River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-03
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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following officers were elected: Pres
ident, Rev. r. S. Ingraham, Sheboy-'
gan Falls; first vice-president, Rev. J.
H. Tietema, Sheboygan Falls; second.
vice-president, /. L. Jones, Plymouth;
secretary and treasurer, Miss Clara
Wonser, Sheboygan; two members of
the executive committee to serve I'M
til 1913, w. F. Liebenstein, Cascade;
]. G. Walvoord, ShebOygan.
La Crosse.-To settle dispute
of many years standing and to
protect unwary farmers from danger,
a committee including Supervisors
Oscar Hulberg, Peter Gullickson and
McGillivray bridge, connecting La
Crosse and Trempealeau counties, and
attaching a rope to the structure
pulled it down. Trempealeau county
has refused to pay portion of the
expense for necessary repairs.
La Crosse-A verdict of $4,000,
one of the largest ever award
ed in La Crosse county, was given to
David Doyle in circuit court. Doyle,
who was q lineman, brought suit
against the La Crosse City Street
Railway company for injuries received
which permanently disabled him while
working on a pole in front of the car
barns year ago. He charges that
current of electricity caused him to
fall from the pole to the ground
Manitowoc.-Joseph Korilik, a Glib
son farmer, was accidentally shot
by lad with whom he was hunting.
The boy was removing a shell when it
exploded, the shot striking Korilik in
the thigh.
Misunderstanding his complete
vindication of charges of neglect
Of duty, Chief Of Police j. w. Brown
has started suit to recover damages
from Albert Dix, Neenah business
man.
Algoma-Judge John Perry is
dead here following an operation
performed at Oconto, the shock of
which proved too great for his enfee-
bled health. He had served two terms
as county Judge, having been first APP
pointed by Gov. La Toilette. Judge
Perry had also been connected with
several mercantile enterprises.
Edgerton.-Curfew is to ring in
Edgerton in the future. The law,
which has been on the statute books
for seven years, is to be enforced by
the chief of police. 1t provides the po-
lice department with power to arrest
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fifteen years of age who is found upon
the streets after eight o'clock at night.
La Crosse.-A disaster was mar
rowly averted here when a loaded
street car stopped in the middle of
crossing of the Milwaukee railroad, d.
rectly in the path of two trains COM
ing from opposite directions. The
trains stopped with their pilots
squeezing the crowded car. Failure
Of the brakes was the cause.
Waukesha.-Miles 'Griswold, sixty
eight, was run over and instant
ly killed at Duplainville as he was at
tempting to board a moving train. He
had lived at Pewaukee for the past 40
years and was well known locally as a
trapper and fisherman. He is sur
vived by his wife.
Fond >du Lac.-Albert Rock,
fireman in the employ of the
Mast Brothers Lime company, Mar
blehead, dropped dead. Rosek had
been employed at the quarry for 10
years, and during that time never had
been more than five minutes late for
duty.
Neenah-Henry Ellis, we'll
known Oshkosh business man, was
run over and perhaps fatally in
jured by a Northwestern freight train
in front of the depot here. He was
taken at once to Clark hospital where
it is feared he will not recover.
Marinette.-Twins, boy and girl,
were born to Mr.. and Mrs. Byron
Moore. A few years ago triplets
were born to the couple, but all
three died while infants Moore is a
member of a blacksmith firm of Mari
nette.
Madison-Fire in the switching
yards of the Northwestern road
here caused a loss of $4,000, de-
the yardmaster and four freight cars,
loaded with coal, wood and coke.
Eau Claire.-Edgar Jacot the
second defendant to be tried on
the charge of attempting to lynch
Rosa Ganouf in the town of Pleasant
Valley on October 2, was found not
guilty by a magistrates jury
ID 1T,
declare that the fear of short potato
crop is unwarranted. Heavy yields
are the rule, and as a result the price
has dropped to 35 and 40 cents a
bushel
Wausau.-St. Stephens congrega.
ton, owning the finest edifice in the
city, has extended call to Rev.
Theodore Martin, Appleton.
Commemorative of the order of
the Redemptorist Fathers of the west
ern province opened a mission at ST.
Jerome's Catholic church.
Kenosha-The city council put
itself on record as being opposed
10 saloons being transferred from the
business to the residence districts of
the city when the council by a vote of
8 to 6 refused to sanction the transfer
of the license of Joseph Dosemagen
now in business on Main street to a
building located at $50 Pearl street.
Ladysmith-The State bank of
Ladysmith has taken over the Lady
smith National bank, and the business
of the consolidated banks will be con-