River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-08-12

Sioux City; w A. McAllister, VintOn; e.
NJ Funk, Manning Clinton BabbitU, Be
lott, Wis. James Cannon, Mankato MINI.
jeremiah ]. Hennessy,- White Sulphur
Springs; Isaac L. Carr, Neillsville; Charles
X. Gleason, Eau Claire.
Charles NJ. Thomas OF Kentucky to be as.
sociate justice of the supreme court of Da-
kota.
The st. Croix Valley Standard in its last
issue reports the sale of the st. Croix Falls,
Wis, water power owned by the heirs Of
the late Caleb cushing, and opposite Tay-
Tors Falls, Mimi. The purchase includes
2,400 acres of improved and timbered
lands, one thousand and fifty lots and IS
acres Riparian reservation, in st. CroiN
Falls village. having river front of two
miles. % acres lying one mile along the
Minnesota shore of st. Croix river, and
the extensive water power. T.. Rice, Jr,
J. II. McCourt w. l.. futile and Others are
the purchasers. The great waterpower is
To be developed at once.
The elevator aG Eggleston, eight miles
from Red Wing, Mimi, burned about
2 a. m, on the sth taking fire from
lightning. The burning elevator fell upon
the Il. r track and freight train, unable
to check speed was thrown from the track
and seventeen cars loaded with merchan-
disc, machinery and ties were burned.
The engine and two cars were thrown
from the track and badly smashed. Nine
tramps were in car of ties, and before
assistance could be rendered four of them
were burned, three were seriously injured,
but taken out and two escaped uninjured.
Rev. Geo c. Haddock, pastor Of the
Methodist church at Sioux City, Iowa was
shot and killed by some unknown assassin
on the evening of the End. He was walk
ing on the street and the assassin came up
behind him in the darkness and killed him.
Mr.. Haddock was a prohtbitionist and
engaged in warm controversy on that
subject and his murder is supposed to
grow cut of that.
San Francisco Call: The Minnesota g.
A. r. delegation, about two hundred
strong, including fifty ladies, arrived at
7:40 yesterday morning in charge of De
partment Commander William II. Thomas.
Judge Rea, past senior vice commander OF
| the national department, is with the party
and is a candidate for commander-inc chief.
Mrs. Mary StaTkweather president of the
Minnesota w. X. c., is also with the party.
The remains of the murdered Rev.
George C. Haddock arrived in Racine at
4 40 Saturday afternoon, and were met at
the depot by a large number of friends
and members of the NJ f.. church. They
went Immediately TO the cemetery. where
the services were held. Bishop Fallows
/
From the Assinniboine country, Mont,
come reports of an impoverishing drouth
and to some extent prairie fires, around
the Belt mountains, st. Peters Mission,
&c Creeks and Springs from the noun
tains have gone dry and Gjority OF tho
stock has been driven to the Missouri hot
toms.
Mrs. Drenkhain, widow living south of
Lewiston, Mimi, has seven hundred acres
of grain. She runs four self-binders with
| five horses attached to each, and full
crew of shockers and bosses the whole
outfit herself.
The dam at Fair Haven. Mimi, broke,
and a large portion of il was swept away.
The accident was caused by the settling of
the new portion of the structure. The mill
/ will not run for some time.
The bill FORGETTING the Northern Pacific
land grant has failed to pass Congress at
this session ana may never be heard Of
again. The bin repeating the presumption
\ law also failed to pass.
| The uinth annual exhibition of the Bar
ron County, Wis. Agricultural society will
be held at Chetek Wis, Tuesday. Wedues-
day and Thursday, Sept. IA, Is and Is,
| 1886.
| Three-fourths OF the village OF Spencer,
Marathon, Wis, was destroyed by fire on
| the sta, the fire taking from the Burning
woods. Loss $500 GOO, insurance $4,000.
! Gen. Nettleton of Minneapolis aud r
/ Munford Of Glyndon, Mimi, are arranging
! to open a blast furnace at Fargo using the
unoperated iron works for the plant.
The Westville Lumber company, at Eau
! Claire, shut down its saw mill, discharging
! one hundred men, owing to the lack of
/ logs caused by the prolonged drOuth.
Ex-Goy Taylor of Wisconsin has been
privately married to Mrs. Viola Titus a
widow. Taylor and his former wife were
divorced two years ago.
Victor johnson of Pipestone, Mimi was
/ shot in the shoulder through the careless
ness Of companion drawing his gun out
/ of wagon muzzle first.
@. A. Raven, who has been studying law
at Valley City, Oak, has been denied ad
/ mission to the bar, on the ground that he
was an anarchist.
/ Efforts are being made throughout Mon
tana to raise a sum for monument to Miss
Jane Macarthur, the heroine of the Sun riv-
er tragedy.
| Gov. Gill Pierce viii deliver the address
at the opening of the North Dakota Agri-
cultural Exposition, Sept 81, at Grand
| Forks.
| Watertown, Mum, has purchased the
fire engine and truck from the local com
pany, so as to make it village property.
Ex-Goy. Davis, of St. Paul, has accepted
an invitation t. deliver Che opening al ross
ct Minneapolis Exposition, Aug %id.
The inquest ia the Hearch murder ce5e
at GAINESVILLE, Wis, has adjourned without
obtaining clue to the guilty. parties.
The farmers about Hutchinson, MINI.
| have finished their grain harvest having
cut the finest crop had for years.
There is much sickness at Barley
Marathon county, Wis, from drinking
water with too much iron in it.
Geo. Perry, formerly n p, station
agent at Braine;d, Milan, committed
suicide at Omaha, on the b.
Fourteen cars of tea have Left Portland
for Minneapolis, and st. Pau, aud sixteen
additional will soon follow.
Mrs. Charles Brittou, OF Coal Harior,
was drowned while crossing the river in
purs nit Of her husband.
The forest fires in 0utaGamie county,
| Wis, have destroyed much hay and g.ain,
and several buildings.
Mrs. jerome Howard viii he a can iiiate
| for superintendent Of the WilEiu county,
Mimi, public schools.
Lightning strucl, the main stable Of The
Omaha fair association and eight horses
| were killed
A Montevideo farmer fell from load of
straw and was killed, his skull being
crushed
Max Krolik, OF Mankato, Minn. charged
with arson, has been held to the grand
jury.
L. Cross was fatally shot in a saloon row
| at Utica, Mimi, by J. Bohrs.
At Akin, Mimi, during storm Monday
hail fell as large as walnuts.
Mr.. Crane Of Granite Falls, Man. has
silver cup la9 years ol3.
The Red River Valley drainage survey is
progressing famously.
Hog cholera is prevailing in the James
vile, Wis, region
Oshkosh, Wis, has 1,l1s school children,
and Racine 1921.
Indians are stealing horses in the Assinni-