River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-08-19
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chased from tho Washburne estate
$1,000 acres of pine land on the Black
river. paying s., 80 an acre.
The 2nd regiment w. N. G.. in camp
at Manitowoc devoted much time ~
battalion drill guard duty and other
features of military tactics.
The jackson County iron blast furn-
/ ace at Black River Falls is in success
ful operation running ofpig iron four
times day aud using mostly the home
ore.
AZ Maintowoc a Polish laborcr nam
eel fenski was killed while working in
the brickyard. A bank of clay which
he was mining cayed in upon him, and
struck his pick, driving it into his
skull.
The congressional convention Of the
prohibitionists fof the 2d district has
been called to meet at Waukesha, Sept.
8. The democrats hold theirs Sept. !,
and it is anticipated that the republi
can convention will also be held there
NJ q somewhat later date
A little son of Thomas Burke, AGED
1 years residing near Waukesha swal-
lowed shin9le nail not long ago, which
passed into the right lung where an
abeess was formed which broke and
the nail was ccughcd mp, but the child
expired soon afterwards
Parties engaged in drilling well on
the Never farm, in the town of Grand
Chute, struck q reservoir OF natural
gas at depth of sixty feet The ven
tage was so forceful that water and
mud were thrown TO height OF fifteen
feet above the surface
Patrons of the American Express
company at Waukesha have been re-
funded sums ranging from less than n
dollar to over $50. said to have been
oyercharges collected by former
employe, whe gathered in $500 to 5000.
by the process.
The reunion of the Central Wiscon-
sim Veteran association is to take
place at Green Lake, Sept /, ? aud 8.
1t il expected that the Grand Army
posts Of Oshkosh, Ripon, Waupun
Brandon and hartford will be we'll
represented on the occasion.
At Oconomowoc, frankie, the 10
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs Frank
Fitzhugh, of Paris, Tex. fell ont Of q
boat in NagOWcka lake and drowned
lie had not been in the water long be-
fore he was rescued, but every effort to
resuscitate him was unsuccessful.
The official appointment Of the Very
Rev. Frederick Katzer as bishop of the
see Of Green Bay is now on the way
from Rome. His conservation will
occur IN the cathedral at Green Bay on
the 2lst inst, St Matthew'S day. The
event is looked forward to with much
interest in church circles.
The harvest report from Juneau
County is that oats are We short and
light, and all grains, save perhaps
winter wheat, show very light Weld
and are Of inferior quality. OF grass
there is little or none, and hay is al
ready bringing high prices. Farmers
are on the whole discouraged.
VIM. &. Hooker Of Fond du Lac
died after lingering illness of Bright's
disease, aged Sc years. Mr. Hooker
came there from Cowanda, n T.. his
native place, in 1868 with his wife,
who is a we'll known homeopathic phv-
stefan. The deceased was the father
Of Hon. ID ID. Hooker, of Milwaukee
Mrs Theodore Arthur, Of Baroncttc,
Burnett county. strayed in the woods
while bcrrymg and wandered about
three days and three nights before she
found way out Of the labyrinth. She
suhsistcd on berries and slept upon
leaves,
The Congressional Convention Of
the Republicans OF The Racine district
will probably be held at Ellhorn Sept
18th. Racine County seems to be
again in favor Of Mr.. Cooper. He was
the favorite two years ago and held
the delegation solid through several
hundred ballots.
The seventh annual cncampmcnt Of
the MOuOna Lake assembly has bee, q
success in every respect The attend
ance has been large, the financial re-
suit very pleasing TO all concerned, the
programme attractive throughout.
Everyone who attended the varied ex-
ercises during the two weeks was de-
lighted ut the entertainment afforded,
lat Colgate station on the Wisconsin,
Central new line, q brakeman named
Jacob Dcltgen, Of Granville station,
was killed on the top of box year; in
striking the water tank it is said tho
passer pipe of the tank was only par
watly put up in its place. Dcltgen was
tialuck in the face by the pipe and
knocked of the moving train His
neck was broken either by the blow or
the fall from the train.
At Phillips Swede committed sui
eide at the mill clearinghouse, by cut
~ I, f,,
quest developed the information that
he leaves a wife and family in Sweden;
that he was Respondent because lac had
lately been robbed of money with which
he expected - get his family 10 this
country. and because of nard luck gen
orally. He had just commenced work
in the mill, and was a stranger il the
place.
An incendiary fire started at an early
hour Sunday morning and resulted in
the total destruction of block Of SOW
On buildings all bat one being occu-
pied, in South Chippewa. The South
side is without fire protection, aud the
city fire department could not get to
the scene Of the tire in time TO control
the flames.
The State Pharmacy Association
held its annual meeting at Fond In
Lac and elected the following officers;
President, F NJ. Ovens. Fond ia Lac;
first vice president, + ID. Pulford,
Mineral Point: second yice-president,
w NJ Edwards, Portage; permanent
secretary. f. b. Heimstrect, GAINESVILLE;
treasurer, W p. Clark Milton; local
secretary. A. Conrath, Milwaukee.
w. NJ Edwards, r. Il. IIeimstreet and
w. p. Stearns were appointed COM
mittee on the revision of the bylaws
Among the heaviest depositors in the
New Lisbon bank when it suspended
were q Mr. Parker, farmer, 81 200;
the Juneau county pOorhouSe building
committee, 81 400; Mr. Barlow, of New
Lisbon. $500, and a Mansion firm
about $500. The nominal assets.
about $4,000, consist principally Of
notes and demands againsy i. I.
Beuneteau, Ed. Walker and others,
The liabilities, it is reported, amount
to about 1000.
Suit has been commenced IN the
United States court for the State Of
Wisconsin by A. Il. Bushnell, United
States district attorney, against the
Washburn estate, on 81 bond for 500
coo, given by the late &. G. Washburn
in September, 1855. Papers have
been served upon Van Stecnwyck. Of
La Crosse, as executor. and the case will
come up at the earliest practicable
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