River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-02-03
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS

county. The capital stock is $4,000,
and the incorporators are b. Houslet,
]. M. Graham, Nettie G. Nickerson,
August Lippert, F. A. Pierson, John
Nesbit, J. NJ Worden, w. N. Johnson,
Hans Sorenson and Ole Sorenson. The
commissioner also approved an amend
ment to the articles of incorporation
of the second Bohemian National Loan
and Building association, increasing
its capital stock from 100000 to
$5,000,000
Madison-Prof. Carl C. Thomas,
head of the steam engineering
department of the university, has
invented a new style of meter for
measuring the flow of gas or air. The
meter depends upon the principle of
adding electricity to known quantity
of heat to the gas and determining the
rate of flow by the rise of temperature
of the gas between inlet and outlet.
The object is to minimize the fiuctua-
tions due to pressure and temperature,
and the meter is now being tried out
in the plant of the Milwaukee Gas
Company.
Green Bay-August Maves, the
Greenleaf farmer who murdered
his wife and blew his own brains out.
left an estate valued at $4,000. The
will was filed for probate in the county
court by Albert Maves, his son, who
asks to be appointed administrator.
Maves bequeathed practically all of
his property to his sons, Albert and
Raymond Maves -Four sons and two
daughters are given five dollars apiece.
No mention of a widow is made in the
will.
Kenosha.-The Kenosha police
have been asked to arrest Michael
Block, a Kenosha man who left the
home for the feeble minded at Chippe-
wa Falls last summer. The state in
stitution officials have been advised
that Block is about to marry Keno:
sha girl, and they declare that his con-
dition is such that he should not be
permitted to contract the marriage
and for this reason they have ordered
his apprehension.
Chippewa Falls.-Stephen Shea,
aged % years, Switchman in
the local 500 lines, fell from the run
ming board of switch engine, but
grabbed the anglecock of the air
brakes and threw on the air with full
force, stopping the engine and thereby
saving his life. However, he received
a broken collar bone, broken ribs and
his right foot was crushed. When the
engine stopped Mr.. Shea was under
the lender
Racine. - Mrs. Eliza Emerson,
widow of Thomas Emerson, will
on February 10 celebrate the one hun
dredth anniversary of her birth. Mr..
Emerson died three years ago at the
age of so years. Mrs. Emerson is en-
joying good health and has made
study for years of Latin, Greek, TIA
liam, French and Spanish languages.
She is also a member of the d. A. r.
.Whitewater.-The coroners jury,
which has been investigating the
deaf of J. Carpenter, returned a YER
dict that he came to his death from
causes unknown. The case, however,
provided a text for the clergymen Of
the city, who devoted attention to the
saloons on Sunday, and a more rigid
observance of the law is being de-
manded.
Marinette.-The Scandinavian Be-
nevolent society will enter or
ganized opposition to the plan of the
doctors here to increase the fees to be
charged in the twin cities. If the new
scale is maintained the county will i'm
port a physician from some other city.
Endeavor.-Fred Fenner, who has
served 80 years of his life i'm
prisonment for the murder of John
Hesler in Meehan's lumber camp on
Jump river, was paroled from the state
prison at Waupun. Fenner, as well as
his victim, lived in Adams county
Rhine1ander-It was urged by
persons attending court here that
the county set aside few rooms in
the new courthouse for the accommo-
dation of visitors, owing to the lack of
hotel accommodations in this city.
Sturgeon Bay-It took $3.50 to
square Walter Mullen with the
court for violating the laws of the
city in selling liquor without license.
Mr.. Mullen is connected with the man
agement of the Hotel Sawyer.
Neenah.-The Faber cheese fac
tory, the largest in this part of the
state, was destroyed by fire. Fred Lin
berger, head cheesemaker, barely es-
capped with his life and lost $500 in the
fire, whose origin is unknown.
Superior. Robert W., the two-year-
old son of Harvey Kaylor, died as a
result of scalds received from falling
into a pail of hot water.
Racine.-The First Presbyterian
church has sent unanimous call to
Rev. B. B. Bigler, d. D., of Logansport,
Ind. The salary is $4,000.
Fond du Lac.-Coal chutes of the
500 line here were destroyed by fire
at a loss of $4,000. Crossed wires are
blamed.
Hayward.-Joe Benton, the In
dian who on July shot and killed
Joe Schinian, another Indian, at Edge
water, some twenty-five miles distant
on the road to the reservation, made
a plea of insanity, but jury deter
mined he was sane. He then pleaded
guilty to manslaughter in the third
degree.
Kenosha-George Berens, aged S5
years, for many years lead
ing merchant of Kenosha and for
score of years poormaster of the city,
died at his home here. The deceased
was a native of Germany, and came to