River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-10

German commander instantly landed a
body of marines and sailors aud hoisted the
German flag over the island The Spanish
officials made an energetic protest against
the action of the German commodore, aud,
on the latter's refusal to recede from the
position he had taken, telegraphed to
Madrid for instructions a conflict be-
tween the Germans and Spanish at zap is
feared. King Alfonso and his cabinet are
considering the matter and the populace
in Madrid expressed their sentiments by
gathering in front of the German embassy
and attacking the building, tearing down
the French coat of arms and burning it in
the street
NORTHSYEsTERN NEWS.
Geo. Miller the, man who murdered the
wife Of Rev. c. H. Smell and an eleven
year-old son near Inkster, d. r., last
January, has just had his trial at Grand
Forks and been convicted. Judge
Mcconnell sentenced Miller to be hanged
on Oct. 30th The judge also made the
following sentences: Oston o. Lahre,
forgery, five years Robert Cleary,
y
A. l.. Carter, two years and seven months;
William E. Ross, grand larceny, three
years; George Harris, burglary, two years
and six months; George S. C. Wright,
grand larceny, two years and six months;
James Quirk, burglary, two years and
seven months.
Matt Clark of Saltwater, has begun
Ill,
placing damages at $4,000 The action is
based upon reports in the Tribune relative
to the defalcation of Kerr, the treasurer of
the Saltwater gas company. The Tribune
intmated that Clark was involved well
as Kerr, aud further that Kerr did not
commit suicide, but was murdered by the
detective employed by Clark. Hence the
suit.
A couple of Boston detectives have kid
mapped Lawrence Brainerd, in Manitoba
and are now en- route with him to Vermont.
He was president of the st. Adams bank
and robbed it of several hundred thousand
dollars two years ago and fled. Detectives
found him with his wife at Winnipeg, and
getting him TO go on hunting expedition
kidnapped him and ran him over the line.
The annual udget of the st. Paul and
Duluth r. R., shows that the net income of
the road, including land sales for the year
ended June 30, was $399,63 as compared
with 1898, $50 for the fiscal year of 1884. A
dividend of : per cent was paid on preferred
stock and the balance in the treasury at the
end of the year was 500, Ala against S44, l03
June 30, 1884.
Ate a m. Sept. End, four girls and two
men were drowned while crossing the Fox
river at Oshkosh, near the Chicago, Mil
waukee & ST. Paul crossing. The little
boat contained nine girls and three men and
was upset from the swell of a passing tug
The girls were on their way to their work in
the Diamond Match works.
Fred Coddington, seven miles north of
Blunt d. T., struck vein of gas at depth
of l42 feet that has burned steadily for thir-
ty hours. 1t comes through an inch-and a
half pipe driven for we'll, with such force
as to throw out the plug and a twenty
pound weight that held it down.
A woman in Bennett Valley Buffalo coun-
ty, Wis, recently gave birth to four chill
dren, three of whom are living. Taken col
lectively they weighed twenty five pounds.
The smallest weighed five pounds. The
mother and three children are doing well.
September 3, H. c. Peterson of Hudson,
Wisconsin, was sailing on Battle lake with
Misses Guesness and Hawkinson, when the
boat capsized and he was drowned. The
ladies had narrow escape. They chung
20 tl,o loo aud mara cavad
A Milwaukee firm within the past few
weeks has sold in two lots S50,000 pounds
CT Wisconsin wool to Eastern manu-
facturers. The firm report an increasing
demand in the East for Wisconsin woods.
At Cedar Rapids, Iowa, young man
named Winney, living with his step father,
George Daniels, shot Daniels with a shot
gun during quarrel over board bill, and
killed him.
Delegates from twenty-five Unions began
the annual session of the Dakota w. G. T. U.
at Chamberlain, Sept. Bird. A number of
noted laborers in that field participated.
The chairman of the Iowa State Prohibi
ton committee has issued call for state
convention at Cedar Rapids Sept. %, to
nominate candidate for governor.
Henderson, who was tried at Bookings
d. r.. for killingsJames Griffith, was found
guilty of lnanslaughter in the. second de-
gree, and fined $1,000 which was paid.
The Third regiment, Wisconsin State mil
tia is holding an encampment this week at
Chippewa Falls, There are ten companies
coo strong
The sickness general at Colchester, Ont,
among hogs, is pronounced genuine hog
cholera. The mortality among the swine
is great.
The sureties of Col. Vistal, the postmaster
at Storm Lake, Iowa, have made up his de-
falcation of 1906. His whereabouts are un-
known.
The annual report of the St Paul and
Manitoba road shows net increase of
81, PEG, 235 in 1885, as against S4,327 415 in
1854
The sash, door and blind factory OF r.
McMillen & Co, at Oshkosh Wis, burned
on the 4th inst, involving loss of $4,000
The Good Templars of Iowa, pronounce
against IAiIoI 4lCt'iS5 III ever iOiAl1 1hNa
viii support the third party movement.
The fair at Mankato is claimed to have
had the finest exhibit in all departments
ever made in that part of Minnesota.
The Rice county fair closed September 3,
having been moderately successful, as the
weather was not always propitious.
The comptroller of Minneapolis estimates
the expenses of the city government for
next year at $592.725.
Mankato has shipped 200 car loads of
stone for the insane asylum building at
Norfolk, Neb.
Owing to indifference among the farmers,
the Red Wing fair was not very successful.
A heavy frost in Michigan Tuesday night
damaged corn, buckwheat and tomatoes.
About one hundred teachers attended the
Institute at Faribault
THE MARKETS.
ST. PAUL.
WuEAT-No. l hard cash and September
7Sc bid; October, soc bid; November, Soc
bid No. | Northern, cash, &c bid; No.
hard, cash, 15c bid; No, 2 regular, 69c bid.
I Corn No. ?, 42c. bid
/ Oats No. mixed, 24c. bid, 25c asked.
No 2 white 26c. bid