River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-18
WISCONSIN NEWS.

The veterans of the End Cavalry regi-
ment are talking of holding a reunion
al Portage. june -.
The knights of Labor propose to
erect an opera house building AZ Racine
70 cost so, 600.
/ Thirteen criminal cases are to be
tired at the spring term of the Chippe-
/ wa Falls circuit court.
Mrs. Hyatt, residing near Leon. few
miles south OF Sparta, committed
suicide by shooting herself.
Philip Doughertv, one of the oldest
/ lumbermen on the OcontO river, died
near Stiles on the 9th inst.
The wife and daughter of Congress-
man Guenther have gone to Washing
ton 10 remain until May
Oshkosh is organizing a mutual loan
and building association, with a capital
of 5000 COO in shares Of $500.
\ new fishing packing house has
been established At Ashland, by W. a.
Beebe * Go, of Bay City, Mich.
Waukesha has a voting population
of 1900. and providing OF two voting
precincts IS urged upon the supervisors
The Case Wagon factory, at Wone-
woe. started up Monday, to the great
/ pleasure of the citizens of that place.
Ernest Rood shot a golden eagle two
miles north of Elkhorn. 1t measured
seven feet between the tips of its wings.
Capt. IL. Wilson. of Palmyra, is sup
posed to De the oldest Odd Fellow in
1 the state. He joined the order in 1923.
i g
oiS.Jl for the town and village of
/ Waukesha, all hut Sl60.Jl has been
I paid in.
I The managers Of the CitiZeus Nat
( ional at Beloit. have decided to 70 out of
\ business and request depositors to call
\ for their money.
/ The track of the Chicago. Burling-
/ ton a. Northern railway Will probably
\ be laid from savanna, ILL.,, to Prairie
du Chen by july !
Mrs. ii. l.. Dousman, of Prairie du
/ hien, sold the remaining horses Of
4 her husbands estate to Mr.. Walters, Of
/ Chicago, for $4,000.
The people of La Crosse county are
to vote ut the spring election for or
against the proposed appropriation Of
$4,000 for an insane asylum.
The Wisconsin Telephone company
viii put up a line between Portage and
f. Columbus as soon as 500 worth Of
toll-tickets are purchased
During the coming season the Stur-
geon Bay mail will be sent by steamer
from Green Bay, a gain of five hours
on the present time schledue.
The postollicc in Wheaton, Chippewa
county, is to be moved to the Central
railway station and named Craft in
honor of a pioneer of the town
The Rev. Dionysius MariaTapport, the
first resident priest of La Crosse, died
recently III the C2rthusiau monastery
Of Nalsaiate. in Switzerland, aged a.
At Cumberland Bishop Wclle5 held
services In An Souls chapel, during
which he baptized twelve children and
baptized and confirmed three adults.
Tnc congregation OF ST. Mary's
church, in Oshkosh, j, about to build a
large church cdiiice. II is said that
ex-senator Tabor viii contribute to the
building fund.
The Ripon Free Press says il is well
settled ia the saloon circles of that city
that the $500 license viii not be paid
next year, aud that the saloons will
fight the law.
The Byrne lead mines. at Smclser, in
Grant county. are the most productive
in Southern Wisconsin. About 400, 900
pounds have been taken out during the
present winter
At Oshkosh, owing to scarcity of
8 ~. r...A
start up before June, and then viii
only run ten hours Il day instead Of
eleven as heretofore.
The Buckhorn Sporting club has ar
ranged to plant 100000 trout fry in
the streams near Tomah. The menu
bers intend TO plant large number of
mountain or rainbow trout.
March Isl there were j29 patients in
the Mendoza hospital and 653 ia the
Northern hospital; 455 prisoners in the
Waupun penitentiary and 299 in the
industrial school for boys.
Fifty-one thousand brook trout have
Just been placed in the streams around
Lancaster. as follows: Pigeon branch,
10000; Walker branch. LOCO; Suck
branch. 1000; Decker branch, 1j,00O.
The new officers Of the Eau Claire
board Of trade are: +. McDonOugh,
president; II. c. Rowland and Hugh
McMaster. vice presidents; j. II. Wag-
goner. secretary; w. X. Coffin, treasur-
er
Misses Eliza and Ellen Holt of James
Vile will sail from New York on the
p inst. on the steamer Servia for an
extended tour in Europe Most Of the
time viii be spent ia England, their old
home.
About two months ago the first
Presbyterian church at Marsnlield was
destroyed by fire. The Insurance,
/ -, 900, has been paid and q new
church viii be erected at a cost Of
1 So, 800.
The old organization Of the James
Vile Cotton Manufacturing company
is to be succeeded by new one, with
the capital Of $500, 900, double that OF
the old company. The mills win start
up April lst.
The new elevator at West Superior
will be 100 by 400 feet, and viii have q
capacity fer 700. GOO bushels Of wheat.
This is The first of system Of four to
be built by the St. Panl, Minneapolis ~
Manitoba railway
In the circuit court at Fond du Lac a
jury has rendered verdict Of $4,000
damages in favor of Timothy Brennan
and against the town Of Friendship, on
account OF injuries resulting from an
alleged defective culvert
Several paper manufacturers at APP
pleton are disposed TO establish q sui
phite plant there for the manufacture
of 7ulphite pulp, which is designed as q
substitute for rags and other material
used in the manufacture Of paper.
The $500. saloon license at Oshkosh
will have the effect to close up mum.
her. perhaps 80 per cent of them, and
still there will DO saloon for each
500 Of The population. Their being now
one saloon to each 250 inhabitants.
At Pine Greek, a valuable horse. siN
wears old, weighing 1910 pounds, died
suddenly. His stomach was opened
and found to contain tec-cup full OF
nails, binding wire etc. such as would
come from the sweepings of a mill.
Chris. Hill of Shawano, ore Of the
most enterprising lumbermen, has just
procured 10000 young brook trout and
planted them in the upper waters Of
the Oconto and its tributaries, which
are already famous for multiiudes OF
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