River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-12-02
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talked for ShaWanO next season, owing
to the crowding of the present build+
ing. There are 65 tuition pupils en-.
rolled, which represent $2,35O a year.
Delavan.- Walworth county's insane
asylum's population is on the in,
crease, according to the annual
report of the superintendent There
are l23 inmates, 68 men and SIS women.
In the poorhouse there are 80 inmates;
"a men and Is women
La Crosse-A H. Yonker of this
city spent Thanksgiving day in q
cell here because, the police charge,
he made off with about $50 worth of
jeWelry from the home of A. O. Han
son, under the guise of a rescuer when
the latter's home on Cormon Coules
road burned. The police say Yonkers
rescued the threatened valuables but
neglected to restore them to their
owner
Stevens Point.-By throwing snow
balls on the roofs and against
the sides of a dwelling house and barn
belonging to Father IT. Malkowski at
Polonia, three hundred men, women
and children kept fire which had
started in Father Malkowski's garage
and woodshed from spreading The
fire started in the garage while the
priest was conducting funeral services
in a church near by.
Kenosha = The Kenosha county
board voted to unite with the
county board of Racine county in the
opening of joint county training
school at Union Grove. The new school
will have three instructors and it is ex.
pected that they will be able to take
charge of forty teachers. The expense
of the school will be shared jointly by
the two counties. 1t will be opened at
once.
Fond du Lac. = Fountain pen
thieves paid their fourth visit to Fond
du Lac in year when they robbed
two stores. Pens valued at $3.50 were
taken from the j. w. Burton store and
razors valued at $50 from the W. r.
Plank store. A year ago the Burton
store was robbed of $340 worth OF pens.
A month later the Huber store lost
$3.50 worth and two months after that
another visit to the Huber store Melted
The thieves $3.50 worth of pens.
Madison.-The attorney general adj
vised Adjt. Orlando Holway that
Company d, Third regiment, Wis
consin National Guard, has no
Ton f71I oIo at IF
Mansion for failure Of the city to carry
out it's agreement made with the com
pany over ten years ago to build a new
armOry for use of the company on con
dition that the company transfer to
the city two lots of land and sell S1O,-
600 of Mansion city bonds
Delavan.-It has been decided by the
Walworth county board of super
visors that no convict labor will
be used on the state aid roads.
Their contention is that there is
enough home labor to do such work.
To aid in keeping the state aid roads
in repair the supervisors have set
apart a fund of $4,000 to be used the
coming year. They further decided
that no cities or incorporated towns
of the county shall benefit from the 81
232 automobile tax fund, but it shall be
appOrtiOneG to the smaller places.
OcOnomowoc.-Mr. and Mrs. Fred
erick Will observed their golden we'd
OconOmOwOc, and a number Of friends
and relatives called to offer cOngratu-
lations. Many flowers and other gifts
were received by Mr.. and Mrs. Will.
Mr.. Will served as IN orderly sergeant
Of Company B, Twenty-sixth Wiscon-
sin volunteers, in the Civil war and
took part in Sherman's march to the
sea. At the battle of Peach Tree creek
he lost small soldiers hymnal, which
was picked up on the battlefield by am
Ohio soldier and returned last May to
its owner.
MadisOn.-"The buck law is work
ing out fine and, | believe, meets
the approval of true sportsmen,'
declared Conservation Commissioner
w. E. Barber. Mr.. Barber has just re-
ne made a personal investigation of
the reports Of the slaughter of does.
Fully 80 per cent of the stories about
female deer being found dead in the
woods are fakes" said he. "The COM
mission has fifty wardens engaged in
looking after violators and they have
reported the finding of only seven
slaughtered does"
Waukesha.-Judge David Agnew OF
the county court annulled the
marriage of Ella Mae Finch, fif,
teen years old, and Henry Finch o!
Calhoun, to whom she was married
on April %, 1915, at Sparta. The plain
tiff, through her guardian ad Item, AL
bert N. CoombS, alleged cruel and in
human treatment and asked that the
marriage be repudiated on grounds
that she was an infant when married.
In his answer the defendant denied
the charges of cruel treatment and
claimed that he married the plaintiff