River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-11-07

Dealers said that the refusal to publish bids
defeats the establishment OF silver market ID
this couxtry.
MURDER CONFESSED.
During the trial of Mrs. Loyina Alex.
andcr in Bridgeport, Conn, for the murder OF
Frank Weinbecker alias Suffering Jack,
| July 18th, City Attorney Holt testified that
the prisoner, while making complaint OF
robbery against Frank Bassett, stated that
Bassett had done enough to be hanged, and
detailed the facts of Weinbecker coming
to the house and being chloroformed while
asleep, The placing of his body in a barrel, the
attempt to sell it to DIR. S. Sanford, Of the
medical school at New Haven, and the late
disposing of the body by throwing it into a
rayiue
WALKING MATCH.
4 London telegram of Nov. I'd, says
the International pedestrian tournament
which began al Agricultural hall Monday
morning last of FIVE minutes of one, terminal
ed at 1890 tonight. The competitors numb
cred twenty. three and included Weston;
stakes, $500, with the Ashley belt ESQ.
Vaughan aud Weston were the favorltes at the
start, AID betting was Eve to one against Cor
key. at the conclusion the scores stood;
Corkey, 52l Brown, sos; Rowell, 400; Hib-
| bert, 40; Ennis, of Chicago, 4to; Courtne~
4O4 Day, 100; Richardson, $50. Sixte
| thousaad persons were present at the close
and much enthusiasm prevailed
STORM.
Advice from Grand Haven, Michigan,
report Shat the heaviest sea of the season pre-
vailed Ehere Nov. |. Four vessels were driven
on the 5each-the Americn, Montpelier and
Australian. The name of the other is not as
ceTtained. One man was drowned off the
Australian by attempting to jump from the
vessel 20 the per as she drfted in, In re-
spouse 10 a telegram half of the life saving
crew stationed at Grand Haven TOOK a boat
to whitehall by special train to rescue the
crew from the rigging of the barque S. c
Woodruff, sunk in thirteen feet of water one
mile from shore One boat load of loborers
were rescued from the barge Rutter, off Lud
ingtOn.
WISCONSIN BANKS.
The annual report of the State treasurer
for the gear ending Sept. 30th, makes the fol
lowing: Whole number of banks doing bust.
ness is IS, with aggregate capital of 81 49,
| PSI Of the securities belonging to the sew
eral triIst funds, the school fund is credited
with 1.S07, 200; the normal school, fund with
5000, $50. and university fund with Sl35,500.
\ The debt of the State amounts to $2,2J0O57,
divided principally among the several school
funds The only county in arrears on account
of State taxes Is st. Croix, S704,5S All the
| Wisconsin railroads have promptly paid their
taxes except the Wisconsin Central, which
has failed to pay the second installment of the
Incense tax for 1877, amounting to $500.
THE FISHERIES.
The London DGiIy Telegraph comment
| ing upon the dispatches from Philadelphia
about the fisheries dispute, says: I'm a world
where no two people think alike on any given
subject, why should the fact that Lord Sails
bury and Secretary Evarts are unable to take
quite the same view of this question create
| in Philadelphia a profound sensation? Let
the whole of the facts be put before the pub
/ lie and we are sure the men of common sense
in both countries will seen arrive at friendly
| agreement" There are no other comments
on the subject in the daily or weekly press.
There is not sufficient information published
here to justify expressions Of opinion. All
that IS known publicly regarding the con-
| troversy has come from the United Stetes.
HIGwAYHMEN.
/ A telegram from Laramie, W. T., states
that the coach driver from the north reported
| that on his trip north from Laramie, he was
| stopped at the Platte river ford, about mile
distant from this point, by five masked men
who took from the coach two prisoners, Mans
! field and Mclaughlin, and hung them on a
large cotton wood tree on the river bank
These men were road agents and had been in
/ tile custody in Cheyenne, and were enroute
| for Dsadwood under guard Of J. NJ. May and
Jesse Brown, who.1 the lynchers compelled
| to give no their arms and surrender their
prisoners. At daylight NJ. L. Green, deputy
coroner, rode to the scene and found the
bodies still there, one hanging and the other
on tbs ground. They were brought to Lar
ami and a corners jury impanelled.
FIRE At TOPEKA.
4 A T0neka, Kan, dispatch says: The
State normal school building at Emporia,
burr j Saturday morning. The fire broke
out at 3 O'Clock, aud the building burned
with such rapidity that nothing was saved. c.
NJ. Fomcroy, president. lost his valuable lib
rary besides all household effects. Friday,
throughout the entire day, there was an odor
If gas through the entire building. Mr..
I f0fItION IEdtc a CAREFUL ihcpCCtlOh VI NhN
building and found the coal in the cellar, sew
rnty-five tons, in a heated condition, and had
the tanitor, with some help, shovel it over to
cool of. AT IL o'clock at night the janitor
left his work feeling that everything was safe
but the fire broke out and in short time
nothing was left but the walls. The building
cost sS5, 600 and had not fsrthing of insur-
ance
FLUNION OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNEs-
SEE.
1T indianapolis, Oct. Both, the mem
bers ofthe Society of the Army of the Tennes-
see preceded by music, left their hotels for
the Metropolitan theatre, which had been
proldsely decorated with flags, evergreens
and floral pieces with the names of prominent
officers and battles of the army suspended
about the hall. While the audience were be-
ing seated the band played medley ofpatri
otto airs, after which Gen. She man called the
meeting to order. Among letters received
and read was one from Gen. Grant, in which
ne notifies Gen. Sherman that he has given
up his trip around the world, and that after
A short run into Africa he will return to Paris
where be will remain until his departure for
home. Grants name was received with pro-
long, applause.
BODY sNATCAING.
4 Keokuk, Ia, special says: 1t has
been discovered that A. Mackey, of that city,
has been receiving the bodies OF recently
buried people, graves having been robbed at
! Beacon Ia the bodies barreled and shipped.
The barrels were consigned to Mackey, but
the railroad agent, becoming suspicious,
opened one of them, and found the body Of
John Hines who had been recently buried
ssee.r Bveee-s.- MA~lsas. lad been arrested hllt
declares he is innocent, declaration which is
diseredited, as, under his directions, the first
barrel was taken TO the medical college of
Keekuk, and is still there. The authorities at
the college disclaim any knowledge of she
source from which the barrels came. OF
course everybody is innocent, and ignorant of
the outrage, and especially the medical col
! lege that profits by it.
| GENERAL PoSToFFICE FINANCES.
3he annual report for the fiscal year,
ending June, 30, 1873, of j. MeGrew, auditor
of the treasury for the postoffiee department,
has been completed. The aggregate of postal
! revenue and grants from the treasury during
the year was S34 5s5 1859, and expenditures