River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-09-19
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Jones was elected chairman and e. w.
Leech secretary. H. e. Miles is chair
man of the county committee and OF
delegation of thirty elected to the
state convention at Milwaukee.
Sheboygan.-Th formal opening
of Sheboygan's new Industrial
school will take place soon after
October /. H. E. Miles, the Racine
manufacturer, who is president OF the
state board OF industrial education,
will deliver an address and T. M.
Blackstock of this city, president OF
the Wisconsin manufacturers, will
also speak. 1t is expected the school
may have $50 students this year.
misunderstanding OF a mortgage
Of $1,000 which has hung over
the church for several years was
part of special services held at the
Methodist church. the services COM
memorating the sixth anniversary OF
the dedication of the new church,
which is now free Of debt. Rev. F.
]. Turner, pastor, and Rev. Brigham
of Appleton were the principal speak
erS.
Neenah. - The industrial commits.
sion of Wisconsin Is holding an
exhibit of safety devices for mills
at the city hall here. Members of the
commission are in charge.
Fond du Lac. Fl. Confer, who
escaped from the state reforma-
tory at Green Bay, is in jail charged
with the theft of pocketbook from
Linda Disch, postmistress at Van.
dyne.
Oconomowoc.-Adam Haselwood is
attending the forty-sixth national
encampment of the G.. A. r. at
Los Angeles. Mr. Haselwood was
appointed a member of the comman.
der's staff at the convention and car.
ried the Wisconsin colors in the par
ade.
Madison.-The semi-annual presby.
terry OF the Madison district OF
the Presbyterian church will be held
at Oregon on September 16 and II.
Wisconsin Home Missions will be
discussed on September 16 by Rev. r.
A. Carnahan, district superintendent,
Mansion. Rev. C. S. Williams, mis-
sionary to Colombia, will lecture on
Missions in South America" Plans
for fall work will be discussed by Rev.
s. N. Wilson, Reedsburg; Rev Conrad
Wellen, Pardeeville; Rev. Peter Book,
Prairie du Sac; Rev. G. l.. Richards,
Poynette, and others. Speakers at
conference for men will be Elder r. 3.
Perry, Reedsburg; D. G. Harker, Prof.
e. B. Skinner, University of Wiscon-
sin; Rev. w. F. Golf, Cambria; Rev.
J. r. Warwick, Richland Center; Rev.
c. P. Andrews, Beloit.
Fond du Lac.-Bishop Reginald
Heber Weller, successor to Bish-
op Charles Chapman Grafton as head
Of the Fond du Lac diocese of the
Episcopal church, will be enthroned
October at st. PauPs cathedral. The
venerable Archdeacon Rogers of this
city and Archdeacon Thompson, Ste
vens Point, will enthrone Bishop We'll
Ter. The sermon at the services will
be delivered by Rev. Howard B. st.
George of Nashota Episcopal semi
nary. At the mass following the en-
thronement ceremony, Bishop Weller
will act as celebrant, DR.. Rogers as
deacon and Archdeacon Thompson as
| sub-deacon.
Green Bay.-When the crown sheet
of st. Paul road engine blew
out while the ore train was oper-
ating between Claiming and Escana-
ba. three men were badly scalded two
perhaps fatally. The injured men are:
e. Johnson, Ontonagon, engineer; Ben
Burman, Ontonagon, fireman, and Fl.
! Larson, Iron Mountain, brakeman.
The first two are probably fatally in
jured. The meE were taken to Iron
Mountain.
Kenosha-Mrs Mary Haze Allen,
ninety-four years old, widow of
Nathan Allen, and mother OK Nathan
Allen, the millionaire leather and lunl-
Der magnate, died from paralysis, after
n weeks Illness Mrs. Allen at one
time held up the entire street car
system i'll Kenosha in order to prevent
the line being built by the Allen home
stead She was member of famous
colonial family and was born in Paris
Hill, n. Y, on February %, 1899.
Madison.-The growth of the five
parochial schools Of Madison has
astonished the city. Nearly one
third of Madisons school children are
now attending the parochial schools
of the st. Patrick, st. Raphael's, St.
Bernards st. James and Holy Re-
deemer Catholic churches. These five
schools have total of 1,219 pupils,
while the eleven graded schools claim
only 2,951.
Dodgeville.-An Iowa county as
ISOLATION of rural carriers was or
ganized with the following officers:
President, w. g. Gaits of Mineral
Point; vice-president, T. S. Comor,
Highland; secretary treasurer, John
Grifiths, Dodgeville.
Kenosha - The home of Mayor
Dan o. Head was converted into
q temporary hospital when FIVE
of his children were stricken with
ptomaine poisoning It IS thought that