River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-12-12
The NEWS CONDENSED
TO DE ING.
BURNED TO DEATH.

HUNG.
Chin Vow, chinaman, was hanged at
Bridgeport, Cal. the other day, for the muir
der Of Al Pow in Benton, Cal, last MAY.
SERIOUSLY ILL.
a Darmstadt dispatch says the Grand
Duchess of Hesse, Princess Alice, is seriously
i'll of diphtheria. The Princess Alice is second
daughter of Queen Victoria.
A Walla Walla, Oregon, dispatch says
two Umatilla Indians, convicted of numbering
settlers in the late Indian war, have been con.
victed and sentenced to be hanged January 2.
LYNCHED.
At Franklin, La, negro, who attempt
ed atdiferent places the violation of two
white women, was lynched. The jail was
broken open, his throat cut and his body
thrown into the river.
POTTER COMMITTEE.
A member of the Potter investigation
committee states that it is the intention to
send sub committee 10 New Orleans to con
tinuc the investigation there, which was te--
minated by the yellow fever epidemic.
HIGHwAYMEN.
a Texan, San Antonio special says,
the Austin stage was halted near Marion by
two masked highwaymen. W. c. Parsons
and j. L. Chandler, both st. Louis CONNER
eial travellers, were robbed of about $50. The
mail was rihed but nothing distracted.
DROWNED.
William Lewis, brother of ex-senator
Lewis, was drowned while fording the Shenan-
doah river, at Port Republic, Va. His color
ed driver and pair OF horses were also
drowned. Ex-senator Lewis was himself
crossing the river ia a skiG at the time of the
accident
FOUND OUT.
A Springfield Ill, dispatch says, John
S. Snyder, deputy sheriff, from Pottsyille, Pa.
arrived in that city with a requistion for
Michael Merrick and Michael Gaffagan, two
wellknown citizens of Springfield, for the
murder Of Mike Durken, at Pottsyillc, on } an
uarY 18th, 1865.
INDICTED.
4 Yankton dispatch says the grand
Jury have found forty-four indictments
against Livingstone and other Indian agents.
government employees, and timber thieves.
Livingstone, LeClaire, Richardson and Russell
have been arrainaned on.the joint indictment
ard will plead en- the PSI.
FATAL sTABBING.
At party at the house of Mr.. lilly, of
Notch Lick, Carroll county, Ohio, an alterca-
ticn occurred between two sons OF Aaron
Neal and young man named StefIin during
which one Of the Meals received stab in the
neck, seyering an artery and causing death in
few moments. stefin escaped.
NOMINATIONS Ry THE PRESIDENT.
On the 14th inst the President sent to
he Senate large number Of nominations,
most Of them being fer confirmation, and
among them the following: Albert f. Paine,
Wisconsin, commissioner Of patents; Lewis
Wallace, Indiana Governor OF New Mexico,
ard slscnon { Battinger, postmaster Of
New Orleans.
kOMINATIO Ms.
The President has made the following
appointments: Eugene ]. Ball, Indiana, to be
CONSUL at Pesth; DayId II. Bailey, Ohio,
consul general at Shanghai; Andrew McCor-
mick United States attorney for the eastern
district of Texas. Postmasters: James Gal
Iup, Grand Rapids, Mich; James W. Mack,
Holden, No; Ansel D. Brown, Burlington,
Kansas.
SHOT.
Geo. Schaffer, an old resident of Germ
antown, near Dayton, O., was shot in his own
house in that town by Geo. Leighty. Schafcr
was Incorporate in his habits, and had become
ncensed over a family difficulty. LeightIy
was engaged to Schaffer's daughter, and was
attacked by the other in his rage, and claims
that he fired the shot in selfdefense The
parties arc in good standing in Germantown.
PRAIRIE FIRE.
An extensive and destructive prairie
fire below Crook City, D. T., has swept in an
easterly direction, burning up hay which had
been cut and stacked for the military posts
at Bear Butte The military quarters narrow
" escaped destruction. Many ranches were
burned 10 the ground Sturgis City, which
lay in the path of the flames, was saved by a
slight rainfall, which stopped the fires prog
ress.
COLLISION.
The regular passenger train, bound
west, on the Winona & st. Peter railroad, col |
Iided with freight at O'Clock Wednesday
morning, the 4th inst two miles west of Clare
mont, Minnesota. Both locomotives were
badly wrecked and three head Of cattle were
killed, but the train men escaped injury, The
conductor of the freight claims his watch +!
was twenty-si1 minutes slow, and thus threw
him out Of time.
TWO MEN BURNED TO DEATH.
AT St Louis, Mo, while two men were
working inside Of large iron tank, with coal
tar, in the Belcher sugar refinery, the coal tar
took fire in some mysterious way, and, before |
the men could be rescued, they were burned !
to death The names OF the burned men were
John LEIGH and Henry Weis, both men Of |
family. The accident is supposed to have !
been caused by the breaking Of 4 lantern they |
we're using g ting the coal tar.
SUPPLEMENTAL RETURNS.
Tic board oF canvassers, in session at
Madison, Wis, have adjourned in order 70
give time for the receipt of supplemental re-
GUMS from Rickland county. Il appears that /
tncre IS as mistake made by the county can
yasscrs in footing up tho Congressional vote,
the difference being ten in favor Of King Tie I
state board Diet ruined to allow RichlaEd To
file supplemental returns, although the re-
quest to do so was not handed in until past
ne time fixed by law.
RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION.
J. s announced that the negotiations
for the consolidation Of the Chicago II Alton
and St Louis, Kansas City Il Chicago rail
roads is in progress aud have advanced so far
that 3 contamination Of the project may be
predicted with safety. The completion Of the
rod, viii will give the latter line a conneC
ton with Omaha it is said, Is about all that de
LAYS the carrying out Of the plan. The consoli-
dation will bring 800 miles Of ran -oad an
der one management.
IRON DRAW BRIDGE.
At Cleveland, Ohio, 'arge crowd as
scmHed on the viaduct 70 witness the first
swing OF the massive iron draw bridge, that
connects lie east and west los Of the city
over the Cuyshoga river, il belug -. rst an.
test swing. Fifteen men swung the lrsw
in eleven minutes. Everything W cked
smoothly, All the measurements beine OK
act The total weight Of the bridge ana IA
BE is 625 tons. The formal opening Of the
viaduct will probably take place December
9th.
GOLD IN THE BLACK HILLS.
Professor Jenny, who visited the Rock
ford mining district, distant from Deadwood
u. T., twenty five miles, expresses the opin-
ion that the town OF Rockland is in the center
OF the quartz district Of the Hills. He says
the ore Is low grade, but its great abundance