River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-04-11
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IueICUhuAbs HulClAtu III bdiLiiuOle on MOnudY.
BuDD DoBLE has left San Francisco with his
trotter Rosalind. He iaied to make match
with Occldeut
CEREBRo spinal meningitis prevails to an
alarming extent in Kentucky.
THE President, with Mrs Grant, Miss Nellie
Grant, and Gen. Babcock, have left Washing
ton for visit to New York, where they will
remain the greater part Of tins week.
COMMISSIONER DOUGLASS has sent civil en-
giheer 10 South Carolina TO complete the SUR
veys Of lands for direct taxes to tho United
States, aud authorized to be redeemed under
certain conditions, in order that an accurate
map may be made for the use Of the internal
revenue officer in making deeds for future use.
The Postmaster General has prepared let
ter to railroad presidents, expressing his
readiness to appear before the Senate special
committee at the same time they shall DO
present to state their arguments in the postal
car question.
GEN. SHERMAN is by no means sanguine
that an Indian war can be averted during the
coming summer. In fact no is very much
inclined to the opinion that war cannot be
averted. Secretary Belknap is understood to
entertain similar views, and his trip on the
border Of the Indian country is made to fully
inform himself as to the actual danger to 90
encountered, and to determine in what way it
can be best handled.
The rush of Office seekers in Washington
continues.
SECRETARY FISH has gone to New York for
few days' recreation.
Hon. JAS Brooks, Of New York, is seriously
i'll.
GEN. CANBY telegraphs to Gen. Sherman
that the ,mmission to the Modocs works
well
GEORGE STEVENSON, alias Hunter, alias
Clark, of Brooklyn, has been arrested in Buff
falo on a charge of grand larceny. The pris-
oner is alleged to be one Of gang of real
estate swindlers and said he resided in Chi
cago and Brooklyn.
STREET fight in Boston resulted in the
death of one John Rogers. and the arrest OF
Timothy O'Brien for homicide.
MATHEW GRIFFIN, Ohio State Agent of the
United States Life Insurance Co., charged
with embezzling to the amount Of six thous-
and dollars has been rsarrestsd in Cincinnati.
Two weeks ago he was arrested and made his
escape.
A COLUMBUS (Ohlol telegram announces ,he
arrest Of a man giving his name as David H. +
Drake, but who has an alias, D. H. Gregg, on
suspicion Of his being connected with the
murder Of an aged lady and child at Nation,
ILL.,, some five weeks ago.
SARAH BELL was burned to death in Nash I
vile, on Monday evening, by a kerosene acct
dent.
THEODORE CozzIEs, Of West Point died in |
Paris on Friday last Deceased was well
known TO visitors at the Point
HUeH MAXWELL, long prominent among
business men Of New York city, and at one
time Collector Of the port, died on wednes-
day, aged eghty-dvo years.
THE Cleveland Bar Association has under
consideration the following resolution:
RssolUed, That the testimony given by
Judge sherman before the committee i'm the
recent investigation in Congress, and the let
tiers admitted by him 10 be genuine, eynce
such want OF integrity and sueh moral tur-
pltude 80 to destroy all confidence in his
judicial administration, and we ask that he
should at once resign and relieve the judicial
court from the embarrassment consequent
upon his continued occupying the iudgeshlp.
By the undermining Of the railroad track
near Upham station, Vermont, an express
train was wrecked Saturday night, killing
Patrick Monahan, foreman, man named
Fred. Downs, and conductor named Thomas.
Several persons were dangerously injured
HIRAM S. CLAPP, travelling agent for ex.
Governor Jewell & Sons, OF Hartford, Connec-
ticut, died on the cars near Madison. Wis. on
Saturday, OF consumption.
\ COLLISION occurred on the Pennsylvania
Central R4tfrnaI TIar
day, by which two locomotives and twenty
cars We're DESTROYED. A fireman named Dan
can and another man we're burned to death.
AT Lewis, Delaware, during the gale ON
Saturday, the stranded brig James Hull was
thrown upon her beam ends Six OF the
wreckng company were dashed i'm the rig.
ging, one OF whom was drowned, one rescued.
and four were left in the rigging exhausted.
rnE bin authorizing the construction of
ship canal from Chesapeake Bay 10 the mouth
OF The Delaware Bay has passed the Legish-
tures oi Maryland and Delaware. The
dimensions are sueh as o. allow OF the pas
sage Of ocean steamers Tho line proposed
Will shorten tha distance from Baltimore to
Eastern and European ports about two hum
llcd miles.
~" atN"ull 'aH'bh' 'l we hcohuk ana
Northern Lire, d ne0 packet company arrived
at Dubuque from 81. Lou, Saturday maruing.
She b the irst boat tno season, and hcralds
thoopcpiug OF tho season two weeks earlier
than last year.
GfoGdr W. ABuorr, proprietor OF the Ram
dnlph Express, was accidentally thrown from
tram 90 Bnintrec, Mass, On Friday after.
noon and killed.
Iuhfr ears of an express train ON the
Great Western Railway jumped the track
twenty miles from Detroit one earwas com.
petcly overturned, and several passengers
severely hurt, Two children we're burned
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