River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-07-05
WISCONSIN NEWS.

The RIVER Falls Live Stock company
has organized. Object, to raise stock IN
IN Montana and Wyoming.
The run of ciscoes in Lake Geneva,
this summer has been very light. The
wind drove the croco flies to the woods
and the fish would not bite.
The saw and spoke mill at Webster,
owned by A. J. Webster of Menasha,
which was burned few days ago, was
worth $4,000 and employed seventy
men
A young man named Fred Miller,
whose parents live at Black Greek, was
drowned in En barrass river at Stearns
mill, near Wettenburg, Shawano county.
A twelve-year- old son of Col George
Bird was drowned in Rock river while
bathing with other boys.
The farm and greater portion of con-
tents belonging to Phil Fitzpatrick at Eau
Claire were destroyed by fire. Loss ST.
600.
Bra ford Raymond of New Hamp-
shire is the newly elected president OF
Lawrence university, at Appleton, WIS.
H.. w. Wright, lumber merchant of
Merrill has assigned. Liabilities about
500, 600; assets Thought to be oyer $780,
900.
Eben e. Rexford, Wiseonsin's poet,
lives retired life in the village of Shoe
ton. He says he gets all the way fr ON
S. to $40 for stories and S. to S25 for po-
ems.
Prof i. l.. Holden, director of the
Washburn observatory, who was chief
of the American astronomical expedi-
ton 20 the South Sea islands to observd
eclipse of the sun, May 6, arrived home
at Madison recently, in good health ane
spirits aud satisfied with the result
of the trip. He is accompanied by Dr.
Hastings physicist OF John Hopkins uni
yersity, who was also member OF the
expedition.
A fatal accident occurred on the North
western road between Sparta and Nor
walk. The bridge had become weakened
| by freshet and one bent gave way be-
meath freight train, letting the engine
| drop into the stream. The fireman, name
| unknown, was caught in the wreck and
| scalded to death II is said that farm
er living near saw the condition of the
| bridge, and knew it would not sustain
the train but gave no warning.
c. C. Paige, Administrator Of the estate
offs. b. Paige at Oshkosh, has appealed
from the order of Judge Hamilton in
probate, allowing Mrs. Paige 300
month for her support.
| Pewaukee, Waukesha county, has a
| sensational case on the docket The prln
cipals are Parker Sawyer, a wealthy
| farmer of Summit, and Amelia {. Beal,
| a domestic of the same place, but more
| recently of Milwaukee. The young wo'
man is twenty seven years old, while
| the wavward husband is double her age
| The complaint charges Mr.. Sawyer with
| beans the father of the to be born and
| asks that hGh compelled to protect and
| proyide for it. From good authority II
was ascertained that Mrs, Sawyer has
| departed for the east to avoid The tlls'
grace she has been subjected to. 1t Is
| alleged that she will Immediately pro
| cure a divorce.
The sawmill at Whitney owned by
Ives & Hale of Oshkosh, was Tire scene
of a boiler explosion resulting in The
death of three men. The victims Were
/ lJOIlHE1 EfdIJtS1l, bliEll1CCtt a ~
| New Lond5n, where he leaves family
| John Stoner, a laboter, aged nineteen
who leaves wife; and 1oht, Spencer,
negro fireman, from Oshkosh.
The Batayian bank at La Crosse hai
been orgaiitssd witha capital of $500, 600
The bank will be Offered rs at present
| for a time at least, Gen. q. Van Steem
ovk remaining president and +. 70 Bent
lev cashier. Mr.. Van Steemoyk will b.
relieved from personal attention to tn
details of the business, consummatlol
which he desired.
The Eau Claire 1annery company
with capital stock of 5000, divided m
III SIXTY shares has filed articles of asso
citation WIN the secretary of state. Tit
ineorporators are z. K Skinner, w. /
Bart.ette, Thomas Powell, =. r. french
F. Case and i. 6. Stone.
At the Regina Academy near Madi
leor 81 diploma of graduation was con
ferred Upon Miss G, Matthews of Keno
sha, together with a god cross for eX
cellence in Christian doctrine. y golt
medal was awarded to Miss l.. Relnha-
of Madison by vote of the pupils.
Tk9 Madison board Of education ar
in dilemma. bnfng TO the fact tina
there are no funds iii Ih8 treasury witt
which to meet the expenses OF maintain
Wing the schools through the coming iai
faTi6 fr,d of the inability of the city t
borrow. in coAsstaence of it's indebted
ness. which has reaCfie5 the constitu
tional limit of 5 per cent. OF aasesseC
valuation Of the real estate and persons
| ,,rnpartv pf the CITY
At the Galesyille university there
was a commencement but no gradua
ting and has not been for three years
since the institution passed into the
hands of the Presbyterian church. Mex
wear, However, q large class VIII b.
graduated. Oratlors were delivered by
a number of the pupii5. Col. f.. Bry
ant of La Crosse delivered an address
on Orators and Olatory.
At Lawrence university, in Appleton
the trustees took vote for president Of
the university, the candidates being DR.
John of Minneapolis, Bradford Ray
mond of Nashua, N. II. and Prof. Yocum
The vote resulted: Raymon'
ID. Prof Yocum 3, and DR.. John !, th'
latter being cast by DR.. Stowe, ID. D., o
Chicago. Mr. Raymond the new pres
dent is man of fine talents, a graduate
of Lawrence university in 1870, sutse
ouentlv of Boston Theological schoc
| with the title of S. T. =. He afterwar
| pursued his studies in the university c
| Berlin. and is now holding one Of tn
first appointments in New Hampshire
Rev. Or. Irish, d. D., of Madison, wa
elected rs financial agent at salary c
81 500. The report of the treasure
showed the institution to be in goo
condition.