River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-09-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
! NEWS OF THE :
J BADGER STATE

Inc heV. henry a. AllWdFul, pas
tor of the First English Lutheran
church of Marshfield for the last year,
has resigned.
Fire starting in the boiler room de-
stroyed the cheese factory of Fred
Koehler near Bear Creek. The loss Is
estimated at nearly $4,000.
Peter Anderson, 60 a Racine car
penter, selected the porch of funeral
home for his attempt to end his life
and shot himself three times. He may
recover, although he is in critical
condition.
The death of the little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bowman, JEFF
| fries, which occurred in a hospital In
Rhinelander, is believed to have been
due to eating poison berries found in
the woods near her home.
From the ruins of the Pleasant
Point hotel, a summer resort, which
was recently burned at Green lake, a
collection of diamonds valued at sew
eral thousand dollars, the property of
Mrs. H. Ziegler, of Texas, were re-
covered.
John D. Alexander, captain of Troop
E, 105th cavalry, since its Organiza-
ton in Kenosha, was named major in
command of the second squadron Of
the 105th cavalry, and Claus Ander-
son, formerly first lieutenant, was pro-
b, 81, In, Oh, nf ,o init
according to orders from the adjutant
generals office. Maj. Alexander now
has command of troop Il, Kenosha,
Troop F. Fort Atkinson, and Troop G,
WATERFOWL.
The state convention of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians and its wOman's
auxiliary have voted $1,000 toward es-
tablishment Of a chair of Irish his
tory and international relations at
Marquette university, Milwaukee. 1t
| is expected that $4,000 will be needed.
| The plan is to raise the sum by APP
| peal to United Irish societies through
out the country and to wealthy Ameri-
cans of Irish descent.
John Peltier, former Door county as
semblyman, was fined $3.50 and costs
by Judge Henry GRASS in circuit court
at Sturgeon Bay. Peltier was charged
with violating the fish and game laws
last winter when he was caught fish
| ing for carp in closed waters. Pei
tier appeared as his own attorney and
| GcI;
Quoted to test the law, having previ-
ously moved to have the case nolled.
An appropriation of $4,000 by the
last legislature has been made immedi-
stely available to the PlattevIlle Nor
NAL school for the purchase of the
Billie Boyle farm. of 102 acres, imme-
diately adjoining the school. The nor
NAL school owns and operates well
equipped model farm of % acres in
: connection with the agricultural de-
partment With the addition of the
Boyle farm it is said this department
will be made self-sustaining
How to dispose of a case in circuit
court when both the defendant and the
man who signed his bond have dsap-
peared is now troubling Judge G. n
Risjord, Ashland. Fred Coates, charg-
ed With grand larceny in connection
with the theft of a car, has jumped
his bond and cannot be found. He
was bound over to circuit court last
spring. To make matters worse his
surety has also mysteriously disap-
peared.
The wisconsin Southern Railway
Co, of which c. D. Smith, Fond du
Lac, is president, has withdrawn from
the state railroad commission its ap-
phcation for certificate of conven-
fence and necessity to build that part
| Of It's chartered line of railway be-
| tween Manitowoc and Sturgeon Bay.
| Construction of the line was started
last year without the certificate, but
the commission ordered the work
stopped.
Clifford Taylor, 81, of Holcombe,
died at a Chippewa Falls hospital af
| ter five weeks fight for life A pillow
handle pierced his abdomen while
working on a highway construction
| job. Doctors gave him up five weeks
| ago after operating on the man. Tay
Tor, however, said he would not give
up and his persistent fight with death
seemed to keep him alive, battling the
medical profession and attracting at
tentlon all over the state.
Appropriations of more than $1,000
! 600 for the nine state normal schools
have been made by the board Of re-
gents for the year ending June 30,
! 1926 The funds We're provided by the
last legislature. The total sum allot-
! ted to the schools for all purposes is
! S2,210 25516. This amount is divided
as follows Eau Claire. $14362S. 10;
La Crosse, $191 ,S5561; Milwaukee,
| $31S743.44; Oshko h, 1856, 7SS.20;
Platteville, S179,0S2.S4; River Falls,
$24S, 4l055. Stevens Point, $319,039
Superior, $23,S15.01; Whitewater,
| $21389141.