River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-16

shipped from Fond du Lac one day.
DIR. E. NJ. Davis, prominent Free
Mason of Dodgeville committed suicide
with laudanum.
Mrs. Carrow sued Herman Gruno, al
juneau, for 800 to pay for her services
in securing him a wife. She secured q
verdict for $50 in justice court.
The Rev. ]. M. Walker, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and ex-
presiding elder. died at Ripon, aged
sixtytwo of heart disease.
o. G. Steemburg's sash and door
factory at Fond du Lac, together With
large stock of manufactured goods,
was totally burned. Loss, $35, 900;
insurance, $4,000.
William Dwelly, one of the Oldest
and most respected citizens of Hud-
son, is dead.
The Freie Presse establishment, Mil
waukee, which was foreclosed March
81, on $4,000 mortgage held by Con-
gresham Richard Guenther. was sold
| by the latter to Herman Sigel, consi-
| deration unknown. Mr.. Sigel will be
the publisher and edit or-i in chief.
Mrs, Hans Nielsen, living nine miles
southeast of Neilsville, in the town OF
Washburn, committed suicide by cut
ting her throat with razor. She had
been insane for two or three weeks, but
it was supposed she had completely re-
covered. She leaves husband and
five children.
At Mather Station, lightning struck
Goodyear & Sons saw mill, destroying
it.
The Powder River Cattle company
will enlarge its sheds at Superior to &C.
commodate 1000 head of cattle, anc
Will locate their large sdeds on the
Nemadji river. These large sheds will
hold $500 head.
An east-bound freight train on the
Milwaukee & ST. Paul road was partially
derailed three miles below Kilbourn
City tearing up the track for some dis
None of the cars were wrecked.
A Man supposed to be J. B. Spauld-
ing, the defaulting bookkeeper of the
Racine Wagon company, has been ar
rested at Hooperton, III.
Flora F. Doswin of Durand shared
the Wick prize for the best essay on
"The Rose as q House Plant"
The house of George Rine, at Wau-
kesha, burned. Loss $1,000.
At Chippewa Falls Daniel Ford had
o dispute with a man named Stevens,
who owed him $12, and being refused
payment shot him in the shoulder, in
f1cting slight wound. Ford was jailed.
Articles of association were filed at
state house of the William Frankforth
Hardware Manufacturing company of
Milwaukee, with a capital stock o.
100000.
The Wisconsin supreme court has
decided against Daniel G. Rogers,
claimant to thirty acres of land IN the
outskirts of Milwaukee and worth $3.50,
900. The court overruIes the decision
of Judge Hamilton, of the circuit court,
| Milwaukee, which was in favor of Rog-
ers. The latter was administrator OF
Mrs Odell, widow, who is pauper
and it was charged that Rogers had OBJ
tanned the property by unfair means.
Lumber inspectors have been APP
pointed by the governor as follows
Second distict, Elliott G. Young, La
Crosse; Third. Phillip r. S. Glover,
Eau Claire; Fourth, Phillip b. Jewell,
Hudson; Sixth, Richard H. Chute, Eau
| Claire; Eighth, J. S. Collingworth,
Barron; Ninth, ID. J. Mckenzie, Alma );
Eleventh, John w, Meagher, Ashland :;
| Twelfth, Robert Bucksteatf, Oshkosh;
Thirteenth, Lewis G. Thompson, Su
perior.
At the first municipal election held at
River Fall under the new charter DIR.
A. d. Andrews was elected mayor by
unanimous vote. DIR. j. W. Hancoob
was elected county judge of Pierce
county, and Hon. David Taylor recelv-
ed 2 1000 majority for justice of the SUI
preme court.
Milwaukee Special Municipal cleo
ton passed off very quietly and resulted
in a victory for the Democrats.
James S. White, the ex-controller of
Milwaukee who, it is alleged, stole 49,
900 worth of city bonds, was brought
from Niles, Mich, where he was ar
rested, to Milwaukee.
A letter from A. F. Wright, an at
torney of Cumberland, says: "L
L. Gunderson, late postmaster here
left March 4, stating that he was going
to st. Paul on business, and about ten
days later a letter was received from
him. mailed at New York city, stating
that he was on his way to Norway.
A few days agoa detective of the postal
department looked over his books and
vouchers, and at this writing finds him
81 400 short. He is also defaulter to
the school district about $345."
A barn and adjoining stable on an al
lev back of Main street, River Falls,
were burned with the contents, includ
ing a span of horses, involving loss
of So, 900, which falls upon j. II. Lang
don, H. l.. Lien and Mrs. A. w Ever
EFT. This is the fourth fire since
March IA, all of incendiary origin.
Three barns have been burned and the
Omaha engine house fired, but saved.
During a storm lightning struck
Goodyear & Sons saw mill at Mather
station, north of Tomah, entirely de-
stroying it. The storm was quite Sc
we're in that vicinity, and at Tunnel
City lightning entered the telegraph
office, setting fire to the building, but
doing no special damage.
At Ripon, Thomas Coughlin, young
man. unmarried, brakeman on the ST.
Paul road, was crushed between the
cars and killed, recently.
Peter Rupp, heretofore clerk to the
city attorney of Milwaukee, was APP
pointed assistant city attorney IN ac-
cordance with bill Which passed the
legislature.
At Western Union Junction, A
Smith and Martin E. Lee got drunk,
auarreled and Lee stabbed Smith, who
will die. Lee escaped.
Roswell Miller has been appointed
general manager of the Milwaukee and
e. Paul IN suceeed the late S. S.