River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-03-15

appointed James Foley as chiefengineer
Lippert, resigned.
A saw mill belonging to A. K. Harnll-
ton, of Fond du Lac, was burned to the
ground. Loss, $50, 0U0; insurance, SlO,-
600.
The heirs of the late Robert III. Baker
Of Racine were the owners of $20,NG
worth of stock in the Touring mills de-
stroyed at Red Wing, MINI.
Iron ore has been discovered ON the
farm of John Land, in the town of Vine
land, six miles from Oshkosh, Wis,
eighteen feet below the surface, while
drilling for an artesjan well.
Appleton, is becoming the Holyoke OF
the west. The eighth mill is to be built
there this spring.
Articles of corporation have been filed
of the Black River Improvement & Log
Driving company, Superior City, whose
object is improving the Black river ia
Douglass county and doing log driving
business. The capital stock is $4,000.
There is quarrel between Profess
tants and Catholics in Milwaukee as to a
fund collected for a monument to the
victims of the Newhall house fire.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Metcalf, of Mil
waukee, each possessing millions of
money, propose to erect an art gal
lery to cost $50, 600 in the Cream City,
provided site is furnished.
Charles Revenstein, Martin Finn and
Anthony Haggerman, in the town of
Sharon, Walworth county, are in Jail for
shaving the tails of horses and COWS of
Baker and burning his buggy. Adam
Koch was fined $40.
The estate of Matt Carpenter, Consul
Won Boumbach, and of a large number
Of the victims of the NewhalI house fire,
are in the Milwaukee probate court for
action.
Beaver banners having raised $685.
900 with which to build a cotton mill
are agitating the question of raising $780,
coo for power mill.
1t is feared Judge Park of Stevens
Point will not be able to resume his
place on the bench on account of ILL
health.
The next State funniest will be held
at Racine, Aug. IL, II and -.
The National furnace at De Pere is
making about thirty-five tons per day,
but will shut down within three months
for time. And the Green Bay furnace
will go out of blast about April l, resum-
ing a. out Sept. |.
1t appears from the census reports
that Milwaukee; having less than tenth
of the population, has over one-fifth of
the. number of saloons in the
state.
Ex-Gov. James 7. Lewis of Wisconsin
is on his way around the world.
When last heard from he was in
China.
A general election willibe held April 3
for the election of an associate justice of
the supreme court for the full term COM
mencing the first Monday in January, A.
D., 1884, in place of William Penn Lyon,
whose term of Office will expire on the
first Monday in January, A. d., 1884, aid
for town, village and city officers.
W. H. Polleys of Black River Falls
Crosse, L. B. Tyler and S. n. Dickinson
OlfCpdIGd, nave iOTintu COIHpetlly, w
be known as the Florida Pine Land com
pany, for the purpose of dealing in pine
lands Sin the fowery state"
Rev. G. Winkowitsek, who blew out
his gas at the International hotel at La
Crosse last week Wednesday, died Sun
day. The body was taken to Clayton,
Iowa.
Edward Howard of La Crosse was
killed by the falling of a tree at Fishers
Landing, Minnesota.
David Lewis, one of the oldest resi-
dents of the state, died at Delavan, aged
ninety-two years.