River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-11-18

IN favor OF removal ard q court house
was being torn down, ard asking for
instructions. Gov Hubbard replied that
che county attorney aud Sheriff would be
able 10 secure obedience TO the law and he
courts. Two hundred snd fifty men from
Madison aided the removal.
st. Cloud, minn., correspondence; The
dam across tie Mississippi river at this
poiot after two years labor. has finally
u en- completed, and st. Clouds water
power Is second to none in the United
States. The cost Of the construction OF
the dam is about s225 COZ Already manu-
fac urers from all parts of the country are
/ coming here viewing The facilities offered,
and with prospects OF locating here. The
/ Phoenix Iron Works. which Is being Is
moved hore from Minneapolis, q nd greatly
/ enlarged, Is the first manufacturing con
Germ 20 take advantage of the wa'er pow
I err. This establishment, the buildings OF
| which are approaching completion, will,
when entirely fioished, employ from 200 to
/ SO men.
The Farmers Produces Exchange has
been org anized at E,gin, Olmsted county
MINI, with $4,000 capital divided into
300 shares aud no member is allowed 90
own more than five shares. The farmers
in that section nave already taken large
proportion of the stock. An elevator will
be uuilt or purchase at Elgin. The COM
| PaDy will deal in grain, fRi IN produce and
1 stock It's officers are President, A. N
Whitney; secretary, l.. Hoffman; direc-
| tors, T.. L. Whitney, A n. WbiJney, Amos
! Nelch, William Searies, II. g. Woodruff,
A. X. Johnson, E. DEWITT, w. II. White
and l.. Hoffman.
Clifford Beaman has been arrested az De-
corah, Iowa, for the murder of John Heb
/ berry, who was Killed last June, the body
bafpu appidaufallVr frnpd Nov 10 Raamau
has confessed that the killing was done 10y
John Wentworth, the three bsiug together,
Z intoxicated more or less, when the other
two quarreled, Wen worth nearly killed
Hebheriy with club aud ofterward shot
MIN. Nire days after the murder Went
| worth wbs silied ON the Milwaukee Il. r.,
I or committee suicide.
Tie result OF the election for the office Of
school superintendent in Olmsted Co, Einn.
was the choice Of the Republican nominee,
James Il. Chapman, over Mrs. &. Il. Rob
erts, who was on tue Democratic and La
Dor tickets, 10y eight votes. There is some
talk OF cOntesting the resuit,lt being claim
cd that many of the ladies who voted were
under age.
At Hurley, Wis, two burglars went
through the new Burton house, pillaging
fifteen rooms ana securing several hun
bred dollars WORTH of watches and jewelry.
| They overlooked guest who had So,OD In
cash Ia his room, and others who had small
Ter amounts. The thieves were captured
with the piunder aud a kit of burg rs'
tools.
Geo. Morrow, tesmster was stabbed TO
death in a saloon row near the West st.
Paul stock yards on the 14th Three men
are under arrest as participants in the
transaction. Morrow was % years old, nm
married, and his friends reside at Bancroft,
Z Mich h. his holy
3 Robert Farming, young man of Neilis-
vile, Wis came to Marshfield with four
companions driving spirited team. Farm
ing went on a spree, and late in the night
started for home. short distance from
town the team ran away, throwing Frn-
ing out and injdrIng aim so badly tlat he
died. He unmarried, ana leaves a
brother at Ncilsyiie.
On Monday, at La Crosse, Wis, ninety
nine arrests for violation of the Sunday
law were made. Seventy were saloons,
and the rest railroad men, cigar dealers,
confectioners, BARRIERS, livery and hack
men. As soon as the lavyes can fix a
time, test cases VIII be made in each branch
of business, US WAS done last week.
An elegant and costly banner has been
presented 70 Cassius Fairchild Post, No.
l22, G.. A r., of Dawson, Mimi, by Gen.
] A1It4uo l. htAthiltis pt ~ l*tOfl~Als fOIlUl&utl
er-iuchief Of the G.. a. r., Hon Caas.
FGirchild of Boston, Mass, and Mrs.
Sarah Fairchiid Conover, of Madison,
Wis.
Hastings i making vigorous p-opos al
for the second Minnesota State prison
offering a site Of sixty-three acres, Well
located mile south Of the city. Charles
E-peTchilJ proprietor Of the Garduer
Roller Nuts VIII give 80 gcres OF the tract,
X the proposal Is accepted.
The list OF articles taken from the burned
bodies found in tho Rio wreck has been
Inace pubic, consisting principally of
/ knives, keys, baggage checks, watcfe :,
chains ana coins, aud by this means tie
identity of some OF the unknown victims
may he ascsrtained.
Gee. Golfer who had been postal clerk
on the Milwaukee & ST. Paul r. r., for a
month, was caught Monday robbing the
mail Nine letters, addressed to a lo,tery
company containing s each were found
on him when he vas arrested.
The sou OF P. q. Hubbell, City recorder
OF v mona, Mimi, fell into the river toun
day aud was drowned. Hs was ~ years
ola His parents were IN st. Paul, at the
time.
At Dubuque, al lowe, Anton Hester, sev
enty-three years Of age, was thrown down
/ 100 feet into a mining shaft 10y the breaking
of a ladder 10y which he was descending, and
killed.
N. II. ggisburg,a farmer Of Lafayette,
Nicoijett Co, Mimi, committed suicide by
tasing poison from dependency caused b.
the destruction of ms crops by hail
A. Pipessone, Mimi, the three year old
son Of Peter D.ckey took drink Of con
ceutrated lye which ate up his stomach.
TIE funeral took ptaco on Sunday.
At Bingham Lake, Minn, reception
aad banquet were given at the town-hall
/ 20 Miss Agnes Safely, the newly elected
Z County superintendent.
S. W. Vance, professor Of modern Ian
guages in the University of Dakota, and
Iiss Ethel E.skine were married at Ra-
cine, Wis.
Gov. Hubbard has issued his lhauksziv-
ing proclamation naming Nov. 25th, as
day Of observance by the people Ainn-
| esOta.
The official canvass OF Wheaton Co.,
MINI, shows 2s9 majority for Wheaton as
/ the county seat.