River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-08-13
THE NEWS.
A REVIEW OF THE WEEK
At HOME AND ABROAD.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Eight thieves were arrested in Law
renee, Kansas, on the I'd inst, being one
gang Of five burglars and another Of three
horse thieves.
The damage by fire on the 5th in
Arbuckle Bros spice mill, Sc, 58 and GO
Front street, New York, was $4,000.
Fully insured.
Bill Rodifer, the convict in the Indiana
prison, at Jeffersonville, who is the hard.
est ofall to keep in, is again in hospital
on account Of wounds received in an un-
lawful attempt at escape.
Miller, clerk Of the Central Pacific.
who defaulted for about million Of dol.
lars, and who was reported to have es.
capped and sailed for China, is still safely
locked up in San Francisco.
After long search the sheriff and his
deputies Of Peoria, H., have captured in
Lodi, Wis, man named Job Spencer,
who embezzed, in 1857, the proceeds of
lot Of hogs he sold for farmer Of that
county.
The extensive saw mills Of G. L. Cole.
man of La Crosse, Wis, were burned the
night Of the 5th. Loss from $4,000 TO
100000, with no insurance. By the
lire one hundred men are thrown out Of
employment.
Hon. l.. A. Dessaulles clerk Of the
crown and the peace for Montreal, has
abseonded, leaving behind him debts to
the extent Of $4,000 or $4,000, due on
promlssory notes, the indorsen ent on
some OF which are believed to be forged
me money was lost in patent right specu.
lations.
ID Wright Stone Of Putnam, Ct, a
young man OF p, has been arrested for
the murder Of Fred. White Of Spencer.
Mass. The murder was perpetrated at
New London, CT. Wednesday the 28th
ult., Stone stabbing his victim Ave times
with jack.knife. After the murder he
robbed the body of $3l.
Two cabin passengers who arrived in the
steamer klapstock, from Havre. have
been arrested and in their possession was
found, among other jewery. some ans.
Werlng to the description Of family Jewels
stolen from the Countess Dudley, in Lon.
don, and also a diamond scarf pin stolen
from New York lady in Paris.
A grocery keeper Of Philadelphia doing
business on the Frankfort road having
thrown away some unsaleable sausages.
they were picked up by children of the
neigh6orhood and eleven Of them are Sc.
rlousiy sick. One child died on the 4th
The Storekeeper and the manufacturer Of
the sausages have peen arrested.
A gang Of burglars has for weeks been
successfully operating in western New
YORK and northwestern PENNSYLVANIA,
without the detection or capture Of one
- 'h"s., No. .,@;shko~;~o ,-;uas, Coo -,
pennsylvania were ralded in one night.
and now the people Of that country are
organizing companies Of ''vigilantes."
The officers Of the Fort Madison. Iowa.
penltentiaTy, are to be investigated on
charges Of cruelty made by a DISCHARGED
eonFlct-one Of which is that the prison.
ers were made to work last winter in
shops without fires. and another that
those who reyolted against this were
whipped with cat until nsensible. and
that logging, though forbidden by law. is
tae usual punishment.
Parts Of TIE remains Of Frederick p.
Iowne, a well-to-do farmer Of Peterson.
Mass having been found in field nd.
joining his farm, his brother.in.law,
samuel }. Frost who reported that
Iowne had gone to California. leaving
him IN charge Of the property. has been
arrested for the murder. TONNES limbs
cannNt he found Frost was deeply IN
debt TO the murdered man.
The town Of Macomb. H.. was badly
damaged by tornado, accompanied by i
heavv ram the evening Of the 9TH Large
mum bers of trees were uprooted, side.
walks. barns aud small buildi;.-s carried
away, the large Methodist Church unroof
ed and the steeple carried away.and two
story brick block just completed, owned
by David Scott, nearly destroyed. Total
loss from $4,000 to 100000.
jerome j. Kinds. who was some time
ago tried and acquitted on charges con.
neeted with alleged mail contract frauds
IN Texas, has commenced suit in the su
preme court OF the District Of Columbia.
against the postmaster general, the sixth
auditor, and Altman 4 Bro, TO prevent
the payment 10 the latter Of certain
mail contract, on the ground that he has
an interest in said contract which he was
illegally deoarred from executing.
Bitter personalities bet Seen Peter +
hulhtr anu sam Is. Riley, two editors OF
Terre Haute. Ind, led TO an attack on
the latter with pistol by the former
on the 9Th inst. Luthers first shot
passed through Riley's coat. Riley then
closed in with Luther and commenced
pounding him over the head with a
blast cinder, aud but for the interfer.
enec Of bystanders would have killed
him.
On the ID in the trial Of John u. Lee.
at Beaver. Utah. for the Mountain
Meadow massacre, the defense offered
afiidayits of Brigham Young and George
A. Smith, which are ruled out OF this
case but filed. They state in substance
that neither party issued any instructions
IN regard to the Arkansas cmigrant train.
but that the people were counSelcd not
90 sell grain 20 any parties for forage.
They state that neither party knew Of
the massacre until afterward, and then
only by general report.
A special from BnGton. Ind. SAYS the
rumor of the hreaking ola large reservoir