River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-06-11
CURRENT NEWS.

pulsed in his attack on Place, with lost
Of go killed.
1.-THE American team of riaemon who
are to contest with tho Irish team, sailed
from New York Saturday.
Reports from Omaha, Nebraska, are
that the grasshoppers are fast taking
their fight, going northwest.
The old penitentiary building at Sa.
lem, Oregon, with several adjoining shops
was burned Friday afternoon. Los.
$4,000.
--Treadwell & Co., agricultural imple
ment dealers Of San Francisco, have sus.
pended with liabilities Of over hall
million dollars.
Geo. w. Pemberton, for the killing
Of Mrs. Bingham, in East Boston on the
22d Of March last has been found guilty
fmurder in the first degree.
Mark Brown, convicted Of the muir.
der Of d. Gloster Carr, at Parsons, New
York, last October, has been sentenced to
be hanged July 8lst at Monticello.
Emperor William Of Germany has
conferred the order OF civil merit on Hon.
George Bancroft, the historian, and Hen.
ry w. Longfellow, the poet Of America
BY boiler explosion in a saw mill
near Goldsboro Pa, Friday, John Huff
ford, Daniel Harris and Mr.. Wagonhart
were killed, and several others seriously
injured.
The Cheyenne Indians in Washing.
ton have requested the Indian Commis.
sioner to appoint Rev. 5. d. Human and
Rev. j. + Newman, Commissioners, TO
60 out and aid in negotiating the Blacl,
Hills matter.
Hon. 4. W. Wishard, O prominent
lawyer and eZ-member Of the Arkansas
Legislature, was shot and killed at Oar
danells that State, Friday, b. d. P
Cloyd, an editor. The difficulty grew
out Of publication rejecting upon Wis
hard.
Seventy canal boat owners, represent
ing 200 boats, met at Buffalo Friday, anC
signed an agreement not to carry wheat
for less than eight cents, and other
freigLts in proportion. An effort is max
ing TO have all canal boat owners unite
upon this tariff.
Seventy.hye persons banished from
the Argentine Republic, for being en-
gagged in the late rebellion, arrived al
Havana Friday, twenty-five or whom i'm.
nediately embarked FOR New York. Some
Of the exles were men Of wealth and pc.
sition in their country.
"A convention Of stock breeders is to
be held a. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wednes.
day and Thursday, the 9th and 10th inst
The feature Of the convention will be two
sales of hort horns, Que by Mr.. Wamecb,
Of Kentucky. who viii sell fifty head, and
the other by AIr. Corbrin, Of Kentucky,
and Greene 4 Morton, Of Cedar Rapids,
who will sell one hundred head.
In burglary at Adshoam, Holland,
last month, there was stolen ten bonds of
thousand dollars each, Of he Chicago &
Northwestern railway company. twelve
Of the same denomination OF the Winona
L ST. Peter railway company, and twenty
Of the Chicago and Southwestern railway
company, in all representing about $50
600.
The Postmaster General, accom-.
panied by his private secretary, G. o.
Gustin, and chief special agent Wood
ward, will start next Tuesday or WedneS.
day for tour Of observation IL the Of.
fees at ST. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Milwaukee, indianapolis and
other places in the West and Southwest.
In the case Of Mrs. Davenport
against the Western Union Telegraph
Company, on trial at Cincinnati, for the
recovery Of some sixty thousand dollars
worth of Western Union stock, alleged to
have been fraudulently transferred, de-
cision was rendered ia Mrs. Davenport s
favor. The case has been appealed TO the
Supreme Court.
President Grant on Saturday pre-.
sented Sitting Bull, one Of the Sioox
chiefs in Washington to talk over the
subject Of relinquishing their rights in
the Black Hills, with fine rifle, nicely
mounted and enclosed in a leather case
On the brass mountings surrounding the
lock is engraved sitting Bull, from the
President, for bravery and friendship"
The question Of the right Of the rov.
eminent TO sieze the books and parers oil
those persons whose distllcres had beer
seized on the charge Of deCrauding the
revenue, was argued in Chicago Saturday
and taken under adyisement The dis,
tillers we're represented by Hon. Matt.
Carpenter, Sidney Smith, Leonard SWEET
and Edmund Jussen.
...Henry +. Marker has been arrested
on the charge Of enbezzl ng government
money while postmaster at Holly Springs,
Mississippi. Marker, il is said, formerly
resided IN Chicago, from which city he
fled to escape creditors. Afterwards he
swindled the First National bank OF
Cairo out Of LEO on a forged check
he has Travelled under number Of
aliases, and has several wives scattered
throughout the Western country.
Wouidn't be Rescued.
Frank Smith was negro murderer OF
Texas, and he was Justly led TO the gal.
lows a few days ago IN Montague county.