River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-14
NoRrHwEsrERN NEWS.

The cold wave has given the St. Paul
Ice Palace a big boom and the inhabitants
Of the city are so happy over it that they
turned ont with a military and torchlight
parade to lay the corner block. The
weather was so cold that the words of the
speaker on the occasion broke IN chunks as
they were spoken, and the reporters forthe
daily papers only had to stand aud catch
the ice sentences in bucket and taking
them 70 their offices thawed them out aud
thus had a complete transcript OF the I'm
prpmeditatcd remarks Of the orator The
palace is To be opened with great festivities
Oh the evening Of Monday, Feb. /.
The Duluth chamber Of commerce build
ing was formally dedicated on the 9th.
REPRESENTATIVE business men from st.
Paul. Minneapolis, Fargo, Chicago, Mil
waukee. New York and many other points
being present. At the evening banquet,
GOV. Hubbard Of Mimi, and Gov. Pierce OF
Dakota responded TO tOasts aud were fol-
lowed by Gen. J. II Baker. railroad com
missiouerof Mimi. Mayor Moore Of Duluth,
J. ! Hill of the st Paul x Manitoba ratl-
road aud many others. The building has
A frontage on Superior street of - feet
aud 10 feet ON Third avenue west and has
been erected at cost Of So5,OcO
The body Of the late J. b. Raymond Of
Fargo d. T.. was buried in Rock Greek Gem
every az - ANllillF AOAA bAA ttAt AANA' ~ -
mains OF his wife who was buried in Wash
iuctou last spring were removed to fam
ily burial lot and they were both inferred
together. There were no funeral services
save the brief ceremony at the grave. sen
ator satin. with whom MIR KaYmond's
daughters are living, had charge OF the
burial.
The Secretary of the Interior recon-
mends the beginning of suit against the
fr,.11 100. I l,,v. nc
li- and also the Clearwater and Red River
Lumber companies for trespass on govern
ment timber lands The amount involved
Is little over S25,OJ.
JH Dolchy, alias, J. Il. Lame, the bust
ness manager Of the Cal. Wagner minstrel
troupe. has been arrested at saltwater
Mimi. and confined in Jail for deserving
his wife aud child the wife having follow
ed him from New Jersey TO prosecute.
L. 5. Marshall Denny OF Minnesota, has
rendered his resignation, all charges
against him having been withdrawn.
II is term would have expired Feb. Goth.
His successor will probably be ". NJ.
Campbell of Litchfield-
Roller Kinks seem to be especially infian-
mable this winter Almost every paper con-
tains an account OF the destruction o. one
some where La MOure, ID. T., contri Juted
her quota on the 9Th, by the burning of the
Opera roller rink.
The Merchants National Bank has been
organized at Duluth with s150,0oc capital.
The President is A. ". Wright who is
millionaire capitalist s-ori Saginaw, Mich.
Oswald, who shot McWeeney at Devils
Lake, has been held on preliminary exam
iualion for murder and is confined in Jail
without bal
4 cold wave with the mercury from 10
to Is degrees below zero swept over the
Northwest on the Sth, 2th, and 10th.
The suspended National Bank at Lake
City, MINI, is expected to resume in
about two weeks.
F. H. Ross Of Bushnell, Iowa, has been
appointed receiver Of the First National
Bank at Lake City.
In the trial of Vim. Stree.er for murder
at Duluth, the jury failed to agree.
The st. Paul & Omaha railroad depot at
Superior, Wis, burned on the 9tb.
The Eagle foundry at Eau Claire. Wis,
burned on the nth.
III Dousman, Of Prairie du Chen, Wis ,
is dangerously i'll.
E.T. Snverson, a merchant at Fargo, has
failed