River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-19

OAAAA Ne SROOAC1, 1Ol 1uCx
United States senator from Wisconsin.
dled at his home in New York after
an illness of several weeks. He suf-
Iered a relapse after having partially
recovered from nervous breakdown.
because OF his age, rs, his family
feared for his life when he was first
stricken. Mr.. Spooner served as SEN
ator sixteen years, and retired in
lSUI, two years before completing his
last term, to re-enter the practice of
law. John Colt Spooner, born at Law.
renceDurg, Ind, Jan. 6, 1843, the son
OF Philip Loring and Lydia (Coit)
Spooner, was of Puritan ancestry on
both sides of his family. Coming to
Wisconsin from Indiana in June, 1859,
the senator's family settled in Madi
son and the son received his education
ID the Madison schools and the Uni.
verslty Of Wisconsin. In 1854 the fu
ture senator raised company of uni
Versity students in response to Presi
dent Lincoln's appeal for volunteers,
but although entitled to commission
IN the company, he chose to enlits as
private in Company D Of the Forti.
eth Wisconsin infantry, largely com.
posed of university students and pro
lessons. He was brevetted major in
1865 at the age of %, and was mus.
tered out the following year. In 1867
he was admitted to the bar, having
meanwhile been appointed private and
military secretary to Gov. Lucius
Fairchild, with the usual rank of col
onel, by which he was known in later
years before arriving at senatorial
dignities. He was quarteramster gen.
eral of Wisconsin, 1868-7O, and assist.
ant attorney general for two terms un-
der Attorney General Charles r. Gill
and Attorney General S. S. Barlow.
Madison-Sept. 20 will be the open
ing day of the academic year 1919.
1920 at the University of Wisconsin.
according to action taken by the fac
ulty. Sept. 20, 30 and Oct will be
registration days. Classes will begin
Oct. 2. Christmas recess will begin
Tuesday evening, Dec. %, and extend
to Monday morning, Jan. 5. Examina-
lions for entrance will be held on
Sept 80, instead of Sept. %, as previ-
ously announced.
Wausau-A contract has been given
Carl Hilber to grade and surface eight
miles of road on federal route No. 10
from Mosinee south to the Portage
county line. No satisfactory bids
were received from similar work on
route No. 16 and the county will do
the work with day labor. A contract
is soon to be let for concrete road
to connect Wausau with the villages
of Schofeld and Rothschild.
Manitowoc - Corp. Frank Sweikar,
after having been in hospitals in
France and this country since Sept.
20, when he was laid low by a shrap.
mel shell and suffered ten wounds, one
being a compound fracture Of the left
leg, and the loss Of a couple of toes,
has arrived home on crutches. He is
at the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary
Swejkar. Corp. Swejkar is to report
back for further treatment.
Oconto Plans have been compile
ted for the honor day celebration for
the army and navy men of Oconto
county here June % and "a. Oconto
celebrates having been a city for fifty
years. County Agent Amundson, in
charge of the parade says it will be
one Of the big features, depicting the
leading episodes in the history Of the
city and county. Gen. c.. r. Board
man will speak.
Racine-After taking all the money
and jewelry that Herman Buege had
when they stopped him, two robbers
compelled him to remove his outer
clothing and shoes. These were iden.
titled in the possession Of two men
arrested at Corliss, giving the names
Of Thomas Finnegan, Buffalo, and
Henry Klingel, Toledo. They said
they were recently discharged from
the navy.
Wausau = The Marathon Shoe Co.
increased the capital stock from $685.
900 to $250,00O and let contract for
a 50x150 foot addition to it's factory.
The company started with few en-
ployes in public school annex, but
is steadily employing 125 people and
will double the employees and output
when the addition is completed on
Aug. Is.
Monroe Albert Stauss, editor of
The Monroe Herold, has learned that
his brother, Emil Won Stauss, is
member Of the German peace delega-
ton at Paris. The Monroe man had
heard nothing of his brother in years,
until he saw his picture in neWspa-
per group of German delegates.
Wausau- Christ Gardner and Frank
A. Richmond, Knowlton, were injured
by the premature explosion of dyna-
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