River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-10-28
ABOUT THE STATE.

other things TO 50 large "a extent that
farmers are clamoring for tie means
of getting rid of the nuisance.
Isaac League. aged eighty i've years,
who settled on farm near Beloit in
1888. died on the 2lst. He was among
the first settlers of Southern Rock
county.
A series of twenty-four lectures upon
veterinary science will be delivered by
v l. Atkinson Of Milwaukee before
pupils OF the agricultural course in the
State University this winter.
At La Crosse painter named Hodge
son fell from the new st. James Cath
oiic church and was injured so that ne
died before night This is the third
fatal accident that has occurred at this
church.
At Racine, few mornings since. j.
ii. Balch, book-keeper at the Rock
County bank, was found in his room
nearly dead from escaping coal Gas.
He will recover, although few mo-
ments more would have resulted in
death
The United Iron and Land syndicate.
of Milwaukee, filed articles Of assoeia-
tons with the secretary of state the capt.
tai stock being $4,000, 900. j L Gates,
II. 5. Benjamin and W. j. Turner are
the incorporates.
At Eau Claire, reports are in circu-
lati0n that large pineland steal on
the Lac Court de OreIile reservation
has been discovered. Il is said that
several prominent government Off
cia.s are implicated.
John LAWYERS new railway pontoon
bridge was successfully launched at
Prairie du Chen Friday 1t Is TO span
the east channel of the Mississippi Mt
that place for the p ssage of the trains
of the milwaukee, Il ST. Paul. Ii IS
over four hundred ieet long and forty
feet wide. More than million feet of
lumber was used in its construction.
Its cost was $4,000.
At the Racine Wagon X Carriage
ployed in the shipping department,
stopped work and refused to continue
under 2 new foreman named Andrew
Truell. who was engaged by the com
ranJ in place of one John Beck, Who
was not considered capable of Handling
the men. The men say that they will
no: resume work unless Beck is rein
stated and Truell put back in the
regular gang, but will not allow him
TO be foreman.
A Racine telegram states that J. |.
Case, who | as been in Kentucky has
returned ant IS well pleased with his
purchase of Il e Glenview stud farm at
Louisville. Ii consists of 647 acres,
and Sll3.50 per acre was paid for it.
He also purchas "a seven blonded hor-
ses, paving at tie rate Of = 460 per
head for them. Mr.. Case states JAY
Eye-See, Phalls and the 2-year old
Brown and his Their string If trotters
viii not be takel 10 Kentucky this win
ter. but viii be kept in Racine or at
Hickory Ridge farm, south of the farm.
At present all of his trotters are in the
best of condition.
In the ease Of Anton Helmrath tried
at Appleton for the killing Of John
Bauer, his brother-in-law last Februa-
~, in kaukauna, the testimony show
ed that the parties had frequent quar-
rels about the price of land; that on
the evening of the killing, the parties
met in a neigh 5or house, where they
| renewed the dispute and went out of
ors to settle the matter. Iu the
atfray that followed Bauer was NOR
tally wounded BIZ a bullet from a re-
vOlver in the hands of Helmrath. The
accused was found guilty and will
undergo the eight years penalty
The Dells Improvement company has
discharged its force employed at the
/ log-sOrtng works and suspended oper-
ations for the season. Ii is estimated
that there are only about 10000 600
feet of logs left above on the Chippewa
waters, which is about one-half of the
amount estimated to have remained on
/ the same waters q year ago. al the
suspension Of operations. This fact
which indicated the most thorough
sweep for several seasons, means also
that the cut this winter will De very
heavy. perhaps double that Of last win
ter.
In the course of the trial Of Hazel
tine, at Stevens Point. for the shooting
of Morse. the defense being emotional
insanity, Dr. Walter kemster of Osh-
kosh, tor eleven years superintendent
of the Northern hospital for the insane
who has spent much of his life in the
study of insanity. was witness FOR
the state. He said that about five
thousand cases of insanity had come
under his observation. He tes-
titled that there was no doubt
whatever of the defendants sanity,
aud that the hereditary insanity in the
family did not affect the defendant as
evidenced by his steady intellectual
growth. lie disposed IN few short
sentence of his disbelief in the theory
of emotional insanity without disease
of the brain and an irresistible insane
impulse with consciousness existing at
the time, stating that neither could
exist
After an extended trip through the
Northwest, for the purpose Of inyes-
tigating the subject of treatment given
cattle by shippers and the railroads,
the Rev. G.. + Gordon has returned TO
his home in Milwaukee,. His inquir-
les and inspections have been prose-
cuted in tho interest of the National
Humane Society, and he will submit
his report to that organization at its
+ annual meeting. TO be neld at Minr cap
oils in November. Mr.. Gordon will
also confer with the Leather Manu-
facturcTs Association at q meeting to
be held Nov. 81, ~Cgarding the injury
caused to hides by branding the ami
mails Mr.. Gordon visited the slaueh-
ter houses and inspected some OF the
hides. finding some that were worth
less on account of the excessive brand
ing. As TO the methods OF handling
cattle, Mr. Gordon said that on the
Oregon transportation Company ard
Northern Pacific lines the cattle are
handled humanely. On the Minneso-
ia Transfer the system is bad.
The cattleman will have a hard time
this winter, he said "for there is little
feed and water on the Montana
ranges
MIngIing with the Mob.
Lady of the use-.Tomorrow is q
holiday, Peggy, so you can &c out and