River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-11-15
Hon. JOHN A. GRIswoLD died at Troy, N. Y,

A COLLISION occurred ON Thursday evening
between coal and passenger train, near
Jamesburg, New Jersey. Jacob Tindall, en-
gineer of the coal train. was instantly killed.
Both fremen were seriously injured. The en-
gineer of the passenger train had his arm and
leg broken. No passengers were injured. The
boiler of the coal train engine exploded.
The Vermont Legislature made the follow
ing election of state officers: Secretary of
State, George Nichols Auditor, W. G. Ferrin |;
Quartermaster General, w W. Lyme Adju-
tant and Inspector General, James 8. Peck
Judge Advocate General, s. M. Southland Di-
rectors OF State Prison, j. W. Hartshorn and
w. R. Speed Railroad Commissioner, NJ. B.
Bailey. a4y
VIM. B. RITcHERsoN laid in wait in q fence
corner, near Xenia, Ohio, and shot VIM. Fog
woll with double barreled shot gun, as he
was passing along the road, wounding him so
that he will certainly die. Both Awere young
neghboring farmers. a
An old man named Ewing, school master, in
Floyd county, Indiana, near New Albany, fled
the neighborhood, Friday, to avoid being
lynched by the indignant parents of o little
girl he had taken foul liberties with and at
tempted rape.
CHARGES of malfeasance in Office are pre-
ferred in the city council of Louisville, against
Captain G.. Levi, chief of the fire department.
1t is alleged he collected pay for men not en-
ployed on the force, and retained part OF the
salaries of others. asd n.ll 4a urt
Iris reported that Steve Moore and Lucius
Morgan were killed Tuesday at Aberdeen,
Miss, by Capt. Bill Forrest, Henry Cozart and
another man. Reports are conflicting as to
the origin of the fficulty. Forrest escaped.
The others v5re captured.
BURaLl took s40O in money and watches
from the Osgood House, Colama, Mich, on
Monday night.
The American side of the Detroit River
drainage tunnel was completed on Thursday,
400 feet on the Canada side remaining to be
done.
The President has appointed Benjamin
Thomas, OF Indiana, agent of Indians in New
Mexico. sFufEee @mve
The Secretary of the Treasury authorized
the redemption of one million two hundred
and fifty thousand three per cents as follows !:
Five thousand each, number 4, 1892 to 5,177 in
elusive, and in ten thousand from number 4,
ZIG to 4 800 inclusive, dated October 16th
1868, and November 7th, 1868. Interest will
cease December 31st, 1872.
GUsTAvE G. KINDT, alias Marshall, an es-
capped Sing Sing convict, was arrested in
Hackensack, N. Y, Thursday, for the recent
robbery of the Hackensack Jewelry Manufac-
tory, stealing $4,000 worth of jewelry.
The case of Congressman Bailie Payton, of
Gallatin, Tenn, distinguished member of
Congress during Jackson's administration,
was before the Claims Committee on Saturday.
The President of the Pacific Mail Company
has announced that the company has sold ~
0vO reserved shares at par, and thus increased
the company's capital to about s10,025,000.
The House of Bishops of the Episcopal
Church elect this week Bishop for Nebraska.
The jurisdiction includes the territories of
Dakota, Montana. etc.
LOUIS KoRMERKY, the well-known proprietor
of KormerEy's gymnasium OF Chicago, shot
and killed himself ON Sunday.
7 GROUND is broken on the Brigham Union
Narrow-gauge Railroad, at Salt Lake City, to
be finished in ninety days.
GENERAL HOWARD, arrived from Arizona,
says he acts strictly in accord with the in
structions from General Crook, and endorses
his policy and plans of a vigorous war against
the hostile Indians. He never gave Crook
orders to suspend hostillties while he was in
power. ,...
, The election of Gen. Maxwell to Congress
from Utah is to be contested.
, The race between Occident and Lucy, at San
J Francisco, has been postponed to November
: 18th.
A DISPATCH from Eko, California, says the
eastern-bound freight train was badly wrecked
Saturday morning.
LA GRAVE, who some time since extensively
swindled prominent merchants in New York,
, was taken in custody on Saturday, on his ar
rival from France, where he was arrested.
The amount of his swindling is said to reach
near million. He has been jailed in default
of bail, which is fixed at $4,000. .
The French papers foreshadow the adoption
at the coming session of the National Assem-
bly, of constitutional amendments making
Theirs President for life, creating an Upper
, Chamber and the Office of Vice-President, par
ticularly remodeling The Assembly, and pro-
viding restrictions upon the right of universal
suffrage.
2 Abroad.
THE inundation along the banks of the Pc
continues. Mantua, which was threatened
has so far escaped.
ARMED Carlists have appeared on the from
tier near the town OF Figueras, Spain. They
stopped three dilligences, turned the passen-
gers out, and robbed and stripped them. Two
persons we're wounded, an English passenger
and postillion.
The Emperor Of Russia has sent an auto
graph letter to Prince Charles, brother of the