River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-11
There are 433 men and eight women
in the state penitentiary.

that the Rayfeld land office shall not
be removed to Ashllnd.
At Superior William Jones, an ex
section boss on the Northern Pacific,
kills James Murray with pop bottle
George Green, farmer living near
Elkhorn, and one of Walworth countys
earliest settlers, was killed by light
ming.
Rev. G. Dawson of Mineral Point has
retired from the Methodist ministry,
after thirty-four years continuous ser
vice.
The Prouty school house, in Bran
don, Dodge county, was burned by in
cendiaries, on account of row in the
selection of teacher.
Doctor Anderson of La Crosse, just
appointed consul general to Montreal,
ran for lieutenant governor on the
Democratic ticket in 1879.
Mary A, Ingersoll Of Prospect Hill,
is a niece of Col Robert Ingersoll, the
well known atheist. She is frequent
contributor to the Wisconsin press.
Hon. Alexander Mitchell and L. A..
Chapman, in Milwaukee, have sub
scribed s., 900 for the guarantee fund
for the national saengerfest in 1886.
DIR. McNiel of Fond du Lac has been
removed from the office of pension ex
aminer, and DIR. William Wiley APP
pointed to the place. offensive par
tisanship" is the cause.
A. W. Baldwin, for sixteen years clerk
of the circuit court, died at GAINESVILLE,
He was one of the oldest residents of
the county, and the most prominent
Mason in Southern Wisconsin.
Mr.. E. @. Nye, attorney from Area
dia, says in regard to the men from
! Trempealeau county, who are held for
/ trial on the charge of arson, that q
/ change of venue will be taken from
Trempealeau county, and the men may
possibly be tried in La Crosse county.
The Wisconsin school for the deaf,
located in Delavan, will be closed June
for the annual vacation. There are
now 215 deaf mutes in attendance.
This institution employs five officers,
thirteen teachers, one foreman for each
of the industrial departments and .
| large number of servants.
The Wisconsin supreme court rem
dered an opinion in the case of the State
against the Pullman Palace Car com
panv That the company was not re-
quired by statutes to pay license fee
upon earnings derived from the trans
portation of passengers, except betw cen
points within the limits of the state.
The Wisconsin Railway & Navigation
company filed articles of association
with the secretary of state. The object
is to construct and operate line forty
five miles in length from Green Bay tc
Sturgeon Bay, and two branches, each
thirty miles in length, from the main
line east to Kewaunee and Ahnapee, re-
spectively.
The Superior & Duluth Electric
Light company filed articles of asso-
ciation with the secretary of state. The
object being to furnish electric light and
power in Douglas county, Wis. and the
county of st. Louis, MINI. The capt.
tai stock is 100000. The incorpora-
tors are J. H. Hammond, G. III. Calm
and w V. Noad.
The state board of supervision met
at Madison and elected officers for the
ensuing year; President, Charles Lu-
ling, Manitowoc; vice president, James
Bntliff, Darlington; secretary, ID. S.
Comfy, Madison; treasurer, Nj. G.
Clark, Madison. Leading officers of all
the state charitable and penal institu
tons we're re- elected for the year com
mencing July l, excepting steward and
matron of the northern insane hospital,
who declined.
Peter Bast, blacksmith, was found in
Diving condition, with his head smashed
in, at his shop in Praire street, Mil
waukee. 1t was afterwards discovered
that Bast had nearly beat out his own
brains with hammer. He IS said to
be miser worth $50, 900. He was only
Second ward assessor ascertained Basis
true financial condition. This so wor-
ried the man that his mind gave way
and the attempted suicide resulted.
He is forty-six wears of age, and has a
wife and seven children. He cannot
recover.
The Wisconsin state medical society
held its thirty ninth annual session at
Milwaukee. Various papers were read
and at the evening session, previous to
banquet at the Plankington house,
the following officers were elected
DIR. James Steele, Oshkosh, pres'-
dent: DIR. S. G. Johnson, Hudson, first
vice president DIR. o. G. Davis, Mi
YANKEE. second vice president; DIR.
Nicholas Sem, Milwaukee, member OF
the board of censors for three years.
Madison was selected as place for the
next annual meeting.
The governor appointed Almon A.
Holmes, Judge of Lincoln county IN
place Of A. G. Norway, resigned. He
also made the following militia appoint
ments: Joseph b. Oliver, captain; w.
B. Roberts, first lieutenant, and A. j..
Hare, surgeon, of Milwaukee battery
Edward Foukes of Fond du Lac captain
and adjutant, and William I. Dicke Of
of Manitowoc. captain and quarter
master of the Second regiment. Rollin
b. Mallory Of Milwaukee, captain and
adiutant of the Fourth battalion; AL
fred NJ Metzgar of La Crosse, captain
and adjntant general of the Third regi-
ment; George A. Ludingtou Of Neills-
vile. captain and quartermaster of the
Third regiment; Conrad Scott, second
lieutenant Company Z, Third regiment
John Southway Second lieutenant Com
pany g of the Second regiment