River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-05-06
STATE NEWS NOTES.

STATE NEWS NOTES.
Henry s. Carrier of Oak Center COM
mirted suicide on train near Sacra-
mentO.
Postmaster General Villas is to de-
liver the Decoration day address at
New York City.
Sarah 5. Sackett, one of the first
settlers of Milwaukee died at Wauk-
esha April 20, aged II.
Superintendent Nevins of the State
fish hatcheries has already placed A.
100000 white fish in Wisconsin waters,
ami has 100000 more to plant.
Rev. Lewis A. Kemper, ID. d., of
OcOnomowOc, Wis, who was profess
sor in the theological seminary ut
Nasotah, died suddenly on the 29th
nit
Thos. IL. Mcintosh survivor of the
Mexican war and the war of 1912 died
at Lodi, where he had resided since
1896, April 80. He was il his 9lst
year.
A young man named Torvilson while
examining bear trap set for wolves,
near Spangter's corners, in the vicinity
of Neenah. was caught in the trap and
so injured that he died in conse-
quenCe.
The grist mill of Shute & Bonnie.
located two miles west of Logansville,
burned on the Doth of April. There was
an insurance of -. 500. The properly
IS said to be worth between s., 900 and
81 600.
In the circuit court at Appleton
Cornelieus DE Brain was found guilty of
arson. On December Is las. he set fire to
barn belonging to his divorced wife,
in the town of Little Chute. He was
drunk at the time.
The large warehouse of Benz Burr &
Son, at Oshkosh, was burned Tuesday
night. Considerable flour, feed, coal,
salt, etc, were destroyed. The loss is
fully $1,000. insurance 81 900. The
fire was the result of incendiarism.
Several years ago James Clark. a
locomotive engineer on the Wisconsin
Central invested few hundred dollars
in iron ore land in the Penokee range.
His children, residing at Stevens
Point and Chicago have sold an inter-
est in the land for $4,000.
On the % ult St James church,
Milwaukee, occurred the marriage of j.
IL. Van Dyke, Jr., and Miss Annie
Camp, daughter of a bank president.
At HOLY Name church, Miss Alice Nc
Gable, a cousin of General Sheridan,
DR.. Vertling, of Cincinnati were
married.
Last spring a farmer of Wayne,
Washington county, in rolling wheat
field found a stone which upon eX-
animation is believed to be a diamond,
though not perfect. Some eXcitment
exists owing to the belief that some
thing in the nature of diamond mine
exists there.
Gustave Moede. a grocer at Oshkosh,
being pressed by Milwaukee creditor
took a dose of strychnine, from which
he died. He asked friend to sign a note
with MIN to the pressing firm, but the
signature being refused he took the
fatal potion, soon went into spasms
and was beyond relief
In bringing Adolph Faisfaur to the
insane asylum, at Oshkosh, Sheriff Hill,
of Langlade county, had an arm dis
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assistance was badly cut in the face,
through the struggles of the maniac.
He is the worst case which the hospital
has received in two years.
The Presbytery of La Crosse had a
three days session in that city, last
week The Presbytery embraces the
territory between the south line in
Vernon county and the south line of
Eau Claire county, and west of the
Wisconsin river, and number thirteen
churches and ten ministers.
The badly decomposed body of boy
taken from the river at Milwaukee,
Saturday afternoon is believed to be
that Of Albert Hicks, aged years,
who was drowned Sept. last. The
skull is bare of hair and all flesh has
disappeared from the face, making
positive identification impossible.
At Eau Claire, April 30th John b.
Finch head of the order of Good Temp
lers Of Wisconsin, was given a grand
banquet by a number of prominent
temperance women. The affair was
given in honor of the good results at
tending the series of lectures he closed
that evening. over two thousand
people were present.
The case a the State VS.. Hugh
BOYLE. on trial at Appleton, one that
/ has attracted much attention. Boyle
being charged witt the murder of
I Theodore Endter last December, was
concluded on the 2nd, the jury after
+ being out seven hours returning a YER
diet If not guilty. August Endter,
+ father Of the deceased. the morning of
I the tragedy had some words with the
mother OF the defendant about some
straw. and in the afternoon the de-
/ PENDANT went into the woods where
August Endter and his two sons were
ehopping wood. and said 10 old man
Endter: Il have come to settle about
that straw, and that right of. A
/ light followed. Endters two boys
came running up. and Boyle, in the
melee, struck Theodore Endter blow
on the head which caused his death.
Bowie claimed that he went only to see
Endter about the trouble, and that the
old man and his boys pitched on him
and pounded him seriously, being aided
bv large dog; that he finally broke
loose and ran away. the deceased and
the dog following; that when the dog
got close he stopped, picked up club,
and struck at it; and then the deceased
had a club raised to strike him (de-
fendant} down. and he SWING his club
TO ward it of. and if he struck the boy
AZ all il was then ami not intentionally,