River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-01-08
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and w. n. Wills, Sparta, becomes
deputy internal revenue collector.
Madison. the last six DAYS Sc
couples have applied for marriage Ii
censes as compared with II ON the
same days OF the year before.
INSTRUMENTATION will be invaded
the latter part of January by some 200
master plumbers, who will come here
from al parts of the state to hold their
annual convention.
Madiso New Jersey has come to
Wiscon lin to learn how to collect the
personal property tax. Mayor Helm
has received a letter asking for infor-
nation on the Wisconsin plan.
Ashland.-Two Russian woodsmen.
Max Maso and Juel Cuel. were arrest.
ed on charge of highway robbery.
They were charged with holding up
another woodsman, robbing him OF $50.
Green Bay.-Rev. Terrence Phelps,
son of Rev. S. w. Phelps OF this
city, has been called to the pas
torate of the Baptist church at North
Yakima, Wash.
Fond du Lac. - Four generations
were entertained at a dinner at
the home of w. A. Meiklejohn. They
were Mrs. Rumina Dye, ninety-three
years old; her son. II. X. Dye; mis- SON.
ID. l.. Dye. Unity. and his sou. II. H.
Dye. fou: months old
Oconomowoc.-John Rush, who was
struck by a train while walking
along the tracks at Oconomowoc.
succumbed to the injuries He
leaves a wife and four children: Otto
Rush and Mrs. Henry Selverkropp, RIA
| cine; Miss Anna Rush and John Rush,
Jr., Oconomowoc.
Racine-Frank Gerno, Journey
man tailor from Kenosha, twenty
years old, who snatched pay check
| from a comrade in a local saloon and
had it cashed, after forging his name,
pleaded guilty to grand larceny here
and was sentenced to serve one year
in the reformatOry at Green Bay
Green Bay. The four-yeaT-old
daughter of August Dyer was
burned to death during the absence Of
| her mother. The child, after the moth
er left the home to hang out clothes.
secured some matches and while play
| ing with them ignited It's clothing.
Death was almost instantaneous.
Beloit.-The seventy-tifth anniver-
sary of the establishment of the
First Congregational church OF Beloit
was celebrated The society was
founded with "A members, when the
| nf hn aitN A.
present membership is 500. The
church is famous for the number of
foreign missionaries it has supplied.
Waukesha. - Erllng Slattern. six
teen years old, a paroled inmate Of
the industrial school, was taken into
custody by the Milwaukee police and
placed in the custody of Sheriff Glib
son. He had been working for the last
two years for T. S. Stewart, Genesee,
who alleges the boy ran away few
days ago, taking about $75 worth of
jewelry with him.
Madison. superintendent OF
Schools G.. p. Cary has designated
January $3.50 as the days for the
holding of the annual convention of
county superintendent The conven-
ton will be held in Madison. The time
and place of meeting will enable the
county superintendent to take advant-
age of the meeting of the country life
conference and the two weeks farm
ers' course.
Portage. Two strangers, imper-
sonating officers, entered the Mil
waukee road depot and invited
stranger to acconpanH them under
pretense of arrest. When they reached
a spot about block from the depot
they held the prisoner up at the point
of revolver He had no money and
the holdup men returned to the depot
and accosted William CAN'T of Madi-
son. They told him he was under ar
rest and when some distance from the
depot flashed a gun and took his cash
West Bend.-While collecting the
city taxes at his office, City Treas
urer Herman Warnke suffered a
stroke of paralysis and died, Mr.
Warnke was serving his second term
as city treasurer and had been an al
derman for several terms. He had
lived in West Bend during his entire
life and for the last 80 years had been
connected with the Gehl Bros Manu-
featuring company. He is survived by
his wife, mother, three brothers ana
three sisters.
Marinette. Chester Stroud and
Rigby Slight, Peshtigo young men,
saved the lives of William Mort
arity and Bessie Loughrey. The couple
skated into open water under a bridge
Stroud and Slight climbed under the
| structure and holding onto the trussSS
| let their bodies down until they could
be reached by those in the water.
Thus suspended the young men kept
them up until ropes and planks were
secured and they were pulled out
Stroud, exhausted from his experience,
| afterwards fell into the river, but was
rescued.
| Beloit.-Owing to the prevalence
Of hog cholera during the last
season, special attention will be gwen
| to the subject at the meeting or the
special swine husbandry institute
which opened at Avalon, Rock county
Doctor Hadley and Doctor Beach OF
the university experiment bureau Will
be the principal speakers at the instr
tute.
Superior. - The Eudestine Sisters
at the House of the Good Shep-
herd contemplate the erection or
| $4,000 addition to their home next
spring. The addition will be used as
an orphan asylum.
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