River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-06

BADGER NEWSII
BRIEFLY TOLD
Eau Claire.-Fred Klegus, seventy
our years old, who was badly burned
when he mistook gasoline for kero-
'ene in starting a fire, died from his
INJURIES.
Madison.-Due to the negligence of
Wisconsin farmers, many of whom
have stopped using the formalin treat
nent on their seed oats, oat smut is
again beginning to do damage in the
state. For some years the widespread
| use Of the formalin treatment kept the
disease in check, but, according to re-
ports issued by the college of agricul-
ture of the university, in some oat
fields in the state last year 40 per
cent. of the oat plants were affected
by smut. Unless farmers generally be-
gin treating their seed oats again the
disease is likely to spread widely.
Marinette-Joseph Rock, Milwau-
kee, formerly Marinette resident,
was stricken with heart trouble while
attending mass at st. Joseph's church
and died in 45 minutes. He has wife
and family in Milwaukee.
Green Bay-Mrs, Eliza Mcintosh,
Depere, died in a hospital here as a
result of burns received when she up
set can of kerosene upon lighted
| fire.
Oshkosh.-Olaf Gasskjobsen OF
Blair, who was released from the state
prison recently, showed $107 in an
Oshkosh saloon. After leaving the
place he was robbed of his earnings
in the penitentiary
Indian, attempted to board Northern
Pacific train. He was thrown under
/ the wheels and one leg was cut off
above the knee.
Green Bay.-The fire loss in Green
Bay, according to the report of the fire
department for 1912, which has just
been issued, was $23,728, including
one which caused damages amounting
J to $4,000 There were so fires in the
year.
Rio.-Fourteen freight cars were
ditched here when tiange on one OF
the wheels Of the leading car broke.
No one was injured.
ReeGsburg.-Fifteen persons have
paid fines of $1.S2 each, two upon
pleading guilty, two others have been
acquitted and another has announced
his intention of fighting his case. All
were charged with having hunted rab-
| bits with ferrets. Denton Smith,
deputy game warden, made Is arrests
in one day, among them being one OF
the justices of the peace OF the city.
One Of the other justices OF the peace
tried the cases and assessed the fines.
Waukesha.-R. J. Ernisse OF Hine-
man, Sheboygan county, was struck
and almost instantly killed by 3 south
bound 500 line freight train in this
city. It is said that Ernisse deliberate
Nv walked in front of the engine and
there is a theory that the act was sui
cidal. Mrs. Ernisse is critically i'll at
the home of relatives in this city, and
her husband is said to have been de-
spondent on that account He was
aged sixty.
Kewaunee.-After an absence from
this city of % years Wenzie Pospechel
arrived here from Australia to make
visit to his parents and learned that
thew have been dead eight or ten
years.
Fond du Lac.-After trailing a large
timber wolf by means of dogs, guns,
telephone and snow signs Tor Two
DAYS. comprising a distance OF more
than thirty miles, Oakfeld farmers
brought down their quarry within two
miles of where the chase was started
near Oakfeld. The wolf, which was
slain bv James Hobbs, measured four
feet three and half inches, tip to
fin. and stood 26 inches high. Hobbs
refused to accept the state bounty OF
500 because the law requires the de-
struction of the animals scalp. This
would ruin the pelt, which Hobbs de-
sires for rug.
| Manitowoc.- a purpose OF
curbing social activities of high school
students. Prof. C. G. Stangel requested
the pupils to sign statement telling
how many functions they attended
since the opening of school, what they
do during spare hours, and what their
average retiring hour is. There have
been complaints that students are nav.
ing too good a time" outside OF
school
Menomonie. - The first annual
tournament of the Menomonie SKI
c1,Ib will be held on Sunday, Feb
ruarv 16. It will be exclusively for
amateurs, who will be here from Min
nea0olis. St. Paul, Chippewa Falls,
Hudson. Colfax and other western
Wisconsin cities.
Madison Governor McGovern ap
pointed Prof. E. A. Gilmore OF