River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-20

go resident, Jesse Butler, his son, put
in an appearance here. Jesse was a.
soldier in the Spanish-American war
and his father received word that his
son was killed. The father then lived
In Ohio bat moved to Peshtigo When
the son returned from the war he
could not find his father and located
in New York. Recently the son met
a travelling man who had met the
father at Peshtigo and the reunion
took place.
Fond du Lac.-The first casket to
be sent by parcel post in Wisconsin
was mailed by the Northern Casket
company of this city to G. A. Jung, an
undertaken at Cedarburg. The total
amount of postage used was 10 cents.
The body of the casket, which was for
an infant, weighed ten pounds and the
cover four pounds. 1t was necessary to
send the two parts separately, owing
to the fact that eleven pounds is the
parcel post limit.
Madison. Each year finds the per-
centage of men students from the uni
Versity entering the teaching PROBES
sion growing smaller. In 190S-9 over
"a per cent of the applicants for uni
versity certificates were men, the next
} ear it was Is per cent, the next IL
per cent, and last year it had dropped
to IL per cent. In the same time the
number of women applicants had IN
creased from 1853 to 210.
Denmark.-The Kriwanek Bros
company elevator and it's contents and
the Algoma Produce company's build
ings, containing cheese, were de-
stroyed by fire. The loss Is about $1O,7
900, partly covered by insurance.
Marinette. William MCGOWAN,
twenty-four years old, laid unconscious
for 20 minutes in the Albert Beltz gar
age while a fire was eating the walls
about him. MCGOWAN discovered the
fire when entering the building,
climbed to the ceiling with fire ex-
tinguisher, but fell, striking on his
head on the cement floor Before any,
one else discovered the fire MCGOWAN
regained consciousness and called the
fire department.
Marinette. - George Lacombe,
Waterman, suffered broken foot and
bad burns and Albert Janske, an en-
gineer, was badly burned when a
blowout pipe at the White Cedar COM
pany's plant, Marinette, exploded.
Fire, bricks and cinders were shot to
all parts of the plant. Fire was start
ed in % places by the flames shot by
the force of the explosion. The loss is
$500.
Prairie du Chien.-The St. Gabriel
Catholic parish has decided to erect a
$4,000 residence for the Notre Dame
sisters Work will commence as soon
as the frost is out Of the ground. The
site north of St Gabriers school has
been purchased.
Menasha. - John Eckrich speared
the third sturgeon to weigh more than
uhirty-five pounds. Few of these large
ish are being seen.
Berlin.-The Green Lake County
Agricultural society will hold its 1913
fair on September 8, 10, IL and IL.
Special inducements are to be offered
to concessionaires and racehorse men.
Appleton.-As a result of being
kicked on the leg week ago, followed
by a more recent fall on an icy road,
a horse belonging to E B. Ralph frac-
tured leg and had to be shot.
Madison.-Dr. Herman A. Brauer,
who received the degree of doc
tor Of philosophy from the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, and was afterward
instructor in that institution, has been
chosen head of the bureau of munich
pal research of the University of
Washington extension division. The
University of Washington is following
the lead of the University Of Wiscon-
sin in developing extension work and
in establishing a bureau FOR the aid of
city fathers and lawmakers.
Janesville-The tenth anniversary
of the founding of the congregation of
the completion of st. Peters English
Lutheran church in this city was cele-
brated by the congregation.
Beaver Dam.-Fred Landry TWEEN
ty-eight years old, drank acid
with suicidal intent and died in the
Beaver Dam hospital, after suffering
great agony
La Crosse.-Avold Rentz, self
confessed murderer of Mr.. and
Mrs. August Harmon of Big Creek,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
life Imprisonment in the penitentiary
by Judge e. C. Higbee at Sparta. No
remarks were made by either the
Judge or prisoner, the entire proceed
ings requiring but four minutes.
ADMINISTRATION Hendrickson, fifty
years old, committed suicide at the
county poorhouse when he jabbed