River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-09
NoRTHWEsTERN NEWS.

freight cars, loaded with Wheat aud other
merchandise, causing a less estimated all
the way from $4,000 to 500, 900 The fire
originated in an old hay press, now used as
box factory, aud is thought to have been
started either by tramps who were known
to have slept there, or else was the work of
auincendiary. The warehouses are near the
railroad track, bat on account Of the wind
being in the wrong direction the fire was
probably not started by the sparks from a
locomotive, The Stoughton chemical fire
engine was unable to cope with the flames,
and at > O'Clock aid was asked from Madison
which Immediately responded with an en-
CINE and double supply of hose. The as
sistance of the Madison steamer was of little
value there being no water near the loca-
ton Of the fire. Six cars Of lumber on the
track were destroyed, besides ten empty
freight ears, Fire destroyed Geographic
communication between Stoughton and
Madison, and it has not yet been restored.
Hence information, except regarding iusur-
ance is imperfect The greatest loss is upon
tobacco, Of which about twelve thousand
cases valued at about $50, were destroyed,
or fully $4,000 worth This was about
oue-thiri Of the entire Wisconsin crop for
1854, and its destruction win tend To mater
tally increase the value Of that vet held BY
dealers and growers. The fire is the great
est of the kind ever occurring in the coun-
Try. As far as reported the insurance was
$4,000
The Greeuback state convention at
Des Moines, Iowa adopted the plan Of fusion
agreed upon by the Democratic and
. Greenback state committees some time
ago the Democrats to nominate a
candidate for governor and Judge of the
. supreme court, and the Greenhackers taking
the lieutenant governor and superintendent
Of public instruction. There was bur very
little opposition, and Gen. Weaver, who
favored fusion. had an easy victory over
Weller who opposed, f. II Gillette, form
erly member Of congress was nominated
for lieutenant governor and f. ". Moore
of Davis county for superintendent of
public instruction. There is NO doubt that
the Democratic convention VIII approve
this action. The platform adopted declares
loudly for the introduction Of the anti
monopoly sentiment i'll legislation and
denounces the governor for turning State
Auditor Brown ont of Office.
Bids have been opened at Bismarck d
r., for $4,000 per cent, territorial bonds
authorized hy the last legislature, to pro
vide for the building and other permanent
improvements at territorial penal and
charitable institutions. Eleven bids were
made Premiums were offered as follows;
Preston 4 Co, Chicago, 2-5per cent; n.
W. Harris 4 CO. Chicago. 3 per cent; J. H.
Wilson & Co. New York, % per cent, f
6. MenSer, Boston, 81. per cent: :. A.
Keene & Co, Chicago, y per cent: John
Pepper x Co. New York, , - per cent; NJ
NJ. Krbman, Chicago, , 80 per cent, Bow
er a Merrill, Bangor, Ne, 3 per cent At
ter the bids We're red verbal offers were
made Of + per cent premium for the whole
issue.
Adjutapt General Charles II. Chapman,
has issued general orders TO the effect that
+ the eucampmeuts of the Wisconsin Nation
al Guard for the current year viii be as fol
lows: First regiment at Wauke>ha, Aug
/ ~ to ~ inclusive: Second regiment, Ap-
pleton. Aug. TO ; inclusive; Third regi-
meut. Chippewa Falls, Sept. : to r. in
clusively Fourth battalion. time and
place to be announced hereafter: Light
Horse squadron. Oconomowoc, Aug, II 10
4 10, inclusive; First battery, time and place
to be announced hereafter.
( Monday evening Jailer Clark was over
/ powered by three horse thieves in Jail at
Bismark D. T, who attempted TO lock him
in a cell and then make their escape
/ Clark pulled revolver and shot one,
4 Osborne, through the neck. the bullet
/ lodging in one of his lungs The others
then threw up their hands 1t is thought
+ Osborne viii live.
/ At Viola. in Richmond county. Wisconsin
three young men, Elsea Stambaugh, aged
I Il. McAurkand aged Is. and Henry Fischer.
aged :. were drowned while bathing in
Kickapoo river Mcfarland saved one Of
/ his comrades from drowning, and while in
I the act Of rescuing another, was himself
I drowned Two of the bodies were re
covered
E. Erickson aged thirteen. A. Laudkins,
aged thirteen and NJ. Rhodes aged ten,
while on their way from Meriden to attend
the Fourth of July celebration at Owatonna.
went in bathing in a mill pond and were
drowned. One boy got beyond his depth
and the other two went TO his rescue and all
persisted.
The Milwaukee & St Paul railroad has
had a coal shed extending across Main
I Street in Aberdeen ID 7. which the authori-
I ties ordered torn down. Upon the company
refusing the citizens removed it. The rail
road company sent in between three and
four hundred men and rebuilt the she'd.
I Gen A. c. Parkinson. recently appointed
revenue collector Of the second district Of
Wisconsin, has appointed assistants as
follows: Chief deputy. J. d. Clark, Madi-
son; assistant deputies, Thomas Kennedy,
Dodgeville, John Hedhedgen, Watertown:
gauger, c. II. jacob. Waterfowl
Hiram Chamberlain shot his sister-in-law
at Mankato on the Sd and then attempted
his own life She was a widow and Cham
berlain wanted to marry her, but finding
her on the street with another man he shot
her. She will probably die, while he viii
probably live but VIII be blind.
u. F. Brawley, a prominent citizen and
formerly postmaster at ST. Vincent Mimi,
attempted suicide by shooting himself in
the head He had written his son in st.
Paul for money and not receiving it shot
AliLASEAl lis 4tAi itS f'tlE Astteti tl4oti4 nc
may live some days.
Peshtigo, Wisconsin, has had another fire.
which a. usual, when Peshtigo has fire,
was large one The fire started in the
Duket house and destroyed twenty-four
buildings before it was suppressed. Loss
$500.
The body Of an old German was found
hanging To a tree near lie Sueur Center, lie
SGeur county, Minnesota. He had been
dcad several days and it is uncertain
whether he committed suicide or was muir
cred
\ desperate named William Streeter
living on the line Of the Duluth 4 Iron
Range road in St. Louis Co, Mimi, shot
and killed Swan Allen, a railroad man
and then took to the woods
Winstead Lake Mcleod county Mime
sofa, has suffered a S25,oo0 fire which wiped
out the business portion of the town.
The grand jury has failed to indict John
G BergQuist of Moorhead. Mimi, who was
arrested on the charge of attempting to
burn one Of the prominent business blocks /
in that city which lie owns.
st Paul business men gave Dennis Ryan
$4,000 for building big hotel in that city