River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-11-29

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Coal MINES are on fire at Evanston, near the
head Of Echo Canon, Utah.
GEN. NEWTON, United States Army, express
Sos the opinion that the use Of gunpowder is
injudcious to stop the pro gress Of a fire, CIV
ing preference to dualine and giant powder,
which do not scatter combustible debris, but
cut building close off to the foundations and
piers, and let's it fall vertically.
The state fire building, police charities and
dock departments Of New York city will be
abolished by Legislative actin this winter.
In the United States Circuit Court, at New
York, on Saturday, Judge Shipman decided
against the government in suit to recover
$4,000 from Benz. J. Cahoon, the alleged de-
faulting paymaster in the navy, and sureties,
holding that Cahoon was lunatic, and una
BILE at the time of entering into his bond to
make any contract whatever.
JUDGE SHEA, of the New York Marine Court,
has decided that knowledge on the part of an
agent, not communicated to his principal that
premises are to be used for improper purposes,
cancels the claim for commission or brokerage.
The peopleiof Arizona protest against chang
ing the territory to the Department Of Mexico,
and the assignment of General Howard, or any
one else, to the command, in place of General
Crooks.
THIRTY vessels are in San Francisco to load
with wheat. The inward boundi feet due be-
fore April LIST is composed of one hundred and
eighty vessels.
TWENTY inches of snow is reported at Ango-
la, New York.
HE government steam saw-mill at Bedford
d. T., was entirely destroyed by fire on Tues
day night. By good luck, there was no wind
at the time of the fire, aud the loss of the
mills constitutes the whole of the disaster.
The loss is more than ordinarily severe, as the
navigation of the Missouri River has closed,
and the machinery cannot be replaced before
spring.
On Tuesday night, as colored man named
John Smith, OF Mansfield, Pa, arrived at
home, found a white man with his wife. He
shot at the white man several times, but he
escaped unhurt. Smith then kicked and poun
ed his wife, inficting injuries from which she
hrs died. Smith was arrested, and, on his
way to the lookup, shot himself, inficting a
ound which may prove fatal.
A VERY serious, and perhaps what will prove
fatal stabbing ARRAY, occurredin the Central
House, in Pana, ILL.,, between Bill Marray and
Charley Humphrey. Murray is very low with
his wounds, and will probably die. Humphrey
received an ugly cut In his wrist.
BERNARD STEINER, German employed in
L. Kneirs dry goods establishment, No. 1872
North avenue, Chicago, committed suicide
Thursday morning, about six o'clock, by hang
ing himself from hook in the ceiling of his
room.
THERE is considerable curiosity in Washing
ton, to know why Governor Wells, of Virginia,
has just bought 5000 house in that city.
TIE celebrated Barnes will was admit
ted to probate in Mount Vernon, Indiana. 1t
! involves property valued at 100000.
Col. MCDANIEL offers to match his stables,
three races against any horse or horses in the
world, to name at least two, three and four
mile heats for ten or twenty thousand dollars
each; the races to be run over the Saratoga
course any time between the last of July and
and September 1st. 1878.
HE proposition to raise fund for monu-
ment over the remains of Walter Brown meets
with favor among boatmen.
SERIES of well-defined gold-bearing veins
have been discovered near Kelly's Ford Va,
five miles from Rappahanock Station. The
surface rock of collaborating quartz yields from
sixty to one hundred dollars per ton. Three
tunnels are now being worked through rich
rock, and everything gives violence of perma-
n ency.
COAL shipments by canal from schuylkill
Pa. have been suspended on account of the
horse disease. BUSINESS in Cincinnati and
Louisville is greatly impeded from the same
cause.
| A SERIOUS accident occurred on the Men,
phis and Little Rock Railroad, Friday, by
which the engineer and several others were
killed and the train badly damaged.
A FIRE at Keokuk, Iowa, on Friday, destroy
ed four buildings. Loss $1,000.
Abroad.
PRINCE NAPOLEON has determined to CON-
mence civil suits to recover 10000 francs DAM
ages from the Project and Commissary of Po-
lice, who served him with the order of his ex-
pulsion from Paris, while visiting!M. Richaud
at the residence of the latter.
The American man-of-war Plymouth has
left Barcelona.
Ex-EMPREss EUGENE held fete at Chisel-
hurst on Friday. Many visitors were present
from Paris. A number of regiments stationed
at Versailles sent boquets
The United States war steamer Shenandoah
has arrived at Marseilles. She will sail for
Tunis
TwENTy-THREE cases of Marseilles rifles.
which were to have been seEt to the Carsts
now in the Spanish provinces of Corona. have
been seized at Perpignan, by the authorities