River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-01

of Neenah, shot by Steinel, on account
of trivial business complication is in a
critical condition with little hope of his
recovery.
HI. Il. Dousman, President of the
Wisconsin Horse Breeders Association,
has just completed race-track al
Prairie du Chen that is classed among
the finest in the Northwest.
Jeremiah Needham of Lima, Sheboy
gan county, was one of the committee
sent to Lewiston, n. Y, to escort Gen.
Lafayette over the Ridge road to Lock.
port. Mr.. Needham, now eighty eight,
was then twenty eight.
The cabin of the hermit, John San
lerson, near Berlin, burned. He
succeeded in saving his guns, and it is
supposed, returned to get something
else when he was suffocated. He was at
one time wealthy man.
j. & J. Fl. Delaney, furnishing goods
at Fort Howard with branch at Han
cock, Mich, and foundries at this place
and at Ledyard, Wis, have assigned to
assets, 100000.
A mail pouch marked Milwaukee, was
found five miles east OF Boscobel by the
railroad section men. The pouch con-
tains mail for Milwaukee and places
west of Milwaukee on the Prairie du
CHEN division. 1t was locked and
showed no signs of having been tam
pered with.
Work on the shaft of the Northern
Belle gold and Silver mine, located in
Bayfield, county, is progressing finely,
and it is now down fifty-two feet, where
the vein shows width of twelve feet.
Some very rich rock is being taken
from the vein. Recent assays show that
the ore is increasing in value rapidly.
Fire was discovered in the parsonage
of the Catholic society of Beloit, and
the flames were soon communicated to
the Catholic church adjoining. Both
buildings were destroyed. Loss on
church building, $1,000; insurance, &c.
900; loss on dwelling, "a, 900; insurance,
$1,000.
At Milwaukee, in L. Myers g. Sons
Eagle dye works fire resulted in the
total loss of the store and machinery.
Their loss reaches about $40 200, on
which the insurance is $12. 900. The
building, four. story brick. was owned
by tho o. Fl. Waldo estate. The loss
thereon is SO, 900; fully insured.
Thomas Alexander and James Boyd,
two young men, residents of Lima, six
miles west of Whitewater, were out
hunting wolves with new hound,
which they had recently bought, when
Boyd's gun was discharged as they
were climbing fence, the charge stri-
king Alexander in the calf of the leg,
inficting wound from which he died.
Mrs. Polly Rumage, an aged lady,
died recently in Plymuoth, without re-
vealing the whereabouts of "money
enough to bury her" which she said she
possessed. Parties engaged in settling
her efrairs, after two days search
about the premesis, succeeded in resur-
recting bills and notes to the amount of
$536, gold to the amount of 1920, and
800 in silver.
Secret service officers have found a
number Of plates for printing counter
felt currency buried in the woods near
Saylesville, Waukesha county. Three
counterfeiters were arrested in Chica-
go some time ago, and on them was
found map showing where the plates
were buried. After weeks of searching
the plates were located. When the
counterfeiters were arrested they had
about $4,000 of spurious notes in their
possession.
Mo Ohopasha, chief of the Menomo-
nee Indians, died from lung fever and
was buried according to the rites of the
Catholic church at Keshena, Shawano
county. He was very prominent red
man and his funeral was very large.
The mortality among the Menomonees
has greatly increased since the tribe be-
gan living in houses, consumption car
rying off scores.
Representative Deuster of Wisconsin
mas received cablegranl from Germany
announcing that his son, who for sew
eral years past has been pursuing his
studies at the Leipsic university, has
passed the final examination and re-
ceived the degree of doctor of philoso-
ply. Young Mr.. Deuster will start i'm
mediately for home.
Sheriff Morgan, the defendant in
suit brought by Mrs. ex- Senator Tabor
TO recover valuable diamonds placed in
the vaults of the First National bank OF
Oshkosh, withdrew his answer
and allowed the plaintiff to take
Judgment. The diamonds were depos-
tied in the vaults of the bank by Mrs.
Tabor's dead brother, whose estate
turned out to be lnsolvent. The credi-
tors attached the diamonds as part of the
estate, but Mrs. Tabor claimed them,
stating that they had been deposited for
her by her brother for safe keeping.
A mortgage was filed in the secretary
of states Office, at Madison, by w. @
Wright of Freeport to the American
Loan and Trust company of New York
to secure $4,000 for years per cent.
gold bonds issued by the Chicago, Free
port & ST. Paul. to be used on account
Of the construction and equipment of the
road.
Three strangers giving their names