River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-11-08

The Office of register in New York is
worth $4,000 year.
| Seventy one counties in Georgia prohibi
liquor selling.
Dallas bricklayers get So a day.
Doings of CRIMINALS.
horrible murder took place at Lamard,
Kansas during a dance at the residence ola
well-known farmer. Among those present
were Anthony Bummits and Alex Brown.
During the evening a dispute arose among
the young men as to the right of dancing
with certain young lady, and later
second dispute as to the right way OF calling
off the laLcers. Finally the men came to-
gether, and during the struggle Brown drew
a pocket knife and cut his adversarys
throat, severing the jugular vein. Young
Brown is a son of Hon. Thomas Brown,
ex.member OF congress, and ali the parti
TO the affair are well kRown. Brown sur
rendered.
Another confidential bank clerk has been
arrested at Chicago for extensive thefts
the amount missing being estimated at be-
tween SO, 900 and $40, 600. The name of the
last man gone wrong is Ellery H Andrews,
who, up 10 short time ago, when he was
discharged was the corresponding clerk of
the Northwestern National bank of Chica-
go. Upon his books being examined after
his discharge a number of discrepancies
extending over period of four or FIVE
years was discovered. On the 2Sth an in
dictmeat was returned against him, oa the
chAgs OF larceny, and he was lodged in
jail. The young man made full confess
sion, in which he acknowledges having
stole total sum OF $4,000.
The dead body of a man was discovered
on the bank of the Sioux river, some ten
miles south OF Canton, Oak. When found
the dead man had nothing on except an
undershirt and drawers OF fine quality and
fine pair of tooth pick shoes. contu-
sion upon his right temple ana bullet hole
in his skull are the only marks of violence
upon his body. Bits of railroad ticket
which had been torn up and thrown upon
the ground, and portions of $40 bill and
81 bill were found. The theory now is that
foul murder has been perpetrated and that
the killing was done at some other place
and the BODY carried to this secluded spot
for concealment
Corner, alias franklin, alias Evans and
many other names, and his wife, have been
captured in Frenchtown, Harrison county,
Ind. He was the chief and leading spirit
of the eounterfeiters of this district and
lived pear Frenchtown in log house built
very much like fort. 1t lad one chink-
ing out all around and while franklin
worked on the manufacture of the coin his
wife stood guard. Franklin made coins
from ten cents silver to 500 goll, and so
perfectly that he said bimSelf he was not
afraid to go into bank with them.
There promises to be judicial investiga
ton into the matter of the hanging of the
Barber boys ty the mob at Waverly, Iowa,
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convenes in December. The widow of Ike
Barber says that she proposes to see that, if
possible, the lynchers OF her husband shall
be brought to trial, and she says she has
the names of eighteen men who were in
s,rumental in the hanging.
q tragedy resulted from a game of GRO
quet, three miles from Woodbury., N. j.
The players were two men and two women,
Germans. Rudolph Hines became angry
because his wife beat him, and kicked her
with his keavy cowhide boot. She became
unconscious and died soon after.
Toby Grant, a negro desperate, was kill
ed by Abraham w. Clement, a white man,
at Rantouls, S. G. Grant had twice assaulted
and threatened to kill Clement. An IN
successful attempt to lynch Clement was
made by negroes.
At Plattsmouth, Nebraska, DIR. Rich
mond was arrested on a charge of COM
hitting a rape on the thirteen-year-
old daughter of Edward Grissel, lore
man of the Burlington & Missouri car
shops.
Charles Mccain, mail agent, stole So in
postage stamps from the Brighton, N. j.,
postotfice. He must pay $1,000 within a
week, or languish ayear in Jail.
Thomas Fox, seventy years old, wa
drugged at Marshall, Mich, and robbed of
a hundred dollars. He died from the drug
ging.
Peter keenan, of New York was killed an
the Sd inst, by drunken policemen named
William Conroy,