River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
BADGER
NEWS BREVITIES


OF 1863 will be represented at
the sixty-f1fth assembly of the Wiscon-
sin conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, which will open here
September 10 and close September 25
Over $4,000 members of Methodism
and 225 active ministers are members
of this conference, which comprises
that portion of Wisconsin east of a
line running north and south through
the center of the state. The four con-
ference districts which will present
reports are Milwaukee, GAINESVILLE,
Oshkosh and Appleton. The superin-
tendents are Rev. W. Rollins, Rev. J.
Reynolds, Rev r. S. Ingram and Rev.
]. II. Tippet Bishop Hamilton of Bos-
ton will preside. A laymen's confer
ence will be held at the same time.
Wausau The triennial meeting
Of the Evangelical Luthern Wis
consin state conference of the Mis-
souri, synod met here, to last three
days. The program consists principal
| ly of papers on topics relating to the
ministry and the church and discus
] sions. Nearly 140 ministers are in at
| tendance The banquet for the mem
| bers of the Concordia College Alumni
association of the Wisconsin district
Of the Missouri synod was held. A spe-
cial service was held in the Lutheran
| lions church, at which Rev. Edward
| Albrecht, Milwaukee, delivered the
| regular sermon, and Rev William Maui
mann OF Bloomfield gave the commu-
MON sermon.
Madison.-The following appoint
ments of Wisconsin delegates to
the National Conservation congress
at Kansas City have been made by
! Governor McGOvern: President
Charles r. Van Hise, University of
| Wisconsin; State Forester e. M. Grif
fiths, T. e. Birmingham, John M. Olin,
Joseph E. Davies, all of Madison;
| State Senators E. e. Browne, Waupa-
ca; Henry Krumrey, Plymouth; Otto
Boshard, La Crosse; Paul Husting,
Mayville; Assemblymen J. G. Gilbert
son. Eau Claire; ]. H. Hamper, Franks
vile; former Assemblymen w. M.
Bray, Oshkosh, and E. w. Leroy, Mari
nette, and S. B. Moody of Woodruff.
Messrs. Bray and Husting have de-
clined appointments.
Marinette-Mrs. Minnie Alschwag-
er of Grover, aged seventy-one,
has filed suit asking a divorce
from John Alschwager, aged seventy
five, charging cruel and inhuman treat
ment. The husband is said to be the
richest farmer in Marinette county.
Although, Mrs. Alschwager has been
married three times she has lived 38
years with her present husband. They
have ten children, all married, and to
each the parents have given farm of
the average value of $4,000.
Couderay. = Myra Mechanic, the
pretty eighteen-year-old girl who
| mysteriously disappeared early last
| June. has just been located In Duluth,
MINI. 1t was suspected at the time
| that she had eIoped with young man
from Amery, which proved true, as
they are now married and living in
Duluth.
Oshkosh. - John Kloiber commit
ted suicide, hanging himself with
p clothes line in his room at
tives IN this country.
Ashland.-Mary Swain Wagner of
the Wisconsin Equality league is
in the city to organize a woman's
suffrage club here. She plans
a public meeting this week at which
speakers will be Senator A. w. San.
born, Mayor Dodd Attorney Dillon
and others.
Janesville.-While watching a cir
Gus unload at Evansville the small
son of E. R. Ellis was run down by
car which was backed suddenly and
an arm and a leg severed. He died in
tbs hospital here.
Racine-No blame was attached
to anyone by the coroner's jury
for the death of George Stone,
the Milwaukee brakeman who was
killed in a freight wreck near Gale
donia station on the Milwaukee road
on August II.
Green Bay.-While driving along
q country road near the town of
Preble, Peter Vanveghel, pioneer
resident of this city, was thrown from
his wagon by some obstruction in the
road and met instant death.
Green Bay,--With his SKULL frac-
tured as a result Of a heavy board
falling on his head, while he was at
work at his home in Laona, Andrew
| Slewiczki lies In St. Vincent hospital
| in a precarsous condition.
Wausau--J ViIter, aged twenty
| three. committed suicide by hanging,
probably because of dependency, due
10 lonesomeness.
La Crosse.-A boy, possibly
week old, wrapped in the finest OF
baby clothes, was left on the doorstep
of Mrs, Frank eagle by fashionably
dressed woman who, after ringing the
bell, dashed down the steps and into
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