River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-10-31
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BURGLARY.
Burglars entered the residence ofThos
Huston at Centerville, Ind, and carried of
$500 in money. No clue to the robbers.
ILLECTT DIsTILLERs.
Some four hundred persons in North
Carolina, indctcdfor llict distilling,will be al
lowed to plead guilty and sentences win be
suspsnded during good behavior.
BADLY SHATTERED.
at Boston, Mass, Rev. w. II. ii Muir
ray (the famous "Adirondac Murray'D while
duck shooting had one Of his hands badly
shattered by the bursting Of his gun.
BURNED.
The Detroit Mich, city Touring mill
one Of he largest structuresin the city mills,
has been partially destroyed by fire. Loss
S25, GOO; insurance $1,000. The origin of the
fire was probably spontaneous combustion.
FAILED.
Passengers on the boat from Boston to
New York lately discovered two pretty girls
who had been inveigled from home by a
procuress, who promised them employment
down South. The police were notified and the
procuress fed.
GUILTY.
At Cleveland, Ohio, the jury in the
case of Chas. McGae, on trial for murder,
rendered verdict of murder in the first de-
gree. Mcgue murdered Mary Kelly, his
mistress, in a house Of ill-fsme in that city
several months since.
EXPLOSION.
A boiler of the Osego fork-handle
works, Rome AshtabuIa county, o. exploded,
instantly killing the engineer. Geo. McKen-
Pie and seriously iniuring two men, names
unknown. The factory IS totally destroyed
Loss not known.
MURDER and SUICIDE.
Henry w. Tyler, well-known des-
perado OF Parzersburg, West Virginia, shot
and killed his wife and then put a bnllet
through his own head, dying a few minutes
after. He is supposed to have been under the
influence ofliquor at the time.
LIEUT.. BENNER
Postmaster James of New York an
nounces that the contributions for the relief
of yellow fever sufferers made to the postoiiice
for the next three days will be added to the
fund to be held in trust for the widow and
children Of Lieut.. Benner, United States army,
NEW ORLEANS FEARS MOB.
In accordance with orders Of the Gov
ernor, the arms OF the first and second fnfan-
try, Crescent City battalion and New Orleans
artillery, were removed to Mechanics Insti-
tuition, where they viii be guarded by at least
forty men until after the election.
PRAIRIE FIRES.
Decatur and Edwards counties, in Sap
pa valley, Kansas, recently raided by the
Cheyenne Indians, have been devastated by
prairie fires, and nearly everything not de-
stroyed by the Indians consumed. Several
persons are said to have persisted in the
flames.
The slaughter house aud pork "a cking
establishment of Christian KIimp of East Buff |
falo, y I, has been destroyed by fire. Only
about forty out Of some 500 live hogs were
saved. An immense quantity Of pork, lard
addressed hogs were destroyed. Estimated
loss, $4,000 Insurance. $4,000.
SUICIDE.
Otto Kuentryner hired livery zig at
St Paul, Mimi, Saturday evening, Oct &c. |
drove QUITO Lake Como, hal the horse put in
Kuau1's stable, and on tho l,orch of the hotel
shot himself through the heart producing in
slant death. He was not int ,xicated, and is !
believed 10 have been derant ID.
CYCLONE.
Another cyclone has Wis ted the south |
coast Of Hayti. An Amer, IN brgantine, |
name unknogn, was lost, auj all hands per- |
Ished. At Poet Prince mn III thn s.saota t
six inches deep. The swol. en- rivers pre-
rent a supply of provisions aching town,
and catables are at famine priceo.
POISONED
= orge Speers, homeopathic physi-
clan Of Charleston, Mass, has been arrested
as IN accomplce Of Miss Mable Whitman
aged 16, whose mother died lately from
arse ir poisoning. The daughter was arrested
on her return from the funeral of her mother.
The death was planned TO secure control of
property.
DEPosED.
In the German Methodist Conference
IN Winona to which was re.oued the case of
Rev. II. Lampriecht presiding elder Of the
Charles City, Iowa, district charged With i'm
moral conduct, q verdict was found deposing
him from the office of preacher hut permit
ting hin to remain a member of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church.
EXCITEMENT AT CoNCOD, n. -.
The Boston, Mass, Herald has special
from Concord of rumor to the effect that
wholesale release of prisoners from the State
prison is to be attempted. A discharged of
fcer of the institution, arrested for carrying
things to prisoners without permit is sus-
pected as the chief mover in the plot Con
siderable excitement abort the prison.
HORRIBLE MURDER.
John c.. Vacllat, wife and two sons,
aged respectively II and Is, were murdered
In the night time at their residence, :wo miles
South of Indianapolis, Ind. They were all
killed with an axe. a farm hand in the en-
ployment of Yacilat is suspected and is under |
arrest. No cause, either robbery or other |
wise is given for the quadruple murder.
NEGRO RISING.
Two hundred and fifty negroes sur
rounded Waterproof, La on the 18th inst,
and treatened to burn and sack the town.
Iii supposed they burned j Senegars place
on Lake St. John, four miles below Water
proof call for armed assistance was made
on Natehez, and leo men left on the ferryboa;
to aid the whites al Waterproof if needed.
STAGE ROBBERY.
A Galveston Ne,rs special SAYS: The
For. Worth STAGE bound for Weatherford,
Texas, was stopped fifteen miles east Of the
latter TIaca by TWO masked men. Inc mail
pouches were cut open and their contents
rifed and one male and two female passen-
gers stripped of their valuables. The amount
obtained by the highwaYmen Is unknown.
PRAIRIE FIRE.
A dispatch from Omaha says: De
structive prairie fires have been raging near
Kearney along the line OF the Omaha L Re
publican Valley railroad, in Polk county, and
other sections of Nebraska. The northeas
portion of the State is suffering most severely.
The losses viii be immense to property.
Seven persons have been burned to death aud
a considerable number Of others seriously
burned.
GEN. GRANT.
Mayor Steckley of Philadelphia has re-
ceived a letter from Gen. Grant from Bordeaux,
France, acknowledging the receipt Of a reso-
luton of the Philadelphia city council 10 APP
point q special committee corrective h = upos
his return, and states If he returns by way Of
the Atlantic he Will take a Philadelphia
steamer and notify the committee Of the time
OF sailing. The General thanks the council
and citizens of Philadelphia for the homer done