River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-08-14
News of the State.

News of the State.
Congressman Deuster's mother is
dead at Milwaukee.
Milton Junction Odd Fellows will
build 81 900 block.
The annual meeting of Wisconsin
pharmacists at Madison showed mem
bership of 300.
Milwaukee had forty-two cases OF
scarlet fever and ten of diphtheria in
July.
John johnson Bergum, father OF
Mrs. Gov. Rusk, died of heart disease
at his home in the town of Westby,
eight miles north of Viroqua, Wis,
aged eighty-two years.
The arrangements for the military en-.
campment to be held in Milwaukee one
week, commencing Aug. %, are nearly
completed. The state National guard
will be present in body. One crack
company each from Minnesota, Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Iowa and Ohio will
compete for the main prizes.
Ripon has man who has not moved
off the block on which he lives in nearly
twenty years. He has recently, through
his son, purchased home seven blocks
away, and will be obliged to break over
his custom, for once at least.
John Bishop, of Beloit, sold forty.
five Shetland ponies to Capt. J. M.
Hong, of Manquoketa, Iowa. This is
the largest sale of Shetland ponies ever
made In the United States.
Daniel Newhall, after whom the i'll
fated Newhall house at Milwaukee was
named, and who was its first proprietor,
had Doniel Conlon arrested on Tuesday
at Waukesha for threatening to take his
wife. Conlon entered into voluntary
recognizance to keep the peace for three
months. There is woman at the bot
tom of the trouble.
Warrants were issued at Madison at
the instigation of the law and order
league for the arrest of J. B. Driver,
Jacob REESE and Ferdinand Gomolka,
proprietors of the Tongawatha Springs
hotel, popular summer resort ON the
east shore of Lake Monona, for viola
tons of law in selling liquor on Sunday.
1t is feared the fight between the saloon
men and the league will be renewed.
DR.. Hay, the Racine scientist, says
that he saw over one hundred tons of
dead fish at Fourth Lake, Madison. He
is now dissecting some of the specimens
which he brought home, and says the
cause of their death is congestion of the
gills, contagious disease which pro.
duces rupture of the heart. He is at a
loss to account for the cause which pro-
duces the disease, and Will study tho
matter before giving his opinion.
At Peshtigo, Michael Stephens livery
stable burned. James McGregor's
house, two barber shops belonging to J
Fortier and H. G. Gordon, barn in the
rear of the bucket house and several
other buildings were destroyed. The
fire steamer was taken over from Marin
cite and the fire arrested, or the entire
block would have been burned. The
total loss is $15, 900 to $40, 900 partially
insured.
Some unknown thief went to Dwight
Poff's drove of cattle, in Monroe, Wis,
picked out the sixteen best steers ip the
lot, took them down to the station Sat
urday morning, and got d. G.. Nance, a
dealer there, to ship them to Chicago
along with lot he was sending of,
with IN order to pay the stranger for
the sixteen in question. The latter got
pass on the strength of his shipment
and went along, getting his money at
Chicago. Sunday night Poff looked at
his cattle missed the steers, and after
finding out the circumstances, tele
graphed to Chicago, and went on by
the next train. The result is not known,
but presumably the dealer, Nance, is
out the value of the cattle.
At the annual meeting of the Mono
ma (Madison) branch of the Chautauqua
Literary and Scientific circle, officers
for the ensuing year were elected as
follows President F. S. Stein, Apple
ton; vice-president, Mrs. G. III. Foster,
Milwaukee; Secretary, Mrs William
Miller, Milwaukee; treasurer, G. A.
Van Vilzor, Madison. The circle de-
cided to erect upon the grounds tenn
pie for its permanent use.
A man named Lynch was stabbed in
a row at Washburn. 1t is thought he
cannot live. He was cut with sheath
knife. His assailant has been arrested.
The entire loss by the recent fire at
Spencer aggregates $1,000, with an in
surance of 81 400 in Buckingham and
Hyde's agencies at Stevens Point.
The surface Greek Live Stock COM
pany, Milwaukee, whose object is to
breed and sell horses cattle and other do
nestle animals in Colorado, filed articles
ofassociation with the secretary of state,
the incorporates being Friedrich Vogel,
ST.. Friedrich Vogel, Jr., and Friedrich
Leypoldt The capital stock is $50, 900.
The Eagle Diamond Mining company,
Milwaukee, with capital stock of $780,
600. also filed articles of association, its
object being to search for diamonds and
minerals in the town of Eagle, Wau-
kesha county, and elsewhere.
In the municipal court at Madison, j.
W. West pleaded guilty to the charge
of stealing on the evening of July 10, a
team of horses belonging to John Good
win, of the town of Verona, Dane coun
ty, and Judge Bradley sentenced him
to state prison for eight years. West
was captured with the horses in his
possession at Freeport, ILL.,, a week ago.
John Ward pleaded guilty to burglariz-
ing the Northwestern Railway COM
pany's engine house at Madison juno
ton on June /, and Judge Bradley i'm
posed a penalty of eighteen months
in state prison.
Puck says that the boy who will cry
and make an awful fuss if compelled to
take bath in the house. viii consider
it the acme of romantic pleasure to
tramp over dusty road to take swim
In stagnant pond.