River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-04-03

Freedom Welsh, aged seventy-six,
one of the oldest and most prominent
citizens of Walworth county, died at
home, near Elkhorn,
Charles Campbell, Andrew Anne and
John overly of Ashland, We're before
the United States court in Madison
charged with selling liquor to an Indian
on the Bird inst, who afterward wan
dered away in the woods and froze to-
death. OVERLY pleaded guilty and was
fined $780, while the other two gave
bail in 81 900 each for appearance at
the next term eff the court.
Most of the logging camps will break
within a week Many have done so al
ready The cut on Chippewa waters is
placed at 1000, 600 900, including what
was carried over last fall.
C.E. Blodgett, whose trial took place
about two weeks ago at Stevens Point,
was sentenced to two years in the state
prison for embezzling money from W.
w Hazelton.
The term exercises of Lawrence Uni
versity at Appleton, were closed by a
Junior exhibition. The participants
we're James Reeve and Miss Angie
Woodland of Appleton, Miss Annie VIII
son of Menasha, and Miss Jessie Nivi-
son of Waupun, who took the first hon
ors of the class.
Rev. A. Gibson, well-known in the
ST. Croix valley, where he had labored
for the past thirty years as a Baptist
minister, died of heart disease, aged
sixty-five. He was buried at New Rich
mond
John Westfall of Neillsville, commit
led suicide 10y cutting his wrists.
At the annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Eau Claire Lumber COM
pany, the following officers We're elect
ed for the ensuing year: j. G.. Thorpe
of Fan Claire. president; Nv A. Rust,
secretary, and J G, Chapman, treasur-
er. Richard Schulenberg of st. Louis,
who has filled the position of vice pres
ident of the corporation for a number
of years, has severed his connection and
disposed of his stock to n G. and j. q.
Chapman of that city.
Hon Myron H. McCord the present
register of the land office at Wausau,
has sold the Lincoln County Advocate
to Van r. Willard for $6, 600
Logging on the Wisconsin, Oconto
and Wolf rivers is finished for the win
ter The cut will not exceed one-half
more than that of last year.
Col. G. H. Upham, postmaster of Rip
On will sue L. ID. Stone, editor of the
Ripon Free Press, for $4,000 alleged
damages for libel in publishing erfbne-
GUS reports of Upham's health and init
mating that the government would re-
hire him from the postmastership.
The Pine River Mining and Exploring
company has been organized in Fond
du Lac with $500, 900 capital, with John
S. Mcdonald as president.
nm sS---- g. Il,IIsA.vov, I .,in,hnr cor,-
pany of Fond du Lac has been inoor-
porated, with capital stock of $3.50,
900.
Robertson James has been appointed
curator of the Milwaukee Museum of
Art.
Cadets at Carroll college, Waukesha,
expended forty rounds of state ammu-
milton in sham battle.
The annual convention Of the Won
ans Baptist Foreign Mission Society
of the west, will be held the 9th, 10th
and 18th of April next, in the first Bap
list church of Milwaukee. About three
hundred delegates, comprising repre-
sentatiyes from all of the Western states
are expected to be present.
In the case of Christian Russell and
Elizabeth Obrecth, charged with the
murder of William Obrecht of Baraboo.
The jury found Russell guilty of man
slaughter in the second degree, and ac-
quilted Mrs Obrecht.
The grocery store of Johnson & Clag-
horn of Waseca was entered by burg
lass, who drilled and also attempted to
,low open safe with powder, but
failed, though the safe was considerably
Il
was opened by the combination attached
to it, but it contained nothing but books,
which were taben and scattered about
but nothing carried off The rascals
only took a quantity of cigars.
Mrs. Morris Feumes, wife of promi-
nent merchant of Waukesha, was as
saulted by a cooper named Chares Hix-
on while walking in the street with an
other lady. Hixon grabbed the lady in
his arms, and was demonstrativeiy af-
feetlonate in spite of her struggles and
screams. She finally escaped, and up
on reporting to her husband the latter
caused Hixon s arrest and he was lodged
in jail.
John Murphy was returning to his
home in Westport from Waunakee, Sat
nrday evening on the Northwestern rail
way track, when he fell through tres
tlework spanning a stream and was
drowned.
A floating item is to the effect that
George W. Peck, the humorous writer,
has Just bought residence in Milwau-
kee tor $40,0 600.
J. W. Murray the assassin of Alfred
Yenke. was sentenced at Portland, Or,
to be hanged May 8. The prisoner re-
ceived the sentence with considerable
emotion.
Jack Spurgeon, the man arrested as
an accomplice of Mike Harris in the
murder of yierke of the town Of Lind
Wis. was recently discharged by the
| examining magistrate, the evidence mol
being sufficient to bind him over fol-
trial