River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-11-22
News of the State.


tertown, Wis, was instantly killed on
the evening of the 18th. near Hubble
ton, by the $40 train going to the east.
Gov. Rusk denies that insufficient APP
preparations caused the Madison dis
aster.
While George Segar was in the Wau-
pun prison on two-year term, one of
bis children was drowned and one killed
by the cars.
The Menomonee iron ore output is
$4,000 tons, where it was II 900 last year.
Miss Nellie. daughter of Charles Sey-
mour, American consul at Canton,
China, is soon to be wed to Mr.. Edward
Wyckhoff of Milwaukee. Miss Seymour
recently returned to this country from
Canton.
1t is reported that the failure of the
Rdckriyer paper company, of Beloit, was
brought about by one of the stockhold-
ers, J. NJ. Cobbt holding real estate that
could not be realized on. The assets of
the company are reported to be $50, 900,
and its Indebtedness $l05, 900. The COM
pany owns three mills at Beloit, one at
Rockton, H., and one at Marshall,
Mich, all of which are running still. The
creditors, it is believed. will urge that
the company go on with its business.
Hugo Peters committed suicide by
hanging himself in the corncrib at his
residence at Taycheedah, near Fond du
Lac. He was in his sixty first year, and
had been quite prominently connected
with the politics of the county.
Two prisoners escaped from the La
Crosse county Jail by knocking down
the guard just as he was entering to lock
the cells. A female servant had the key
to the outer door, which they secured
after struggle and escaped. OthceTs
are searching for them, One is Frank
and stealing; the other Blake from Du-
buque, thief.
A most cold-blooded murder was
committed in the town of Carson, Port
age county. In drunken row William
Cushman MORALLY stabbed man named
Leeman.
The edition of the state university cat
alogue, just issued is said to abound in
stupid and malicious blunders.
Last summer Mr.. Ernest A. Rice, for
merly of Milwaukee, but then county
clerk of Harper county, Kans., died.
His widow, Mrs. Emily s. Rice, daught-
er of III. A. Winter of Madison, was APP
pointed his successor, by the county
commissioners. This fall ). Mrs. Rice was
formally nominated and elected to the
position ~ 800 majority,
The trustees of the Dane County In
sane asylum, Messrs. C. E. Warner and
Michael johnson have appointed Mrs.
Bella Davidson, of Sun Prairie, matron
of the asylum, and DR.. G. K. Jayne, of
Verona, physician.
The executive committee of the State
Dairymen's association has fixed upon
Lake Mills for holding the next conven-
ton, the time being January is, II, and
IS. 1884. A numper of papers by prom
inent dairymen will be prepared for
presentation during the convention.
Prizes ranging from 50 to SIS will be
given for the best display of butter and
cheese.
The Juneau house, the only hotel in
the village of Wonewoc, was burned to
the ground, the loss being 81 900, aid in
surance $2,200-in Hartford and Home.
The fire is supposed to be incendiary
A. P. Briggs was the landlord. The Re-
porter office was Quilted, but saved.
RI Clark of Beloit. defeated w. M.
Woodside, the Irish champion, in BIZ
cycle race for 500 side.
In Eau Claire, Miss Edith Patton and
Miss Maggie Munger were attacked by
two footpads, who seized their handbags
and made their escape.
Eau Claire Free Press Last Thursday,
while packing for G., A. Mann in the
woods, town AZ, range east, Ole Thomp-
son, about twenty-three years OF age,
strayed away in some manner, and has
not been heard from since. 1t is sup
posed that he lost his reckoning and is
now wandering in the forest, If he has
not died from exposure.
F. L. NewelPs store at Picketts, was
burned on the night of the 18th. The
store was heavily stocked with goods
and the basement was filed with coun-
try produce. The loss is not less than
SO, 000 and the insurance is 5000. The
building was purchased by Mr.. Newell
from j. G. Pickett and Mrs. 0. P. Lane a
short time since.
George Grimshaw of Polar, Langdale
county, is 1O4 years old. Last spring, at
the age of 103, he cleared the timber
from an acre of hardwood land, and
during the summer attended to and
raised $50 bushels of potatoes and other
vegetables.
Judge P. H. Carney, well known
lawyer of Waukesha, has been prose-
cuted by Miss Martha V. Thomas to re-
cover $1,000 on note given her by Car
ney to condone seduction, etc.
Emma Larsen, daughter of farmer
in Green Lake county, left her home
April "a last for San Francisco, and
made an overland trip on horseback I'M
attended by any one. She arrived at
Portland the early part of October,
where she left her horse, apparently
none the worse for its long trip. Miss
Larsen arrived in San Francisco last
Monday and related the details of her
trip.
Building improvements in Ashland
the past season amounted to 1912 900,
over $50 buildings have been erected,
among them several substantial brick
blocks, and fine high school house.