River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-11
WISCONSIN NEWS.

OF Lowell, Mass, has unanimously voted
to call Rev. Henry Rose of Milwaukee.
The total balance in the Wisconsin
state treasury Jan. |, was s3i9,406 an d
q. smaller amount in trust funds now than
there has been for years, much to the
credit of the the treasurer.
Ed, Pollison, son Of the city treasurer
of indianapolis, was secretly married on
Christmas night to Miss Jessie Hawlev,
of Waukesha, Wis.
The house. of Ernest Frankenberg, a
banker of WEST Bend. was entered by
two masked men, who demanded
the combination of the safes in the bank,
the afes having time locks. The rob-
beers ransacked the house. took two gold
watches, jewelry and money, and de-
camped.
The barn of John c. Conrad at Wood
ford was burned. Thirteen head of cat
tie and five horses, one of them worth
$500, were consumed by the flames; the
total loss being about $1,000 There is
no doubt that the fire was the work of
an incendiary, as several acts of vandal-
ism have been perpetrated on Conrad's
premises.
One of the most remarkable of the
Oneida women on the reservation has
just died at the age ofnlnety-seveny years.
She was known as Aunt Polly ID )xtater,
and when young was well educated,
having been brought up by a Quaker
hear Philadelphia. In 1920 she went to
Stockbridge and there married into the
Oneida tribe. In. 1887 she came with
a portion of the Qneidas to the Wiscon-
sin reservation. Three ohildron survive
her. The family has always been at the
head of the Oneida nation.
a young German girl at the Dane coun-
ty poor farm has given birth to an lie
Ultimate child whose head, hands and
feet resemble the head and claws of a
mud turtle. While she was pregnant
she was terribly frightened by mischiev-
Gus boys, who suddenly thrust turtle
before her, she having never before
seen one of the creatures. The head of
the child slopes backward, and small,
twinkling eyes are set on top. 1t makes
no sound, but will snap at persons who
touch it on the back, clew the air over
its head, and act generally like turtle.
An interesting decision was rendered
in the Milwaukee county court in the
suit against the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad. The object involved damages
for right-of-way. The suit was brought
against the compaay as "a corporation
incorporate Under the laws Of Illinois"
Council FOR the road demurred against
this because the company is also incor-
porated in Wisconsin and the suit should
have been brought under that title. The
demurrer was sustained and the snit dis
missed.
This state historical society had its
meeting in the capitol last week and a
large attendance. Hon. John A. Rice,
of Waukesha county was elected presI-
dent, vice ex-Gov. G. &. Washburn, de-
cease q. The treasurer's report showed
total disbursements during the year Sl6,-
$50. Secretary Draper's report indica-
ted that the volumes of the library had
increased from $95, 900 to l00,o80. A
vote of thanks was extended to ex-Gov.
Fairchild for a portrait of Columbus
which he had presented the society.
During the past year 1882 immi-
grants arrived in Milwaukee, destined
for homes in Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Michigan and Iowa-against a total of
AZ ,956 for 1881, an increase of almost
| 10000 About half of the immigrants
who arrived during the past year We're
Germans, and the greatest proportion
of them settled on fsrmis in Wisconsin.
| Of the whole number arriving in Mil
waukee the past year l,758 were des-
tined for this state, sgainst total OF 70,
769in 1881.
Superintendent of Public Property
Bennet reports to the governor that
$ll 900 worth of stationery was on hand
| or YiIrnhnsn1 ditriris 1859 IF Fthiais
S., S35 was issued to the Legislature of
| 1852, and $3.50 to state departments
and institutions, leaving a balance on
hand Jan. |, 1893, of 50, 725. The total
expenditures of the department for all
other purposes than stationery from
Jan. to Dec. 81, 1882, were $i5,075. The
personal property about the capital be-
| longing to the state is estimated at $780,
| 1874
On New Years night Mr.. John Simms
was to have been married to Miss Harris
horn Of Wanpun. Mr.. Simms called on
| her the evening before, and the arrange
ments were perfected. lie went direct
| ly home, and no one has seen him since
| The friends and relatives gathered to
see the marriage ceremo but the
groom did not appear. He is the same
one who mysteriously disappeared about
| two weeks ago and was gone three OF
| four days. The general impression IS
| that he is crazy and has wandered oil
somewhete.
An Eau Claire, (Wis.) special says the
news from the pineries is decidedly
| favorable, the severe cold weather
| having hardened the roads and given
exit to logs. The crop is likely to be
larger than heretofore expected.
M. +. Kalmbach, well known busi-
ness man of Green Bay, has been ares
ted on complaint of Sprague, Warner 4
| Co. of Chicago, who charge him with
having applied 5000 of their money to
| his own use,
Friday. Drs. Dole and ROBBIE testified
TO the utter impossibility of committing
rape in the position the woman swore
| he was in at the time. There were
three Witnesses Tor the state and six
| for the defense, among whom were men
| of unduestionable character, and whose
| testimony proves Van Gordon's lnno-
cence. The case was dismissed by JUS
| tice Parsons, ard Van Gordon is COM
| pletely vindicated.
William Foss, of Wiota, was shot and
seriously wounded by his son, Wallace
Foss. Mr.. Foss, who is the surveyor Of
Lafayette county, had ordered Wallace
| to leave home and earn his living, and
had threatened to shoot the boy on nom
| compliance with the order. Wallace
subsequently entered the house, called
| to his father to hold up his hands, and
| fred. The ball passed through one OF
| the old mans hands and struck his fore.
head. passed around the head and
| lodged at the base of the skull. The
Young shootist has not been seen since
Fink. wife of United States
Marshal Fink of Milwaukee, died at the
Milwaukee County insane asylum, aitel
a painful illness of about six months.
For adultry and bigamy, August
Buelzing, of Madison, was sent to state
prison for two years by Municipal Judge
Bailey.
Alfred yandecar, arrested at Cconomo-
woe, and suspected numbering Banker
Mead of Waupaca, was taken to the
scene of the crime Friday. He is the
victim OF an ugly chain of circumstances
if he isn't guilt.
The examination of S. H. Van Gordon
of sechlersville, charged with having
committed rape on the person of Mrs
| T. E. Pickett, was held before Justice
Parsons of Black River Falls.
Ad;ntant General Chandler p. Chap