River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-25
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Grand Rapids.-The annual winter
session Of the Central Wisconsin Press
association viii be held at Neillsyille
in February.
Sheboygan.-Carl Meinecke pleaded
guilty to trapping and killing musk
rats in Fond du Lac county and paid
fine OF $25 and S. costs.
Grand Rapids. - The Wisconsin
State Drainage association will meet
here in annual session January
10 to 81
Grand Rapids.-J0e Namesnick,
farmer living in the town OF Sar-
atoga, shot two foxes on his farm.
This adds two more to the list of these
animals. Of which several have been
killed in the neighborhood.
ManitOwoc.-The new st. James
Catholic church at Cooperstown
was dedicated Bishop Rhode and
forty priests from this county and
vicinity attended 1t was the first
visit of the bishop here The new
church cost $4,000
Observation-Disclosures traffic in north.
count of blizzard that tore down
wires and spilled six inches of snow
along the railroad tracks Scores OF
hunters who ere in this section OF the
state will be showed in temporarily
Sturgeon Bay. At the end OF
the permit season for trout the
Sturgeon Bay state fish hatchery is
lacking One-quarter it's capacity OF
trout eggs the result Of the heavy
seas on Lake Michigan. Twenty mil
lion trout spawn will be shipped here
from southern lake ports
Madison. = The attorney general
advised District Adorned Fred Nor
rill Of Green Bay that a COngrega-
tional minister, though he has not had
charge of a parish for seven years,
but continues his communion with his
religious organization. may lawfully
perform marriages in Wisconsin
Madison.-Otis Post of New York.
of the firm of George B. Post
& Sons, architects Of the state
capitol, declares that the entire CAPT
tol building will be finished in about
eighteen months. He is greatly pleased
with the progress of the work recent
ly.
Racine. Judge e. g. Belden OF
the circuit court, who returned with
a buck shot in the northern woods.
condemns in strong language the new
game law intended for the protection
of the does. He claims that deer are
killed ndiscriminately. and when
doe is brought down the carcass is
left to rot In the woods.
Grand Rapids - Through the e.
forts Of the good roads commit
tee Of the Merchants and Manufactur
ers' association, the county board ap-
propriated $2,000 to be. used on city
roads leading UP to the roads which
have been paved leading into the city.
This was appropriated on the condi-
ton that the city of Grand Rapids put
up like amount
Milwaukee.-DOea as well as buck
deer are being shot in large mum
bers in the northern woods, ac
cording to Mrs. Warren b lllock, 745
West Bay lake, north of Eagle river
where she and Mr.. Bullock had been
hunting for several days. Mrs. Bull
lock killed a spike-horn bl Tx which
she brought home with her.
Superior.-With a plumbers wag
on as hearse and coarse isOx made |
Of pine planks as coffin, the
BODY of Father Walter Fardy, for
over twenty years pastor Of Sacred
Heart parish, for several Yeas vicar
general Of Superior diocese aud for
over thirty years priest, was taken
to the Catholic cemetery for inter
ment, all details having been arranged
in accordance with his will.
Prairie du Chien.-Max Budgo, who
killed John Erickson with a bill |
Hard cue at MuscOda five we ahs |
ago. pleaded guilty to the charge of |
manslaughter in the second degree |
and was sentenced by Judge Clement |
son to five years in the Green Bay re
formatory Ruel Davis Of Soldiers |
Grove pleaded guilty to larceny and |
was sentenced to two years, but was |
paroled by the court
Madison. Reports received by |
the state fire marshal department |
show that the fire losses in the state |
Of Wisconsin in October, 1915, were |
SEQ above the losses reported in Octo-
Der, 1914. The October losses this
year were 1851, 120, while in October. |
1914, they were $361,O61. The number
Of fires this year was 218; in October,
1914, they numbered 243. The totals |
for September, 1915, were 1857, 900.
The biggest single loss in October |
this year was at Lugarville. Price cOun'
~, when a spark from smokestack |
caused a lumber yard loss of S87 800 /
on October 25 The loss was fully |
covered by insurance Milwaukee |
county led in the number OF fires a
total of 30, but the total loss was but /