River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-07-24
WISCONSIN NEWS NOTES.


The town on the west side of Fox
river, known as West de Pere, has been
changed to the City of Nicollet.
At a meeting of the Wisconsin State
Teachers Association at Madison, the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year
d. G. Growdy, of the Beaver Dam
Argus, has gene to Montana, and the
paper viii ,be conducted by f. A. Hutch
ms and B. IT, Sherman.
John Shannon's wholesale and retail
liquor store at Stevens Point has been
closed by the sheriff Approximate
liabilities, 81 800; assets, IS, 000
Mrs. Vanname has sold her residence
in Chippewa Falls, to Mr.. Miller,
formerly of the firm of Leinenkugot &
Miller; consideration $1,000.
Miss Emma Kampf of Kenosha, who
was burned Sunday by spark from a
cigar igniting her clothing. while buggy
riding in Racine with Frank Shirley,
died, after intense suffering,
The tobacco fields of the state never
before looked so fine as to-day, and if
no calamity of wind or weather occurs,
bv far the best crop of tobacco ever
grown in Wisconsin will be harvested
this year.
The Wisconsin Knights Templar viii
hold a union encampment at Madison,
commencing Aug. %, and lasting week.
An effort will be made TO induce Tenn
plars from Minnesota and Illinois to
join.
The residence of DIR. Stanhope of
Milwaukee was burglarized Monday
night and lot of valuable iewelry
stolen. Henry Vick's house, same city,
was also robbed. the robbers chloro-
forming the family.
Small pox prevails at Black Creek,
Outagamie ccn4lty, being brought by a
party of German immigrants which ar
rived in this country in May by the
steamer Salier. The disease has spread
and several families are afflicted.
Mrs. Antleman, the German woman
living near Black Earth, who was shot
by her husband about a week ago, is
now in condition to Justify hopes of
her recovery. She still labors under
the delusion that her husband will come
and kill her, although he committed
suicide.
Commodore Burnell, Capt. A. H.
Woodwork. DIR. Walter Kempster, e.
S. Josslyn and Frank Rogers of Osh-
kosh, Willie Hershaw and Mr.. Morgan
of Neenah, chung to the bottom of the
capsized yacht, Carrie Morgan, for an
hour in heavy sea, and were about to
give up when rescued.
While erecting a hay carrier on Oil
yer Standish's premises at Lake Geneva,
Artemus Ward fell to the ground, thir
ty feet, and was instantly killed. Hen
ry Bayle fell about twenty feet and was
slightly injured. A. H. Hopkins and
J. j. Mershon chung to the top of the
barn until rescued.
At Hayward, while handling target
gun, Peter Mcdonald shot and killed
Her Demings. Mcdonald claimed the
shooting was accidental, he not know
ing the gun was loaded. The ball
entered the right eye of Demings,
penetrating the brain, and he died
shortly after. Demings' home is in
Eau Clair, where his body has been
sent.
l.. L. Mendenhall, young resident
of Peru, Ind, arrived at the Fountain
house, Waukesha, on Saturday and was
quietly married Sunday morning to
Miss Carrie Baress, of the same city,
who is also guest in this resort. The
groom returned home alone, his wife
remaining here with her grandmother,
who did not know of the marriage until
after the ceremony.
As the express train on the Wiscon-
sin Central road reached point hall
mile from the Eue Claire depot recent
ly partially intoxicated man jumped
across the track when the engine was
within few feet of him and was Literary
torn to pieces. He was a genteel look
ing man about thirty years old, and was
clothed in suit of black. An inquest
was held, but nothing found on his per-
son to identify him.
Mrs. Michael Cummings saved Mil
waukee, Lake Shore & Western train
from destruction while on her way from
Reedsburg to her home near Grimm
station. An old, dry oak tree had fallen
across the track near curve, and at
the bottom of the grade. She at once
unhitched her horse, first sending her
little daughter to flag the train, and
then went out herself and waited
an hour, taking her position in the cen
ter of the track with a small red hand
kerchief.
Austin, Tex, Special DR.. Pierce,
arrested at Dallas, will remove the seal
Of secrecy from the movement against
what is believed to be extensive frauds
in connection with the sale OF school
lands. The frauds consist of fraudu-
lent and forged applications as actual
purchases of some six sections in How
ard county, included in the steal appl-
cations. The steal was made out to
fictitious persons. DIR. Pierce and
notary in Howard county named VAN
pier are charged with manufacturing
fraudulent applications and forging the |
names of applicants and witnesses.
Wampler was arrested in Wisconsin |
and placed in Travis county Jail last |
Sunday. He pleads he is inno-
cent.
Franklin Haines, aged thirty-fiye,
who had lately served term at Wau
pun for horse-stealig,n attempted to
ravish Miss Rosa Kane, aged twcnty-one
in the town of Marietta, Crawford |
The girl resisted desperately, |
Haines was frightened away, pursued by
citizens twenty-five miles, and finally
captured at Lynxyille He confessed
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