River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-23
WISCONSIN NEWS NOTES.


from pistol wound inflicted while on
spree.
Henry Kickbusch, German farmer
living near Wausau, committed suicide
10y hanging himself, having been cheat
ed IL a horse trade.
Information is wanted of the where
abouts of Mardonius NJ. Watson of
Sheboygan, for whom is awaiting a
fortune of considerable proportions.
Three dwelling houses located on
Central street, Eau Claire, were destroy
ed by fire. Total loss, $4,000.
j. I. Case has applied to the court at
Racine to be discharged as receiver of
Fish Bros. 81 Co. His accounts show
receipts and disbursement of over $780,
900 during the year.
Mrs. o. Wilson, aged seventy-five,
the Beloit lady who was murderously
attacked by negroes last December,
died, her death having been indirectly
caused by the injuries she received.
G. w. Bartholomew, one of the old
est and most respected and influential
citizens of Lodi, was found dead in
bed. He was in usual health when he
retired. Death is attributed to heart
disease.
Four deaths from diphtheria have
occurred in the family of John Balm,
near Kenosha.
The Wisconsin Daughters of Rebe-
kak will meet at Appleton in June.
James Butler, an old man on his way
from California to his home in George
town, was found dead in his bed in the
Commercial hotel, East Dubuque.
Hewitt & SCOTS paper mill at Ke-
nosha, burned. Loss, $4,000; no in
surance. Nearly one hundred tons of
paper was burned.
The paper mill of the Menasha Pa
per and Pulp Company was destroyed
recently. About one hundred tons of
paper were destroyed. Loss, 10000;
no insurance.
Governor Rusk. has appointed Ma
jor Earl M. Rogers, of Viroqua, Quar-
termaster General, vice J. A. Waterous,
resigned to accept the office of State
Agent for Pensions.
Nothing has been heard as yet of L..
j.. Gunderson, the defaulting postmas-
ter at Cumberland. His bondsmen will
Of h Loo
soon as they are officially notified of the
amount.
The board of university regents met in
special session as Madison for the pur-
pose of arranging for the erection of the
building provided for in the appro-
priation of $4,000 recently made by
the legislature. The building commits
sion is composed of Regents Paul, Key
es, Spooner, Parkinson and Hit, was
elected, and HI. G.. Koch of Milwaukee
was chosen architect, with d. j. Whit
more of Milwaukee and A. d. Coniver
of Madison supervising engineers. 1t
was decided to construct both Science
hall and chemical laboratory of brick
the former to be three stories in height
and the latter two. The laboratory will
be completed the present year, and
Science hall in two years. Charles f.
Lamb of Madison was elected assistant
secretary of the board of regents.
Mr.. E. A. Hoyt, of Honey Creek,
Walworth county, assumes the tele-
graph ed1torship of The Madison Demo
crat. He is younger brother of Mr..
H. W. Hoyt, formerly one of the pro-
prietors of The Democrat.
Wade 2. Hampton, of Clarinda, Iowa,
railway mail clerk in Omaha, has for
some months been rifing registered let
tiers.
Henry Wolf, confirmed inebriate,
confessed himself as an accessory to the
murder of man whose body was found
last month in Des Moines with bullet
hole through the head. He says his
wife shot the man and he carried the
body into an alley after securing So, 100
from the pockets.
Probably very few of the farmers in
the State are aware that the new Road
law goes into effect in April, or what
the law is. 1t provides that on petition
of the voters of township the Trustees
may consolidate all the road districts
into one; they may also require the
road-tax to be paid in money, and they
may let the work to be done to the low
est bidder The tax is to be equitablv
distributed over the township. The
Trustees are also required to destroy all
noxious weeds along highways twice @
year. The law also fixes the pay of
Road Supervisors and for other labor.
The executive council has completed
its assessment valuation of sleeping car
lines operating on Iowa roads. The
assessments are rated on taxable val
are rated as follows: Burlington
& Quincy, 285 miles on basis of 5000
per mile; Milwaukee & st. Paul, $40
miles at $50; Dubuque division, 1856
miles at $25; Rock Island, 318 miles at
800, and 1913 miles at $50; Northwest
ern, 355 miles at 800, and Illinois Cen
trail 326 miles at $50.
Mrs. o. G. A. Rorge, Ga years old,
suicided by hanging herself in her eel
lar at her nome in the town of Vienna,
a few miles north of Madison.
The governor has reappointed Hon.
Philo Dunning of Madison, and A. V. FL.
Carpenter of Milwaukee, as members of
the fish commission.
Deacon John Clark, of the town of
Richmond, Walworth county, dropped
dead of heart disease.
F. G.. Winston of Minneapolis has
taken the contract to grade the railroad
from River Falls to Ellsworth, to have
it done by the LIST of September. He ex-
poets to have two hundred teams at work
along the line soon.
At Appleton, F. E. Flicker was
held to the district court, charged with
assault with intent to ravish Theresa
Dittnar, aged ten years.
The state board of charities and re-
form met at Madison and re- elected
Andrew E. Elmer president, w. W.
Reed vice president and A. O. Wright
secretary. The board reports the coun-
ty asylums in good order all over the
state.
News was received recently of the
death by suicide of W. II. Whitfield,
mineral expert, which occurred at