River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-11-25
AROUND THE STATE.

During the absence OF the family the
house of r. E. Roberts. in Somere
Kenosha county, was entered &nd $500
worth of jewelry stolen.
Charles Herrick. who built tie first
city water works Chicago ever lad,
just died at Racine, we he has re-
sided since 1871, aged -.
Moses Luraneay and w. Smith
Shawaker were each sentenced TO
prison for eighteen months for robbing
the house of Charles Decaire, near
Chippewa Falls. All the stolen prop
erty was recovered.
The creditors of Fish Bros. & Co, of
Racine, Wis, will receive a dividend
OF 80 10 40 per cent. within a month.
The property will all be sold, but the
receiver lntimates that he knows moth
ing regarding the organization of q
new company.
At GAINESVILLE, Wis. +. w. Lowell a
prominent business man, assaulted w.
{. Stevens, upon which the latter
tired three badly aimed shots at Low
ell. The trouble arose by Lowell for
the second time securing a continuance
on the charge of having committed
elANAAGA Win VI - ottNGAS-
At Oshkosh. the season Just closed
adds about $40 coo worth of new
buildings mostly in dwellings. Olly
one brick block, 4 three-story structure
has been added TO the business por-
ton. Next years outlook is much
more favorable. Plans are already in
preparation for $3.50, 900 worth of
buildings, including the government
block and city hall.
The apparent certainty that Con-
gres Price of River Falls cannot
recover, cancer of the stomach aud
other complications affecting him. he
was visited last week by Hon. j. c.
Gregory of Madison, who it Is under
prepared the will of MIR Price. his es-
tate being valued at from $3.50 OOO 10
100000. This done. couraceouslv
and calmly he looks forward to the
issue between life and death.
The Unitarian inference Of Wiscon-
sin, in session at WinOna, Mimi. re-
Gently elected officers as follows for
the ensuing year: President, Rev. L.
b. Fobush. Milwaukee; first vice presi-
dent, DIR. Ihorndyke. Milwaukee; sec
Ond vice president, Rev. Joseph Waite.
Janesyills; secretary. Rev. j. H.
Croker. Madison; recording secretary,
Miss Matte French, kenosha; treas
urer, Miss Ella A. Giles. Madison;
secretary p. o. mission, Mss Minnie
Savage, Gainesville.
1t was discovered a few mornings
since at Lancaster that an attempt
had been made to burn the wooden
mills belonging TO Street, Marshal s.
Co, of Chicago. The incend;ary had
broken basement window and ihrowa
in twelve boxes of lighted matches.
but, owing to the dampness Of the clay
floor OF thc basement. the matches
burned without communicating flames
to the surroundings. \ wind pre-
vailed at the time. and in direction
that would have proved disastrous to
the city had the work OF the iire-bu
been successful.
The remains of Rev. Geo. c. Had
dock. murdered at Sioux Civ, Iowa.
by saloon men. were buried in Mound
Cemetery at Racine, and a meeting has
just been held at that place, aud the
National Haddock Monument associa-
ton organized for the purpose of erect
ing 4 monument 10 his memory. The
following officers were selected: PreSi-
dent, f. q. Durant; vice-president,
John S. Hart; secretary and treasurer,
Simeon Whitley; directors, +. 6. pu-
rant, +. 5. Stein. |. 5. Leayi;t. +. q.
Updike. John 5. Kart. w. T. Lewis,
Eli COrwin aud Simeon Whitelcy.
Gov. Rusk. by proclamation has
opened the State Public School for De-
pendent Children between the ages of
three and fourteen wears. excluding
those of unsound mind aud body. and
criminals. and incorrigibles, the three
buildings erected at Sparta being COM
plettd and ready for use, as provided
by chapter 377, laws Of 1885. aud he en-
joins upon all officers named in the law
aforesaid, to whom the duty appertains,
to use all due diligence TO secure the
admission o said School of all children
entitled TO its benefits. or so many
thereof as can be admitted under the
rules adopted by the State Board
of Supervision.
At Oshkosh, the owners of various
steam and sail vessels, large number
of whom live at that place. plying on
on the Fox river improvement. have
united in an action for damages from
owners of the water power at Neeaah
and Menasha for loss of time aud
revenue on account of the low water
during the season just closed. The
plaintiffs claim that the mill men have
used more water than the government
permitted. and that in navigating Lake
WiEuebagO and Fox river, they have
been obliged to take light cargoss aud
'. 4 81 So, h.
sui-s begun aggregate 800 900. The
action will be stubbOrnly contested by
the defendants. Following on the
heels of suits begun by the govern
ment good deal of excitement is
created among the water-power men.
Justice Baker ut Portage, held Brake
man Wells to the circuit court for trial
on the charge of criminal negligence at
the Rio disaster, in 81 600 bail. Mr.
Rogers, the attorney for Wells, asked
for the discharge of his eli Mt, on the
grounds that the disaster was purely
accidental. and that the rules of the
requiring conductors 20 take
care of the switches. released Wells
from all responsibility, IN spite of the
practice of conductors in passing this
duty TO brakemen, in violation of the
rules of the company. The conductor.
he argued, vas alone responsible for
the accident. The counsel for the state
argued that it was the neglect Of duty
by the brakeman himself that resulted
in the loss of life. and that it was a
question for the court TO decide wheth-
n the person held should receive any
or not, as a warning to 9th
3rs. The justice decided that the evi
1ence was sufficient to hold Wells for
rial on the charge of criminal negli-
gence