River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-23
NORTHWEsTERN NEWS.

Col GRAY for the Mort fern Pacific, aud
Mr.. Morrison, for the settlers, have made a
strong argument against the revocation of
Acting Commissioner Harrison's order in re-
gard to the terminal of the Northern Pacific
land grant at Walla Walla junction. The
land office plats, for some unaccountable
reason, according to all concerned, show
that the grant should terminate at an acute
angle across the general direction of the
road. This angle deprives the railroad
company of $4,000 acres of land. They wish
to have the terminal line run at angles
across the track. and SO include the $4,000
acres. OF this land 200 acres are still pub
lie, 200 are claimed by settlers, who have
not proved up, 10000 acres belong to settlers
who have bought of the railroad company
at $3.50 an acre The railroad company
aud the settlers who have purchased of
them object to the revocation by Gen.
Sparks of the order by Mr.. Harrison The
decision of the case rests with Assistant
Secretary of the Interior jerks.
The editors of central and southern Da-
kOta met in annual session at WATERFOWL
d. T. on the 10Th and 2lst, with nearly 100
papers represented. They changed their
name to that of the Dakota Press Associa-
ton, and elected the following officers:
President, S. J. Conkling of Clark, vice
president, A. Davis. Huron; secretary,
George Schlosser Advocate, Blunt; treas
urer, j. f. Rutan, Salem, Pioneer Register
The president delivered a very incisive adj
dress, taking the ground that the press was
the great lever to prevent the
encroachments of corporate monop-
olies. The association adopted Wig
orous resolutions on the subject.
Thursday aud Friday were spent in
visiting Minneapolis and St Paul where
they were handsomely entertained. The
next meeting will be held in Aberdeen and
Aberdeen will have to put her best foot
forward to surpass Watertown in hos
pitality.
The St. Paul Chamber Of Commerce, by
resolution, proposes to the State Agricul-
tural Society to make its annual fair in
September can exposition for the whole
Northwest and continue it not less than 30
days" The reason for this recommends
ton is stated to be that it is important that
the liberal provisions made by the State
for the exhibition of the products of the
Northwest should not fail in producing
equally liberal results for the good of the
state, and that time enough shall be al
lowed for such exhibition to justify people
from a distance in the expense necessary
to enable them to patronize the fair, and
to guard against unfavorable weather,
which might cause a complete failure.
The aggregate value ofpersonal property
in Wabasha county, as returned by the sew
eral assessors is $1,t43 l29, and is distrbut-
ed among the towns, cities and villages as
follows: Chester, S52,353; Elgin, SCI, 2G2;
Clifford, SIS, 40: Glasgow, so, 19S; Green
field, S33 40: Hyde Parke, $24l3 High
land, 81, 80 Kellogg village, S11, ia; Lake,
81 636; Lake City, S235, PSI; Minnesota, SO
Isl Mazeppa, Sl4953; Mount Pleasant,
S45247: Mezeppa village, $3S 920; lakewood,
S360l9; Pepin, 1870; Plainview, Sl34,SG9;
Reads village, S23 lS9; West Albany. S3S-
542; Wahasha, S129 III; Watopa, $24,506
Zumbro, S39,105
There was a heavy rain and hail
storm in the western part Of
Grand Forks Co, d. T. Beginning at
Niagara, near the Nelson county line, the
hail cut down the grain in a path about
four miles extending in a southeasterly
course TO Red River, near Reynolds, on
the Trail county line All the grain in
one of the best wheat growing regions of
the country is reported utterly etfaced.
The loss will cover an acreage of about ten
thousand acres, At an average of twenty
bushels to the acre the crop loss will be
100000 bushels Many farmers were
partly insured.
The Bend Court-Martial convened Mon
day in the Senate chamber of the State
Capitol, all the members present except
Gen. O. b. Gould. The counsel for the ae-
cused, Senator Castle, submitted the prop
osition that the Court was not legally in
existence, for the reason that the laws and
regulations Of me U: S. Army do not apply
to State Militia, and there are no state laws
providing for the existence of said Court
The court adjourned, taking the matter
under advisement.
Highmore, d. T., had disastrous cyclone
on the 18th. Fifteen houses were destroyed,
involving loss of $4,000. Two men
living in shack seven miles out are
missing together with their shack and
are supposed to be killed. There were
several instances of personal injury, some
of which will prove fatal. The same storm
struck the town Of Holabird and sub