River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-14

nearly all the appointives have been
selected.
l.. w. Dorgan of Bear Greek and F.
H. Brewer of Boscobel, killed twenty
one young wolves in two days hunt in
the town of Ithica, Richland county. |
The sportsmen received bounty of
$40.
Herman Hauwinch, of Warsaw got
drunk, fell into the river and was
drowned.
The ye-year-old daughter Of George
Kitchen of Eldorado, while playing
around brush fire in a field, was so Sc
yerely burned that she died several
hours after.
The foundation for the Washburn
monument at La Crosse has been laid,
and the lot is prepared for the cree
ton of the monument as soon as it az
rives.
Prairie du Chen has eight flowing
wells that throw water sixty feet above
the ground. Two wells over Thousand
feet deep run large Touring mill, an
other supplies the water works and fire
hydrants for the city.
George Bancker, living one mile
south of Johnson's Creek, and one OF
the oldest settlers of Jefferson county,
died of heart disease while sitting in
his chair.
Florence Fl. Sullivan, Fond du Lac
mechanic sixty seven years of age,
while drunk took dose of arsenic and
died the following morning.
Alonzo l.. Simmons, aged sixty-four
years, hanged himself in his barn, near
Fond du Lac.
Scarlet fever is spreading to an
alarming extent at Lake Mills, and the
schools and churches have been closed.
The GAINESVILLE Guard has gone to
Mobile to take part in the prize contest.
The La Crosse Mills are running on
old logs yet.
Robert McCrossen while going home
from Waupaca in an intoxicated condi-
tion, was thrown from load of lumber
and dang erously injured. DIR. Russell
of Oshkosh was summoned, and says he
will die.
Both the village and town of Balwin
voted in favor of proposition to grant
subsidy of $4,000 to the Chicago,
Freeport g. ST. Paul Railroad company,
the money to be raised upon village
and town bonds. In the village the
majority in favor of the grant was over
whelming and the towns majority was
Is.
Under Sheriff w. J. Scott has re-
turned to La Crosse after long chase
after q man named L. J. Brown,
farmer, living near Chaseburg, who had
sold mortgaged team to parties IN La
Crosse. One horse was sold to Graves
Brothers and one to Mr.. Meister.
Nellie Koran, who was under trial
last winter at Elkhorn, charged with
the murder of her sister, and was ac
quilted, has brought an action for
breach of promise against F. w. Rich
ardson, in Whitewater, claiming dam
ages to the amount of So, 900. 1t was
charged last winter that the girl poi
soned her sister Anna, because the lat
ter opposed her marriage with Richard
son. Richardson has since then kept
postponing the wedding. Hence Nellie's
suit.
The Presbyterian college has been
coated at Groton. The citizens OF
Groton will donate tract of forty acres
If desirable land, together with the edi-
fee formerly used as the Congregation
Al church, which is valued at about ST.
500.
The notices from the executive office
If the territory have been forwarded to
;he commissioners of Oliver county
them that the result OF the |
official canvass was los for division and |
As against; consequently Oliver county |
is created according to the bill as voted |
upon. Louis Connolly, Henry Sanger
and HI. Il. Fisher are the commits
sioners, and Raymond is the county
seat.
The Grand Lodge A. o. U. W, in
session at Eau Claire. elected the fol |
lowing officers: G. NJ W., WA. Walker
Manitowoc, G. T., George Keller, Nil |
waukee; G.. o., M. Green, Richland |
Center: G.. G., G. Girdard, Viroqua;
G. Recorder, H. c, Heath, La Crosse;
G.. Receiver, L. Mansion, Appleton j. .
G., J .Bowlson, Hudson; grand medical I
examiner, DIR. McKinnon, Baraboo. /
The next session will be held at Osh-
kosh.
At Green Bay Sophia Verhaden,
charged with numbering her illegiti |
mate child, was acquitted.
A man named Hunter, who lives at /
Neosho, near Juneau, was attacked ly /
highwaym en- recently and robbed OF
-. 200. He had received the money OF |
the express Office and was on the road |
to Neosho when attacked.
Fred W1nck, a carpenter of Milwau-
kee, attempted suicide. Not succeed
ing in hanging himself, having been in
terrupted by his wife, he bought "a bot /
tie of sulphuric acid. In too great
haste to swallow the stuff, he poured j; /
over his face in his mouth and nose. |
The pain made him raying mad; and |
half blind and badly burned, he was
found by his wife near death. Relig
ous insanity was the cause.
A man named Anton Boriine of Eau
Claire lost thoroughbred Clydesdale |
stallion few days ago which he i'm |
ported from Scotland at cost of 81, |
500, delivered at Montreal. The freight |
an the animal from there to this place
was 5000, and on the arrival it was |
found to be so badly shaken mp that II
lied after being got into stable, leay' /
ing the owner minus S2,700.
Fire started among large quantity
# logs piled near the railroad trach
hree miles southeast from Marshfald |
The logs are the property of the Up
aam Manufacturing company. Pro /
0ably fifty thousand feet have been de-
troyed, with no insurance.