River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-11-21

patty. He also recommends similar policy
In The legislature Of Indiana.
FATAL MOB SHOOTING.
A special dispatch from Mount Ster-
ling, KY, 10 the Co.srlsr-.Jourzal, says riot
took placs there on the 18th inst, in which
from twenty to thirty shots were fred and TWO
men instantly killed and threo wounded.
Two OF The rioters, George and William How
arc, were wounded. one dangerously. John
Thompson, 8 clerk and dlsinterested party,
was shot and instantly killed By shot tired
through the window OF the store In which ne
wac employed. Three OF the rioters were ar
rested. Sheriff and posse on the trail OF the
RESI-.
INDICTED.
The grand jury of Xenis, o., have in
dic.ed A. II. Bouhlmann, As Trader, Samuel
Posterbaugh. John steele and John ID. Allen,
the cashier and directors Of the FIRST National
bank Of Xenia, FOR embezElement and convert
ing 20 their own use money and bonds to the
amount OF &C., 900, belonging to depositors,
without the consent OF the banking company
OF the owners OF said property. All theparties
have been considered Of the highest respeeta-
bilty. All the accused entered into personal
recognizsuces in the sun Of s5,o0 70 appear
for tyie!.
ISUSDATIoS.
Norwich, England IS inundated by a
freshet in the river Winsom, in consequence
Of two days and two nights steady rain. Two
OF zhe most dcnsety populated districts are
several feet under water. The basement OF
factories, warehouses, graneries and dwellings
along the river are flooded. One or two
dee;hs By drowning are reported -FOUR or
Eve miles OF the streets are submerged, and
from three 10 four thousand dwellings are
made unlnhabltable. The result is yaet pc
cunlary damage. The authorities are IN . In
timing the homeless poor.
LYNcHED.
Plovd Smith and his wife Marian we're
hung BY an armed mob of thirty or forty per
sors on Nov 4th, three miles south OF Her
nando, Miss. Both had been arrested, lodged
In lail at fernando Oct, Goth, Charged with
Numbering little white girl years old,
which had be- en- left In their care by Its moth
err. A post mortem examination Of the child
revealed the fact OF its skull having been
broken. Rumor gives as reason for the
murder OF the child, the negroes were insti-
gated by the mother, who would inherit large
property estate on the death OF her offspring
BODY sNATcHISO II OHIO.
At zanceville, Ohio, policeman had
his suspicious aroused at the movements Of 9
party In a wagon, and ordered them 10 halt
but the driver whipped the horses Into
gallop and escaped. The policeman procured
assistance and followed them fourteen miles
before he was sble TO catch up with them
On attempting TO srrest them the whole party
Jumped from the wagon aud escaped to Tbs
woods. The wagon was found TO contain tbs
bodies OF four prominent citizens who hae
been buried In Woodland cemetary. Police
man Still received pistol wound from tbs
men In the wagon during the chase.
STABBED.
Angelo spanglo, in East Broadway
near Chatham Square, New York, on the 1911
inss stabbed Peter Drake In the neck with
long knife spanglo, after plunging th'
wespon into Drake, ran away. Drake shout
ed Il am stsbbed"' and pursued the Italian a.
far as Mott street, when he fell and expired
An attache OF the board OF public works, whc
witnessed the murder, gave chase. spsnalC
ran through Mott to Park street and thence
into Baxter He was captured in miserable
| hovel near Five Points, after hard struggle
He gives az the reason for the murder thai
Drake had attempted 70 cut him and blacket
his eye during a quarrel.
NEW TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
Rumor of a proposed organization Of
another telegraph company have been current
baf. hf
were mentioned In connection with the enter
prise include Jay Gould, Russell Sage, Frsnh
Work, and several prominent spectators OF
the Pacific coast. A banker said in the offlct
ofGould: A conference had been held at which
the prospect of establishing new company
with cash capital OF 100000 had been
considered. The different railroad lines were
represented at the conference, among them
being the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia & Read
Ing, New York Central, Lake Shore, Erie and
Great Western and Baltimore & Ohio com
pan.es. The Western Union officials say the
roper. Is a mere stock jobbing eanard-
RESUMPTION.
The New York clearing house has de-
cided upon the following plan of action after
Jan. /, 1872 First, TO decline receiving gold
coins as special deposits, but accept and
turn them only as lawful money. Second, &c
abolish special exchanges OF gold checks al
the clearing house. Third, pay and receive
balances between banks az the clearing house
either gold or In United States legal tenders
Fourth, receive silver dollars upon deposit
only under special contract to withdraw the
same In kind Fifth, TO prohibit the payments
] IL n
certificates or in silver dollars, excepting az
subsidiary coin In small sums, say under $40
sixth, discontinue the gold special account
by notice TO dealers, the ist Of January nex'
to terminate them.
CUTTING RAILROAD FARES.
The competition in eastward bound
passenger rates, which, Il Is asserted, have
b. N secretly cut for three or four months
past. have finally forced prices down to the
lowest figure known for years. The Atlantic
& Great Western announced New York and
Philadelphia tickets st 81 each, Pittsburgh
90 IS, with fares to some common points In
Ohia Of a nominal sum. The Pan Handle
rates 20 New York and Philadelphia have not
vet been reduced below IS, but this VIII no
douqt follow lie opponents with decreased
charges. Tickets sold at these prices are re-
bate tickets, aud Spectators have no oppor-
tuniiy TO take advantage OF the reduction
All agents report good sales, and know moth
ing 81 the return 10 former prices
IRON COMPANY sUsPESps.
The Allentown, Pa, Iron company,
having an Office at No. go South Third street
Philadelphia, have resolved to temporarily
susrsnd business, and named Nov. Goth as the
date on which the stockholders are 10 meet
to re-eive q statement Of the financial con
di'ica Of the company. The company has
=, furnaces in full blast, and their stoppage
will throw out Of employment large num-
Der u hands One Of the directors states that
the total liabilities will not exceed half NIL
lion. while the value Of the works and town
lots 10 Allentown, owned By the company
ct Down at 100000.
CONSOLIDATION.
negotiations for the consolidation OF
be 6a9y Jo14taai, Republican, and st. Louis
Ts,,s-s, the Democratic paper, Of St. Louis,
No mas been closed aud hereafter the papers
will ~ published as the Times Journal and
conducted as a strictly non-psrtissn newspa-
per Geo. c. Hale, heretofore editor OF the
Jossr,s1i, villIee managing editor Of the Tins
Jos-~~al. and Emery s. Foster and Eugene
II ~. haxo oIsrea m