River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-03-23
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD


miles an hour, struck an automobile
at Peck's Crossing on the Kenosha and
Rockford division of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway, badly injuring
Frank Wicks, aged forty-one, one of
the best known men of the town OF
Salem; Kate Wicks, aged forty-one,
| his wife, and Mrs. Louis Hahn, sister
of Mrs. Wicks. At the Kenosha hos
pitaI it was declared that it was impos-
sibIe to tell the result of the injuries.
Mrs. Wicks has her left leg broken at
the hip, her right foot crushed and
suffers from internal injuries. Mrs.
Hahn has her left arm broken below
| the elbow.
! Grafton.-Fire which broke out in
! the Globe foundry completely de-
stroyed the plant and several adjoin.
ing residences, threatening large
section of the village. The loss is es.
timated at $4,000 to $4,000. The ORR
| gin of the blaze is said to be in one OF
| the furnaces. The fire had a good
start when the alarm was turned in
and in the strong wind spread rapidly
to the surrounding houses. The local
fire department turned out and made
a brave struggle against apparently
hopeless conditions, and aided by
bucket brigade, managed to bring the
blaze under control late in the eve
ming.
Green Bay.-David Wedgewood,
member of the state board Of agr1cul-
ture, living at Little Suamico, dropped
| dead here at the home of his daughter
from hear tdisease. He was returning
| from Madison, where he attended a
meeting of the board. Mr.. Wedgewood
was sixty-three years old and Is sur
vived by widow, four sons and a
daughter.
Kenosha.-Retail liquor dealers in
| Kenosha may secede from the Wis
consin Liquor Dealers association and
form an independent body. The Ra-
cine saloon men have already formed
a new organization and missionary
work is now being done in Kenosha.
Oconomowoc-The sale of Guern-
sey cattle at the M. H. Itch
enor farm on Lac la Belle at
tracted 1000 people to the large
barns at Westmoreland farm. Sixty
three head of the finest bred Guern-
seys were auctioned off, the highest
price paid for any one animal being
$2,375, which was paid by Ralph
Trait of Whitewater, for Imported
Hero. which has taken the first prize
at several state and national stock
shows.
III IH011 q
| Warehouse of S. MOSkewitz
caught fire here and the entire
contents, consisting of furs, wool and
hides, were consumed. The fire had
gained big Roadway before it was dis
covered. The loss will reach $4,000,
partially covered by insurance. S.
Moskewitz is the most extensive deal
er in hides, wool and furs in this Sec
ton of the state.
Notwithstanding to an Of
| fetal of the Du Pont Powder
| company claims for damages as re-
suit of the recent Pleasant Prairie ex-
Dlosion appear to be endless, but the
company is planning on paying all
Just claims, which, it is said, will
amount to $2,5OO,00O. Broken win
dows appear to be the chief item.
| La Crosse = While Burlington
passenger train No. At was
speeding into Savanna, Ill, J. H. Deb
bell, Chicago, suddenly became vio-
lently insane and rushed through the
coaches, throwing the passengers into
q panic. During the struggle with the
conductor and train crew he kicked
the glass out of the doors of two
coaches and smashed several win
| dows.
La Crosse-More work than was
ever accomplished before in a single
season will be done this year in the
improvement of the upper Mississippi
river here. The sum of $4,000,
which is 1000 more than last years
appropriation, will be expended in
| Capt. A. w. Thompson's district,
from Lynxville to Winona. This ap-
preparation will be expended entirely
for actual river improvement work.
Marquette-Carp are being Ia
ken out of Lake Puckaway by a
gang of fishermen from Princeton,
and shipped to New York, averaging
about twenty to thirty tons a day.
Game wardens are on hand to see that
other game fish are protected, Of which
there are tons and tons being hauled
up with the carp. The fishermen are
using a net 1000 feet long and opera
ted by horse and launch power.
Green Bay-St. Johns Catholic
church, with it's costly marble effects,
magnificent stations and $4,000 pipe
organ was consumed by fire. The
damage probably will amount to $780,
900 as the building and it's furniture
Is a total wreck. Nothing but the
walls of the church remain standing.
The fire is said to have been caused
by defective electric wiring. During
the fire sparks were carried onto half
a dozen neighboring houses and fire.
men we're kept busy putting out these
fires as well as fighting the conf1agra-
ton in the church.
boygan.-Charged with man
slaughter in the fourth degree,
George Theme, motorman of the
street car which plunged through the
open Eighth street bridge into the riv-
er here on February 9, bringing death
to three women, was bound over for
| trial at the next term of the circuit
court under bonds of $1,000, which
were furnished by the COMPANY He