River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-03-28

mand was shot through the body with load
OF buck-shot. The Butcher fed.
ID. IsaERsoLL died in Sparta, Wis, under
circumstances which led to an nvestig CATION Of
the case by coroner's jury. The jury found
that his death was caused by strychnins, and
expressed q belief that the poison was ad-
minlstered by Mrs. Ingersoll. She has been
arrested.
JOHN w. OSBORNE, the murderer Of Mrs
Matthews, was hanged in Knoxville, ILL.,, last
Friday.
An eighty thousand dollar Are occurred AZ
Parkersburg, West Virginia, Thursday even
ng. A block OF stores in the business centre
was destroyed.
JoHH MALLORY, usher OF the church Of tho
Messiah, suicided in st. Louis on Friday.
Ten dwellings we're burned in Ashland, Pa,
on Wednesday. Loss t5e, 600.
In New York. on Friday, Chas. Cordes 40
cased Of the murder Of Jno. Rourke. pleaded
guilty OF manslaughter in the third degree,
and was sentenced to four years imprson-
ment.
GEo. DRIVER, who murdered his wife last
November, was hung for the crime in Chicago
on Friday.
TEREE small children, q son and daughter
OF Henry Pleede, and son Of Charles Blake.
were drowned at Bangor, Maine, on Thurs
day. by breaking through the ice while at
play.
A FIRE In Tuscola, H., made sad havoc
In the business portion Of the place. Loss
500, 900.
Ir is reported from Boston that the schooner
Ceres sunk near Bakers Island lights on
Wednesday. All on board, FIVE men, were
crowned.
A TaS thousand dollar irs is reported from
Iowa City, Iowa. a.
LoS JANIS attempted to escape from a
court room at New Albany, Indiana, on Wed.
Aesday, by making savage attack upon John
Switzerland the city marshal. Southsrland.
IN self-dsfense, shot him twice--once through
the arm, then through the head, killing him
instantly.
In sinking shat for coal, seven N lies from
Des hoines, Iowa, en- Wednesday, petroleum
made its presence known BY loud noise and
rush OF gas and greenBh-oolered oily water
into the shaft. This was set on fire, and the
IRE was afterwards ertingushed by dll;ag up
the shaft. Steps viii be taken at once to
ascertain IT the oil is there in paying quaint
ties.
TIE Ri. Rev. DR.. Newman, recently re-
elected to the chaplainShip Of tho Senate,
proposes to take trip around the world at
Governments expense. To accomplish this
end, the President has teBdered him the ap-
pointment Of Inspector of Consulatss, posi-
ton which pays both salary and travelling
expenses.
AN epidemic is raging amongst the cattle
in the vicinity Of Iaurenceville, Indiana. with
fatal results in both cases. In the pens at the
RossVille distilery forty-nine out Of lot of
sixty-two have died since Tuesday, and num-
bers arc dying hourly. What the disease is
has not yet boon determined.
LAST Sunday morning Ezra Clever, about
eighteen years old, near Nolynn Station, Har-
din county, Ky, demonstrated with his father
1 Tor choking younger brother. The old man
seized a shovel to stlike him, when Ezra struck
him on the head with a board, injuring him so
badly that he died the same evening.
A GREAT meeting Of Irishmen, in favor of
home rule in Ireland. and amnesty to impris-
oned Fenians was held in London Sunday.
In Vallejo, California, On Thursday, Jas. d.
Page shot his wife through the neck and then
/ put bah through his own head. Mrs. Page
will probably recover.
sAMuEL TICKLE, a farmer IS years of age,
was assassinated At his home near Council
Bluffs on Wednesday evening The murderer
is unknown.
WEALTHY farmer living near McGregor,
iowa, while returning home from that city
was waylaid and robbed OF the proceeds OF a
large salo Of cattle, and beaten 30 that his
life is dispaired OF. The sssalan.s are I'M
/ known.
AMOUNT Of legal tenders at present Qua
standing ass, oo0.4to.
/ Abroad.
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