River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-09-03
THE NEWS.
A REVIEW OF THE WEEK
At HOME AND ABROAD.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

down with 1t. The distemper is spread.
ing rapidly.
The hu.kluy cf Franklin county, H.,
appear to have yielded SO soon as there
was decent show Of force against tn EN-,
and no further trouble is anticipated
from them.
Mrs. Herman Corsheimer, of 80 North
Seventh street, Philadelphia, was killed
on the 2lst by taking by mistake small
quantity Of carbolic acid instead Of a
medicine prescribed for her.
A boiler used in running a threshinp
machine, near Oshkosh, Wis, exploded
Friday, the 9th, killing William Owens
and Henry Parry, and severely iniuring
several others.
j. ii. Noe, merchant of New York. as.
saulted in his store by a thief on the
night of the Odd died from his injuries
Thursday evening the Goth. The assas.
sin has not been discovered.
The management at Sing Sing Prison,
New York, are accused of theft and cor.
ruption, which they are said to have con.
cealed by employing a forger in the
prison to prepare false vouchers.
Chicago detective who has been work.
ing up the case pretends to have discover.
ed evidence that Miller, the government
secret service detective shot in Chicago
lew nights since, did the deed himself.
Mrs. George Of Chicago was killed
Friday evening last by a Mrs. Saxteder
VINO struck her with penknife inflicung
latai wound IN her neck. Their quar-.
rel originated in Mrs. Saxtcder's zeal.
Ousy.
Investigation into the Erie canal con.
tract of Belden, Dennison & Co. now in
progress at Albany, N. Y. shows that
the contractors received from the State
thousands Of dollars for work which was
never performed.
Notices Of trial have been filed with
the clerk Of the city court Of BROOKLYN !
IN the suit Of Theo. Titon VS.. Henry Is
Beecher, Tilton vs.. Thos. Klnsella. and |
Tilton vs.. The Brooklyn Eagle, by the
attorney for plaintiff,
BY an explosion Of gas in the residence |
OF Il. g. Webster of Brooklyn. on the |
evening Of the Gath, Mr.. and Mrs. Web. |
ster, Mrs. &. Thrall, and Eliza Wilson. |
servant girl, were all badly burned and |
the house badly damaged by fire.
). Ii. White, S b. King and Andrew |
west, who were arrested at Peoria, H..
recently, charged With irregularities in |
the discharge Of their duties as store |
Keepers, have been held for trial in sums
ranging from $1,000 to ST. $40.
A riot occurred at Newhope church
near Macon, Miss. on the Oath inst. be-
tween whites and blacks, in which eight
negroes were killed and several wounded.
Inc riot grew out Of quarrel between
Whlte man and negro about drum beat. |
ing
Nellie Spencer, formerly of Chicago. |
and ;hen Of Evansville, Ind, wearing male |
apparel, has been for some time a success. |
ful thief and burglar but is AT last IN |
prison. She is bat % years old and is de. |
scribed as extremely pretty as well as
wicked.
Pemberton, the murderer of Mrs.
Bingham, Of East Boston. who is in the
East Suiiold Jail, under sentence Of death.
made desperate attempt last week to
commit suicide, by using pieces Of glass
and trying with them to cut to the ar.
teries In his neck and arms
A brute named G. A. Lathrop was
caught Saturday the DIST, in the act of
attempting TO rape an eight year old
daughter Of DIR. Reynolds fTihin county.
The affair caused intense excitement. and
II was With great difficulty the neiehbors
could be kept from lynohing the brute.
on the 9th, the steamer smoky City,
bound south with tow containing 900.
200 bushels Of coal, struck a bar sixty
miles below Cairo, sinking the entire fleet
except the full barge. The tow belonged
20 W. s. Brown Of Pittsburg, and had no
insurance.
6eo. w. Lord, Jr., one Of the New York
canal ring and cx-member Of the state
legislature, has been arrested and taken
TO Albany on charge Of hri berry in pro.
curing legislation for the payment of
soo.OOO 10 contractor in 1871. lie was
bailed in $4,000.
Al The SUIT Of Geo. Reed against the
Wisconsin Central railroad company and
ueorge >. Bigelow and John a. Stewart,
trustees, the circuit court for Milwaukee
county has granted an Injunction re.
strain'nS the company from selling the
remainder Of It's first mortgage bonds.
An old Italian miser Of st. Louis. 70,
''ht lfAf'u uuhhoNns ON thN night o.
the 10Th threw his little girl Of six wears
OF age from a sixth story window and
then feel and escaped arrest The child
was perfectly naked and her legs. arms
and jaws were crushed by the fall, So that
she died soon afterward
IN the Linn district Of the Cherokee
nation. T. T.. on the 10th inst. woman
named Emelne J Jones'. who was a promi
nent witness IN murder case soon 10
come up for trial. was hruially and re-.
peatedly outraged by rufiians. and then
aSsaSSinated. II is supposed that the
purpose Of the murder was 70 get her out
Of the way as witness.
Philip Cook, carpenter Of Boontou.
n, j., Is under arrest for having attempt
ga 70 cct ria 81 his wife rs starvation
lie had locked her IN room where. When
discovered. she was insensiblc. and So rs.
duced that but title hope Of her recovery
u entertained. Cook was influenced e.
ms hellish crime by desire Tor another