River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-06
WISCONSIN NEWS.

At Eau Claire there are numerous cases of
diphtheria
The ice ia the river at Oshkosh begins to
show signs of breaking up.
Two residences were destroyed by fire the
other night in Fond du Lac.
Diphtheria prevails to great extent in the
northern counties of Wisconsin.
There are III men and eight women IN the
house of correction at Milwaukee.
Samuel Henry, of Neenah, has been
offered $4,000 for his racing trotter, Brown
Billy.
Two hundred car loads of hogs per week
cross the river at Prairie du Chen, going
east.
The editor of Danish paper in Milwau-
kee was formerly member of the Danish
parliament.
The wife of Rudolph Wendt, a German
living in Ripon, was badly gored By COW
the other day.
Hon. Z. II. Ellis, judge of the tenth ju-
dicial circuit, has sent in his resignation to
the Governor.
| The residence of John d. ,rtschY in Shi-
octon was destroyed by fire the other day,
while the family were absent visiting.
| They have soup-heu in full blast in
Milwaukee. The originators of it are fully
satisfied of the wisdom of their action in
starting it.
| The other night, woman ON Villa street
in Racine, was seen chasing her husband
with club. He being the most fleet of
foot escaped.
| The railroad commissioner reports that
there are 1884 miles of railway in Wiscon-
sin that cost $1S0,023,6S3, an average of
| $42,379 per mile.
Frank Dickerson, the partner of Mrs.
Mack in the murder of her husband. has
been granted a change of venue, and will
stand trial at Elkhorn.
Sunday, Jan. &c, some Menasha boys
speared a sturgeon which weighed 240
pounds. 1t was feet 8 inches long, and AZ
inches in circumference.
Owing to falling off in business the Wis
consin Valley Railroad company have taken
off one freight train, and hereafter are to
have only a tri-weekly freight.
A young daughter of George ]. Rogers, of
Milwaukee, fell from rocker q few days
ago, and had her throat pierced by darning
needle. She will recover.
Matthias Johan, of New Berlin Waukesha
county, fearing ne would harm some one
while his mind was inhamed by liquor
|
The postmaster general has changed the
name of the postoffice now called Frank
vile, in Clark county, to Hatfield, and APP
dointed G. A. Ecker postmaster.
In 1879, the Janesyille cotton factory man
ufaetured 1854, 901 yards of cloth, the cash
value of which was $310,993. Price paid
for labor during the year 1873, S70,217.
William Purdy, who was working in
Woodruff d Pafft's logging camp near Chip
pewa Falls, few days since, was instantly
killed by a log rebounding and striking
him.
A bill has been introduced in the State
legislature to build State fish hatchery al
Milwaukee-the State to appropriate $4,000
for the purpose and Milwaukee to denote the
site.
The receipts of grain and flour at Mil.
waukee during the year 1873, reduced to
bushels, were 100000 against 100000
the previous year. The receipts of hogs
were more than double.
Steel rails to the amount of $50 tons have
been purchased in Milwaukee for the Green
Bay d Minnesota railroad. This iron is
sufficient for six and one-half miles of track
and will be laid in the vicinity of Plover.
The Catholics of Milwaukee are making
preparations to celebrate the fiftieth ami
versary of Archbishop Henni's ordination
to the priesthood. Twenty bishops and 20C
priests will be at the festival. Feb. is the
day.
George Burnham has discovered that tim
Der thieves have been cutting large quantities
of pine logs from his lands in Taylor and
Clark counties. 1t is estimated that logs to
the amount of $1,000 have been cut and
skidded to creeks. The parties will be pros
ecuted.
The college authorities at Ripon have been
officially notified of the decision of the
Judge of the supreme court relating to the
Dodge will case. BY this decision the en-,
dowment fund of the college is increased
$1,000, making in all now sos, 900, besides
nearly $1,000 interest on the first amount.
Recently the dead body of man, appar-
entity 60 years old, was found in an alley in
Racine, which proved to be the remains of q
German named Bernhard Hochstein, who
was for number of years employed at Ia
cine college. from the facial distortion il
is supposed he must have died in convul-
| sions
The Oshkosh common council has adopted
resolution declaring James Freeman a
common drunkard, and absolutely forbidding
the sale of intoxicating liquors to him by
any licensed vender therein. Freeman was
at one time one of the foremost lawyers in
the State, but intemperance has dragged
him down to the gutter.
| Menasha has had a first-class sensation
and the gossippers have enjoyed it hugely.
Willie Bates, young druggist of Ahnapee
came to Menasha, his former home, few
days since to meet an engagement there,
that is to say he was to be married to an
estimable and highly cultured young lady OF
that quiet burg, and arrangements were all
made by her for the nuptials. But on the
wedding morn, young Bates proposed Ito
the ladys surprise) for an extension of the
time until spring. The father of the "would-
be BRIDE said mo, young man, and Ecorsidel
yourself released-go thy way" thus proving
the truth of the old adage, there is many a
slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.