River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-04
WISCONSIN NEWS.

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At Eau Claire, fire destroyed luild-
ing owned by Mr.. McRea, and occupied
by the Misses Quirk as dressmaking
establishment.
fire at Sparta DESTROYED the dwell
ing house Of Mr.. Watkins, occupied by
Mr.. Potter.
The Upham manufacturing company
ofMarshtield. Wis. incorporated, capital,
100000. for numbering, manufacturing
and merchandising purposes.
The grand jury at Madison indicted
Gen. Thomas Reynolds of Madison for
forging pension certificates. and he was
arranged before Judge Romance Bum
and pleaded not guilty. On application
of the defendant, the case was contin-
ned for the present term. The next
term will be held in June, and trial
cannot, therefore, be held before that
time.
Gov. Rusk has appointed A. F. Au
born district attorney for Portage coun'
ty, vice Barnes, deceased.
Milwaukee authorities have begun
suits against a number OF leading druggists
for selling liquor without a license. The
litigation grows out OF charges made by
wholesale liqltor men that the druggists
were selling large quantities OF liquor,
and paying no license but the general
license.
Henry Ward Beecher lectures in Mil
waukee, Feb. ..
Adam Dehos and Miss Elizabeth Ste
phen, both of Nasewaupee, were mar
ried on Wednesday last, and Their trou-
bles have already begun, Miss Nellie
Oleson, a former sEesth cart, having
commenced suit against Dehos fer LOCO
damages for breach of promise.
Hon. Thomas B. Scott. of Merrill and
G. C. Hixon, of La Crosse have purchased
100 0O0, 900 feet of standing pine on the
upper Wisconsin river, and the Scott
mill mt Merrill.
Cooks store at Unity, Marathon coun-
ty, was burned by the explosion ola
kerosene lamp. Loss, $500; insurance,
So, 200.
S. II. VanGordon, one of the leading
citizens of the village of Sechierville,
charged with having committed rape
on the person Of the wife of +. E. Pickett.
a resident Of the northern part OF Jack
son county. on the Goth Of October last
The estimated cut of logs tributary TO
bayfield, and Ashland is 39,6O0,00 feet
After tlris month it will be unlawful
for any person to kill deer within this
state until the 18th day Of next Septem-
Der.
Spaulding's big flour and lumber mills
Mt Black River Falls were destroyed a
few days since, entailing loss OF S60,oo
insured for 81 COO
The Wisconsin pineries ere full oflum
bermen this winter. The encouraeing
prices for lumber and the great demand,
has stimulated the numbering activity to
81 almost unprecedented extent.
tudgs Park has given formal notice
that he viii contest the seat of Mr..
Stephenson in the next house Of repre-
Sc .tatives.
Charles E. North, son of Thomas
North, ofSumner, was buried last week.
He was one of the alumni of Albion
academy, and also graduate Of Apple
ton college He died In Chicago, where
he was taking lectures at Rush medical
college.
Since the Northwestern absorbed the
Omaha line, il has become the greatest
/ railroad corporation in the world, con-
trolling 4 1876 .33 miles of road, or 236
miles more than its great rival, the
| Chicago q St. Paul railway.
General Chandler P. Chapman, of
Madison was tbs recipient of beauti-
full gold mounted crossword by the
members Of the Lake City Guard.
Governor Rusk, has appointed Col. j..
4. watrous of Milwaukee to the Office
of Quartet -fnaster-general, vice Col
! Thomas Reynolds, xho some time since
! endered his resignation; to- take effect
| December LIST.
"Lote" Taylor the jolly hotel keeper
of Clinton Junction, known by every
travelling man on tina road as a practical
Joker, died suddenly Of heart disease on
| Tuesday He laughed ard grew fat-to
the extent of about 275 POUNDS.
At GAINESVILLE on Wednesday Ephram
| She field was crushed under the 1900
pound hammer of pile driver, which
/ Tell fifteen feet, receiving fatal injuries.
Ed. Hildebrand OF WatertoWff wslking
! home on the railroad track was stfues
| by locomotive and killed on Tuesday.
The annual meeting OF the Wisconsin
| department of the Grand Army of the
! Republic will be held in Portage Jan. %.
Gov. Rusk, has received q notification
that the officers elect of Waukesha coun-
ty had failed to qualify in that they had
not filed their bonds within twenty days
after receiving official notification OF their
election Whether the mistake was
made through ignorance of the laws or
stupidity, is an open question.
Friday the machinery OF one of the
largest paper mills in the United States
was started at Appleton, Wis, being that
of A. w. Patten & Co. The main build
ing is stone and brick, 260xG0 feet, three
stories high. The capacity OF the mill
is ten tons of book paper per day, and
IU0 hands will be employed.
Mrs Fitzgerald has recovered judg-
ment for $3.50 against the town Of Wes-
ton, claiming that the death Of her hus-
band was due to defect in the high
way.
A Milwaukee sdecial says: In almost
every department of.business there has
been heavy increase in trade the past
year. The increase has been especially
marked in the beer, drug, hardware,
Japanned ware and carriage trade. The
pork packing trade, aggregating over
S., 000000,O0 shows no great incl ease.
The same is true of the wholesale groc-
cry trade, which aggregates $50, O0O,O 900,
the wholesale clothing and drygoods,
SIC, 200, and the Cigar and tobacco
trade, s., 100000. The total merchandise
trade OF the city, aggregates Sl20, 100000
an increase of about SIS, 100000 over
last year.
Grand Army of the Republic.
Vandervoort ofNebraska, commander
in-chief of the grand army Of the repub-