River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-01-04
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BRIEFLY TOLD

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Milwaukee.-A scheme for teach
ing music by mail which was II
have been launched through the organ
inatlon of a company capitalized at
100000, failed and the organizer of
the proposed company, William T.
Barutio, Chicago, has entered suit for
| $4,000 in the circuit court here against
his partner for alleged breaking of
| their agreement. Barutio's share for
organizing the company. he alleges,
was to have been $4,000, which should
have been paid in three installments
by Edward A. Spragg and John S. Kill
bride, the defendants in the action.
| The inventor of the scheme was Mar
Gus Lucius Quinn, who has withdrawn
the sale rights since the failure to or
ganize the company, for which Barutio
says his partners We're to blame.
Superior Judge, couldn't / Dor
row the So from you?" was the
query which startled Judge Parker in
municipal court after he had fined
| George Spaniel SIS and costs, total
| OF So, on charge of abstracting two
bushels Of wheat from 500 line car.
When assured that he could not,
Spaniel, who is only seventeen years
of age, telephoned home Tor money.
MISUNDERSTANDING a recommen-
| dation by the secretary, Miss Ella
Mathews. Mrs. j. W. Hobbins was
reelected president of the Assoc
ciated Charities, as was the entire list
of officers who have served during
the last year, at the regular meeting
of the board of directors at the Office
in the city hall on Tuesday Those re7
elected are: President, Mrs. J. w,
Hobbins; vice president, Frank Hin1
richs; vice president, Rev. A. A,
Ewing; treasurer, Sidney Stuart. The
president named committee of three,
including Mrs. G. w. Constantine,
chairman; Miss Flora Moseley and
Mrs. NJ. M. Kartak, to name chairmen
| for five committees to take charge of
the various branches of the work,
Green Bay.-G. f. Willoquette is
to receive $4,000 for the loss of
one eye. jury in circuit court
| brought in verdict for that sum,
Willoquette lost his eye as the re-
suit of piece of steel striking it
while he was in the employ OF the
| Green Bay and Western railroad
Hazel Green-Amon Miller, who
will be "a years old on February
| 20, 1912, is still hale old man for so
advanced an age. He is a veteran of
two wars, having been with Gen. Jack
son in the Seminole war in Florida
and for whom he still holds almost a
worshipful respect. He was with Gen.
| Taylor in Mexico. Both Gems. Jackson
and Taylor afterward became presi
dents of the United States.
Madison.-Official awards just an
nounced show that 3S prizes amount.
ing to $1,460 were won by University
of Wisconsin sheep at the internation-
al live stock exposition this year
sin Railway company granted the
increase in wages demanded by
the employees. The wages under the
new agreement will be: First year,
16 cents per hour; second year, Is
cents per hour; third, fourth and fifth
years, 20 cents per hour; sixth year
and thereafter, % cents per hour
Wausau.-The state rested in
the trial of Imperio and Roberti,
charged with the murder OF Sheriff
Radcliffe. The plea of the defense is
that the defendants were ignorant OF
the identity and authority of Sheriff
Radcliffe and that the killing of Rad
cliffe was done in self-defense. Rob-
erti was on the stand. He said the
weapon was discharged in the strug-
gle with the officers for it's posses
sion. 1t is claimed by the defense
that the accused did not know war
rants were out for them when they
departed from Oneida county.
Green Bay.-Fire broke out at
the Green Bay hospital and James i
Kerr, former collector Of customs, and
other patients had to be carried across
the street out of danger. About $1,000
damage was done to the building.
Ashland. Members of the naval
militia are jubilant over rifles
just received from Washington-75 of
the latest pattern with complete equip
ment. The militia will discard the
old Springfield guns purchased by
Commander Werder.
Tomahawk.-Will Drever has
a copy of the first newspaper
published in America. 1t is the Bos-
ton Newsletter and was published
on Monday, April IL, 1904, being near
ly 20S years old.
Dodgeville.-Thomas Jones, the
first white child born in what is
now the city of Dodgeville, died, aged
Geventy-five years. He was a well
known Mason, having been an official
of the order for 40 years.
Racine.-The funeral OF Cyrus
II Raknr here Drecednd the an