River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-10-23
NISCONSIK STATE NEWS.

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forced to suspend last spring, has set
lied in full with all creditors, and re-
sumed business with ample capital.
Two brothers named Child, with
friend named Charles Lawrence. have
setout from Eau CLAIRE for New Orleans
on small scow with shanty on it.
Mr.. Bick, Wausau merchant, had
leg cut off by the cars at Junction City.
He tried TO get on while the cars were
in motion.
| Charles Bertrand of Crystal Falls,
while night hunting for deer, was fa-
tally shot by another hunter, named
Golbrock, who mistook him for deer
John Fisher, trusted clerk of Mas
sonett Bros, Of Appleton, was arrested
for embezzling $136 in cash and $50
worth of goods. He was held in $500
bonds and the hearing continued.
DR.. Bigelow, who was recently fined
at Racine for being drunk and disorder
ly, fell from depot platform at Union
Grove, dislocatiEg his neck, paralyzing
him.
Charles Moss, arrested for several
ourglaries at Shell Lake, has waived an
examination, and in default of $500
bonds is in the county jail awaiting the
| December term of court.
A large barn in Mount Morris, Wau-s
shara county, belonging to Sam Atkins,
h1,,s, a1 law Epa 191ra, rhn Faaiarr
caught, was found to be former en-
ploye of Atkins.
The crop of apples in Wisconsin this
fall is unusually large and prices range
low. In some places Is cents per bushel
is paid. Growers state that the apples
are unusually wormy-more so than
they remember of ever seeing them
before.
The State Historical society refuses
to take its collection of prehistoric cop
per implements to New Orleans.
Some SO. 500 has been raised to build
Unitarian church at Madison.
A company of Chicago capitalists
have Just concluded the purchase of 100
acres of mineral land on the Shullsburg
branch, in the town of Shullsburg, on
which is located the well-known Bald
WIN and Dunn mines.
DIR. A. Kendrlck, pioneer and one
of the best known physicians in the
Northwest, died in Waukesha.
Seven thousand dollars has been
,Ir1 uyIso1 10, 1117f11 a mi
tartan church at Madison.
Judge Bum of La Crosse has filed
an. opinion sustaining the demurrer in
the case of the G. N. Nelson Lumber
Company VS.. The Town of Lorraine
This decision in short sustains the act
of the Wisconsin legislature giving a
town the right to tax logs by non-resi-
dents and before they had passed out
of the state.
Galesville Independent: The Prin-
cess Marie Nunka, granddaughter of
the great chief, Decora, died at
o'clock on the morning of Oct. 4, 1884,
at the Arctic Springs, and was buried
at midnight of the same day on the
point of land belonging to the Springs
property
At Sparta, the jury in the case of
Lathrop VS.. the Chicago, Milwaukee 81
st. Paul returned a verdict awarding
plaintiff 81, 900 damages. The amount
claimed was $50, 900. The suit was for
injury to plaintiff in an accident ON the
Iroqua branch year or more ago.
The grand commander of Knights
Templar concluded its session at La
Crosse on the 10Th. The following
officers were elected or appointed for
the ensuing year: Grand commander,
G. FL. Bensenberg, Milwaukee; deputy
grand commander, J. Walls Racine;
generalissimo, n. B. Runcle, Eau
Claire; captain general, w. Fl. Hughes,
Madison; grand prelate, w. H. Watts,
Stevens Point; grand senior warden,
ID. J. Jones, Stevens Point junior war
den, - Ellsworth, Oshkosh treasurer F..
L. Won Suessmilch, Delaven; standard
bearer, NJ. H. Wing, La Crosse; sword
bearer, William McWiIliams, Boscobel;
warden, l.. Rowland, Green Bay; cap
tain of the guard, L. Barrett, Milwau-
kee; trustee for three years, John
Spence, Milwaukee. The next place
of meeting will be Milwaukee, the
second Tuesday in October
Great excitement was caused on the
Omaha passenger train bound for Lake
Superior stations by the burning of the
mail and express cars between New
Richmond and Deer Park. The fire
was caused by sparks from the engine
lodging in a lot of campaign torches and
other conbustible matter in the express
much dense smoke that it was impossI-
BILE to save any of the express matter.
Several boxes of cartridges and the
orch lamps exploded. The registered
mail was all saved, also some of the
other mail, but the pouches for Superb
or, Ashland, Shell Lake, Bayfield,,
Gordon, Barronett, Deer Park, Hay
ward and, Drummond, and Clear Lake
were consumed. The loss will proba
bly, aggregate $4,000.
Two weeks ago twenty-five head of
cattle were stolen from Capt. Cavans,
at Spring Prairie in Wadsworth county.
It is now learned that they,,were brought
to Milwaukee and sold and then ship
ped to Chicago. NJ. Eddy, of East
| Troy, has been arrested as the one who
sold the cattle under the name of Sher
man.
DR.. Patterson of Beloit, has been
held for trial in 81, 900 bonds, charged
with causing abortion on Mrs. Frank
Shiek, resulting in her death.
Ed Bowen, colored man who died
in the Oshkosh (Wis.) poorhouse, was
formerly the body servant of Henry
Clay.
Albert Martin, who killed Guelicker,
Of Curtis, some time ago has been ar
rested and confessed his guilt.
David Dryer, Milwaukee & st.
Paul brakeman, was run over and killed
at Richfield.
At Milwaukee, Miss Julia, the eldest
daughter Of Mr.. Finney, Gen. Manager
| Wis. Central, was welded to Andrew
Hathaway. The ceremony was per-
formed by Monsignor Capel, the bride
having recently been converted to the