River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-03-27
WISCONSIN NEWS NOTES.

At the Ebbitt house, Washington, by
| the Wisconsin people residing and visit
| ing In Washington. BE, with his family,
will go south to be absent three or four
weeks.
Charles Walschlayn, Of Hewitt, has
been arrested by Miss Ella Hoeing of
Auburndalo on charge OF bastardy
PEOPLE from Lind, where Vierke was
murdered, were in Waupaca the 18th
inst, and MAIDS threats Of lyncbing
Harris, the murderer, but let it go no
further.
G. w. Ashwsll formerly an inspector
! in the South African diamond fields,
proposes to prospect in the Wisconsin
diamond fields
The Madison common council has
granted right of way through the city
/ 20 the Chicago & Northwestern and
Rapid Transit Telegraph companies &c
erect poles and string wires.
Ruth Wrights dress caught in pow
er press in the Neenah Times office,
and she was in imminent danger of
severe injury, when the dress wadded
and broke the main shaft, probably saw
ing her life:
James Kelly; a Milwaukee railway
( clerk, went insane from religious ex-
eitement, and has been taken 10 the
asylum
John Becker, an old resident of Ear
Claire, is dead.
The wife Of Senator Sawyer has re
turned to Washington from the Arkan-
sas Hot Springs, considerably relieved,
and happily finds her daughter, Mrs
White, who has been seriously i'll, also
on the road to better health
Miss Lillian Carpenter, daughter OF
the late senator from Wisconsin, who
has been passing the season in Washing
| ton, has gone to Fortress Monroe for a
stay of couple of months.
John Webb, one of the largest farmers
in the county, was buried on Monday
from his late residence, out in the town
of Hudson He leaves no children, and
his wife is to execute his will, the prop
erty embracing large amount of real
estate.
One of the largest sales of pine lands
ever made in the state has just been
consummated at Neenah. The tract
comprises some 5000 acres in Lincoln
county, on which there is about 100,
900, 600 feet of pine. The land was
purchased few years ago by A. w
Patten, who subsequently offered 1t to a
Fond du Lac man for $50, 900. The
offer was refused, but w. H. Upham Of
Marshfeld afterwards bought the tract
at those figures. Now the same proper
tv has been transferred to George Viii
cox of Chicago for 100000, which is
thought to be fully $4,000 less than its
value.
Carl Fehring of West Bend was found
dead in the bottom of the well, 100 feet
d ep, having jumped in while tempo
rarily insane.
Henry Sangholfi, an old resident Of
the town of Sumner, committed suicide
by hanging himself, recently.
Charles Dewey was killed by being
run over by freight train at Barbour.
The remains of an old man well
dressed were found in field about four
miles from Eagle Park, Wis. Nothing
to lead to his identification was found
on him, except several mill, tickets
| bearing the name of +. Wendt of Du-
buque, Iowa The birds had picked out
his eyes and eaten away portion Of the
hair. 1t is thought he was frozen to
| death some weeks ago
Hon. n. E. Houghton of Pepin
county, the Republican nominee for cir
| cult Judge of the Eighth judicial dis
trict, has written letter declining the
| nomination.
Several more claims have been filed
in the Cooper & Co. collapse by Keick-
hefer & Co. of Milwaukee, and Pratt
| 81 Co, stove dealers of Buffalo, N. X,
both amounting in the aggregate to
over 81, 900.
Senator and Mrs. Angus Cameron
gave areception in Washington in hon
or of Gov. and Mrs. Rusk of Wisconsin.
| Among those present especially idenu-
| fed with Wisconsin were: Senator
Sawyer, Senator Mcmillan, Represen-
| tative and Mrs. and Miss Deuster,
Judge and Mrs. Humphrey, Represen-
| tatiye and Mrs. Burr Jones, Represen-
| tative and Mrs. Guenther, Capt. and
Mrs. Hoaxie, Judge and Mrs. Near
thur Representative and Mrs Winans,
Lieut.. and Mrs. Abbott, Hon. George
G.. Hazleton, Mr.. and Mrs C. E. Clark,
Representative and Mrs Rankin, Rep
resentatives Woodward and Steven
son, Howard G. White, the Misses
Kavanaugh, Jennings and Putnam,
The state tournament for the Song
onsky medal in clay pigeon shooting
will be held at Chippewa Falls, May 2
and g. 1t is open to all clubs in the
state. Five hundred dollars in cash
prizes are offered, In addition to the
medal.
Edwin G.. Earle of Rochester, small
town in Racine county, attempted to
pass and utter forged money order
purporting to be issued by the post
master at Rochester to the postmaster
at Newark, n. j., for SIC. Earle was
examined and held for trial.
Insurance Agent Ackley, Eau Claire,
skipped, leaving his bondsman to settle
his debts.
Edward J. Bennett, who was convict
ed of arson in Milwaukee last week,
made desperate attempt to kill him
self yesterday in jail. He carefully I'M
dressed and getting into bed slashed his
arms with piece of glass and almost
bled to death before he was discovered.
He will probably die. He wrote let
ter saying he was innocent, and de-
claimed Milwaukee justice barefaced
mockery.
Jens A. Burgam, a well-todo farmer
of the town of Bristol, Dane county,
was kicked in the head by colt which
he was grooming, and had his skull
crushed, from the effects of which he
died instantly.
The Chicago, Freeport & st. Paul
Railway company, incorporated about
two years ago, filed resolution with
the secretary Of state for Wisconsin re-
Gently to build railway from its line
in Richland county, near the Wisconsin
river. in an east and northeast direction
to Portage, distance of fifty miles.
The proposed line will pass through the
counties of Richard, Sank and Colum-
bia
At Medford, joseph McCourt was ar
rested by Deputy Sheriff William Tut