River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

John Mclean of Bismarck has been indicted
as principal in the woodworking business.
f. NJ Overacre, school principal of Macon,
Ill, has been premptorily dismissed for writing
affectionate letters to large number of girl
pupils
George Thompson of Brooklyn has spent
sixty out of his eighty-four years in Sing Sing
prison, on short sentences, and has just been
sent there again
James Graham of New Orleans shot and
killed his wife and then cut his own throat
He is believed to have been suffering mental
depression from drink.
In Wilcox county, Ala, R. D. Boykin,
prominent attorney and planter, was shot dead
by a negro. The murderer said he was hired
to do the deed by man in New Orleans.
Mrs Smith went religiously insanein church
at yandalia, Ill, walked up to the pulpit and
demanded to be married to the minister Go
ing home she nearly murdered her daughter as
sacrifice.
A Red Wing paper says c. d. NJ. Allen, now
under arrest at Sioux Falls, was former resi-
dent of Red Wing and who left for parts un-
known with about S., 500 of other peoples
money in 1880.
j Linden, aged twenty years, teller of the
Hamden (NIass.) Savings bank, has confessed
embezzling $4,000 He has been three years in
the employ of the bank. He joined a Sunday
school last winter.
BurnhOna Wardell, the welI-known prison.
reformer of Worcester, Mass, has been sen
fenced by Judge Rockwell to one year in Ded-
ham Jail for libel upon Gen. A. b. r. Sprague,
sheriff of Worcester county, uttered IN prison
reform lecture.
A gang of five youthful burglars has been
discovered in Bridgeport, Conn, their ages
ranging from sixteen to twenty years, They
achieved twenty-six burglaries, one highway
robbery and had plans perfected for extensive
counterfeiting and bank burglaries
Chamberlin Church of Troy, N. Y, is mis-
sing An unfinished examination of books
shows $1,000 of funds gone. When Church
was reappOinted in 1882 his bond was renewed,
and the city loses all the amounts defaulted
since that date. Church held the Office nearly
nine years.
At De Kalb, Mo, Columbus SpTatt, an eighteen
year old boy. shot and killed James Mitchell,
after having been worsted by Mitchell in a fist
fight Spratt provoked the fight because
Mitchell was friend and defender of Frank
Brown, who murdered Spratts father five years
ago. Spratt gave himself up.
A cowboy named Watson arrived at Mont
rose. Colo. on horseback. Meeting City Mar
shall Murphy and Police Judge Edwards, against
whom he had grudge, he began firing re-
voIver, they returning the fire. Edwards was
MORALLY wounded and Murphy had ball
through his leg, while the cowboy, though bad
" wounded, made his escape
In a suit brought in New York by Bradford
Bros, of England, against John Vantradel, a
verdict was given against the defendent for
SIS, 507 This suit grew out of defalcation of
Edward kobbo, an employee or agent Of Brad
ford Bros, in New York city, who stole about
s65 600 in money and securities and fled to
Chicago, where he was arrested
At Fairbault on the Sth, inst, just before
the breaking up of the guards masquerade,
James Laird became highly ineensed at the at
tention his wife was receiving from Adam Giles
and while the parties were participating in
quadrille, Laird walked over to Giles, drew
from his pocket a twenty-five oaliber revolver
aimed at Giles and fred The shot passed
through his clothing, which was heavy suit
of buekskin and did not enter his body. Laird
then cooked his revolver, but before he could
draw bead on his victim his arm was struck
by Charles Mccall, the weapon discharged and
the bullet entered the ceiling of the hall Laird
was promptly arrested. He was bound
over in 81 900 TO await the action of the grand
Jury. Being unable TO obtain bail, he was
placed in the county jail