River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-07-17
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

The brother was formerly a Milwau.
kee druggist
Barron.-Joseph Koukl, a middle
aged bachelor living with his mo-
Their on a farm twelve miles north
of Barron, committed suicide. He was
respondent from six weeks sick.
ness.
eedsburg.-Andrew j. Jansen has
returned from the Gettysburg celebra-
tion with broken arm. He broke the
limb last spring and when greeted by
a company member whom he had not
seen for fifty years it was broken
again.
Mcmahon the farm of ]. j.
Hill $4,000 cabbage plants were
planted in eight hours. A transplant
ing machine was used.
Elkhorn.-Leon Scanlan, seventeen
years old, committed suicide by
cutting his throat. Dependency Is
supposed to be the cause.
Appleton.-One hundred and sew
enteen pickerel in less than two
hours is record established by
George Loos, Appleton; Fred Burrill,
Fred Brown and Fred Nelson, Green
Bay, and Charles Stoeffer, New Lon
don. The pickerel averaged two
pounds apiece and were caught in the
Wolf river near New London
Fond du Lac-Thieves robbed
the safe of the post office at Ke-
waskum and then stole a team of
horses and drove 25 miles to this city
and escaped The horses were found
here and restored to the owner.
Waukesha.-An epidemic of humps
struck the Wisconsin industrial school,
II inmates and three officers being
quarantined.
Waukesha.-Pr Practically all OF the
100 school teachers that taught last
season have been re-engaged. accord
ing to G. B. Rhoades, superintendent
of county schools. The reappointment
in most cases includes an increase in
salary. There are III rural schools
in Waukesha county. Prof. A. e. Will
bur of the Whitewater normal school
and Prof. j. A. Book, Manitowoc, are
new members of the teachers insti-
tute, which will hold its annual confer
ence in Waukesha on August II to Is.
Dodgeville.-The tenth anniversary
of the ordination and installation of
Rev. P. S. Nestande, present pastor of
the Lutheran church, will be celebra-
ted from July 13 to 20. Special serv-
ices. a county convention and a big
picnic will be features of the week
Rev N. A Giere, Spring Valley, Mimi,
who installed Rev., Mr.. Nestande, will
spend the week here and preach at all
the festive services. He will also de-
liver the annual address at the Young
picnic, which is to be held at Bethle-
hem church, near Edmund, on Friday,
July IS.
Fond du Lac.-Mr. and Mrs. Frank
lin SWEET of this city have just celebra-
ted the fiftieth anniversary of their
wedding.
Madison.-In reply to District Attor-
ney James H. Hill of Sank county,
who complains that liquor is being
sold on the grounds Of the state park
at Devils lake, Attorney General Owen
advises that the law forbids the sale Of
intoxicating liquors within the boun-
daries Of or within one mile of any
state park.
Kenosha.-Henry Kramer, team
ster in the town of Paris, was tram
pied to death by a team of horses
which became frightened at train.
Sbeboygan.-Th Missouri synod of
the Lutheran church convened in this
city, the opening services being con-
Quoted by President Strassen.
Waukesha-At the reunion of the
Twenty eighth Wisconsin Civil war
veterans, held here, Lauren Barker OF
Brookfield was elected president;
Charles Hengen, Delafield, vice-presi-
dent; S. r. Bell, Milwaukee, secretary
and treasurer; Fred Wardrobe, Wau-
kesha, historian, and A. e. Matheson,
Elkhorn, chaplain. There we're 100
present to celebrate the fiftieth ami
versary of the battle of Helena.
head of the sociology department of
Lawrence college, has resigned to ac-
cept the presidency of the Pacific uni
versity of Forest Grove, Ore. Edgar
A. Brazelton, director of pianoforte at
the Lawrence conservatory of music,
has resigned and will open a school
Of music in Milwaukee.
Superior. Stumbling upon live
wire while out picking wild strawber-
ries in a field near her home, five
year-old Mildred Thorsten was electro
cuted. One hand was burned off and
a deep hole burned in her back before
members of the fire department could
cut the wire
Portage-Arthur Larkin, seven
teen years old, was drowned in
the Wisconsin river at Kilbourn while
working on the power dam Of the