River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-10-18
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Al Home.

ceived letter from Indian Agent Tatum
dated Octol er /, stating that white boy, the
only remaining captive held by the Kiowas,
has been returned to agent Richards.
A BRAKEMAN named Albert Dubay was run
"a over and killed near Escanaba, on Saturday.
In st. Paul, on Sunday, Third street mer-
chant started for church but forgot his prayer
book. Returning for it, he found his wife in
the embrace of another man. The intruder
fed, followed by a pistol-ball fired by the en-
ragged husband, but the shot was without
effect. The greatest effort is being made to
hush it up.
A FREIGHT train ran off the track of the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railroad, near Ber-
tram, Iowa, on Monday, damaging the bridge
badly and throwing twenty freight cars from
the track into the diich 1t stopped the move
ment of trains. The passengers were trans
ferred.
A FREIGHT locomotive on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, near Piedmont, exploded Satur-
day night, killing the engineer, fireman, and
two others, and fatally scalding another.
The Journal Official announces the appoint
ment of French Supreme Council of War,
the members of which are Marshal Mcmahon,
Marshal Canrobert, Gen. Lodmirault Duke
D'Aumae, Admiral Laroncerella, Nowey and
Mr.. Osenone. The council is charged with
the organization and administration of the
army, but not with the direction of military
movements.
The Rev. Geo. +. Hastings, an eminent
Catholic priest, founder of the House of the
Angel Guardian in Roxbury, died in that city
Sunday morning. .a.
A MRS MURRAY died in New York, on Satur-
day, from injuries produced by being thrown
srom the stoop Of her dwelling by Patrick Nc
Cosky, Tuesday night
AN accidental fire in Detroit on Monday
morning destroyed the interior of j. w. Fris-
bie's dry goods store. Loss $4,000; insured
for $4,000
- On Saturday, while the steamers Charleston
and South Carolina were being unloaded, one
of the cases gaped open, and the Custom
House officers thereupon made an examine
ton, and found several cases containing fire.
works of every description, and other manu-
features from gunpowder. These boxes were
invoiced as fancy goods, and were accordingly
ezed 1t is thought that in this way the
teamer Bienville was set on fire, as shippers
of these goods have been forwarding by
southern vessels for some time.
AN explosion took place in a coal mine at
Marley, England on Monday, while miners
were at work. Thirty of the men are known
to have been killed.
The Lilda, Of Liverpool, was wrecked off the
coast of South Shields, Monday, and all on
board lost.
On Friday nigh; last, John Traynor, deck
hand ON board the canal boat Monarch, in New
York, was mysteriouslS spirited away, and it
appears that his absence is in some way con-
nected with the details OF the murder OF Capt
Colvocoresses in Bridgeport Conn.,, about six
months ago. The weapon with which the
deed was committed is supposed to have been
traced to Traynor.
WHILE Samuel Carley, of DeKalb county,
Georgia, was driving his wife and three chill
drento church, on Sunday, tree fell across
the wagon AID killed the lady and one child,
and wounded, probably fatally, the other two
children.
The school census of Chicago, just COM
pleted, shows a population of 367, 1886, an in
crease of 10 600 over the similar census taken
in June last.
AIKENs' new theatre, beautiful structure
just completed, corner of Wabash avenue and
Congress street, Chicago, was opened on Mon
day evening, by Theodore Thomas's Orches-
ira.
NAN named Ovens recently added to the
police force of Chicago, admits firing the shot
which killed young Mesch on Sunday night.
DURING Grant and Wilson ratification
meeting on the corner of Division and Bed
ford avenues, Brooklyn, Monday, platform
fell, precipitating all persons thereon, includ-
ing the speakers. to the ground. Two boys
NAM Alonzo Hadley and Jas. Millwater, who
were standing under the structure, were
crushed to death, and three other boys Sc
riously injured.
JHE corner stone of the monument to be
erected on Captains HILL Duxbury, Mass, to
the memory of Miles Standish, was laid on
Monday with masonic, milltary and civil
honors. =" ttae
OK Saturday, l.. w. Crane, an insurance
agent, and Geo. williams a stencil-plate cut
ter, were arrested in Boston, the latter for
robbing the letter boxes of the Boston post
Office of letters containing drafts and money,
the former for uttering forged checks and be-
ing accessory to the acts committed by Will
liams.
CONFEDERATION at Springfield, Mass, on
Wednesday, destroyed property on Court
Square valued at S27,OOO.
ANOTHER explosion in the Hoosac tunnel
Thursday morning. killed one workman and
badly injured several.
DIR. PAUL SoHoEPPE, of Carlisle, Pa has
adopted new mode Of proceeding to obtain
possession Of the property Of Miss steinnecke,
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