River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-07-12
WISCONSIN NEWS.

assets, 81 200.
strengthening is finished in South
ern Wisconsin. The clip was light but
the quality good. Cold spring weather
shortened the clip.
Miss Eva Smith, daughter of Winfield
Smith, ex-attorney general of Wisconsin
and prominent Milwaukee lawyer, win
make her debut on the Chicago stage in
a short tire
The Wisconsin Pharmaceutical asso-
citation will hold their fourth annual
meeting at La Crosse, Aug. IA, Is and Il.
Thursday night the saw mill of0..D
Peek & Son, at Oshkosh, was;burned.
Loss 100000, on which there was $4,000
insurance. The fire is supposed to have
originated from fireworks.
A German boy nance Yager, aged
eleven, crawled under lath saw at the
Michigan lumber mill at Wausau, Wis,
to clean away the sawdust. His back
came in contact with the saw, cutting a
cash seven inches long into the lung and
seyering three ribs. lie cannot recover.
BeIoit, has a regular woman preacher,
the Rev. Mrs. Jennie Thompson Jones,
pastor of the Bridge street Christian
church. She is about thirty-iive years
of age, fairly good-looking, and an inter
esting speaker.
A man named Johr GeNlen was ar
rested at Watertown, by Under Sheriff
Scott of La Crosse, charged with having
deserted his wife. lie does not deny
the impeachment, and admits that his
wife is justified in having him arrested
for the treatment he accorded her.
There is good deal of talk among ger
tain capitalists about starting a furniture
factory in La Crosse and this will be
done without doubt as sooii ss the sew
ing machine factory is a settled iaci
Articles Of association have been filed
with the Wisconsin secretary of state as
follows: Art association of Bai&boo, for
the promotion of the interests of ART
Marshtield Staye company, whose object
is the manufacture of slaves, heading,
barrels, purchasing land, merchandise,
etc, with capital of $4,000.
The Chester factory owned by Rob
ert Cameron in the town of Ashippnn,
was struck by lightning and entirely con-
sumsd, together with a large amount of
cheese. The factory and contents We're
insured for $1,000.
II. w. Wright of Merrill will meet his
Fiabilities dollar for dollar.
The Beaver Dsra Argus complains of
the ravages Of a red bug abort the size of
the potato beetle, which is making gTast
+a4aqes with the foliage. Oak trees
seem to suffer the most, and many
forest monarch In as bare of leaves as
after the frosts of autt'nitis
Mrs DENNY was frightened 60 death
several days ago at 'the Knobs, in the
northeast corner of Dodgeville county.
Messrs. Fernand & Kraus had suspect
ed that her sons were connected in some
way with the disappearance of a lot of
their mineral, and obtaining n search
warrant thorough examination of the
Dembys home was made, and about 200
pounds of the missing mineral WAS found
In barrel of soap. Mrs. DENNY who sTas
sitting in front of the house, suddenly
tainted when she learned that her sons
were implicated, and died while the
men were taking her into the house.
John DENNY, her SOD, was arrested and
placed under bali.
Sheriff Proper, of Mapi6foris received
information from the sheriff of Lafayette
county, WIS, that two men charged with
+abe were heading for Wahpeton. The
letter y,S's accompanied with descrip-
tons and photographs Of one of the men
and of the brother of the ttfer The
sheriff of Lafayette county in his iefter
said that the young lady was terribly
abused and had not been able to speak
loud word'slnce, and that the physicians
said thet She chances of her recovery
were verv Slim. The scene of the crime
was near Darlington Wis. Last week
Sheriff Proper arrested John Martin,
abont sc yenteen years old, as answering
the description of one of the men.
Michael Mcmahon, aged about twenty
fears. was arrested, he filling the bill
exactly G8 20 the other
Conrad Gallup, an old pioneer settler
died at Silver Lake.
The Hon. William T. Henry of Minet-
al Point died on the Sd. He served sew
efaf years az clerk of the United States
district cofrt Of Wisconsin,. He was n
lawyer by professiOt7 Gnd eminent at the
Wisconsin bar. He was engaged IN the
banking and mining business u chs
time of his death.
JIM Hazleton, for ten years city
treasurer of GAINESVILLE died Of drOpsy OF
the heart.
AT Florence, the wife Of John Morn
son shot four times at Sheriff James Bed
mond of Florence county end was in
turn shot in the breast and ankle by
him. Morrison is a hard case anG his
wife is Just as bad. He was arrested by
Redmond for a small misdemeanOr and
Il - / l.
The woman es seriously wounded but
will recover.
Jack Bonners has escaped from the
state prison. He was sentenced TO Wau-
pun for twelve years for stealing dla-
monds from Mrs Coates of Neenah.
The robbery created a considerable stir
at the time.
Articles of association lrave been filed
with the secretary of state for the st.
Croix railway company, whose object is
the construction and maintenance Of a
railway from some point of junction
with the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis
Il Omaha road ut or near the station Of
WoodviIle, st. Croix county; through the
county of st. CroiX to a point of cOnnec-
ton with the Chippewa Falls * North
ern railway, at the station Of Cameron,
with a branch from some point within
the county of St. Croix, to be fixed by
the board of directors. to point on the
st. Croix river at or near st. CroiX Falls,
Polk county. The length of the road
will be ninety miles, and il will extend
through portions of the counties Of st.
Croix, Polk, Dunn and Barron. The
capital stock is $1,000, and is divided
into 800 shares The directors for the
first wear are T.. w. Winter, st. Paul;
William II. Phipps, John G. Spooner, G..
W. Porter and S. l.. Perrin, Hudson.
Henry Dixon, believed to have been
the oldest man in Southern Wisconsin,
died at Union Grove, at the age Of l02
years
The state land commissioners have or
dered the sale of Sl60, 900 of 4l-2 per
cent. government bonds and the pur-
chase of 375 600 of city Of Milwaukee 3
per cent. bonds, thus realizing to the
state a premium of 1874 per cent, now
offered on government Ala per cent.
and increasing the interest at the same
time ~ per cent. on the money invested.
Judge Mann at Milwaukee decided
that Napoleon b. CasweIi was Of sound
mind when he disposed of his estate OF
S3OO,0 900 and admitted the will to pro-
bate. The heirs get but $500 year nm
til the last Of his children is dead.