River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-03-18
WISCONSIN
BREVITIES

0OfLn OF the ATCIlC CliClO, duu SOME
300 other varieties of seeds suitable
to the semi-arid regions of the west,
Prof. Niels Ebbesen Hansen, chief
plant explorer of the department of
agriculture of the United States gov
eminent, has just returned from a
trip in lands rarely Wis
tied by an American, and has rejoined
his family here. Prof. Hansen was the
first man ever sent out by the United
States government on such exploration
work
Madison.-State Banking Commits
sioner M. c. Bergh has taken posses
sion of the State bank of Baldwin I'm
fortunate speculations in land in the
far west and south have, it is said, i'm
paired the capital stock and surplus
of the depositors. According to its
latest report the bank has liabilities
of 100000 Of which $4,000 is de-
posits. The capital stock is $4,000.
Superior.-The oilhouse of the Lee
high Valley Coal Company suffered a
fire loss of $4,000.
Superior.-W. J. CONFESS, super
visor from the town of Brule, was
elected superintendent of Douglas
county insane asylum at salary Of
$1,000 year, and Mrs. w. J. CONFESS,
matron, at $500 year. James Bardon
was made chairman and J. Oscar Ely
secretary Of the trustees. Judge
Charles Smith is the other trustee
The state board of control will inspect
the asylum March % and if accepted
it will be opened about April 1.
Barron-The secret of the compost
ton of the ointments and plasters used
by John Till of Almena is out. In an
examination before County Judge c..
w. Meadows under the discovery
statute in the $25, 900 malpractice suit
instituted by Patrick Sullivan of Mil
waukee, Till stated under oath that his
plasters were composed of tallow and
oleum tiglium, the latter being the
pharmaceutical name for croton OIL
Janesville.-Every member of the
training class for nurses of Mercy hos
pital walked out without word OF
warning after learning that Miss Irene
Kelley, the head nurse, had been
served with three-days' notice. I'm
til the Catholic sisters who conduct
the hospital had arranged to do the
duties of the nurses themselves the
patients were in a sad situation.
Chippewa Falls.-The most arrested
saloon man in period of one month
is John Weinberger, who conducts a
temperance saloon in Augusta. Vein
berger has been arrested twice for not
removing. screens and curtains from
the windows of the saloon, and the
cases are pending. Mondays arrest
makes the third on a charge of selling
liquor without a license.
Madison-The Wisconsin supreme
court handed down a decision grant
ing a writ of mandamus to former JUS
tice Robert NJ Bashford of Madison
compelling Secretary of State Frear to
issue a warrant in his favor for $500
as balance of his salary as justice of
the supreme court for the period
from January 1,1908, to July 1, 1908.
Fond du Lac.-Otto Wozsedalek, a
cobbler at North Fond du Lac, was the
victim of a bold robbery by which he
is out $74 Wozsedalek, on coming to
work, hung his coat near his bench.
Later stranger entered and sat down,
saying he had stepped in to figure up
his time. When he left the cobbler
found purse and cash missing.
Madison.-With the exception of a
few small railroads, all the lines in
the state have paid their taxes and
State Treasurer A. Fl. Dahl reports
nearly all of the $1,500,00O due from
this source is now in. The largest fee
came from the Northwestern, 1884,
77783.
Kenosha.-Allegin that his wife
has the affinity habit August Panknin,
a well-known merchant of the village
of Wilmot, this county, has brought
suit for divorce, alleging desertion. He
also demands the custody of his three
children. Mrs. Panknin will contest
the case.
La Crosse.-After a steady fall of
two days, the heaviest snowstorm of
the winter ceased. The official report
is that 13 inches of snow fell. Driven
by high wind, the snow was drifted
mountain high Country roads were
simply impossible and there was no
rural mail delivery for days.
Sheboygan-Dr George H. Scheer
has suggested to the council that in
stead of extending the intake pipe Of
the waterworks system farther into
the lake the city drill artesian wells
for water supply.
Cameron.-A fourth church building
is being erected here by Lutherans,
the members of the organization put
ting in their spare time in hauling
material and doing construction work.
Madison.-E. A. Dinet of Joliet, ILL.,,
and Kenneth F. Burgess of Oshkosh
have been appointed associate editors
of the college paper by Editor-in-Chief
Hill of Milwaukee.
Beloit.-Several sticks of dynamite
found on the streets in bag are be-
lieved to have been dropped by bur-
glars who were planning raid.
Ripon-The German National bank
has been made a national depositary.
Few cities of Ripon's size have been
similarly recognized.
Washington, D. C.-The post offices
at Meteor, Rio Creek, WhitefeA, Bay
and White Mound will become domes-
tic money-order offices on April l.