River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-04-04
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dollars Will De required 10 complete Inc entire
work-nine millions for the bridge proper and
the remainder for land and damages in con-
structing the approaches.
THE Treasury Depal mt has commenced
preparing for the pa! mvnt Of the bounties
under the recent law equalizing and extend
ing them.
SAN FRAScIsoo has population of 1888, 1923.
Two schooners have arrived in New York
from Rio Janeiro with yellow fever on board.
CoMMoDoRE VANDERBILT has given $780,
600 for a female seminary on the grounds of
the Morayan church at New Dorf, Staten Is
land.
The pigeon shooting match, Saturday, at
the old Union Course, Long Isi@ad, between
Ira A. Paine, of New York, aud Edward w
Tinker, Of Providence, fifty birds each, for
$500 side, resulted in favor of Paine, who
killed AZ birds to 80 by Tinker.
TWELVE thousand dollars worth OF millinery
goods were seized by New York custom Off
GERS on board the steamship Cuba, on suspi-
cion that an attempt was making to smuggle
them into the country.
SENATOR KELLOGG, of Oregon, refuses his
back pay, preferring to retain his mileage,
which is $500 in excess of his back pay.
SEVERAL dams across the Illinois river were
carried away by the recent treshet.
The bagnio Of Lizzie Moore, in Chicago,
IVES entered early Friday morning by three
masked men, who carried off jewelry valued at
$4,000.
The Secretary of War has selected Rock
Island, ILL.,, as the site for the National Mill
tary Prison, and has appointed commission
of three officers and three civilians to examine
the site and prepare plans. When completed,
the prison viii be in charge of a commandant.
CHARLES N. DIcKERsoN. County Treasurer
OF Ottawa County, Mich, has been discovered
to be uefaulter TO the amount OF $4,000. He
sunk $1,000 in the Grand Haven Herald, and
$1,000 is accounted for as political expenses.
ROBERT McFADDRN, Collector of the town of
Martinsburg, Pike County, Ill.,, abscondedt two
or three nights since, taking with him about
$4,000 of money which he had collected, be-
longing TO the town.
ADvIcEs from Arizona state that Lieutenant
Rice and company .cf the Second infantry
had fight with Apaches and killed six and
captured four squaws.
Il. S. HAzEN the supposed muir derer of
Mrs. Alger, an old lady Of 70, in Clinton
county, Iowa, nearly year ago, was arrested
at Meridian, Neb., few days ago, and brought
back to the scene of the murder for trial.
TELEGRAM from Nashville states that a
guard at the Ash barracks who had just been
on duty, was cleaning his gun for inspection,
on Saturday, when it was accidentally dis
charged, the ball passing through him and
killing two other soldiers.
The body OF J. Weston, lost in the great
January storm was found on Sunday, near
Hersey, within four reds OF a house.
A MAN named Inges was shot and killed by
saloon keeper named Blagdon, at Monona,
Iowa.
ROBERT d. BRYANT, formerly paymaster's
clerk in the navy, is under arrest in San Fran
cisco, on charge of embezzlng $4,000 while
IN the service.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR VIM. II. PETIT OF
Wisconsin, died at his home in Kensha on
Sunday evening.
The bin to abolish slavery in Porto Rico
provides that abolition shall follow imme-
diately upon the PRONUNCIATION Of its passage.
The emancipated slaves Will, however, be
obliged to serve three years with their present
masters or residents on the Island. They
will enjoy the political rights Of Spanish clti-
zeus after FIVE years have elapsed. Indemnity
is to be paid to slave owners, and Is to be
charged exclusively to the account Of the
Porto Rico budget.
ID. W. HoLIAHAUsEN was shot and killed by
his brother John H., near Beardstown, H.,
Sunday evening. The murderer escaped.
SOME forged put and call privileges on the
Cleveland Columbus and Indiana Central
Railroad we're discovered in Wall street, New
York, Monday morning, amounting, as far as
aeertaiued, to three hundred.
A NoroRIoUs forgor named joe Walters Ga
been arrested in Chicago and taken to In
dianapohs.
DFMoBEsT's carriage depository and Rey-
nods hat and cap factory in New York city,
were burned Friday evening. Loss $4,000
GUATEMALA adyices say that in the reyolu-
tion which exists there, and which is headed by
he Polocios Government, is exciting shoot
ing and imprisonnc ON all sides.
LETTERS from parties IN London express
much concern with regard 70 the management
Of the Utah mines owned by them.
BURGLARS gained admission 70 the dry
goods store Of lhisted 4 Hueren, No. n Mil
waukee avenue, Chicago, early Thurday morn
Ing, aud carried Off silk worth between $1,000
and $4,000.
THE dam at Aurora, H., suffered damage to
the extent Of $4,000 by the spring breakup.
4 rossE OF officers had q skirmish with a
band Of horse thieves headed by a desperate
named stevens, at Oak Hill, Ohio, on Wedncs.
day stevens escaped, but two Of his men
were severely, ana a third fatally, wounded.