River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-12-18
NISCONSIN STATR NEWS.

and will go to the asylum.
Gold miners are thick in the North
Shore region, and great excitement is
predicted.
Gov. Rusk denies the report that he
intends to summon the military of Mil
waukee and other cities to be present
at his inauguration.
1t is generally believed at Racine that
the troubles of the J. l. Case Plow COM
pany viii be amicably settled.
At the close of November the balan-
ces in the various funds in the state
treasury was $S9s,713.
P. Mornet & Co., of Ogema, small
numbering town on the upper Chippe-
wa, have assigned.
H. Levy, an Eau Claire clothier, turns
over his business to the sheriff.
Elias Balzell and George Glass, two
of the persons charged with ravishing
the half-witted daughter of Mr.. Lilly,
at Lima, Grant county, have been ar
rested near Viroqua.
Two Neenah ladies, Mrs. Chaplin and
Mrs. Won Ostrand, armed with stove
pokers, corraled two burglars in the
house of Rev. Mr.. Chaplin, and kept
them until help arrived
The Milwaukee & st. Paul has made
preliminary surveys for the construction
of an iron bridge across the Mississippi,
between McGregor Iowa, and Prairie
du CHEN, Wis.
There are twelve hundred men at work
in the Eau Claire and Chippewa piner-
les, and three hundred in the woods of
Black river.
A farmer named Nicholas Morrill,, re-
siding in the town of Newark, near Be
lott, while feeding stock, fell from the
top of haystack, receiving injuries
from which ne died.
Moses II. Strong will again tackle
the legislature this winter, this time
Tor an appropriation for the purchase OF
a number of copies of his History of
Wisconsin.
The state teachers association meets
in semi annual session at the senate
chamber at Madison Dec. 30, continuing
until the 3lst. The board Of examiners
for state certificates meets at the same
time
George Monroe of Beloit, pleaded
guilty in the United States court at
Madison to burglarizing the Juda post
office, Nov Is, and was sentenced to
state prison for four years.
The body of Mrs. H. g. Pickett, Of
Cooperstown, OAK, who accidentally
shot herself through the heart with a
revolver, at that place, has arrived at
Fort Atkinson, where it was inferred in
Lake View cemetery.
A special from Whitewater, denies
the story that Nettie Horan, before
dying, confessed to having poisoned her
father, mother and two sisters. 1t is
declared she died from dementia,
brought on by excessive grief over the
death of the other members of her
family.
After the goods and effects of the One
Price Boston clothing store at Eau
Claire were attached by Milwaukee
creditors, the firm of Spitz Bros. &
Mack, of Boston, represented by I. F.
Frawley and A. J. Marsh of Eau Claire,
replevied the stock from the sheriff, fur
nishing bonds to the sum of $24 900,
and are now i'll undisputed possession.
Bridget Cuff has recovered 81, 500
from Fond du Lac for injuries received
by reason of a defective sidewalk.
Elijah Cove, one of the pioneers of
Waukesha, died in that city, aged eighty
three years.
The annual meeting of the North
western Horticultural society was held
at La Crosse Officers for the ensuing
year were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, John S. Harris, La Crescent; vice
presidents, S. E. Wilcox, La Crosse;
Mrs. Ida Tillson, West Salem; John F.
Hosmer, Shelby; secretary. John Van
Loon, Holland; treasurer. Mrs. W. P.
Powers, La Crosse.
A. P. Morner & Co., doing gener-
al merchandise business in the village
of Ogema, in the upper Chippewa lum-
Der district, have made an assignment
for the benefit of their creditors.
At the thirteenth annual meeting, of
the State Grange, held at Madison, the
report of the grand master, S. G. Carr
of Milton Junction, was received in
which he earnestly advocated the es-
adjustment of an agricultural college
independent of the state university.
Secretary Fl. E. Huxley reported 131
oranges in the state, with a membership
Of 1000. Five oranges had been re-
established and one new one organized !;
total net gain in membership, 2S3. The
treasurer, Hattie Huxley, reported 3d.
25S total receipts of the year; $2,709
total disbursement; balance $549. In
lecture fund the total receipts we're 1921 !:
disbursements, $S3: balance, $148. john
Whittet, S. c. Carr and r. G. Frost,
constituting the executive committee
rendered report embodying state
ment of the business of the state agency
in Milwaukee during the year. Sales
in the year, including accounts, amount
ed to 81 $50; assets at the close of the
year, $4,512; loss, S597; goods sold,
s63, 472; expenses 40.
The case of the State VS.. E. b. Thay-
er of Warsaw for the murder of Fred
Beales last May in the First National
Bank in that city ended by the court
finding him insane. The case was
tried at Centralia on change of venue
from Marathon county. This case has
been a very sad one, and ends contrary
to the wishes of many Of young Beales'
friends and admirers.
Receiver Mason, of the St. Croix Falls
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