River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-25
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
The Expectations of tramps are very
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At Hudson, Scion T.. Perrin
and Alice l.. Ismon were married, the
groom being cousin of Bill Nye, and at
torney for the Chicago, st. Paul, Min
neapolis 4 Omaha Railway company,
with office at st. Paul
At Fiheld a lamp exploded in John
Browns saloon, in the Turner build
ing, set fire to and destroyed the en-
tire structure. Loss, SO, 500.
1 At the annual reunion of the Wis
consin Pioneer Association of Madison,
officers for the ensuing year elected as
follows; President, William A Prem
tiss, Milwaukee; secretary, ID. X. Ten
neY, Madison f. w Keyes of Madi-
son, president of the Dane county as
ISOLATION, presided in the absence of
1 Theodore Prentiss of Watertown, pre-
sident of the state association. Col.
Reyes made an appropriate speech,
Stating among other things that he ar
rived at Milwaukee forty-eight years
ago Wednesday afternoon 18th from
Vermont.
The annual summer meeting of the
Northwestern Horticultural society
will be held at La Crosse on the oath
of June.
The reunion OF the Iron Brigade will
take place in Madison, Sept IS and
II.
A survey for the extension Of the
Wisconsin Central railroad from Alb
botsford to Merrill is being made, and
the prospects are that it will be built
before another season OF snow.
The summer meeting OF the Wiscon-
sin conference OF Unitarian and hide
pendent societies will be held at Area
dia, June IS TO 2S. 1885
OF the three tribes on the Oneida In
dian reservation, the Oneidas number
about 200. the Menominees 2, 900 and
the StockbFldges about 300. There
has been no material increase among
themf except, perhaps, the Alenomlnees.
There are two mission schools, and the
Protestants and Catholics have each a
mission church.
The Onalaska boom has turned out
10000, 600 feet of logs, and from CO.,
100000 to 65, 600, 900 in the boom
limits.
Miss Clara Isabel Lyon, only daugh-
ter of Associate Justice William Lyon,
of Wisconsin supreme court, was mar
ried at Madison to JAY o. Hays. A
civil ceremony was performed by Chief
Justice Orsamus Cole at the brides
home, in the presence OF a small COM
pany of relatives and most intimate
friends. The presents were numerous
and costly Both bride and groom
are graduates of the state university,
and the former has travelled two
years in Europe Mr. Hays is prOmi-
nent lawyer of Ashland.
Frank EgloffofHudson was appoint
ed postal clerk of the Ashland and st.
Paul route, vice A. d. Johnson, APP
pointment expired.
The Vernon County leader says OF
the late storm: Ice was in places piled
in heaps from three to five feet in
depth, and chunks are said to have
fallen that two hands could not span.
The stories seem incredible, but one
has only to see the roofs battered the
trees barked and stripped, and the
fields of grain destroyed, to be con-
WINGED.
The annual council of the Episcopal
church in the diocese OF Wisconsin was
in session in All Saints Cathedral,
NY:J,.-,,,l-o, About ono l,,,,IraJ aud
fifty clergy and fifty laymen were mat
tendance At the election of officers
the following were chosen: Treasurer
of the Council and OF the Board OF
Trustees-C. p. Jones OF Milwaukee.
Standing Committee--Clelgy: Rev. DIR.
Ashley OF Milwaukee, Rev. DR.. KEN
per of Nashotah, Rev. DR. Wright of
Waukesha and Rev, Fayette Boyce of
BeIoit. Laity: Winfield Smith, NM.
Littlejohn W. NJ, Wells, +. G. Hooker,
F. 2. Brockway. Board OF Missions
Rev. w. p Tenbroeck, l.. r. Kemper,
c. 2. Jones. Trustees Laity: c. A.
Hamilton, e. 2. Brockway.
Forest fires have destroyed fences
and crops in West Pensoukee andthat
vicinity, North Wisconsin.
John p. Husting has been commits
stoned postmaster at Mayville.
Ulrich Landolt has been commits
stoned postmaster at Port Washing
ton.
Gov. Rusk has issued a commission
to Rev Edward E. Clough, Mineral
Point, as aide-de-camp on the gov
ernor's staff with rank OF colonel and
appointed Edward ]. Rice, Of Neills
vile, timber agent for the recently
created Seventh District composed of
Clark, jackson, Wood Trempeleau
and Buffalo counties, and w. 5.
Grover, OF Prairie Farm, Barron
county, timber agent of the recently
created Eighth District, composed OF
Barron, Washburn, Sawyer, Ashland
and Bayfield, counties.
The Chicago & Northwestern corn
pany's roundhouse in Sparta was de-
stroyed by fire.
1t is reported that Conrad Ketz of
Sheboygan, will be appointed pension
agent at Milwaukee to succeed Capt E.
ID. Ferguson. For the orship
of customs it is generally understood
that Edward Blake is to be the sue
cessful candidate.
MERRIAM Leader A. S. Trow in
forms us that visit to his cranberry
marsh showed that Jack Frost had
harvested almost the entire prospec-
tive cranberry crop-at least rs per
cent of 1.-THE entire growth OF the
present season, including the fruit
buds, being killed dead. \ few vines
escaped, but the loss will be very
heavy one.
Mayor Pullman of Sheboygan was
seriously but not fatally injured by
jumping from a window of the burning
Park hotel at Sheboygan.
A few weeks ago James Codroy OF
Milwaukee purchased Beulah Island,
in East Troy lake, Walworth county,
paving therefor So, 900. It is learned
that the purchase was made for the
Jesuits The professors will cometrom
colleges conducted by the order at
Milwaukee, Detroit Cincinnati, st.
Louis, Omaha, st. Mays near Kan
sas Cityl and Chicago. A number OF
professors will also come from the
college at Woodstock, Md, and spend
the summer there. 1t will be, in fact,
a Jesuit watering place.
The reunion of the Iron Brigade will
take place in Madison Sept. is and II.