River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25
MIsCnNsIN NEWS.

has failed
Sir John Macdonald is very i'll.
WISCONSIN NEWS.
The free library at Sparta contains
, 200 volumes.
The Marshiield logcu is but 50 per
cent. of former winters.
AT Beloit the Salvation army has
rented the rink, and is bombarding the
town.
At the special election held at Racine
3.l52 votes were cast for and "a against
water works.
\ Methodist church. of Bayfield, brown
stone is to be built at Ashland. 1t will
cost $1,000
The Farmers Board of Trade. of
Hudson. with a capital stock So, 900,
has filed articles of Incorporation.
Gov. Rusk has appointed j. r.
Dwyer register of deeds for Marinett
county, vice Edwin Dwycr, deceased.
The latter was the father of the APP
pointed.
The Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany is now perfecting arrangements
for direct telegraphic connections be-
tween Ashland and St. Paul and also to
Fargo.
The saw mills at Hortonville have
shut down and disposed of their
winters cut. The milling was about
IS per cent. short OF the anticipated
total
At the University of Wisconsin
1t. Lomia, military professor and his
class are in a most belligerent attitude
towards each other, great bitterness
prevailing.
At La Crosse on the 22nd, a street
ear jumped the track ut the north end
of the La Crosse river bridge. falling
ten feet, killing the horse and injuring
six passengers.
The cut of the Chippewa Logging
company. otherwise known as 'the
log pool, is estimated at 30, 900, 600
feet. The work was along the CHIP
pewa river and its tributaries.
The water in Rock river rose two
feet on the 10th. and all the tributaries
are overilowed. The indications are
that n bad flood will result from the
hard rain which prevailed.
AT GAINESVILLE. John ID. Circleton, hay
ing neglected and refused to pay
alimOny adjudged to the plaintiff. his
wife. was found guilty of contempt of
court. and ordered to be committed TO
Jail until the alimony is paid.
The farmers of the town of Norway
have plan u drain about 5000 acres
of low land b. dredging a channel from
Muskego creek to Wind lake, thence 10
Muskego lake. The improvement will
cost about $4,000.
An extraordinary flood in the Fox
river swept away one of the buttresses
Of the bridge st the Hadtieid quarries
and covered the St. Paul track for
some distance. All the springs along
the river front are under water and
several houses are partially inundated.
Daniel l.aughlin, aged %, the oldest
man in Waupaca county died at
Waupaca, this week He had resided
in WaUpaca over thirty-two years and
voted at every general and special
election held during that time His
wife, who survives him, is now 81 years
old, and quite hale and hearty.
A few days ago Capt. n. ID. Moore. of
Ashland completed the sale of $4,000
tons of ore from the Iron King mine and
10000 tons from the Aurora mine to
Cleveland parties. This ore will be
shipped to the ore dock Ashland city on
or before the opening of navigation,
when it will be shipped to Cleveland by
the first vessel
l.. a. DescOmbes. who was doing a
large crockery glassware business in
ShebOygan a year ago, died in the
Milwaukee county poorhouse on Fri
day last. Reverses, both sudden and
frequent, left him a pensioner on the
public. He had q life insurance for
$1,000 in the Royal Arcanum, but was
unable To pay the last assessment.
The impossible state of the country
roads has placed an embargo upon the
sale Of the tobacco for the present.
Some of the dealers in the market are
looking for export orders, and, if sue
cessful in obtaining them, Will buy
largely for European trade. \ good
share of the Wisconsin crop this year is
well adapted to this purpose, and if
the bulk of it can be shipped abroad q
much better prospect Is in store for the
home grower another year.
a Racine dispatch states that much
local interest attaches to the U. ;. SUI
preme decision in the Mtckin case
from the fact that Henry T. Wright.
who is now serving time in the pcne-
tiary at Chester for embezzling govern
ment funds while assistant postmaster
at Racine. will make an effort to obtain
his release on the same ground
Wright was tried on information and it
Is conceded by local lawyers that his
sentence is null and void under the de-
cision of the court His term viii eX-
pire in July, 1887.
The following is the schedule of
games Of the Collegiate Baseball asso-
citation for the ensuing year:
May State University VS.. Beloit.
at Beloit
Nav S-Raciue y. Northwestern
University. at Evanston.
Nav l5-Northwestern University
V. Beloit, At Beloit.
MAY Northwestern University
vs.. State University, at Madison.
Nav 22-State University vs.. North
western University, at Evanston.
May 24-State University V. Racine. /
at Racine.
May 29-Racine vs.. Beloit. at Beloit. /
May 3l-RAcine vs.. State University.
ut Madison.
June 4-Beloit vs.. Racine. al Racine /
June 5--Be'oit vs.. Northwestern /
University, at Evanston.
June 12-Beloit V. State University. I
at Madison.
June 2-Northwestern University /
vs.. Racine. at Racine.
The new officers are as follows: /
President, w. +. Kramer, Madison;
secretary and treasurer, A. l.. Reed. I
Racine; vice-presidents. j. Il. Hit. T
Evansville; J. NJ. Sheean, Beloit; A. J. 1
Lunt. Racine.