River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-16
WISCONSIN NEWS.


David Terrence was arrested at Spar
ia, on the 9th inst, charged with having
committed a rape on the person Of DIV
ia Barhar ten-yeaI old girl llvlng at
kendalPs, Monroe county. This IS the
sixth warrant of arrest for rape issued
in that county within the past two
months.
Judge Hamilton of Milwaukee has de-
cided that chapter 3l4 of the laws of
Wisconsin for 1882 was never enacted.
Judge Hamilton went behind the re-
turns, and searched the journals of the
assembly and senate, and bases his de-
cision on personal observation, backed
by voluminous authority.
A body was picked mp in the harbor
at Ashland, which proved to be that of
John Oleson, a Swede. He had been in
the water two weeks or over.
Thomas Brennan, the Irisi patriot,
telegrapAs that he viii be in Milwaukee
on the 9th and crate at a consolidated
picnic to be given by the Irish societies
Of that city.
F. c. Scheneck, German Lthern min
lister of the village of Middleton, near
Madison, fell dead OF heart disease on
the evening Of the 9Th, as no was pre-
pairing to attend services at his church
According to the Madison State journal
the Republican newspapers of Wisconsin
stand as follows on the choice of presi-
dent: Ex-Governor Fairchild, 80;
Blaine, y; Edmunds, 8; Arthur, II;
Lincoln, 8; and the rest scattering.
On the nigl of July %. at North Wis
consin Junction, thee burglars entered
the house of a storekeeper named Gran
dali. As they made considerable noise
they awoke him, and shots were
exchanged Crandall was wounded on
the knee. He followed the burglars out,
firing at them. One was killed and an
other captured. The third man escaped.
Chief Clark of st. Paul, received tele-
gram from John Connors, saying that he
had captured the third man, who turns
out to be Jack Flynn. Flynn is regard
ed as a hard case III ST. Paul. He left
here about week before CrandalPs
house was entered.
Messers Breetung of Wisconsin and
Kalman Of st. Paul, have finished their
researches for iron one at Clark River
Falls. and have discovered almost linn
itless quantities of both magnetic and
nemalite ores within mile of the town.
The citizees have raised a bonus of S20,-
900 toward furnace which Is to Ge
erected at once.
C. IL. Orion of Milwaukee, who has
figured prominently first in the politics
of Wisconsin and latterly several times
in the courts on criminal charges, has
again married and brought home a young
woman about twenty-five years OF age.
His first wife died year or two ago,
and last winter the doctor was tried on
a charge OF causing an abortion on Katie
O'Toole, who died rather mystefionsy.
He was acquitted Of the charge. Orton
claimed they were engaged to be marie
and that the wedding would have beel
consummated if she had lived.
Some new discoveries of iron ore have
been made in the Agogebic district late
". The most valuable discovery was
made in section 10, town IL, range 40,
owned by Vaughn & Moore of Ashland.
The explorers have the vein traced to
length. of 300 feet The ore is soft
and said to be the highest Bessemer
grade.
The annual encampment of the Mo-
none (AIadisonl Lake assembly has
closed after a successful season.
Late news from Clear Creek, is 10 the
effect that the storm of Aug. ! was much
more destructive than was at first re-
ported. John Nix had about forty acres
DESTROYED from hail, which came down
| in sharp-cornered chunks, cutting every
| thing in its way. Andrew Nix, Henry
Weinsdorf, Peter Etue, Henry Putt,
| John Johnson, and Mrs. Green are also
severe sufferers from the storm, many
OF them losing their entire crops. OH
ers in that neighborhood are also sur
ferers by the storm to some extent
Articles incorporating the Ashland
Water Works company, with capital OF
e25 geo have been filed with the secre-
tary of state recently. Lieut.. Gov FL
field is among the directors.
There was a fine looking deaf and
dumb girl, aged nineteen, on train on
the Wisconsin Valley division, going to
Merrill. On arriving there she asked by
writing for the LIE Claire hotel. In re-
ply she was told there was no such place
but that LIE Claire kept house OF ILL
fame The girl was nearly cra7ed with
fright and money was '..ised to send her
home to Buffalo. Re Claire is said 10
make practice Of raising recruits for
his house b. similar devices.
Over lC,o0O acres of the north of Hor-
icon m4rsh have been leased for twenty
- ~ r. 4 .lt. :
William ShooF and G.. G. NJ. Hodge of Lee
roy Wis. The sum of 500 is to be paid
anr ually in advance for the land, which
is 10 be used for hunting purposes. The
pa ties who owe the lease will sell tick
cts for a nominal sum, which viii enable
the holders to shoot ducks there at any
tin in season.
At Eau Claire a travelling mesmerist
took young man named McMasters on
the stage and made him believe he was
Sullivan, the slugger. McMasters kept
the fighting up for fifteen minutes,
jumping of the stage and pitching into
the audience intilcting severe black
eye on Mrs Carter.
LANCE, who tried so hard to send him
self to kingdom come on the train near
Minnesota the other day, turns out to
have been former Portage, Wis, par
son, and there seems to have been the
usual woman in the case.
The residence of Frank A. Fletcher
at Eau Claire was DESTROYED by fire.
Loss on building, 81 800; on contents,
$500
Albert Rick, who shot Edward Dunn
near Alma, has been arrested and
placed under 5000 bonds for appear
ance at the next term OF the circuit
court.
At Oshkosh, Mrs. Elizabeth Conrad,
divorced wife of Tom Roach, and
boarder in the family of Mrs w. II.
Jones, have been arrested for attempt
ing to murder little daughter Of Mrs.
Jones, one year old.
young man named Charles Harvey
was shot and instantly killed at Stevens
Point, by his cousin, Eli Syphers. The !
shooting was accidental, both parties
knowing that the revolver with which !
the deed was done contained a cartridge, |
but supposed il was worthless. The ball |
entered the forehead at the top Of the |
brain. Both parties lived in the town |
Of Eau Pleine, Portage county.
A man giving his name as w. c. Gun
Of Kilbourne City, died at the