River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-09-10
THE NEWS.
A REVIEW OF THE WEEK
At HOME AND ABROAD.
CRnIES AND CASUALTIES.

yet been recovered.
4 petition for the pardon Of Edward S.
Stokes convicted on the charge Of shoot.
ing James Fisk, has been sent to the
governor Of New York.
Jepe S. Long, the noted short-horn
cattle breeder Of Iowa, hung himself on
his farm, in Jasper county, Monday
night. He had been low.spirited for
some time, and was closing up his bust.
ness.
Ten thousand dollars worth Of gloves
were stolen from Fifth avenue estab.
hshment in New York, by burglars, one
night of last week. Most Of them we're
four and six button gloves Of late impor-
tation.
Mr.. Ross, father Of the missing Char
lie Ross, is confident tina. Westcrvelt, the
man now on trial at Philadelphia, knows
all about the abduction, and is equally
sure that the boy is yet living aud will be
restored.
Attachments against the busted bank
of California have been granted in New
York in the following suits: II. A. Tugo
1850 pounds; John j. Carr $1,000; Pat
rick Butterfed $4,000 pounds; Dennis
McMahon $500
The Catholic curate Of st. John Bap.
tiste, in the Province of Quebec, has dc.
clared an unrelenting war against the
present style OF female dress by announc.
ing that he will not administer the sacra-
ment to those women who hereafter wear
low-neeked dresses or ''pulled backed"
skirts.
DR.. II. 7. Helmb0ldt the well known
druggist, was on the 4th discharged from
the Pennsylvania insane asylum on u
writ of hdbPds corpus, by Judge Elcock,
the Judge holding there was no OCCASION
for detention in such place. DR.. Helm
boldt's counsel proposes 10 bring a SUIT
for damages against the asylum.
1t is a singular fact that tbs farmer
Vickers, who was accdenty shot in the
row at Quiacy H., about the preacher
Hoffman, was shot once before, several
years ago. in a scrape in Missouri, result
ing from another preacher being accused
Of conduct similar to that charged against
Hoffman.
Judge Carey Of Maryland, was recent
ly called upon to release prisoner
brought before him on a writ of h0bgds
corpus. on the ground that in the requi-
sition from Connecticut, under which he
was arrested, the word perjury was
spelled with instead Of j. The
Judge very properly dis".ssol 80 oii,.
A difficulty between the whites and ne.
grOes, in which three negroes were killed
and several negroes and whites wounded.
IS reported 30 have occurred az Clinton.
Miss, on Saturday the 9TH. Armed
whites are guarding the town, while the
negroes are reported arming and threat
ening another fight.
Workman, the Methodist minister who
was expelled by the Central Illinois Con.
ference on account of his correspondence
with Mrs. Hedges, the woman who was sup.
posed to have been killed by his wife, IS
10 have new trial at the next session Of
that conference, and the letters having
been returned to him hopes to be reinsta.
ted in the ministry.
AT the conclusion Of the performance
Of Zell's circus at jackson, Mich, Satur.
day, 4th, hot.air balloon was sent IN.
In descending, the aeronant jumped out
when some distance above the ground and
aighted in a mill pond, and, being unable
to swim, was drowned. Ills name was
VIM. Doyle. No reason Is known for tho
acronaut making the jump.
Saturday last (the 4th) nine hundred
armed men remained in the Catholic Gem.
etery Of Montreal 20 prevent the body Of
Guiford being buried there in accordance
with the order Of the council, but con.
trary to the order Of parish priest 4
battery and infantry volunteers are to be
employed as an escort for the corpse when
another attempt will be made TO bury il
on the Huiford lot in the cemetery.
FranRSWillams ofShady Grove. Tenn.
on the first hunted out young man
named James Turner, and placing a re.
volyer at the back Of his head. fired.
killing him instantly. Turner 1t Is nj.
legged, had seduced Williams sister. and
upon being urged to marry her and thus
save her disgrace, positively refused.
The detectives in the revenue service
at Washington are almost ready 20 &C.
knowledge that cX-Guager Miller NAV
nave shot himself instead Of being shot
by an assassin hired by the whisky ring
OF Chicago. They have discovered irrec.
ularitles m Miller's record as guager.
which makes II question whether he
can be made more useful MS witness
than as a defendant.
Jonathan Trusty of Waycrly. Ind,
shot and killed his son, aged Is, the night
OF the SOth. The son approached hi,
father IN the dark to prevent him from
shooting man named Peterson who had
run away with the boys sister. when the
father miStaking the boy in the dark for
Peterson, and supposng the latter was
attacking him, shot and instantly killed
his son. Peterson escaped.
personal
JEFF Davis will deliver the address be-
lore the Kansas lity Mn pNpngttt,u r.,