River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-10-21
ABOUT THE STATE.


OF six carloads of potatoes.
The japanese Fish Commissioner
has arrived in Washington where he
Will gather data from the Fish Com
mission there, after which he will visit
the different States.
At Janesville, as John Welch was
making descent into a we'll sixty feet
deep, on the premises of Mrs George
Barnes, the rope broke, causing him to
fall sixty feet, into four feet of water.
He was pulled out with bad cut
about the head, but will recover.
A Stiles dispatch says an old man
named j. p. Seymour. while in a state
OF somnambulism. fell out Of a second
story window. distance of eighteen
feet, breaking his left arm and other
wise injuring himself. His recovery is
doubtful. He lives at Ellis Junction.
Hog cholera is ranging around South
Caledonia, Columbia county, and
many farmers have lost from ten to
twenty-five p0rkers each. This loss.
which would be felt at any time, is all
the more unfortunate this year of crop
failure and hard times
A new and fatal cattle plague is
prevalent around Genoa, Yer on
county. 1t is said there are no pre-
moni;ory MS. that the animals
fall dead, a,ai taaf they soon become
rigid, as ii poisoned. Among the
loser by the disease are Geo. Powell
and Fred Mondsack.
AT WATERFOWL. Mrs Theresa Cody,
ID. Hall and ii. Pease have been
ordered by the circuit court to deliver
over all property in their possession be-
longing to the Cody estate to DR.
James Cody. This is a new revelation
in the DIR. Cody divorce case, and
opens up an additional interest in this
unfortunate family affair.
Merrill johnson. of West Point, com
mitted suicide. He was hurt several
weeks since by being thrown from his
wagon. He was found insensible; his
brain was injured and while he had so
far recovered as to come to town as
usual, yet all noticed that he acted
somewhat strangely. Deceased was
soldier of the late war and a pensioner.
At BoscebOl, an evening or two since
William Lathrop, a young man en-
ployed in the store of Parker q Kron-
shage, was sandbagged by unknown
parties on reaching his home He was
not so stunned as to prevent his crying
out for assistance. His ASSISTANTS tried
to throttle him with sand, when they
were obliged to retreat. He escaped
serious injury.
On the 18th the Cholette house at
PeshtigO, was entered by burglars who
evidently went through the whole house
using pincers to turn the keys from the
outside. A small sum of money was
taken from the barrOom till, and be-
tween $40 and $3.50 from the clothing
of A. NJ. Cholette, the proprietor, who
also lost his gold watch. a travelling
man for Dutchaie II Bros, Green Bay,
lost his watch, and about Sl5 in mon
CIV, besides a p0cket-book containing
about $500 worth of notes A small
quantity of liquor was also stolen from
the barroom. So deity was the work
performed that no one in the house was
awakened. No clue has been obtained
to the perpetrators OF the robbery.
The sale of Glenview. the celebrated
stock farm of the late j. c. McFerran,
near Louisville, Ky, was largely at
tended. The sale comprises the farm
and collection of seventeen fine trot-
tiers. The farm contains 647 LILO acres,
with two fine residences, splendid sta
bles, training track and orchards, an
is conceded by all to be one of the very
finest farms in America. Among the
prominent persons in attendance were
j. l. Case of Racine. Wis; S. H.
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Brunswick. n. j.; II. L. and +. L.
Stout, of Dubuque, Iowa; c. +. Emory,
of Cleveland, and many others. The
farm was auctioned and sold to j. |.
Case for $l13.50 an acre. He stated
that he had bought it in partnership
with s. II. Wheeler, of Chicago, and
that he would run the farm Oh the
same plan as it was run before.
The twenty-eighth annual conclave
of the Wisconsin grand cOnmandery Of
Knights Templar, was held at Milwau-
kee. and officers elected for the ensuing
year: Grand commaDder-Jeremiah
Watts, Racine. Deputy grand COM
mander-N. b. Rumble, Eau Claire.
Grand generalissimO-N. G. Griffin,
Fond du Lac. Grand captain general
Il. j. Brooks, BOscobel Grand pre-
late-Rev. w. III. Watts, Stevens Point.
Grand senior warden-C. q. Mayors,
Madison. Grand Junior warden-R.
ID. Pulford, Mineral Point. Grand
treasurer. l. Won Suessmilch. Della
van. Grand recorder-JohnW W. Latin,
Milwaukee. Grand standardbearer-
A. ii. Wagner. Milwaukee. Grand
sword bearer-D. A. Hyller. Grand
warden-G. Kimball, Green Bay.
Grand captain of guard-LeOnard Bar
ret, Milwaukee. Besides the election
and installation of officers, the only
business transacted was the granting
of charter for new commandcry at
Reedsburg. to 90 under the name OF
St. Johns commandery No. p.
Three thousand people attended the
funeral of the Hon. L. b. Scott. at
Merrill, on the l4th, at the Harrison
opera house. From A. Nj. TO l. p.
NJ the body lay in state at the family
residence and hundreds viewed for the
last time all that was mortal of Mer-
rll greatest benefactor. The casket
was of cedar, metallic lined, covered
with black plush the bars on either
side being of OXidized silver. After
prayer the remains were escorted To
the opera house by the visiting lodges
and local order of Masons, numbering
125, followed by relatives and friends.
The inteior of the opera house was
beautifully draped. as was also the
catafalque at the further end. in the
background of which was a bank Of
rare plants, amidst which rested a pill
low formed of yellow roses and white
pinks, in the center of which were the
words AT Rest" The streets We're
thronged with people, business was
suspended and the buildings draped.
Congressman Stephenson, Senator
Sawyer and many other oldtime friends
of the deceased were present. Mr..
Scott left an estate valued at 100000
Phenomena.
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