River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-11-08
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Congress during Jacksons administrator,
was before the Claims Committee on Saturday.
Ir is announced that indictments have been
found against Daniel d. Conover, Geo. II.
Plunkett, of the present Board of Aldermen,
Isaac Robinson, Edward CASTILLO, Of the old
Board, tor frauds relating to ceding OF city
property in the upper part OF New York for
railroad purposes.
The President of the Pacific Mail Company
has announced that the company has sold 27,-
900 reserved shares at par, and thus increased
the company's capital to about $40, 900.
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 Kormerky's gymnasium OF Chicago, shot
and killed himself on Sunday.
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 vigorous war against
the hostile Indians He never gave Crook
orders to suspend hostilIties while he was in
power.
THE Memphis Savings Bank has gone where
the woodbine twineth.
The election of Gen. Maxwell to Congress
from Utah is to be contested
The race between Occident and Lucy, at San
Francisco, has been postponed to November
18th.
A DISPATCH from Elko, 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 ID default
of bail, which is fixed at $4O, 900.
HENRY G. STEBBINs has resumed the place of
President of the New York Central Park Com
mission, from which he retired to go to
Europe, parity to fill an official capacity.
GEN. VIM. ScHoULER died in Boston on
Thursday.
DEACON ALCor ALLEN, for 36years connected
with the State Savings Bank Of Hartford.
Conn.,. and for "a years treasurer, was taken
suddenly i'll in the bank on Thursday, and
died soon after being taken home.
FATHER ANTHONY, prominent member OF
the Ordrr of Passlonists, died on Thursday at
the monastery on Mount Oliver, near Pitts
burg. He was preacher of rare power and
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the scantiest of apparel, and frequently went
barefooted.
The Irish citizens of Indianapolis are great
ly incensed over the discovery of the fact that
the grave of Michael Morrison, an old gentle
man, who was buried in the Catholic cemetery,
was violated Thursday night.
HUGH MAGUIRE, one of the oldest Catholic
priests in the United States, died in Brooklyn
on Thursday, aged n years.
R. W. NATHAN, New York stock broker
has failed.
THREE men were found dead ON the track Of
the Northern New Jersey Railroad at Pier.
mont, Monday, who were supposed to be
killed by train.
One Doctor Will, of New York, has been as
sessed "a, 900 damages for malpractice in treat.
ing fractured hands.
HENRY ROGERS was on Tuesday found guilty
of numbering policeman Donahue, in Brook.
Ign, and has been sentenced to be hung on
9th ofDecember.
TELEeRAPHIc communication to Melbourne
is now complete.
A PULLMAN train On the Eastern Railroad
from Portsmouth to Boston, on Tuesday ran
into freight train at Seabrook. Several per.
sons were killed and fifteen injured.
SUMNER Is to sail from Liverpool for New
York on the 18th of November.
FRAUDS amounting to over 100000 have
been discovered in the new county Jail and
court buildings in st. Louis.
s. N. GooDsALE, who few days ago brought
libel SUIT against the st. Louis Globe, for
publishing a dispatch from Boston duplicating
him in the recent murder of Chas. Lane, at
Dorchester, Mass, has brought similar suit
against the Amerika, a new German paper in
st. Louis, claiming 100000 damages.
AN ordinance Of annexation with the city of
Cleveland. was passed by the Council of East
Cleveland, Monday evening. This will increase
the population of the city about 1000.
On Sunday night, Oliver Cromwell, far
mer near Pontiac, Michigan; was shot dead
while entering his own house. The murderer
is unknown.
A FIRE broke ont ON Tuesday evening, in
the large brick building known as Paw hon,
fremont street, Roston, occupied by S. H..
Houghton as fancy dry goods store The
damage amounted to about so 900 or $50 ,OOO
which is supposed to be partly insured.
PATRICK LINTLEY was killed bya runaway
team at Detroit, on Tuesday.
AT Warren, Mich, Monday night, John Ryan
stabbed and killed Joseph Cornell
The estimates for the army proper for the
next fiscal year have been completed. They
reach with the deficiency about thirty million
doll i'll. n. %