River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-04-10
WISCONSIN NEWS NOTES.

weeks. He was one of the most energet-
ic and prominent resident of that city.
The residence of G. E. Wing of
| Elkhorn, took fire and was entirely de-
stroyed. The contents We're saved.
Loss, 50, 1000, insured. Cause of fire
unknown.
Mary Smith was jailed at Milwaukee
for robbing her roommate.
Alden Dixon lost his legs on the
Omaha road, near Cartwright
Ex-Gov and Mrs. Ludington are in
Washington.
A. p Linse's saloon at Hudson was
burglarized on the night of April 2, and
the safe drilled open. Fifty dollars in
cash, two watches, and quantity of CT
gars were taken. The loss and damage
is about $780,
The large double store building in
Galesville occupied by Cephal as har-
ness store and McAdams as photo
graph gallery, was burned. 1t was
owned by Mr.. McAdams and valued at
| about 81 500; partially insured.
At Milwaukee the Young Mems
Christian association has secured about
So, 900. As soon as $50, 900 has been
| subscribed work viii begin. 1t will be
| located, it is said, on Grand avenue, in
the center of the business portion. 1t
| is rumored that Alexander Mitchell will
donate the lot The Young Mems
Christian association is prospecting in
Milwaukee this year as it never did be-
| fore.
William p Jacobs of Milwaukee, only
son of DIR. William Jacobs, president of
the Capital City bank and the wealth.
est man in Madison, and Miss Ella S.
Cassoday, eldest daughter of J. b. Cas-
soday, associate Justice of the supreme
| court of Wisconsin, were married at
| the residence of the brides parents III
Madison the Bird inst, by Rev. DR.. G.
IL. Richards, pastor of the First Con-
gregational church, Madison. They
were unattended and the ceremony was
performed in the presence of relatives
and intimate friends only.
The Mcdonald Manufacturing COM
pany, of Fond du Lac, filed amended ar
ticles of association with the secretary
of state, increasingly its capital stock from
| 100000 to $150,000. The Oconto
Lumber company filed articles increas-
| ing IFS capital stock from $3.50, 900 to
81, 100000.
At Milwaukee there were sixteen new
cases of diphtheria and fourteen of scar
let fever reported during March, and
| forty-six recoveries from scarlet fever
and eleven from diphtheria. During
| the month three deaths occurred from
the former and seven from the latter
| disease. Secretary Dlercks reports nine
cases of diphtheria and thirty three of
scarlet fever now existing in the city.
Sheriff Betchel Of Dane county has
served an attachment on the stock of A.
j. Windsor, druggist, of Mazomanie, in
behalf of the latter's mother for
| 81 500, and Bronson, Draper & Co., of
| Mazomanie, for $780, Other accounts
are standing against Windsor, making
in all about 81 200 liabilities, which is
considerable less than the assets.
Hon Myron H. McCord, the present
register of the land office at NASSAU, has
| sold The Lincoln County Advocate to
Van r. Willard for So, 000
The assay of the supposed gold min
eraI discovered near Junction City, de-
velopod the fact that the ore contains
only one-hfth nickel, with no gold or
| silver lining. The man who considered
| his eighty acre farm worth 5000, 900,
and was offared 500, 900, is feeling bad
ly.
Joe King (coloreO and Frank. pierce
(white) two desperate characters es-
capped from the county Jail at Shawano
by burning off the lower part
| of the wooden door to their cell
with heated irons obtained by breaking
their iron bedstead.
A Rock county farmer delivered his
tobacco, raised from seven acres, at Ed
gerton, and received fore;t the handsome
sum of 81 ,00.050.
The Alexian Brothers, Or. o. of
| Chicago, will build an extensive hos
pital at Oshkosh, wherethey have already
have q small branch.
A memorial has been presented in
| congress from the chamber of commerce
at Superior, asking an appropriation OF
1912 $50 for the immediate extension,
widening and deepening of the channel
| in the harbor at that place, so as to
made it easy of access and nayigable for
all steamers and vessels on the great
lakes.
A large cave has been discovered on
the coast half a mile north of Bayfield,.
| A passage which gradually grows larg-
er, leads into O gallery which covers
nearly half an acre. In this gallery
there are several pillars and arches,
which appear to support the top, the
largest being about seven feet through.
From this main gallery there are sever
al leads extending in various directions,
gradually dwindling into nothing or
ending in other galleries. In one of
these there gushes from the rocks a
stream of water, which flows along for
several rods and then suddenly dissap-
pears in crevice.
Madison has another national bank,
called the Citizens, with $4,000 capital
stock.
The Wisconsin state board of super
vision has authorized warrants to be
drawn as follows to pay current expen-
ses of institutions under its charge for
| the last month. Northern insane hos
pital, IS, 451; deaf and dumb institute,
| 50 .376; blind institution, 81 ,637 indus
| trial school for boys, s., IA; state pris-
on, IS, III; total, $29, 1856.
A man named Kimball, on Trotts
| farm, near Whitewater, became tenn
porarily insane last evening and struck
a child with hammer and then cut his
own throat with jack-knife. Both
will recover.
William H. Jacobs of Milwaukee, only
son Of Dr. William Jacobs, president of
the Capital City bank and the wealthiest
man in Madison, and Miss Julia S.
Cassoday, eldest daughter of J. B. Cas-
| soday, associate justice of the supreme
| court of Wisconsin. were married at the
| residence of the brides parents in Madl-
son the 3rd inst. by Rev. DIR. G. IL.
Richards, pastor Of the First Congre-
| gational church.
At Cashton, Peter Marx, young
married man, has been arrested charged
with the rape of Helen Lenck, aged six
| teen years.
Silas Bullard, assignee of Curtis Reed
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