River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-08
Summary of State News.

James Delaney & Sons of Fort How
ard have made an assignment, with liza
bilities of $24 900; assets much larger.
Hon. J. M. Bingham of Chippewa
Falls is dangerously i'll.
W. F. Palmer of Dwight, ILL.,, has
leased the Beloit Outlook, and will con-
duct it as Democratic paper.
A Marshield correspondent estimates
this seasons lumber cut for radius of
ten miles around that place at 10000,
600 feet.
The Knapp, Stout & Co. company
will put in 60,O00,0OO feet of logs this
winter-about 40 per cent of last win
ter's cut.
The property belonging to the estate
CT the Rock River Paper company at
BeIoit, occupied by o. E. Merrill & CO.,
machinists, mas been sold at auction by
order of the court.
Gen. Sharpe, commandant at the Mil
waukee Soldiers home, is anxious to
have the charges against him investi-
gated.
Hon. Adolph Moller of New Hol
stein has made an assignment with La
bilities of $4,000 and assets $4,000.
Building improvements in GAINESVILLE,
the past year amounted to 5000, 600
against $45SOQ0 for 1888.
John Burke, conductor on the North
western road attempted suicide at Fond
du Lac, by taking dose of Rough on
Rats" Immediate vomiting set in,
however, and the life of the would-be
suicide Is spared for another trial.
The residents of Blair and vicinity
threaten to lynch Welsh, one of the
fire bugs arrested recently, if he gets
bail. as he is supposed to be the ruling
spirit and leader of the gang.
In 1884 Milwaukee mills manufac-
tured 1,177,676 barrels of flour, as
against S75. 892 barrels in 1888; increase
sol, 1874.
At the centennial services of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Apple
ton recently, SIS, 900 was given by citi-
zens for the benefit of Lawrence uni.
versity,
Miss Ida Lawson of Pepin has
reached home from her horseback trip
to California and back.
The sheriff has closed the general
store of f. d. Jones of Baraboo.
The State Amateur Journalists asso-
citation, in session at Oshkosh, elected
officers as follows: President w. j.
Roe; vice president, Fl. +. Robinson,
Milwaukee; treasurer, G. j. Noel; sec
rotary, r. W. Honghton, Milwaukee;
official editor, O. A. Mueller, Milwau-
kee.
The Forthcoming report of the state
fish commissioners will recommend an
appropriation of $4,000 year for the
next two years and that fish wardens be
appointed to prevent violations of the
fish laws. Total expenditures during
the current year aggregated s., $50. 43.
Present indications go to show that
large amount Of Eastwood Island and
Bayfield, brown stone will be quarried
next season. 4 number of firms viii go
into the business of getting it out and
shipping as soon as navigation opens IN
the spring.
Mr. Williams Of the Crescent house,
Appleton, his two sisters and three
guests cane near being asphyxiated by
illuminating gas which escaped from
the pipes into the house. Two are in
dangerous condition.
La Crosse Republican: p. A. Kin
ney's attempt to assassinate Grin }.
Post was the result of a family quarrel.
Mr.. Post is Mr.. Kinney's son-in- law
under protest, and the latter fired three
shots through the window at him.
Happily, none of them took effect.
Kinney is farmer who resides in Mon
roe county, In the town of Sparta, and
Post resides in the town of Burns, near
the village of Hanger. Post recently
ran away with Knney's daughter.
LII. KuderIing, one of the heaviest
dry goods merchants in Appleton, was
closed by the sheriff The confessed
judgments are Mrs. Salisbury. 81 900;
Commercial Matt nal bank, $1,000;
Leopold Hammel, 81, 900; Landauer x
Co., of Milwaukee, "A ,S40; Hineman,
Marquis & Hineman's attachment S66I.
Articles of organization have been