River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-10-02
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

convicted of assaulting Elizabeth Lang,
eight years old, was sentenced to is
years in state prison.
Glenwood City.-The new German
Lutheran church in the town of Forest
will be dedicated with appropriate
ceremonies the first week in October.
Port Washington.-Judge e. s. Tur,
ner, ninety years old, is i'll at his home
here, having been confined to his bed
for weeks with breaking down due to
old age.
Madison.-Work of arranging the
session laws for their publication
in book form by the state is being
advanced. The volumes may be ready
by December 1.
La Crosse.-Going thirty miles an
hour on a country road, Harry Bogard,
inventor, found himself surrounded by
flames when his car took fire. The
car was burned.
Madison.-Prof f. d. Moody, assist
ant in the Office of the state forester,
has resigned to accept a place on the
faculty of the University of Cornell,
where he will teach forestry.
Racine.-Mrs. Adolph Gross, wild
ow, with two children, who had
become charge of the city after
two years residence, has been deport-
ed to Germany, under the new state
law.
Neenah Promises have been
made by the Eastern Wisconsin
Electric railway officials that cars will
be in service on the proposed new line
! between Oshkosh and Neenah in less
than a years time
Plainfield.-Farmers are feeling
in good spirits here this fall over
the high price of potatoes. Po-
/ tatoes are selling on the wholesale
market at so to 70 cents bushel and
j farmers report good crop.
! AppIeton.-A coat, hat and pair
of shoes on a pier of the Chicago
/ & Northwestern bridge crossing Little
Lake Butte des Mortes found by boys,
are believed to be the clue to the sui
eide of Frank e. Mace of Oshkosh.
Monroe.-Rev. w. w. Moore, for
the last four years pastor of the
First Methodist church Of this
city, has left for Milwaukee to take
up his new charge, the Wesley Meth
odist church, to which he was as
signed by Bishop William Quayle at
the last conference at Beloit.
Racine.-In order that mail in
and out of Racine can be quickly
and properly handled, an effort is to
be made to have the government ap-
propriate money for the construction
Of modern building somewhere near
the Northwestern depot, where all
mail will be handled the three present
postal stations to be used entirely for
delivery of mail and sale of postage
and money orders.
! Madison.-The state board of con-
troll, by process of elimination,
has reduced to about a half dozen the
number of sites being considered for
the location of the new home for the
| feeble minded, which is to be located
| in the southern part of the state. The
board finds a disposition among the
owners of property offered for this
purpose to hold up the state at prices
that are forbidding.
La Crosse.-Seven thousand per-
sons in the grand stand at the
! interstate fair covered their faces
With their hands, while several women
completely collapsed with fright when
Steadman, the driver, was thrown
from his horse He was thought to be
dangerously hurt or dead, and was
hurriedly picked up and soon revived
suffering only from number OF
bruises Dixie S. continued her flight
around the track far in advance of the
rest of the field.
Fountain City.-The train rob-
bers" who left bar of gold in
the woods near Fountain City were
Just ordinary econ" men, according to
! developments. The bar Of gold was
declared by P. G. Myers, a Winona
! ieweler, to be an alloy Of tin and cop.
per, worth maybe $3.50. The bar has
been identified as the gold brick with
which an attempt was made to swim
die q grain dealer here twenty years
ago Herman Pulitzer, who found the
bar while hunting, has Cancelled his or
der for an automobile.
Green Bay-"Bobby" Lynch, man
ager of the Creme Bay Wiscon-
sin-Illinois league team, and a
well known semi-professional ball
player Of Chicago, had two narrow es-
capes from death while duck hunting
on the shores Of Green bay. Lynch,
with a party of friends, was hunting
near Suamico during heavy wind
storm. The party were securing the
/ edge of the bay in quest of ducks when
calls for help were heard. On investi-
cation Lynch was found to be in a
! sinkhole and sinking fast Members
of the party were unable to get into
| the swamp, where the Bays manager
was intrenched, without first securing
long ladder from nearby cottage,
and after several delays were able TO
haul Lynch from his perilous position.
Watertown.-Prof. F. w. A. Notz,
| Northwestern university, has re-
ceived an unusual attention from
| the University Of Tuebingen, Ger
man. from which he received the de-
gree of doctor Of philosophy so years
ago. The anniversary falls on Sep
tember 80. The faculty has sent him