River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-22
ABOUT TIE STATE.

at Milwaukee, Wis.
The new municipal administration of
Oshkosh has started to enforce the clos
ing of saloons on Sunday.
The new c NJ. St P. r. r. depot
at Racine is to be built of red brick,
and will be an ornament to the CITY,
-Four thousand dollars worth of cattle
and horses were shipped from White.
water to Dakota ranch last week.
Chippewa Falls will have n LARGE
amount of building the present season.
and number of fine residences are
already under way.
f. ID. Smith, the Menasha manufac-
turer, has offered TO donate to the city
ten acres of land on Doty Island to be
utilized for public park.
I. Berg, whose wife and children
were killed in the cyclone at Sank
Rapids, MINI, was brOther-in-law of
Aug. Neils, of Spencer.
The Neenah Canoe and Row boat
club, with upwards of $500. viii erect
a clubhouse on Lime-kiln point, rockY
projection into lake Winnebago.
At Superior CITY, on the 10Th the
millinery store of Mrs. Pascoe was en-
tered by burglars and 500 in cash aud
about $50 worth of goods carried of.
At La Crosse, on the evening of the
18th, Alice Sugar, aged eight. whose
family live IL house-boat on the river.
tel into the water and was drowned.
The Casino roiier-rink is shortly to be
turned INTO coffin and furniture
warehouse, the Palace rink is TO be
altered over into stores and the Osh-
kOsh rink lies idle.
A number of Sheboygan people
availed themselves of the advantage of
low railroad rates and Joined the ezx-
cursi0n for California and and other
Western states. last week.
At the last State examination there
We're fifteen candidates present during
the examinations, and unlimited state
certificates were issued to III. l.. Terry.
of Lake Mills, and j H. Alderman. of
Arcadia.
The receipts of the Wisconsin Home
Missionary Society for the first SIX
months of the year are 81, 400 greater
than in the corresponding time two
years ago, and $500 greater than last
years. The Sunday-school fund IS
coming in well.
a mile and half from Manitowoe
in an abandoned root cellar on the
Richards farm, a little girl found the
body of a man, which, at the inquest,
proved TO be that Of Daniel Whitney.
an eccentric man without family. His
death.was attributed to exposure.
The walking match at the Casino
rink, Oshkosh, between Herman and
Strokel, ended Saturday, Ferriman's
score being 2S4 miles and laps, Stro-
kel's 2S3 miles and 9 laps. The victor
was crowned with a wreath and both
presented with gold headed canes.
A Racine daily paper states that as
early as 1855 a MIR. White, then a Jew
eler in that city, invented a talking
machine" operating upon the same
indentical principle as the bell tele-
phone. Owing to want of means Mr..
White did not secure a patent for the
work of his genius.
Galbraith Brothers of GAINESVILLE. re-
ceived a dispatch from their agent in
Boston. saying that seven Clydesdale
horses, shipped to them from Scotland
per steamship Waldensia. had died on
the passage over. The horses were
insured. The Galbraiths recently lost
ten valuable horses in a storm on the
passage over.
The Waupaca Electric Light COM
pany has just purchased the extensive
water power of Winfield Scott. and
will at once commence the construction
of Il dam. The power is one of the
best in the state. and the dam viii be
built so as to give from sixteen to a
twenty-foOt head. 1t is an important
step for Waupaca, for this valuable
power has never been utilized before.
Some fifteen years ago a natural gas
well was discovered at Appleton, but
in that day the people were afraid of
it,and the fire was eXtinguished and
the we'll filled. The recent success and
usefulness of natural gas in many plac-
es has induced the sinking of an eXper-
mental well by the side of the old one,
hoping to tap the same reservoir, and
in case of success. the project of con-
veying the gas through the city for
heating purposes viii probably be car
ried out.
The confirmation of James w. Beat
tie as postmaster is gratifying to the
Marshiield public, as seen by the fol-
lowing local compliment paid him.
MIR. Beattie was born in Winnebago
county, and is 32 years old He came
to Marshfield about six years ago and
is one of our most respected citizens.
He has been in charge of the postOfiice
here about six months and pleases the
public as well as any public official
could.
Survivors of the First Wisconsin
Cavalry toIthe number of nearly 200
held a reunion at Milwaukee. April l6,
the annh ersary of the battle of West
Point, Ga A banquet was given them
by the Ladies Relief Corps. and a pa
per read by Gen. Harden, the last
OF the regiment, on 1.-The
Capture of JEFF Davis in which ia
nous event the First Wisconsin Caval-
ry took so important a part.
j. b. Murphy, yard foreman at the
& ST. Paul Railways Prai-
RE du Chen yards, narrowly escaping
death last night by being mistaken for
a burglar by a new Waterman. Five
pistol shots were fired at him, two of
which would have proved fatal had
not the force of the balls been stopped
by heavy notebook in his breast
pocket. One ball passed through the
book and lodged in Murphy's suspend
er buckle, directly over his heart.
A Lacrosse correspondent states that
the great Paul and COlmen saw mills,
as well as those located in North La
Crosse. were 10 have started on the
day after the fire. IT now transpires
that even before a log had been sawed
or wheel turned, the men numbering
:, 900 or more, had determined to 90
On a strike unless granted a reduction
in hours to eight and a material increase
in wages. That the request would
have been denied there is no doubt.
That their would have been a bitter
conflict is also certain, and even con-
sentative business men here believe
that violent measures would have been
the outcome. 500 men are now idle
and would be glad to return to work at
their old wages and even less as the
season 5 prospects for work are poor.
In view Of the surfeit Of labor here, the
Of serious trouble this
summer are not now entertained.
The municipal affairs of Watertown
are singularly handled. A few day
after the election the Mayor and board
Of aldermen convened and appoint
nents were made for city clerk, attor-
ley. marshal, health officer, auctiOneer