pany G., w. N. G., have qualified
as expert riflemen. They are Ser,
geants George Burke, George Arnd,
see and ]. Montay; Corporal Frank
Ostrun and Privates Carl Behnke,
Walter Frey, William Rothman, M.
| Snyder and Don McPhail.
Wausau.-State Factory Inspector
Peterson declares that there are
700 children of school age in this
county not attending school, owing to
poverty and the two-mile limit.
Mathematical Nichols, sixteen
years, who escaped from the in
dustrial school at Waukesha a year
ago, was captured by Sheriff Emigh
near Poysippi.
Eau Claire. - In preliminary
hearing John Ganouf was bound
over to the circuit court under $4,000
bail. He is accused of poisoning sew
eral head of cattle belonging to his
neighbors in the town of Pleasant
| Valley.
Kenosha.-A warrant was issued
! for the arrest of 0. Revken, Racine, a
wealthy junk dealer. His arrest fol-
lows a confession by Kamlon Gold
stein, arrested here last June on the
charge of stealing a large amount of
copper wire from the Milwaukee, Ra-
cine & Kenosha Electric Railway COM
pany. Goldstein declares that he act
ed as the hired agent of Revken.