River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-05
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS

Madison-Nearly all of the
100 girls and women employed in
the several departments of the state
capitol are kept in more or less
nervous condition because scores of
mice and rats have recently taken up
their abode in and about the state
house and become so bold as to
scurry across floors and about desks
and chairs in rooms filled with clerks.
A large black cat used to make it's
home in the old capitol, but it disap-
peared several months ago. and the
rodents now roam in and about the
old and new buildings without much
fear.
Black River Falls.-But for the
prompt action of Oscar Gilbert
son, aged twelve years, son Of
Marcus Gilbertson, the father would
have lost his life instead of only his
right ear. Gilbertson had just started
a gasoline engine and was slipping
the belt upon the pulley when his
sleeve caught and he was thrown to
the cement floor. His head struck
under the heavy f1ywheel The boy
quickly shut off the valve and stopped
the wheel with his hands.
Sheboygan.-Ald. Gottlieb Klee-
fsch has Just received letter
from a sister of whom he had not
heard for thirty-six years. Their par
ents died forty years ago and the
children were adopted by various
families. Thirty-six years ago the
sister went west and the two lost all
track of each other The sister now
has a family of five children, the
oldest being thirty-one.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. dealers launched
"a campaign for better saloons
and uplift of the business at a
banquet when seventy dealers and
other business men we're guests. The
banquet was one of the most elaborate
affairs of the kind ever served in the
city, and state officers of the Liquor
Dealers association were present. A
feature was the absence of liquor and
wines on the menu.
Superior.-Word has been re-
ceived here that Scion S. Clough,
formerly of this city, and judge of the
circuit court for this district, died in
California, where he moved some
years ago on account of his health.
Mrs. Clough died shortly after moving
there. He is survived by two daugh-
tiers, one of whom is the wife of Con
gresham l. L. Lenroot.
Chippewa Falls.-F. L. Box,
aged seventy-two years, re-
tired business man of this city, was
married at st. Paul to Mrs. Jennie
Calder, aged forty-five years, a
wealthy widow of Winnipeg, Mani
toba. They will reside here. The
marriage resulted after a romantic
courtship of six months. in western
Canada.
Sturgeon Bay.-Wholesale arrests
of fishermen were made by the
flying squadron, cc-sisting of Game
Warden Haslem and Deputies
Bernhard, Kitchen, Ansorge, McMil-
Ian, Pometier and McGatis. Six resi-
dents of Little Sturgeon were fined
$47.5O for having caught and attempt
ed to dispose off illegal fish.
Eau Claire-One hundred girls
caught in the fire in the mills of
the Eau Claire Linen company had a
narrow escape from injury. With the
exception of some slight bruises which
some sustained, all were gotten out
safely. Three men were badly burned.
The mills were destroyed. The fire
originated in the engine room.
Madison - Samuel Misses, age
thirty years, was killed in the Mil
waukee road yards in peculiar acct
dent. He was in the pit, cleaning out
a firebox of the engine, when a switch
engine bumped into the one he was
cleaning. His skull was crushed and
he died Immediately. He was caught
between the CRATES of the pit.
Menasha.-Employes of the Is
land Paper company, known as third
hands and stencil workers, went on
strike, demanding an increase from
11h to 10 cents an hour. The de-
mand was not granted. A number of
girls among the strikers reached an
agreement and were induced to return
to work.
esville.-Janesville high school
won first place at the annual
contest of the Rock County Oratorical
and Declamatory league held in the
local school. Beloit high school cap
tured second place. GAINESVILLE, Be-
lott, Evansville and Whitewater were
represented.
Sparta-A flying slab of wood
struck Lyman Snider of Oak
dale in the chest, crushing in two
ribs, one of which penetrated the left
lung. Snider was foreman in the
sawmill near Castle Rock and was
saving logs. He died two hours later.
Port Neutrality-suspicious. Schu-
Oert of Grafton, aged fifty-five
years, hung himself at his home in
Grafton. He had been living alone in
the house for some time past. In his
pockets were found 1854 in cash.
Green Bay.-Martin Denny, an
Oneida Indian, committed suicide
by hanging. Money difficulty is
thought to have been the cause. He
leaves a wife.
Madison. = Samuel Misses, age
thirty years, was killed in the
Milwaukee road yards in peculiar
accident. He was in the pit, cleaning
out a firebox of the engine, when a
switch engine bumped into the one he
was cleaning. His skull was crushed
and he died Immediately. He was
caught between the CRATES of the pit