River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-11-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK
cRrzrEs ANn oRrmrsaEs.

Joseph CLAIMING, Of Toronto. has
absorbed with $4,000.
r. ". Tompkins, treasurer of Boise
couute, Idaho, has committed suicide. Cause |
uaknown.
A Deficit Of $4,000 has been found in
the Louisville, Ky. agency, OF The Hartford, /,
Conncelicut, Mutual Life Insurance company. !
At Newcastle, Del, the other day. Iiine
convitts, six blacks ard three whites were
publicly whipped, fivo being, also, piloried.
ParIck Coffee, an ex-convict at Still.
water. Minnesota publishes narrative Of al
legged brutal aud iO1uman treatment at that
institution,
Ar ineendiary fire destroyed the
Manchester paper mills In Dutchess county
n Y, lately. Less S15,090 a panic ensued
bal al escaped.
w W. Bramham, OF New Haven, Conn.
accuse. of trying TO drown his brother in the
Sound to thereby increase his inheritance,
has tran bound in bonds OF $1,000.
a dispatch from Sophia says couriers
bring reports that the Turkish Redifs have
mastered $50 inhabitants in the Bulgarian
vlllage Of Chresnitra, in Macedonia.
The Mcibourn 1rgus gives an account
ON tie I,land Of New Bri.aia Of the massacre
/ OF three native Wesleyan missionaries, and the
roastsuE and eating Of thc!T bodies BY noun
tain clnnb ii Tribes.
Dn.iog a ceEeuration in Piss, italy, Of
Queen Margaret's birth cay, bomb was
/ thrown into the crowd, but without serious
results The person supposed TO have thrown
/ tie missile was arrest d.
! E:heridge, the ST. Paul, Minnesota,
absconding swindler it is believed has been
! spotted" in san Francisco, and that lie will
soon BE returned to St. Paul, the scene o. his
yillaaies, and have justice melted out to him.
Popular indignation and excitment
throughout Italy over the attempt to assassin
ale tie King is very great. The assassin is a
member of the international society. He
denies having any accomplices or instiga
tors,
A man went over the bridge at
Paul. Minnesota, Sunday about midnic
The report Of a pistol, splash in the aver,
and cry for help was heard, promH, IN
vest CATION was made, but the man could net
5e found.
{ Reed Whipple, for fifteen years
clerk TO the secretary or the treasury o. the
Union League club, Philadelphia, Pa, has
disappeared, leaving behind him q letter in
whi.h he coatesses to an appropriation Of
IS $50 belonging TO the club.
Great excitement continues in Italy. in
regard to the attempted assassination Of the
KING There have been 500 arrests in Ma.
pies It's stated that the government has
PROOF Of the existence OF a vast association,
tae object Of which is to kill the King.
Joseph Toothman. an employe Of TIE
| freight Office OF the Missouri Pacific railroad,
Sedalia, Mo, and John C0ruleF, car repairer,
were arrcsthd in that city charged with steal
ing Ehrec bars of bullion valued at $4,000 from
ears between that place and Kansas City tie
| early part Of this month.
/ Burke and NYhalen. the alleged robbers
ofA T. Stewards grave have had an exani-
nation. Capt Byrnes OF the police, testified
| 10 partial confession of the priaoners. There
is ne doubt that they were concerned in the
desccration Of the grave, nor does there seem
to be any doubt that the aremains VIII soon
be found.
Frank Lane and Kittie Martin oi
Bird yep 1rt, Conn, were engaged to be married
1hc5 had lovers quarrel. lie slapped hel
IN the face. Miss Martin took the engagement
ring from her finger, threw it in his face and
declared she would never marry him. he
drew pistol from his pocket, sank on hi.
knees at her feet, and fired, sending bullet
crashing through his brain.
An occan telegram has been received
at Chicago, by Geo. W Pullman, from the
Am ricau con nj at Lisbon, Portugal, stating
.la' Chas. " Angel, the defsulting secre-
.ag Of the Pullman Palace Car company, has
See. arrested there and that $4,000 Of the
money taken by him has been found on his
person. 1t is believed there will be little
difficulty in securing his extradition.
Ia accordance with the opinion Of the
attorney general Gov. Hartranft, of Pennsyl
yania has decided TO issue a warrant for the
execution on the 18Th OF December next, Of
the notorious Molly Mcguire, John Kehoe
who was convicted Of the murder of S. w.
I.ani0u in Schuylkill county in 1862. Warrants
were also issued for the execution on the
same day Of Martin Bergen, Of Schuylkill
county, Charles Sharpe and James O'DoineIl
# Carbon county, and Alex. Sayre, of Phila-
delpaia
Nhalen and Burke, arrested for alleged
COinHiltlty IN lOe Stewart grave TpuoeIA, were
araigntd before Justice Morgan, in the Jeffer-
ION market police court New York on the
18Th inst. Capt. Byrncs made formal com
pldiat against the men, and counsel for the
prisoners began to cross-examiue him. The
cap ain refus ed % give the name of the party
or parties who gave him the information
against the accused, and the counsel refused
to proceed any further. The judge held the
prisoners in 5000 to answer.
Z 5stace Knight, q desperate character
ygas shot and dangerously wounded on the
10Th INST, at Bellaire, Ohio, by Marshal
! Archer The marshal UNDERSTOOD to arrest
/ Lin Tor shooting policeman named Cresweil,
/ about two we, ks ago, when Knight fired at
/ linn when only fifteen feet distant, and missed
him Archer returned the fire, aud his bali
/ took effect in Knights back. Knight ran half
a IN e after he was shot, when he fell TO the
ground and gave himself up. The doctors
think the chances are against his recovery.