River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-04-18
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off the track Sunday evening, near Holton,
killing one man, and fatally iujuring another
both laborors names unknown.
The assassination of w. Il. Mcdonald, a
representative, at Halter Vernon, Jackson
parish, Louisiana, is reported. He was shot
through a window at night by an unknown
party with a doube-harre.ed shot gun.
Rrorous demonstrations on the part of ne
groes in Grant parish Louisiana, are report
ed. Some whites were ordered to leave the
parish, and others stated that theirrosidences
were afterwards pundered.
HESRy TRAIN, Republican Judge Of the third
judicial district, opened the regular term Of
the district court at Franklin, La, on Monday
The members OF the Franklin bar positively
refused to appear and practice before him.
Mrs. A. j. RYNALD, a most estimabte lady,
the wife OF the absconding sheriff OF Athens
county, Ohio. died at Athens on Monday,
from grief for her husbands conduct.
GEN. CANDY announces tine death, at Tule
Lake, of DR.. Thomas Mcmillan. lie was
resident Of Kentucky.
The Comptroller of the Treasury has de-
clarcd a second dividend of twenty-five per
cent. In favor of the creditors of the Waikiki
National Bank, of Mddletown, n. Y, making
In all dividends TO fifty per cent.
THERE sill be some appointments made OF
deputy collectors in some Of the larger inter-
nal revenue districts, which will be selected
from among the assistant assessors.
ABOUT 100000 feet Of logs were lost by the
breai ing of boom at Wiliamsport, Pa, on
Monday.
A FREsHEr in the Ischua Valley, New York,
has damaged the track and bridges of the
Buffalo New York and Philadelphia Railroad.
A son aud daughter Of John J. Day were
burned to death at a ire in San Francisco,
Monday night.
CoNGREssxAN ROOSEVELT has given his back
pay to the Board Of Education of New York
city, to be used to furnish prizes for dcscrv-
ing pupils.
EUGENE PINcKNEY, broker in Wall street,
New York, has been arrested on charge Of
swindlng German emigrant named John G.
Konsendor1er out Of 50 600.
LOUIS CURGALE, aged 1oS years, died at
Stevenson, Ala, on Sunday, having resided
there sixty years.
ONE Goldstein is under arrest in Washing
ton, FOX having travelled over the Union Pacific
Railway last season on pass Of Reprensenta-
tive Speer, OF Georgia, now deceased.
The application Of Representative Do1ds, Of
Cincinnati, to have the $500 rate az salary
dated back to July, three months before his
election, has not yet bees acted upon at the
Treasury.
NEGRO rough, named Dandy Jim, alias
john Clark, was shot in the left breast and
probably fatally wounded in quarrel in front
OF the fremont House saloon, at Richmond,
Ind, with another negro named Geo. Clark.
Carl DrrrMARs dualin mandatory at North
Quincy, Mass, was burned on Wednesday
night. Loss s20, O0O; no insurance. The TO-
600 pounds Of duahn, in process Of manuiae-
ture, were bursed, without any explosion.
THE passenger aud freight depot Of the
Rockford, Rock Island and st. Louis Railway
Company, at Winchester, Ill.,, was struck by
lightning during q storm sunday afternoon,
set on fire by the electricity, and burned to
the ground
Nh. j. DEITZ,a merchant from Greensburg,
Ind, tell through a hatchway in grocery
house in Cincinnati, and was killed almost in
stautly.
REPRESENTATIVE FINKELDRURd, OF Missouri,
has sent the Secretary ef the Treasury checks
for his back pay, with request to convey the
amount into the Treasury.
TwENrY-oNE cars of an oil train were dam.
aged by fire at Chicago on Monday. Loss ST.
eco Two employees Of the Burlington and
Quincy road. named Garrett Striker and Mar
4 4 9
of having caused the dre. A large quantity
Of OH was iound in their possession.
The loss If Mcssrs. Hale & Co.'S picture
frame gallery al North Dana, Mass, Saturday
night is much heavier than il would have
been at another season of the year. The total
loss is about So, 900. s2l, 900 Of which is COW
cred by insurance
WoBR has been commenced on q glass fac
tory at Quincy, H., and the enterprise is now
assured.
FGosr il damaging the orchards and Unc-
yards ina SOME portions Of California.
THE Kentucky House on Friday amended the
capital punishment Law by leaving to jurics to
choose between death an imprisonment for
life, as the penalty in convictions OF murder
ia the first degree.
An Nlassllou, o., on Friday, while MIR. Ray
mond and his son Richard were buryiug
large rock, weighing about four tons, the
earth gave way under it while they were dig.
glng under and around il, aud rolling upon
Richard crushed him 20 death Immediately.
The father is also so badly injured that he is
not expected to recover.
WILLIAM LEWIS, wealthy farmer living
near Lodi, Medina county was shot by his
brother.iu-hw Carolton, one day last week.
Mr.. Lewis died soon after he was shot
Ius boilers ct the steam saw mill Of Colyillo
~ Goa, Wilmington, North Carolina cx-
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