River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-03-24

gagged IN dispute Saturday night, which
was terminated by the frst-named stab
bling the Other NO. Colquitt is the son of
former United States senator, and broth
er of the governor of Georgia
How D STILLwELL, of Rockford, mar
rowly escaped ASSASSINATION at the hands
OF an unknown man. The bullet grazed
his forehead. Mr. Stillwell can conceive
no motive for the attempt
In cell of the Eastern penitentiary, at
Philadelphia, John McBridge and John
Pfeiffer we're found dead. Circumstances
indicate that the former was murdered and
the latter committed suicide.
In the presence of fourteen hundred
convicts, at Columbus, o., vain attempt
to murder Deputy Warden Dean with
PAIR of shears was made by Augustus Can
ton, of Cincinnati.
TIE Bremen school house at Lancaster,
Ohio was blown up by gang of young
roughs. They placed couple of kegs of
powder under the structure, and the ex-
plosion didn't leave a whole timber.
Mr.. |. ]. CARPENTER was robbed of 1910
in drafts and deposit checks and about $50
in cash and other valuable papers at his
boarding house in Aliegan, Michigan. He
put his wallet under his pillow the night
before, containing said valuables.
AT Chester, ILL.,, Geo. Burlington and
Thomas Wilson, two convicts in the south
ern Illinois penitentiary, made success
full escape from the guards through hole
under the stockaae. Both were engaged
on the stone-work of the new building.
OK the ground of insanity, Captain
Edward r. Ames, of Baltimore, has been
acquitted of shooting at NJ. w. Hodgdon.
The accused is a son of the late Bishop
Ames, and was sun-struck while an officer
in the army. He has been returned TO a
private asylvm.
A HORRIBLE murder is reported from
Kiowa reservation, Indian territory, the
victim being Peter Cook, and his assas-
sin man named Tony Sine, his brother
in-law. At the close of the war Cook
and three friends raided Pino's premises,
robbed his safe of 81 600, ravished his
sister-in-law and fed. Pine swore ven
geance, and for fifteen years has been
searching for Cook.
MARSHAL WALKER, a negro, has been
arrested at Memphis, Tenn. charged with
the murder of white youth named Miles
Jones, at Holly Springs, Miss, three years
ago. The difficulty between the two orig
mated in quarrel between a brother of
tried to quiet, but was struck by Jones,
who in turn was hit on the head with a
base ball bat bv Walker, from the effects of
which he died the next day. Walker is
about % years of age.
GEORGE MCBRIDE, a man employed by
a horse dealer named William B. Simp-
son, was murdered by Harry Gilmore, a
notorious crook, in front of the Wabash
in
made his escape, but Ignatius Cook, the
bartender who furnished the weapon
with which the murder was committed.
and Addison Smell, the keeper of the sa-
loon, are under arrest.
A. G.. SMITH, receiver of materials for
the government works at Muscle Shoals
canal, was robbed by three men of $500,
Friday, while going from a bank at Flor
ence to the chief camp on the canal. AT
ter taking the money the robbers forced
Smith to accompany them through a
dense wood for twenty miles, when he
made his way back to camp, Saturday.
The men said they had been lurking in
the neighborhood since Christmas to COM
nit the robbery.
A state of terrorism exists in Padua
township, Mclean county, Ill. Its pres
ent record tells of SIX murders in four
years. Within the past few days several
of the best citizens of the township have
received through the mails threatening
letters. saying that unless they left within
thirty days they would be visited during
the night by secret vigilants. The great
est Indignation exists, and, unless these
high-handed outrages cease, some night
there will be a frst-class lynching bee
with several corpses.
Mr.. q. S. BARRows, a respectable bust
ness man, from Seneca, Kan, reported at
Chicago that three confidence men had
made clean sweep of the valuables that
he carried on his person from the west.
They first made his acquaintance oD the
train, and before they got through with
him they succeeded in getting possession
OF his open-faced gold watch and chain,
$50 in cash, and draft for $50. Pay
ment of the latter was at once stonped.
Mr.. Barrows gives an excellent descrip-
| ton of the thieves, and, as the police
! think they know who the parties are, their
arrest will probably follow soon.
| A SPIRITUAL medium gave an entertain
| ment TO very large audience, at Braid
wood, ILL.,, taking in several hundred dol
| lars. Wien the people saw the transpa-
rencv of the humbug they became almost
| riotoas, and threatened violence to the
management, Mr.. Slade, who had no
license on account of its being Sunday.
| The party was arraigned for violating the
| ordinance relating to license, and Slade
and his confederates were fined about $50
each and costs. 1t is unnecessary to say
that the mediums left Braidwood on the
| first train, after paying their fines.