River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-31
Wisconsin News.

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Crosse froma tour of the Black River
camps, says the season has been unfor-
/ tunate as to accidents among the men
| A careful review shows that four chop.
pers have been killed by falling trees
and fifteen badly injured.
A comely woman with plenty of money
is in West Bend, claiming she owns the
town. Her costume is nightgown and
fur cape. She is thought to be from
Milwaukee.
/ The insurance commissioner of Wis
consin has instituted legal proceedings
| against the Red Wing Legacy and En-
! dowment association of Red Wing,
i Mimi. cooperative concern, for the
recovery of penalties incurred for fail
IRE to file reports. The aggregate PEN
alties amount to $1,000.
/ The Grantsblrg branch of the st. Pau
& Duluth, running from Rush City to
| Grantsburg, distance of seventeen
miles, was formally opened last week.
| The new farm dwelling of VIM. Cow
ems, in the town of Pleasant Valley, a
few miles south of Eau Claire, was des-
troyed by fire, originating from defec-
tive fue. Loss 81 200; uninsured, the
policy having expired recently.
Reyner's -four mill at Depere, burned,
| loss $l2, 600; insurance $l5, 900.
The extensive dry goods firm of Clancy
| Bros, proprietors Of what is known as
the Golden Eagle store at Eau Claire,
made an assignment for the benefit of
| their creditors.
Henry Bankeneh. well known res
ident of Manitowoc, rushed into the
sheriffs Office and stated that he had
| Just 6illed his wife. He said he was 60
| ing out for the evening, and his wife be-
| ing afraid to stay alone he got his revolt
yer to give to her as matter of protec-
ton. While showing her how it worked
the revolver was accidently discharged,
| the ball entered one of her nostrils,
passing clear through her brain and
coming out at the top of her head. She
died almost instantly. The mans story
was doubted, and he was locked up.
The Wisconsin Tobacco Growers as
ISOLATION met at Edgarton and protested
against the importation of Sumatra to-
bacco under the evasion of duty.
The Vandecar jury, at Waupacca.
after being out forty-four hours, dis
agreed, standing for conviction and
| for acquIttal.
At River Falls, Gunderson & Dahl, gen.
eral dealers, were closed by attachment.
Insurance Commissioner Spooner has
arrested II. Trowbridge of Viroqua, who
charged with doing graveyard insurance
| business in the counties of Vernon, La
| Crosse and Monroe in the interest ofthe
M e.
ance company of Anamosa, Iowa; the
same concern which recently transacted
extravagant business at Waukesha.
TroWbridge is q prominent resident of
| Yiroqua, pillar in one of the churches
| and fifty years old. He is held for trial
| in the circuit court.
Darius Copan, prominent citizen of
Trempealeau, dropped dead recently.
Robert Stoddard of Baraboo, brake
man on the Chicago & Northwestern
road, was killed near Beloit.
The Lanesboro, Rochester & st. Paul
| is the latest railroad project.
Platch. the juneau, murderer, was
| corralled in Chicago.
G. B. McCanna & Co., will erect a
cheese factory at Burlington with Ca
pacity ofl0,000 pornds of milk day.
The annual meeting of the Wisconsin
Cane Growers association viii be held
at Madison, Feb. 8.
S. H. Alban, for6wenty years register
of the federal land Office at Wausau,
has been removed without notice,
probably at the iIstigation of Senator
| Sawyer, and the republicans of that dis
trict are highly inensed.
Reuben f. Farran, formerly editor of
| the Watertown Democrat, has been sent
to the Oshkosh iIsane asylum.
The Hon. Geoige L. Sutherland has
received his commission as postmaster
for Fond du Lac.
Henry Peterson and T. J. Larson, of
the bankrupt firm Peterson 4 Larson,
Kilbourn City, were arrested and taken
to Madison, to answer q charge of OBJ
| tanning goods from Chicago firm on a
| false representation of their financial
standing.
Jacob Thinnes, night switchman, was
run over and instantly killed by the cars
at the Milwaukee 4 st. Paul Muskego
avenue crossing.in Milwaukee. He was
| thirty. eight years Of age and had been
in the employ of the company for ten
years. He was aGerman and leaves q
wife and six children in poor circum-
| stances.
The Enterprise Mining company,
Eau Claire, filed articles of association
with the secretary of state of Wisconsin
re Gently, the incoTborators being G. w.
| Thomas, w. w. Down, r. G. Chappell
| and n. l.. Buck, The capital stock is
| S125 900 The Object is to do general
mining business n Wisconsin or else
where.
The results of len Hogan's work at
Butte were of Tho most encouraging
and gratifying kind. In all, some 400
me n swore off and took the anti-gam-
bling and temperance pledges.
William Macarthur of Richmond,
Shawano county recently killed bear
which weighed 300 pounds when
dressed.
An assay of specimens from the Big
Heart mines, near Eau Claire, shows:
Gold, 2.05 ounces b the ton, valued al
$50 an ounce, S4I. Silver, Ill ounces to
the ton, valued at H.5S an ounce. 1888.
Total value, 1898. Mr.. Bode, the
analyst, concludes with the significant
remark that he was only asked for an
assay of the silver, but the gold was too
conspicuous to be neglected..
The tin trunk il the Penoka house,
burned recently, which contained
g 900 has been found with the bills
burned to ashes. When the box fell,
it broke open and 500 that was in
gold and silver scattered all over the
burning building. Only $50 has been
found as yet of the hst-named sum, and
that was melted and run together. Ii is
suspected that the house was robbed be-
fore the fire.
The case of G. +. Jantner, marshal of
Watertown, Wis, who is charged while
acting in his official capacity of advising
and procuring two tramps. named Rob-
ert Henry and Henry Woodstock, to
commit larceny, is TO come before JUS
tice Starback, in tAe town of Ixonia,
next Monday. Some rich developments
it is expected will De made during the
progress of this peculiar suit.
A farm hand named Steck, living in
Milford, has been arrested for being
criminally intimate with his step daugh-
ter, girl only fourteen years old, and
is now lodged in the Jefferson jail, to
await his trial. The girl recently gave
birth TO q child, and swears that Steck is
the father of the offspring, charge he
does not deny, but, on the contrary,
boasts of the lecherous and heinous Of