River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-06-19
The Nnwa Condanscd.

The bonded Indebtedness of the State
in 1850 was $4,000; now there is no debt
Segvald Qvale, a wealthy Norwegian
who lately died in Eau Claire, be-
queathed $1,000, 900 for the establish
ment of hospital for cripples at Madi-
son.
1t has been decided to hold the La
Crosse Interstate fair September TO 6.
Noah ID. Comstock, State Senator and
a prominent man in Wisconsin politics,
died OF heart disease at Arcadia the
other morning. Mr.. Comstock was over
60 years of age.
Captain X. ID. Smart postmaster of
Manitowoc, and ex-member of the Leg
islature, died in that city the other
morning, aged 81 years
A terrible storm visited Wausau the
other night and lightning STUCK and
burned the barn of Fred Rosenbusch
with several head of stock.
The attempt at Sunday closing at
Ashland was failure.
A summer hotel at Thompson station,
near Ashland, was destroyed by fire
foS 5avs ago. Loss, SIG, 900; insurance,
10000
Assignee Joseph Yates of the de-
funct Mather Bank recently discovered
that Joe Hawley, the junior partner and
book-keeper who absconded the day be-
fore the failure. was an embezzler to
the amount of 81, go.
Maud and John Allies, charged with
murder, were recently acquitted by a
Jury in the circuit court at Hayward.
The tug Bennett towed lumber raft
recently containing 10000 feet from
Cranberry river to Ashland, seventy
miles, in seventy hours. This was the
heaviest tow ever brought there by one
tug.
At the recent session in Racine OF
the State convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union Mrs Amy
kellogg Morse. of Durand, was elected
President; Vice President Mrs Herr,
of Milwaukee; Secretary, Mrs. Curtis,
Of Madison; Treasurer, Mrs. Johnson,
of Madison.
General Ginty, Wisconsin's new
United States Marshal, dressed in his
everyday clothes weighs 800 pounds.
About twenty stsve manufacturers
OF Wisconsin and Minnesota met at
Eau Claire recently and decided to ad-
vance the price of slaves half cent
Preliminary action toward effecting an
association was also taken.
Mrs. T. ID Christie and children, who
have been spending the past two years
in Beloit, were given reception the
other night on the eve of her departure
to Marssh, Turkey, where her husband
and she have long been engaged in mis-
sionary work.
William Ormby's barn near Morris
was struck by lightning recently and
considerable stock was killed.
Lightning the other night killed
colt owned by Merton Head, struck the
barn of Charles Leavis and house be-
longing to Mr.. Lyon in the town of Dun
kirk.
At the recent session in Chippewa
Falls of the Ancient Order of Hiberni-
ans officers for the ensuing two years
were chosen as follows: State Delegate,
John NJ Clark. Milwaukee; State Sec
rotary. T. w. Reilly, Oshkosh; State
Treasurer, J. w. Twohy, Chippewa
Falls
Prof ]. J. BlaisdelI. of Beloit, was
recently presented with s., 900 as
token of esteem from members of the
college alumni
The heirs of Guido Pfister have do
mated land worth s2l, 600 to the German
English Academy of Milwaukee, and
viii erect building on it 70 cost about
SIS, 900.
William Palmer was arrested By post
office inspectors in La Crosse the other
day for swindling Wisconsin. Iowa and
Minnesota people out of SIS. 600 by
bogus employment agency. He had
branches in Burlington, Dubuque.
Davenport Oshkosh, Eau Claire, Racine
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