River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-16
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

! La Crosse.-Judge E. G. Higbee SEN
| fenced NJ. J. Peterson to ten years in
state prison following the refusal of
the supreme court TO affirm or deny a
motion for the discharge of the de-
| fendant on the grounds that previous
examination by the state fire marshal
made him immune from prosecution.
Peterson was found guilty of burning
the North Star lumber yards at Osseo
to cover false entries in his books.
Neenah.-The members of the Is
land Baptist church have received
word from Rev. J. w. Johnson of Win
chester, ILL.,, that he will accept the
call Of the local church and will as
sumo his duties in February.
Sheboygan.-At the annual meeting
of the Sheboygan County Fair associ-
alton the following officers were elect
ed: President, p. K. Wheeler; vice
president. Peter Reiss; secretary, Otto
Gi4ffron; treasurer, E. A. Dow; direc-
tors, R. A. La Budde, Rhine; H. W.
Thinner, Waldo; Noah Seaman, Adell;
r. B. Melvin, Greenbush; George Nohl,
Johnsonville.
Marinette.-Health Commissioner E.
V. McComb has just announced that
the death rate In this city for 1912
was 1876, the lowest for several years
Beaver Dam.-The annual meeting
and election of officers Of the Dodge
County Fair association will be held In
this city on January Is.
| Neenah.--While fishing on the
lower lake" Willard Jones, a young
boy, fell through hole in the ice and
was carried under the ice by the rap
i'd current. He floated along and came
to the surface of open water, where ne
was rescued by others who had OBJ
served his going through the ice.
Superior.-Pupils in the Superior
| city schools have deposited $2,628 in
The school savings bank since the open
ing of the present session, and during
he last calendar year placed $5,156 to
their credit on the books. The savings
comes from 120 rooms. One school
alone, located in the workingmen's dis
trict and largely peopled by those of
foreign birth, deposited nearly $1,000
since September 1.
J Marinette.-Arthur Kliebar Of the
town of Dunbar has just collected the
bounty Of $40 on the pelts of two
wolves which he says he killed.
Neutrality-suspicious. are being cir
culated In local hotels with a view of
securing delivery of mail on Sundays
TO hotels and theaters for the accom-
mediation of the travelling public. 1t
ls said to be part of nationwide pro-
test against Sunday closing Of postof-
does throughout the country.
Racine.-Royal Bones, a farmer at
Ives, was nearly killed by prize Hol-
| stein bull that had become enraged at
| the smell of a dead horse that had
been carted to the pasture. Bones
owes his life to the fact that he was
| tossed over the fence, but he was. how
ever, badly injured
Racine.-Alfred Rozansky, a cutter
for local rubber goods factory, who
stole several rubber coats and sold
them to Adolph Revken, pleaded guilty
and was fined $50 and costs. Revken
is now serving six months in Jail for
receiving stolen goods, but move
ment is on foot to have him pardoned.
Fond du Lac.-As a result of a pre-
| mature blast in the Union Lime COM
pany's quarries near here, Nicholas
Blanco, an employee, was killed. His
body was hurled into a pit 80 feet
deep.
Appleton Robbers held up Lee
| Van Ryzin, aged nineteen, near a lum-
Der yard in this city. but secured only
| two dollars.
Green Bay.-While thawing out the
| faucet of gasoline tank wagon which
he supposed was empty, Benjamin
Leist, agent for the Standard Oil com
pany at Depere, was perhaps fatally
injured when an explosion occurred.
He was injured about the head and
rendered unconscious three hours.
Whether he will recover from his in
| jurles the physicians are unable to
say.
Acknowledgment Lanieux, six
years old, and David Thompson, ten
years old, set out on their skis, and
when they had been gone for several
hours search was started for them.
They were found Is miles from their
home and still on their way
Merrill.-William Fehrman, thirty
two years old, while employed as
millwright at the Merrill Veneer
company, accidentally fell into one of
the hot water watts and was scalded,
death ensuing a few hours later. He
is survived by widow and three chill
dren.
Star Prairie.-A blaze starting from
a gasoline stove in the living rooms in
! the rear of Fred Martinke's blacksmith
| shop threatened the business portion
of the town. John Wilson's carpenter
shop and NJ. NJ. Goodwin's meat mar.
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