River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-28
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Bangor-George Schroeder, eight
/ zen, son of Fritz Schroeder,
| county poor commissioner, was struck
| by Chicago and Northwestern train
and killed. A fine draft team, valued
at $500, was also killed. The accident
| happened at a dangerous cheese fac
| tory crossing. This is the second rail
road crossing accident here within
three days, the other occurring at the
Jenkins crossing on the Chicago, Mil
waukee and ST. Paul road Saturday
evening, in which a buggy driven by
Edward Bonsack, farmer, was struck
and Bonsack was thrown so feet, sus-
tanning broken shoulder and other
injuries.
Manitowoc.-Mrs. Mary Breunig.
one of the city's oldest residents,
is dead after an illness of 10
months, during six of which she was
unable to move. She was SO years OF
age and had resided here since 1855.
She is survived by three children. Mrs.
Breunig was the mother of Mrs. +. e..
| Borcherdt of the Victoria hotel and
had made her home there for 20 years.
Manitowoc.-Courts of the state
may save the pea canning indus
try of Wisconsin, which, according to
the pea packers, is threatened with
serious loss by the operation of the
law limiting the hours of labor for
women to fifty-dve hours week
1t is said that the canning interests
will appeal to the courts on the prop
osition that the tribunals may have
the right to grant permit for can
ming companies, where it Is necessary
to employ women more than fifty-fve
hours a week.
Algoma.-A manufacturing firm
at Algoma has evidence that g.
letter directed to it from Seattle by
one of its customers did not arrive
until it had taken globe trotting
jaunt. A note written on the back
says: This letter has been in Sweden.
Please gif my best regards to all the
sweet girls in U. s. A. K. Thun,
postman."
Fond du Lac.-Engineer J. M.
Dowd, this city, had his right arm
and nose broken, and Fireman Edward
Blaney North Fond du Lac. was badly
bruised in a rear end collision be-
tween the 500 line Velvet special and
an extra freight half a mile north OF
Rugby Junction. The wreck was due
to the heavy fog.
Madison.-Dr. e. A. Deadman
has discovered an uncommon dis.
ease which results in the partial par
alysis of horses, among horses owned
by George Gill, east of Madison. Two
of the four horses afflicted already are
dead. The disease is caused by a
worm and sometimes spreads rapidly.
| Fond du Lac.-Frank L. Gro
| foot, former resident of this city
| and a son OF Mrs. Ruth Crofoot. has
| been elected a member OF the first
| legislature of the new state of Ari-
IONA from the city OF Tucson. where
| he has resided for the last five years.
Madison.-Attorney General Ban
croft has returned from New
| York, where he settled two inheritance
tax cases Of long standing One was
| for $7,716.64 against the estate OF
| Christian Bors and the other was
no
H. Farnam. Both owned stock in Wis.
| consin. 1
Green Bay-Thomas McCabe OF
| the town of Lawrence, while hunt
| ing on his farm recently killed a
badger. The animal is fine specimen
| and weighs about sixty pounds. This
is the first time that a badger has
been killed in Brown county for a
| number of years.
| Stevens Point. - Because she
could not "stand the disgrace of
having her wedding postponed" Alice
| Meyers committed suicide in the Office
of her fiance here by drinking acid.
Her mother made public note to this
| effect, written by Miss Meyers before
| she took her life.
Elkhorn.-Thomas w. Morefield
who enlisted in the Union army
when only fourteen years old and
served throughout the war in the For.
| tieth Wisconsin heavy artillery, is
dead, aged sixty-one years. In add
ton to being we'll known in G. A. X
| circles he served as postmaster in this
city for 10 years. Among the surviv
| ing children is Deputy United States
| Marshal C. P. McAffey of Madison.
| Madison.-Attorney E. H. Bot
| tom of Milwaukee appeared before
the state tax commission and pro
| tested against the proposed increase
/ in the assessment of the property OF
the Grand Trunk Car Ferry company
of Milwaukee from s435.O0O to $500,
/ 900. The final assessment of the
property of railroads in Wisconsin
will probably be announced by the
commission next week
Madison.-The body of Henry P
| Howe, Clayton, Barron county. the
/ University freshman who was drowned
while skating, was recovered from
Lake Monona
Milwaukee.-In communication