River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-09-12
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Nels Taxom, the injury proving fatal
The coroner's jury exonerated youna
Hoard from all blame. The accident
occurred in the middle of block OF
Main street while the street was
thronged with people at the weekly
band concert. Taxom suddenly steppee
| In front of the automobile and, al
/ though young Hoard endeayored te
avoid the collision, the force OF the
blow was sufficient to push the maa
to the ground. The. machine wai
! stopped before it could touch the body
| Taxom, however struck the pavement
In such way as to fracture the skull
! TaXom was a farm laborer, unmarried
and as far as can be learned has ne
relatives excepting one sister, whose
address is unknown.
! Durand.-Later reports from van,
ious parts of the county indicate
that the damage caused by the
terrific hail storm will be more thar
100000 Roofs in many sections Of
the cognty were beaten in, crops were
! pounded into the ground and practl
cally all window panes on the Wesl
! side of buildings were smashed, and ir
! some places every yestige OF foliage
was knocked off the trees. The path
! of the storm was four miles wide and
Durand was in it's midst. Mondovi alsq
suffered. Albert Warrington was
knocked insensible by hail stones be;
| fore he could reach his home and Ja'
| cob Aasteyer is in a serious condition
from being hit while holding his horse.
Fond du Lac-At a meeting of
| the Fond du Lac County Rural Mail
Carriers association officers were
elected as follows: President, S. w.
| PEBBLES; vice-president, P. B. Bolt
man; secretary, William Martin; treas
urer, John j. Strait. Delegates to the
state convention will be o. E. Pasko
and 5. w. PEBBLES. The next meeting
will also be held here.
Fond du Lac.--The mystery sur
rounding the leaving of a body at
an undertaking establishment here by
members of an automobile party, who
left without making any explanation,
Is cleared up. The dead woman was
Mrs. John r. Hoffman, mother OF
Mrs. W. s. Adams of Spokane, Wash.
who returned to arrange for the ship
ment of the body.
Appleton. = Gustav Lipke, proprie
tor OF a general store and i'm.
plemeAt business at Readfield, Wau.
paca county, has disappeared. Mrs.
Lipke and children, who were left in
ReaIfeld, say they know nothing of
Mr.. Lipke's whereabouts or his bust.
ness. 1t is said he was in financial
trouble.
Wausau. - The danger point of
the high water in the Wisconsin
river has passed. The water is slowly
receding. The damage in this vicinity
is much less than that of the July
hood, amounting to a few thousand dol.
ars.
Darlington. A man about fifty
Years of age died in the county
all and was buried at public expense
He gave his name as Edward HammelI
and his former residence as York, Pa.
Efforts to find relatives were without
success.
Stoughton.-The fifteenth annual
convention of the Luther league
If Wisconsin is being held at the
First Lutheran church. Many no.
able speakers discussed various press
ing problems, incidental to the merger
Of nearly all the Scandinavian Luther
IN churches into one great body. Rev.
NJ. H. Hegge, Stoughton, gave the adj
1ress of welcome and President Frank
Paeske, Jr., Milwaukee, responded
Green Bay-Local sportsmen are
showing much interest in the open.
Ing Of the hunting season this
fall, and reports are to the effect that
game is more plentiful in Brown
county this year than for several sea.
sons past. This in a measure is due,
1t is said, to the season being good
Dne for breeding purposes, and also to
the fact that pothunters have not been
allowed to carry out their work as
openly as has been the case previous.
! ly. The season for ducks, which
opened Sunday morning, saw many
hunters on the bay in quest of the
birds, but reports are to the effect that
the ducks have not yet arrived, and
| 1t may take some time before hunters
will be able to bag many birds.
Stoughton.-This city now claims
! the biggest man in America He
is C. E. Doenberg, a Swede, who came
to this country several years ago. He
secured employment as the fat man
with Barnum & Bailey and later with
a wild west show. Doenberg is now
employed by the Mandt Wagon com
pany. He is over six feet high and
weighs about 700 pounds.
Appleton.--Mr and Mrs CHARLES
Wolcott, who were married in
Watertown, September 1, 1862, cele-
brated their f1ftieth or golden wedding
anniversary and Mr.. Wolcott's seventy
fifth birthday anniversary, surrounded
fly their children and grandchildren.
Green Bay.-Frank Klozatiky, who
received a fractured spine and had
several ribs broken when he was
/ pinned between an engine and box
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