River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-22

VIII only nave thirteen Saloons lalS ear
giving only a city income of 81 $50 cash.
Press Wade, a saloonkeeper at Wash
burn, shot and killed one John Murray
recently in drunken row. The ball
struck Murray in the eye, killing him
instantly, and Wade gave himself up,
claiming that he acted in self defense,
and is in jail at Bayfield,.
Gov. Rusk has ordered the Third
regiment into camp at Mansion, from
the 18th to the 21st of June, and has
appointed. Capt. j. W. Curran of Sparta
mastering officer, with instructions to
muster in an infantry company at To
nah on the 2Sth inst. That company
will be assigned to the Third regiment,
becoming Company X, and will take a
place in the Wisconsin national guards
to be made vacant upon the 9th inst.
by the withdrawal of the Lake City
Guards, Madison.
The School Society of St. Johns, an
organization for the establishment of
and support of schools, was economically
established by special service at St.
Johns cathedral, Milwaukee This is
the first society of this kind ever estab-
lished in the United States, under the
direction and blessing of the pope.
Rev. Bishop Flosch of La Crosse adj
ministered the sacrament of conirma-
ton to a class of pupils in Sacred Heart
In, saff M
officiated at the laying of the corner
stone of the college building now in
course of erection.
Fire broke out in Beebe's furniture
store at Sharon and spread north and
south on Baldwin street, burning
Hoard & VOLTS grocery, Miss McCul-
lum's millinery, Wise's shoe store, Nor
ris' drug store, d. J. Bests merchandise,
Moons meat market, Spores furniture,
ShefteIs clothing store, Lowell & I'm
derhill's drug store, and McBurney, a
dentist.
The thirteenth annual meeting of the
grand lodge knights of Pythias of Wis
oonsin was held at Madison. About
seventy five delegates were present. The
report of keeper of the record and seai
l.. w Coe of Milwaukee showed that
the total membership of the order in
Wisconsin at the beginning of the pres
ent year was 2,140. The number of
lodges was thirty three. Officers for four
wears were elected as follows: Com
mander, G.. w Scantan, Racine; as
sistant commander, j.. W. Halsey,
Milwaukee; surgeon, ID. w. Day, Eau
Claire; chaplain, J. A. Hinsay, Mil
waukee; sdjutant, A. c. Miller, Mil
waukee; quartermaster, ii. j. Melon
aid, La Crosse.
In the county circuit court at Marsh
field A. Reyes, who in November
shot his wife, Marian Keyes,
pleaded guilty to simple assault and was
sentenced to three months in jail In
the case of Louis j. Glass of Neillsville,
charged with embezzlement, the Judge
directed 4 verdict of not guilty.
There was disastrous fire at Spoon
err on the Sth. The whole town west Of
the depot, except Breen's and Boards
was burned. The losses and insuran ce
were: On railroad hotel, 81, 500. G. B.
Newton, 50, 900; insurance, 81 500.
Schonback, $1,000; insurance, 800.
George Olson, 81, 200; no insurance. j.
Maxfield, $500; no insurance. John
Breen, $500; partial insured. Total
loss, SIG, 600; insurance, 50, 500,
Work has begun on a soldiers monu-
ment in Market square, Racine.
George w. Pratt, mayor of Oshkosh,
has informed G. II. Haskins, president
of the telephone company, notifying
him that unless the license fee of $500
was paid before May II the wires and
poles would be cut down and sold.
A young married man named Col
bourn, living on farm near the village
of Brooklyn, committed suicide by
shooting himself in the head. He left
a note saying his life had been fail
ure.
George Morrison of Marshfeld hired
a S400 team, sold it at Masonville and
decamped The team was recovered
and the thief arrested at Plainfield.
Two men, at work in boat on the
new Wisconsin Central railroad bridge
at Chippewa Falls, We're carried
over the breast Of the dam and over the
falls. One, Il. NJ Savage of Chica-
go. was carried down out of sight by
the current. His body has not been
found. The other man, named Marks,
made his escape by clinging to the boat
One hundred million feet of logs are
now in Blood river boom.
A rolling mill company has been or
ganized, with 100000 stock, at Des
Moines.
The house Of William Bluchan, at
Dubuque, was struck by lightning end
badly damaged. Although the family
were in the house at the time, no per-
son was hurt.
Two suits have been entered in the
district court at Dubuque against Sena-
tor J. K. Graves to recover on a pro-
missory note for g 800 by }. w. Doom
& Go. and John Hackett. The senrtor
answers that the plaintiffs are not the
rightful owners of the property in dis
pute.
The seventh annual session of the
grand lodge Ancient Order of United
Workmen of Wisconsin was held al
Madison. About one hundred delegates
were present. The grand Recorders
report shows that the total membership
in the state is 4,S3l, an increase of 5Gs
in the past year, while the number Of
lodges is 104, an increase of ten. Dur
ing the year there were thirty-two
deaths, upon which $64,721 were paid
The total membership of the order in
the country is 10000. Since its organ
ization in Wisconsin, six years ago, ,34o
deaths have occurred, upon which $685.