River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-05-02

President GRANT has pardoned Joseph
Hsrtwell, sentenced last March to ten years
Imprisonment Tor embezzling lctters from the
New Ysrb posl-ofice. es
d THR gas strikers arrested some time ago in
England have been released, and u great dem
onstFatioR was made in their cause at Maid
stone. aH.F
Gas. JErP c.. DAVIS, Of the United States
amy, who has been assigned to the command
Of tho military department recently under
Gen, Candy, passed through Chicago We'd
nesdsy, en- route for the Oregon Indian coun-
IVY s hss nu.vs.A H#t4
THE trial Of c. D. Bronson, OF Big Rapids,
Mich, FOR the murder Of Mike suseny, at that
place, on last 4th OF July, was concluded
Tuesday night, the jury bringing in a verdict
Of not guilty.
Tug New York Assembly COMMITTEES on
canals reported in favor Of proposing an
amendment to tho constitution making navi.
gaticu Of canals free.
The trouble among the miners and pud-
ders in Clay county, Indiana, eliminated ia a
riot The puddlers, who have been employed
by the Western Iron Furnace company, and
wko we're on a strike, assaulted the colored
pudders who bad been brought from Virginia
| to take their places, while they we're ia their
boarding house at supper. Some Gftsen or
twenty pistol shots we're fred among them
I hut 40 one was seriously hurt, although
seven or eight persons were hit.
j. JuDsE Woodruff in New York, on satur-
! day, decided that unless the appeal in bank
ruptcy provided for in the sth s,ctisu Of the
Bankrupt act be taken within ten days after
decree is entered, the United States Court
acquires no Jurisdiction thereby, aHd he SAYS
he is satisfied that tho act Of June, 1877, has
not changed the law in that particular
TEN thousand dollars OF Georgia State cur
Eency seven per cent bonds sold at auction on
Saturday at So. The gold quarterly seven per
cent. bonds OF the same State ara offered At
40, with pact due coupons attached.
AT indianapolis, on Tuesday, ysuug man
named Scott Turner shielded because his
father roprimsnded him for being out late the
previous night.
" THE retail liquor dealers Of Indiana haVs
formed an association to test tho constitution
atty Of the new liquorlaw
Y THE President. has appointed NIthaniel
Shipman q 5. District Judge for Connects
cut, in place WIN. D. shipmsn, resigned.
MEssRs ArPLEToN Co.. of New YORK, aud
I L. D. lockwood, Of Philadelphia, hays OBJ
tanned contract to supply the Treasury De-
parlment with one hundred thousand dollars
d. worth Of statiosory.
II nhs pigeon-shooting tournament near
New York, on Wednesday, dosbls birds. if
teen birds each, BogarduSvon the FIRST money
and Paine tue second. Bogardus ailed 20 and
missed Paine killed 20 and missed 10.
TIE trial Of Mrs Anna Adair, Of Quincy I'm,
for alleged poisoning OF her husband IN Lor-
rsine, Ill.,, last January, resulted in her
acquital, it being clearly proven that thu case
y was one Of suicide.
4 Mas. MuEPHY aud Mrs. Leonard had fight
New York on Saturday, which resulted in
the death Of Mrs. Murphy.
Ell. wooD, supposed from letters in HI,
possession to DO from Goshen, Ind, commit
ted suicide at the Hibbsrd House, Jackson,
Mich, yesterday by shooting himself through
the head.
ONE OF the largest and most successful sales
OF short horn cattle took place scar Nsuke-
gan, H.. Wednesday. The entire herd, fifty
SIX in all. Of W. B. Dodge, and thirty-six from
the herd Of c. C. PARKS, having sod for an
aggregate amount o. over S45 900 tho cows
averaging s6l050 EACH and th. buds $3.50
each. Tbs stock was purchased by breeders
from LIMOS, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio and In
diarina
GEORGE B1pwErI the sllegei Bank Of Eng
land forger, was arrested at Rdlnsburg Thurs
day.
4 I.oGatNa il an unusually fatal business in
Michigan this spring. AZ Sc. Charles, y. pa
Wis was drowned while runuing logs. Thomas
Campbell was drowned in Bad River Will,
similarly engaged. Az Ludington, Jame'
O'Counell was killed while working alta roll
way twenty miles up the river. The rollvay
broke Unexpectedly, and two others uarrowl
= escaped drowning, being driven utdcr water
by the logs.
rElraEAx from Kansas City states thai
= the Manhattan bridge vas burned Thursday
As two men we're carrying timbers % repair IL
!. the trestle which had been partially burned
gave way, precipiati7g them sixty feet.
IRIS announced that the term Of the Unitel
States and Mexican Commission has been pro
!, ngad two years.
rHE village of Horseano, Hart county
Ky, has been reduced 70 ashes. Ten bnS
= houses and several dwellings we're destroyed
Loss so. 600
II is estimated a much larger amount o
= cattle Will be shipped from The Southves
. this season than last. Extensive arrange
: ments are being made Tor their reception at
Wchitah.
IT appears that the body u Senator York.
= brother WAS not found, - reported TIT
search for him has been abandoned.
y SENATOR MoRRnt, % Vermont, has sent i
check for his back pay 20 the state Treasurer
Z stating that hc wishes me amount applied b,
y the reduction ~ the State debt.
At Peoria, H. the other day, lad name.
John Morar,y ran into the uyer Co escape
d rag picker whom hc had been s.ouus, au,
y Was drowned.
X lABuE steam saN min oWaei PSI Dla.H
2 uayrt. ST TrutNuol. Ono, Vas destroyed by
q boiler explosion IS fgw DAYS ago. Nr Utvu