River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-11
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tile company's big store was totally
destroyed by ire which started here.
Madison. - OF the 1852 chronic
insane patients i'll Wisconsin in
situations, only thirty-fve of them
are tubercular, according to the Stats
ties OF the state board Of control.
Madison.-The fifty sophomores
who were indicted by the stu
dent court for hazing early in the year
will be freed by the faculty. Theodore
Sherwood alone will be punished for
contempt Of court.
Hazel Green.-Amon Miller, ninety
seven years old, said to be the
oldest Odd Fellow in the state, and
Mexican war veteran, died at his home
here. Children in DeKalb county, ILL.,,
and in Webb City, Mo, survive him.
Madison.-Next spring the old toll
bridge across the Wisconsin river
at Prairie du Sac, connecting the
village with the town of West Point,
in Columbia county, must give way to
a new free bridge a few hundred feet
further up the river.
Chippewa Falls.-Only $500 hunt
ing licenses have been issued i'll
Chippewa county this season. The
number is about 700 less than las+
year. The drop is attributed to the
change in hunting laws affecting deer
in northern Wisconsin.
Appleton.-The maximum strength
OF every infantry and cavalry
company in the Wisconsin National
Guard is to be increased three squads
shortly. Orders will be issued by the
adjutant general in a few days rails
ing the enlisted strength from IS to
SO men.
Depere. - Fifty prisoners from
Green Bay reformatOry are doing q
stretch of concrete highway past the
refOrmatory grounds for about a mile.
This will complete the highway be-
tween Green Bay and Depere, most OF
which was done by prisoners working
under lease from the state.
Oshkosh.-Mrs. Ben Hooper has
been invited to speak at Superior
and Grand Rapids by the Douglas
ers in the suffrage movement in this
city claim that the defeats in the three
states will only strengthen their res
olution to eventually win.
Depere.-Benjamin Stetson, twenty
years old, was killed while assist
ing in pressing hay in the town OF
Glenmore A clutch flew off the en-
CINE, striking him in the breast and
ripping it open. His windpipe was
severed and he breathed through his
side until he died o few hours later.
Milwaukee.-That Wisconsin is a
healthful state is again attested
by the last report of the state board Of
health. The rate of 90 deaths per
1000 population is certainly low one.
That it is little lower than has pre-
vailed in recent years is very agree
able, and that this reduction is largely
in the smaller infant mortality is sat
isfactOry condition.
Kenosha. - The district attorney
and other county officials are in
vestigating threatening letters which
have been sent to William Gross,
deputy sheriff in the town of SOmers,
In this county. He is commanded to
leave a sum of money under a stone
placed near q telegraph pole on the
Lake Shore road. A short time ago
Gross discovered a large amount Of
stolen property which had been hidden
away in straw stack.
Kenosha.-Floyd Hartnell Of the
town of Salem is champion corn
raiser in Kenosha county. He won
this honor in a contest against 100
other boys. Samples Of pure-bred seed
corn were judged by experts. Second
prize went to d. Dowell of the village
of Wilmot. Ninety-eight other cash
prizes were awarded. Miss Lillian
Wolf of Somers won the prize offered
for the best tomatoes grown and
canned in Kenosha county.
Trempealeau.-G Y. Freeman, law
yer and Democratic politician of
this county, is dead at his home in
Galesville at the age Of eightyeight
years He was born in New York and
with his parents settled in Elkhorn,
WalWorth county, in the late '4Os. In
1856 he moved to Galesville and with
Judge Gale assisted materially in the
founding of that village. He has sew
eral times been district attorney Of this
county, a candidate for congress and
in 1890 was counted out for state SEN
ator by majority of 10 votes.
Milwaukee-Overwh choice
Of President Charles Van Hise Of
the University of Wisconsin for
president of the Wisconsin Teachers
association in the primary election re-
suited in the decision that no final
election would be necessary. President
Van Hise received Ais out Of SIC bal
lots cast, the remaining votes being
widely scattered. Prof. M. V. O'Shea
of the University of Wisconsin with
drew in favor Of A. E. Kagel, assistant
superintendent of the Milwaukee
schools, in the race for the vacancy on