River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-12-30
STATE NEWS AND NOT ES.

The city of Madison expended $780,
925. Improvement, during the year
1856.
AT Virygua burglars secured 5000
worth Of goods from Luther's store but
failed to get the safe open but spoiled
the lock
The broom factarv of Daniel Larkin,
near Madison, Wa set on fire by the
explosion OF kerosene lamp. and
burned with its contents.
Madison has Il tobaggan slide. the
towers of which are 40 feet high. The
chuteS 100 feet in length with an ice
slide at the bass 500 feet long.
VIM. II. Hopkins of Baraboo. lust
become of age, has received $50. 900.
left him h. the viii of his uncle Mark
Hopkins the deceased California Mill
ionaire
THE Ashland Press. in review of
the progress Of that city during theyear
shows tina. l42 buildings of all kinds
were erected. and that in this and the
construction Of immense irOn-ore docks
by the railway companies the sum of
1881 800 was expended
Ia the United States Court at Madi-
>or Geo Maine. Of Stevens Point.
and J.C. Maxwell who lives in Mime
apoliS, but does business in Spooner.
were convicted Of cutting timber on
government land. The former was
ordered To- pay S454.65 and the latter
S414.32, in addition 10 the costs.
December 2ith nine men employed in
William Foot > Logging camp, seventy
five miles north OF Eau Claire. partook
Of some canned fruit. and ON their way
to work in tina woods We're Frustrated
in a helpless condition The fruit i
supposed To have been poisoned The
victims We're removed 10 the camp and
medical aid rendered No deaths are
Vet reported. though some of the victims
are in a critical condition.
At its session two years ago the
legislation created the county of Oneida
but stipulated that the act should not
90 into effect till january 1. 1887.
Pursuant 10 the act Gov Ru,k has APP
pointed the following county officers:
County Judge-S W Mccormick.
Z AfiNtii tt +AAtbt titth iscNt .. DiillllGr.
Clerk Of Court W. MCINTYRE.
Comfy Clerk W. L. Beers. Sheriff
\. Sievwright Register of Deeds
Ole X. Olson County Treasurer C.
Ely. County surveyor ;. Shcp-
hard. superintendent of Schools-D.
l.. Barnes.
During 1856 At Wa>hburn S367,3
has been expended for new buildings.
including the railroad elevator with a
million bushels capacity and "a large
/ iiour house. Two large SAW mills have
also been built several substantial
1 bushes, blocks and /, large number of
/ fine residences Rood x Maxwell have
built large saw mill, planning mill.
I boarding house. eight neat residences,
I etc, at Il cost of about 100000 A. a.
! Bigclow < Go. have also built a fine saw
mill at a cost of about $50. 900. The
4 lumber manufactured during the wear
amounted to 36,0u0.000 feet. and the
lake business of the Chicago. st. Paul.
4 Minneapolis 4 Omaha pathway aggreg-
ated 35S. g5l.631 pounds.
In1s6s. J. d. Relmert vacated the
I land office AT Hudson, where he was re-
/ ceiver of public moneys. and left de-
ticiency Of $3.50 in his accounts.
/ Judgment was obtained in the then dis
/ trict OF Wisconsin against his SureticS.
Silae Staples. of Hudson. and others.
! Revmert. 10 indemnify his Suretics.
IN Ide a deed of trust To certain lands
near Hudson. upon which i'm 1869, "a
sale was had of a quarter section.
which was bid of by =. Watson, who
Is now said to be an inmate of a Massa-
chuse;t- insane asy lum. for the sum of
/ 50. 400, of which S3,S33.35 was laid
down. 4 mortgage was given for the
balance on the land sold That same
! wear the mortgage was forecloscd,
! but a. no one attended the sale. nothing
was realized from IT, The treasury de-
/ partment IN. recently directed United
/ States District ATTORNEY Bushnell. Of
/ Wisconsin tohaye an execution entered
against the suretie~ for the balance Of
! the Judgment. the same to be placed i'm
| the hands of the United States marshal
/ for the western district for collection.
Attorney Geo. l. Williams of Grand
Rapids county has been indicted by
the F.Ifcd States grand jury al Madison
or completely in procuring an alleged
fraudulent pension for Maria OstIan-
der Mr. Williams states that AT the
time he acted a. her attorney he had
knowledge nor information prior To
last October that Mrs O-tr nder was
not the real mother of the deceased
soldier. ami unmarried Is shc claimed
10 oe. In her case the evidence passed
through my hands as her attorney to
the department. nd at the time seemed
10 me straight and proper aud as pre-
~,nting tic true facts in the case. !
had no more doubt of the truth of the
statement made by variou~ witnesses,
and ON which the pension was allowed.
than had the pension department whea
allowed tir claim. The indictment 50 far
a. ! am concerned j. certainly founded
ON suspicion alone. aud while regretting
very keenly the action and the smirch
thereby east upon my good name. ! can
only confidently wait for a future full
and complete vindication, conscious of
my rec.itudc i'm the whole matter. In
addition To the foregoing n Grand
Rapids telegram of the oath says that
Williams h. d rot hen been placed under
arrest. and if indicted by the grand
Jury for the cause alleged, he has been
most outrageou-ly NAL gned. In this
community he has been well and
fayorably known for ten wears. having
held the offices Of county superintend-
ent, district attorney, and now county
Judge. all Of which positions he was
held not only with credit 20 himself,
but to the entire satisfaction Of the
people Of this county His reputation
for truth aud honesty is beyond ques-
ton, and the people here will be slow
to believe that he was cognizant Of
anything fraudulent in the Ostrander
claim.
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