River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-11-04

escaped from the city Jail of Alton, Ill.,,
by digging through stone wall. The lat
ter was recaptured. out the former made
good his escape.
A SPECIAL to the Pioneer Press SAYS
Robert Lowe, of West Albany, Wabasha
county, in this state, shot and instantly
killed his wife and infant child, and after
wards blew his own brains out. Domestic
trouble was the cause of the tragedy.
LIZZIE BARTON, has achieved an unen-
viable reputation in Dewitt county, ILL.,,
as an alleged horse-thief She is about Is
years old, and has been in Jail several
times, and has stolen three or four teams
of horses, besides other property. A re-
ward of $50 has been offered for her arrest
and the recovery of the property.
Mrs. MEAKER, who with her son Al
mon, is in Jail under indictment for kill
ing little Alice Meaker, her husbands half
sister, at Waterbury, VT, last spring, made
a nearly successful attempt to burn the
Jail on Oct. IS. She set fire TO the cell but
the flames were discovered in time to save
the Jail.
An attempt was made to rob the nation
al bank of Wellsbury, w. Va, October
80. As the Waterman was entering the
bank he was attacked by three men and
knocked down his cries caused the robbers
to run Pursuit was made and one of the
gang arrested and taken in custody by the
mayor He gave his name as q. Carson,
and says he resides in Chicago.
A SENSATION has been created, says
Philadelphia, Pa, dispatch, by the
discovery that Mary Ann Conner who
died six weeks after her marriage and just
after making her will, leaving her prop
erty of about $4,000 to her husband
Michael Conner was the seventh wife of
the man, his sixth wife having died with
in few months of his marriage to the
woman who expired last week.
A FURIOUS fight occurred a few nights
age in low den near Camp Sheridan,
where large number of cowboys and
soldiers had congTegated. \ dance was in
progress, and poor whisky was consumed
in large quantities by both sexes One
man was shot dead on the floor early In the
evening, but the festivities were continued
until the whole party became involved in
shooting afiray. Two men were killed
and several wounded.
In Brooklyn, n. Y, on the Goth inst,
the secret service officers arrested W.
Spencer alias Bill Brockway. Charles H.
Smith and Jas p Owens, charged with
being concerned In cOunlerleltInR OF one
hundred dollar national bank notes, coun-
terfeiting one thousand coupon bonds of the
issue of 81. Smith confesses he engraved
plate from which the bonds were print
ed The counterfeit bonds are in the pos
session of Doyle in Chicago. He also
states he engraved plates for several coun-
terfeit one dollar notes which recently APP
peared The last engraved was on the
Pittsburg rational bank. Owens was the
printer of these notes and bonds. Smith
claims in addition he engraved the plates
counterfeiting 80 bonds which were put
on the market in 81, about s., 900 of which
had been taken by Jay Cook 4 CO., before
! their character was discovered. The ex-
animation of the arrested parties is set
down for Tuesday next. A number OF
bonds taken from Doyle in Chicago will
be forwarded to Brooklyn to be used as
| evidence