River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-13
WISCONSIN NEWS.

A man named Terry, a fisherman from
La P9inte. was knocked down and rob-
bed of 1862. No arrests have been
made.
Charles Duvall, an old resident of Mil
| waukee, and once we'll to-do-manufac-
| turer,s.wa found nearly dead from ex-
posture the other day in a shed near the
exposition building.
Peter Doyle who was secretary of
state in Wisconsin under Farmer Tay-
Tor. and afterward took a two years
course in Yale law school, is going to
practice in Milwaukee.
| A. A. Dahlin, town treasurer of Wood
| Lake, has left for parts unknown with
about $4,000, $1,000 belonging 10 the
town whicA he received from the county
| treasurer just before his departure. and
the balance he borrowed from several
| parties in that town.
At Merrill, recently, Myron, little son
| of Robert Truax, aged eight years,
caught on wagon for ride. The horse
got frightened and ran away, throwing
| the boy on the frozen ground, and one
of the wheels ran over his head, killing
| him instantly. A year ago another son
OF Mr.. Truax was drowned.
George Doubleday, prominent
| horsemen and farmer, living near W hite
| water, was shot in the side by negro
| in his employ, and lies in critical con-
dition. The negro took TO the woods and
parties are searching for him.
1t now turns out that the so-called
| Chicago & North Wisconsin, and the Wi
mona, Alma IL Northern r ,ilway COM
| pany, about which so much mystery has
| hung for thirty days past, are neither
| fostered nor backed by the Chicago,
| Burlington Il Quincy company, nor has
| that organization any connection with
| them whatever. 1t is simply well
| planned and skillfully and rapidly exc
| cuted scheme of private syndicate TO
secure the right of way from Savanna,
| H.. along the east bank of the Mississ-
| ippi to St. Paul, which valuable fran
| chise is 10 be put in the market for sale
| to the highest bidder.
| The semi-annual convention of the
order of /. o. G. T., comprising the dis
| tricts of Eau Claire. Chippewa and por.
| ton of Trempea eau counties, was in SEES
| sion at Eau Claire last week, with repre-
entatlves from all the lodges.
Judge Clementson has appointed H.
| Williams of Boscobel receiver for the
Schraudenbach estate, bond being fixed
at $25, 900. This is the well-knoTn Priest
estate which is attracting wide spread
attention III Wisconsin and will come up
| for trial in the February term of the
| Grant county circuit court.
A. FL. Knapp, dealer in general mer'
chandise at Clintonville made "A assign
| ment recently.
| A young man named Z. f. Kellogg, an
employee of c L. Wiley as travelling
| salesman, was drowned at Merrill,
while skating in the river. His body is
| still under the ice. though efforts are be-
ing made to End it. Kellogg was about
| "A years of age, and former resident of
| Chicago, where his parents now live.
At Oshkosh the clothing establishment
of Henry Tucker has been closed by at
| tachment. At the same time Tucker is
sued several chattel mortgages. It is al
| legged by creditors that many goods are
missing from the stock, and they charge
| Tucker with concealing them.
At Whitewater, Wis, George B. Dou-
| bleday, well-known horseman, was
| shot in the back by negro named JOHN
| Smith, in his employ. The latter was
| caught in the woods near Milton.
At Waukesha, an exciting scene oc-
Cured in the circuit court on the 9Th,
just after the opening. The case of Viii
| liam Conlin vs.. Daniel Newell was
called, when Col. Goodwin, who was not
| known to be connected with the de-
Tense, arose and read document signed
4 L. L., = I,.a I'D
| that the case DE dismissed, saying he
did not start it of his own free will, be-
ing induced to do so by enemies Of the
defendant. This case is the one which
became famous because of the fact that
the wife of the plaintiff sued for di-
| vorce because she had made mistake
and married the wrong one of twin
brothers, Conlin having twin brother
VIII oh he resembles closely. Conlin, to
get even with his wife, sued Daniel
Newell, for whom his wife had been
working, for damages TO the amount of
S. 900 for alternating his wifes affections.
The case was sensational, principally be-
cause of the charge against Newell, who
had always borne an excellent reputa-
| ton.
At a meeting of the Northwestern
horticultural society at La Crosse the
following officers we're electea for the
ensuing year: President, J. S Harris,
| La Crescent; vice. presidents, ]. f. Hos
mer, J. A. Saltzer, Mrs. Ida E. Tison;
secretary, NJ. H. Cram; treasurer, Mrs.
w. p. Powers.
The mill dam at Milford, owned by
n. S. Green & Son, has been transferred
by deed to the farmers along the Craw-
fish, whose lands are overlooked and
injured by the backwater from the dam.
The deed runs to committee Of ele-
ven persons living in the towns of Mil
ford and Waterloo, in Jefferson county,
Portland, Shields and Lowell IN Dodge
county The considerations to Green
q Son for the property is $4,000.
Through the influence of Gen. West,
DIR. Hare and other powerful friends,
Isaac r. Moulton, veteran inmate OF
the soldiers home at Milwaukee, was re-
leased from the insane asylum at Wau-
watosa. where he had been confined Tor
twelve days illegally.
A few days ago E. R. Bennett, a man
who has always stood well in Milwaukee
was arrested on a charge of burning the
building in which he lived. Mrs. Ben
| nett, who is h comely woman, twenty
wears old, was also arrested. The build
ing was heavily insured, and it was Ben
nett's idea to burn it and then go to
Chicago to live. His wife male full
confession, acknowledged that her hus.
band fred the house for the purpose oil
securing the insurance. The confession
created a decided sensation for it was
deliberately planned as to detail.
The state Agricultural society held its
regular December meeting for the tran
saction of general business at Madison
The report Of the treasurer shows thai
receipts in the fiscal year ending Dec. D
including SIG on hand from last year
were S26, 769, while the disbursements
were So, l5S. leaving a balance oil
S3,0l2. This is an exceptionally good
showing.
Wisconsin has received 1901 immi-
grants This year: 1888 of them went to
Minnesota and 25,00U stayed in the Bad
ger state.
Mrs. Alexander Mitchell will spend
the winter at her villa in Florida with 8
, party of invited friends
A bear carried off child at Cicero
J Shawno county, on tie 9th inst.
, The population of Eau Claire is said t.
l..-o ;,o~oasad from Q 0O0 m 7 0O0 IL