River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-07
News Of the state.


The loss bv the burning of E. ?. Serb
ner's store at New Richmond, was Sl6,-
QUO; insurance, 81 800.
Julia North, aged six years, OF Elk
horn, was burned to death by the upset
ting of lamp.
William B. Slade of Sparta, died from
an overdose of opium. Fears OF the
poor house caused him to commit the
act.
The annual exhibition of the st. Crolx
Valley Poultry, Pigeon, and Pet Stock
association will take place in New Rich
mond, Feb. 20, Fl and p.
Charles Wilson, who had been con-
fined in the county jail at Ashland since
Nov. 81, for trying to escape, after being
arrested, from Policeman Swartz, by
covering him with revolver and
threatening to shoot him unless he gave
him his liberty was acquitted.
Fire broke out in building occupied
by the Oshkosh Telegraph. The build
ing was completely Quilted, but the pres
es are thought not TO be damaged much.
The loss is about $4,000; insurance, ST.
000.
At Menasha the wagon shop of Philip
Sensenbrener was destroyed by fire.
Loss about 81 600, partly insured. An
hour later the brick dwelling OF +. +.
Kiser was entirely consumed. Loss
about 81, 900; well insured.
The Wisconsin insurance commission
er has dug up some graveyard insur-
ance at Red Wing by j. X. Turner, OF
the Northwestern Legacy association.
At Sturgeon Bay the stores of B. S.
Miner and II. III. Fairchild were
burned recently, involving a loss in
each case of between $4,000 and $4,000.
Joseph Lapasski. young Pole living
with his parents in Milwaukee, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself through
the head. He was twenty-six years old
and was slightly deranged. Fire from
| the revolver set the mans clothing on
| fire, and he was nearly incinerated.
r. II. Park, the sculptor has been CIV
en- commission to make u statue of
Washington. to be presented to the city
of Milwaukee. The statue will be OF
bronze, about eleven feet high, and will
stand on pedestal of Scotch granite OF
about the same height and will be
placed at the east end of the Grand Az
enue park, facing the east. 1t will cost
| 1000.
The Wisconsin supreme court In the
case of Milwaukee county against George
FL. Paul and Others, decided that the
trustees of the Milwaukee county insane
asylum were sole judges of the manage
ment of that institution, and that i'm
provements in 1t could be made only by
| the board, and not by the board OF SUI
pervisors of Milwaukee county, which
| had presumed to do so. The decision
virtually ends the controversy as to
whether the asylum is state or coun-
| ty institution in favor of the state.
Francois Gokey is the name of an old
man temporarily sojourning in Marsh
field. Mr. Gokey was born in France in
| the year 1882, and is consequently now III
his one hundred and second year. He
grew to manhood in Paris, and at the
age of twentv-one entered the French
army, serving eight years.
Tom Williams shot released convict
at Florence, Wis.
Tom Brophy, aged twenty-eight. was
killed in PauPs lumber camp on the east
fork of the Black river, in Wisconsin, by
log falling upon him from skid. Bro
ply was mate on the steamer Rada
last summer.
II. G. Putnam and Y. w, Bayless, of
Eau Claire have transferred to the Her
shey Lumber company of Muscatine,
Iowa, and Mcdonald & Irvine Of Chippe-
wa Falls. S,8l6 acres of land in Ashland
and Bayfield, counties, the consideration
being 100000.
DR.. C. 0. Meyer, of Stevens Point,
was recently arrested for obtaining a
large amont of pretty things on false
pretenses at st. Louis, including $3.50
worth of diamonds, which were given to
Miss Griffith of Oshkosh, whom he led to
the altar a few days previous.
Thomas Kennedy, aged twenty-one
years, son of Dawson Kennedy, a promi-
nent farmer of the town of Cottage
Grove, was killed by being thrown from
a sleigh by runaway team.
The Jensen Manufacturing company
Racine, capital $40, 900, filed articles OF
association with the secretary of state;
| the object being to sell hardware; iron,
brass castings, etc.
Michael Blake has been arrested by
United States officers for selling liquor
| in Wisconsin without lice nse. He
waived examination, and gave 5000 bail
| for appearance at the June term OF
| court. Blake runs a saloon on barge
on st. Croix lake, and has license from
| the internal revenue collector at st. Paul
to do SO. When arrested his barge was
on the Wisconsin shore, though he
| claims three feet below high water mark
and hence on the lake. He was located
opposite Saltwater, outside the jurisdic-
ton of that city.
During a saloon row at Hewitt, three
miles south of Marshfeld, William Mass
was shot through the arm and in the
shoulder by Henry Korthlow, Icing
] shot three times in all. korthlow is an
emplove of the Wisconsin Central rail-
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