River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-10-09
News of the State.

News or the state
Wisconsin Tobacco crop is worth ST.
900, 000
William Kruger plowed mp piece
Of float copper near Beaver Dam that
weighed fully 405 pounds.
Mrs. Henry Nunns, a prominent
member of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union, IS dead at Madison.
The Rev. William O'Mahoney died
at Kendaltown. He was well known
throughout the state as lecturer on
temperance.
A gang of Juvenile burglars was
broken up near Oshkosh. They had a
rendezvous in the woods, and were well
supplied with skeleton keys. etc.
City Marshal North of Beloit was
shot in the arr by a drunken man
named Charles Lloyd, while attempt.
ing to arres. him. Lloyd was dubbed
and locked up.
Brooks & Ross saw mill at Wausau,
vas buried with quantity of lumber.
Loss IS, 900.
Gertie Fuller, who became so notori-
Gus last winter as being the wife Of
Mrs. Hudson, or Frank Dubois" was
married at Sheocton, to man named
/ Leman.
At Oconto Thomas Williams on Teus
day was found guilty of manslaughter
for killing Dace at Florence, on the 18th
day of last January.
A canvass of Eau Claire to find the
names and addresses of those desiring
The letter carrier delivery, which took
effect the LIST inst, shows list OF 900
Burglars raided the store of I. Leon
ard, in the town of Royalton, near Wau
paea, and blew open the safe. They
used too much powder and the
whole front of the store was blown out
The burglars fled without securing any
booty.
| Simon Rosenswack of Kaukauna, at
tempted suicide by cutting his throat
with razor, but was arrested before he
accomplished his purpose.
Bondsmen of Browne, late city treas
/ urer of Racine, who was short In his
accounts $4,000, have settled by turn
4 ing over to the city two thousand
/ Ave hundred dollar house and 5000 III
cash.
The Gardner "Karl" theatrical party
capsized on the lake Sunday in row.
boat at Oshkosh, and had narrow es-
cape from drowning.
William Miller, of Green Lake coun-
ty, is worth $1,000, 900 which he has
made on his farm and by judicous IN
! vestments.
| A considerable quantity of pine lum-
Der from Georgia has been placed on
the market at La Crosse, Wis.
A registered letter containing $40
was stolen from the Shiocton postotfice.
1t was left on the table where the mail
was made up and was taken fr ON there.
The thirteen year-old daughter OF
! John Burroughs of Princeton ran away
from home with railway fireman
/ named Thomas Brooks and colored
! sleeping car porter named Lee, and
stopped at a hotel in Fond du Lac with
| Brooks. 1t is said that the man Will
be prosecuted for seduction.
Burglars raided the general store OF
T.. p. Goodchap at Waunakee. securing
property, chiefly cutlery, valued at
$500. as well as a small amount oil
change found in the till. Buhlmans
creamery and Ferdinand Reith's saloon
we're also entered, but little taken
There is no clue to the burglars.
High water in the Eau Claire river
washed away the Golfer dam and part OF
the main dam at the Eau Claire Lum-
ben company's stream saw mill, result
/ lug in "a, 900 damage. Their three
mills on the stream .affording employ
ment to 300 men, are temporarily shut
down until the damage can be partially
restored, which will be in few days.
While at work painting barn near
the old Raymond residence in Fond du
| Lac, ALVIN Green found a lot of jewelry
in an old barrel. The find including
an elegant japanese case containing a
breast pin and o pair of ear jewels, a
nugget of gold and silver bullion, o
sapphire ring worth from 5000 to $500,
and a gold locket worth $50, hand en-
graved and containing beautiful mono
gram, az. F. A."
The benediction of the memorial bell
and the blessing of the cross at the
Episcopal school, known as Nashotah
house, at Nashotah, attracted many peo-
pie from Milwaukee, including among
others, Bishop Seymour, Bishop Welles,
Canon Mallory, of ALI Saints Cathe-
dral, and the Rev. Mr.. Dumbell, rector
of st. James. The sermon was by Bish-
OPP Seymour.
George g. Ford, arrested at Ma
zomanie, on the 18th inst, for falsely
representing Strawbridge & Co., Etho-
graphers, of Cincinnati, securing orders
and pocketing the proceeds, was sem
fenced to a year in the state prison by
United States district Judge Bum at
Madison, Thursday. His operations
extended from Texas to Wisconsin, and
detectives had been tracking him for
years.
Mrs. Henry Nunns, of Madison, prom
inentIy identified with the Woman's
Christian Temperance union, and par
ticularly with the local movement for
the reclamation of boys of the city from
vice, was striker with paralysis and died,
aged fifty-two years. Her husband is a
leading music dealer of this city.
The body of a man was washed ashore
three miles from Ashland, with pis-
tol-shot through his head. The man
is thought to be a stranger named Will
Lesuer, who came to Ashland ten days
ago from Grand Rapids, Mich. He
was evidently murdered and robbed.
Gov. Rusk has appointed George W.
Burnell of Oshkosh Judge of the Third
judicial circuit, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of D. J. Pull
ling: che appointment to take effect
Oct. /. Mr. Burnell's petitions were
signed by Al lawyers N the circuit, 2
clerks of court, 296 bushes men and a
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