River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-29
STATE NEWS NOTES


As John Oates. of Mineral Point.
was returning from mining. one eve
mnS recently. he captured a white go
pher or chipmunk.
Mrs. II. l.. Noble and Mrs. J. s.
Barber were injured by a runaway ac-
cident al Fon du Lac. Mrs. Noble's
right shoulder was dislocated.
\ colt kicked young son of VIM.
fusion. of the town of La Prairie.
Grant county in the head. SATURDAY..
and I actured the skull. The child
may recover.
A littl son of NJ. Turner, of Brandon
had his leg broken in three places
while attempting TO climb upon draw
while it was IN motion. His limb
caught in the wheel
Contracts have been let for cutting
out and grading the Minneapolis. Sault
Ste. Marie q Atlantic railroad, 24O
miles east of Rhinelander. according
10 the Phillips Times.
j. 4 Oestreieh. of Oconomowoc
killed himself with revolver in n
Chicago hotel. about noon. \ short
time afterward his wife and two child
rem arrived in the city to meet him.
Surveyors on the new Fairchild x
Mississippi railroad have started out
from Fairchild and located the line for
a distance of six miles. A force of gra-
ders will be placed at work next week
The Stevens Point Journal chroni-
cles the elopement of w. IL. Lunt.
fish merchant of that place, and l6-
year-Old girl famed Annie Jones. the
man leaving family of wife and four
children.
At Manitowoc a daughter of Weuzel
Halada. was drowned by being caught
Ia the draw of a bridge as it was clos
ing. She was crushed aud then fell in
the river. Her body was recovered
soon afterwards.
The mysterious disappearance Of the
little SOL Of X. NJ. Williams. editor of
/ he Glidden Pioneer, has been cleared
/ up by the discovery of the boys body
under some floating logs in the
Chippewa river.
James COyne, a brakeman on the
southwestern division of the ST. Paul
road. was run over in Beloit. and in
stantly killed, his foot having caught
| in a guard-rail He was ali unmarried
man about 70 yeare of age.
The Chicago, Burlington & North
ern track has been laid from ST. Paul
to Prairie du Chien-a distance Of 200
miles. The track laying south of Prai-
RE du Chen will probably be compile
ted the present month.
| Postoilice Inspector kidder picked
up about 1000 rifled letters at point
about half a mile from Alton station.
but was unable to obtain clue to the
| robbers. He reports that no drafts.
money orders or stamps We're taken.
T. f. Dawson. of Beloit, Is in posses
sion of the first order issued by Gen
eral Grant as colonel of the Twenty
first Illinois volunteers. ID appointed
Mr.. Dawson as acting assistant COM
missary and aching assistant quarter
master.
At Eau Claire, George MEYERS. while
at work on a scaffUld of the new First
Congregational church in course OF
erection, fell twenty-five feet and
struck on top of his head. crushing
his skull, dying instantly. He leaves a
"AAC hhN y O0A = NeAu -ht'A'
H. g. Fleith and Emmett Bardeu have
discovered very rich vein Of iron ore
at their mine, located about five miles
north of Stevens Point, near Marshall
hill. They have been prospecting
some time and have believed tll along
that they would find paving vein
soon.
Ira Rowell. of the firm of j. S Row
! ell Sons Il Co, seed sower manufac-
turers of Beaver Dam, died at his home
of blood poisoning, aged 80 years. lie
was prominent citizen and
highly respected. The funeral took
place under the auspices of the Ma
sonic fraternity.
The iron range on the west shore of
Green bay abOGnds with such deposits
of magnetic ore that surveyors are
compelled to run their lines by solar
compass, the needle of an ordinary
compass being so strongly affected by
the subteranean lode rs to be almost
useless.
stock tug company was organized
at SEebOygan, Thursday afternoon, by
a number of the vessel and tug owners
of the city. under the name of the She
boygan fue company. with capital
of $4,000. for the purpose of dong Il
general tOwning business, and with Il
view of ultimately obtaining a complete
wrecking outfit.
August 18th, the Wisconsin Editorial
association will meet at Marinetfe in
annual session, and from the present
outlook there will be large gathering
of the craft. Two days will probably
be spent there in business and sight
seeing. when the Wisconsin editors will
join the Upper Peninsula Press associa-
ton at MenOminee. and make a tour
of inspection TO the iron and copper
districts of Lake Superior.
Abraham Christensen, a jCurneyman
carpenter and joiner, living in Milwau-
kee, has spent his leisure hours since
last January in the production of "a
table top, which is quite 3 curiosity.
II contains SOC odd-shaped pieces OF
about fifty different species of wood.
from the commonest to the rarest kind.
The border consists Of five different
kinds and contains SO pieces The
table top represents four weeks steady
labor.
The Sun Prairie COuntryman of yes
terday says that the barley harvest is
now in progress. But for the recent
rains the quality of barley this year
would have been excellent-be better in
fact. than has been raised in this sec
ton for many years. Because Of the
long drouth the kernel. though light
would have been bright and free from
discclorJtion. As il is. the crop will
be less in quantity and no better in
quality than in former seasons.
The wood shops Of the j. |. Case
Tbreshing ma hine works at Racine
closed for an indefinite period Saturday
thus throwing some $50 or 200 men
out of employment. The reason for
this is that the contracts for making
this years machines are completed and
the company does not care to enter
in to new contracts until they know
how the trade will turn out. The ma
chine shops, blacksmith shops. ship
ping and other departments will con
time 10 run until further notice.
THE MARKETS JULY -.
ST. PsgL.
WBsAT-Nn. / hard. q; hid. 30.
Northern, s5s bid; No. 2 Northern, re
bid.
Flour-Patsnt, s5.OOa5. y; strsl,hts
> k~nAs 49, ~ hr-A