River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-08
News of the State.

Marshheld, was instantly killed, his head
being crushed between two logs.
At Waupaca, Wis, in the case of the
state rs. George Rollins, for assault with
intent TO Kill, the jury rendered YER
diet of guilty. Rollins is the man who
fred two shots from a revolver last sum-
mer, in the village Of Manawa, Waupaca
county, the object of his aim being o. l..
Heie, an agent of the Oshkosh Star Car
rage works. Heie was quite badly hurt,
and fingered between life and death for
several weeks.
Congressman Charles G. Williams, of
Wisconsin, has been offered the Regis
traTship of the Land Office at Watertown
D. T., 10 ass ume the duties upon the ex
piratIon Of the present1ncumbentst term
The Seventeenth Annual encampment
of the Grand army of the Republic of
Wisconsin. was held at Portage last week
Nearly 200 old soldiers were present re-
presenting iiftv-five posts. The following
officers were elected: Department
commander, Phil Dreek, Jr.; senior vice
commander, r. ]. Flint; junior vice
commander, G. w. Steele; chaplain, A.
c. Terry: medical director, Dr. J. q.
Berton; trustees J. J. Guppy, L. Fergu-
son, G.. NJ Woodward. In the evening
at the court house an open meeting was
held with public installation of officers,
the first public installation given by the
q. a. K.
a new and fire-proof hotel is to rise
up on the site of the ruins of the New
hall house at Milwaukee, TO cost $409, 900
The Washington Touring mills. near
Eau Claire, were burned Thursday
morning, caused by friction of the ma
chinery. Loss, SIS, 600: insurance, $500.
The Wisconsin legislature has referred
TO the committee on federal relations
memorial asking congress to appropriate
$50, 600 for the improvement of Superior
harbor.
The movement to create new county
of Barron, Burnett and Polk lis pushed
with great deal of vigo-. The follow
ing citizens of Cumberland have gone to
Madison: L. l.. Gunderson, j. +. Fuller,
e. c. kInsman, G. A. LauroneauX, NJ. 2.
Morris and F. Wright.
A charge of gross malfessance in office
has been preferred againstJ ]. McGillis,
sheriff of Marinette county, Wis, and
Gov. Rusk has appointed j. Z. Fairchild,
of Marinette to take eYinence in the
matter.
The usual quiet Of River Falls was
broken Friday morning by the report
that a murder had been committeda few
miles from: town in the Bohemian settle
ment, the victim being Mrs. Paul Appel,
and the alleged murderer her husband.
NJ. (. Corney, the well-known editor
of the juneau County Argus, died at his
home in New Lisbon, of constipation of
the bowels, aged forty-seven years. The
deceased has been resident of Juneau
county twenty-three years.
The social event at La Crosse last week
was the marriage of Alfred II. Anderson,
son of Moses Anderson, well.known
merchant, to Agnes Healv, daughter of
b. b. Healy, one of the oldest and
wealthiest citizens
The Gugler Lithographing company,
Milwaukee, with capital of $50, 900, has
filed articles of association.
Nearly 200 deer have been shipped
this winter from one point on the Wis
c9nsin Central railway.
Rev. A. II. Butler of Racine, is under
going an investigation. He is charged,
it is alleged, by a Miss Anderson, his
maid servant, with having visited her
be room in the silent watches and TAX
ing liberties with the bed clothes. A
committee of deacons have been looking
into the natter. They are extremity re-
ticent, but it is alleged that the pastor
admitted the midnight visit, but insisted
that as the night was bitter cold, he was
only anxious that she should have re-
quisite amount of bed clothing.
Fire partially destroyed the Milwau-
kee college, ore of the finest ladie
schools in the Northwest. The blaze
started in the basement of the gymna-
SUM over the boiler, and made rapid
-headway into the dormitories and class
rooms of the main building. All of life
sixty voung ladies inmates were saved
by the efforts Of the firenen and police.
The loss is $4,000.
An Ashland (Wis) special says that
Frank Russell, deputy sheriff and jailor,
asst Thursday left town suddenly and
has not been heard from. Since then it
has been learned that Josie Daniels, who
is on trial for murder, is in delicate sit
uation and that Russell has ran away
to escape prosecution on the charge of
bastardy. Russell leaves a wife and
family.
II ia finally determined that the loss
ofiife by the burning of the Newhall
House is "a.
The following new mail routs have
been established in Wisconsin. From
Sumner, via Cameron, to Barron; from
Cartwright, via Lakeville, to Johnson;
from Sioux City via Kings Mills, to Log
ansvile; from Forward, via Perry, to
to Blue Mountains; from slabs Corner to
Burlington; from Ayr, via Frydenland,
to Pelican Lake; from Adsit, via Grace
and Deerfeld, to Nord; from Pine River,
via Saxville, Wildrose and East Oasis,
10 Plainiield; from Ceplon to Deer Park.
The trial Of the ease Of The State vs.. !,
Josephine Daniels was concludedat Bay
field by a verdict of not guilty, returned
by the jury within FIVE minutes after re-
firing. Upon the announcement the
large audience present could not be re-
strained from applause, and the defend
ant, who had borne up during the Sc
we're ordeal of the trial apparently with
great effort, was completely broken
down and burst into uncomfortable sobs.
Alone KeItz was killed at one Of Oil
yer x Co.'S camps, about one and one
half miles from Cumberland
Stillman & MitchelPs mattress factory
in Milwaukee was destroyed by fire.
Loss, SC 900; insurance, 81 200.
Gov. Rusk has appointed Leopold
Wachenheimer, register of deeds at La
Crosse county. Wis, vice Esaias Legier,
deceased
Richland Center. Wis, reports $751;
coo fire, with Krosskopfs bank and
stores; Pierce's banking house and Flo
Rier's double storerooms among the
losses.
The Joint convention of the Wisconsin
State Agricultural society and State Hor-
ticulturaI society will be held in the agri-
cultural rooms of the capitol from Feb
ruary 9Th to 9Th, inclusive.
wisconsin Insurance Companies.
Insurance Commissioner Spooner is
receiving statements of the annual bus
mess in Wisconsin of fire and fire marine
insurance companies. The six Wiscon-
sin companies have reported as follows:
Risks. Losses.
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