River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-04-10
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The Ohio penitentiary cleared $4,000 during
March.
The Turtle mountain opening put AS 900 new
acres on the market
At Salt Lake City London Bank of Utah was
attached for $50, COO
John PARROT, pioneer California banker, is
dead at San Francisco.
The Cincinnati trades assembly thanked the
cowardiv Fourth regiment
Sing Sing prisoners earned SIS, 763 in March,
making net profit OF so,Ola
Deaths in the first quarter of 1884, in New
York, $3.50; last year, first three months, S.
56l.
Smith ana Mathews sold one-half Of the
Homestake mine at Cook City, Mont, for $685.
VVo TO Eastern capitalists
William Reuner, jeweler in the Astor house
New York, was robbed Of $4,000 worth of dia-
monds by Joseph Rosenbaum clerk.
In the double wrestling match at Toledo re-
Gently Lucien Marc Christol defeated Dennis
Gallagher, and DuncanC. Ross defeated Andre
ChristoL
Emiliano Nunez is eng court martialed IN a
Cuban fortress. Many people fear beng shot
down, as other suspected individuals have dis
appeared New bands are reported rising.
The Broadway Tabernacle in New York pays
81, 23s year to keep the life of the pastor, DIR.
William Taylor, insured for s50,0U0 for the
benefit Of his family, in addition to a salary of
$4,000
John Godfrey, Jr, who shot and killed Alfred
Gossett, colored, in New Orleans, Oct 30, 1883,
while Gosset was in charge of an officer on his
way to the court house, has received life
sentence for the murder.
G.o,.s,a al;as Daba TnDaS ff.a arfo4aI bo,,
murderer convicted of killing John Foster col
ored, was hanged in the county Jail yard at
Pittsburg in the presence of several hundred
spectators. The doomed boy met his fate I'M
tilnchingly.
The cyclone which destroyed oakville, Ind,
was more extensive than first reported In
stead of devastatnga distance of ten miles 1t is
learned that the track extended twenty miles,
sweeping everything before il. There were
numerous other casualties, but 80 far as heard
no additional fatalities.
A number of Irish tradesmen and farmers,
charged with being Invincibles and belonging
to body founded at Tubbereurr by p. Sheri-
dan, have been arrested and taken to Sligo
One of the number has turned informer and
given the names of several landlords whom
the society decided to murder
Since the August gale, seven months ago,
eighteen fishing vessels have been lost from
Gloucester, Mass, with all their crews, which,
together with the men lost overheard and in
dories, makes the record 249 men lost leaving
behind as near as can be ascertained, sixty five
widows and 1874 fatherless children.
A scandal case, exciting great interest in Ire
land, ia that of young and newly married lady
named Mrs. Gill, WHO'S charged with throwing
oil of vitrol at Solicitor Toomey to protect her
self from an alleged indecent assault. The
lady's husband is charged with aiding and
abetting her. cross charge OF indecent as
sault has been made against Toomey. All
parties were committed for trial
Twelve moonshiners were brought into Lou
isvilleby United States deputy Marshal Camp
bell They are part o., a gang of twenty-one,
captured in raid which officers have just
completed. In some cases the officers had
considerable trouble in getting the culprits to
submit to arrest, and III one or two cases shots
we're exchanged with the moonshiners. One of
the gang was robust, fine-looking girl of
nineteen named Tina Baker, whose father es-
capped. She was armed with rifle, and was
dressed in skirt, and wore mans SLOUGH hat.
The steamer Rebecca Everingham Capt
George Whitesides) was burned to the waters
edge at Fitzgerald Landing, on the ChattanOo-
chez river, forty miles below. The fire orig
mated in the stern of the steamer, it is thought
from an electric lamp spark. The passengers
were saved, and escaped in their night clothes.
Following is list of the lost: Mrs. Aven,
Cuthbert, Ga. Miss Simpson, Fort Gaines, La,
Julia Anderson, chambermaid. Richard Cole
man. pantryman. Adolph Thomas, fireman.
A. Stephens and randolph Singer, deck hands.
Bob Griffith, stevedore.
Herr Scheffer, editor of the anarchist paper,
the Radical, arrested some time ago at Pesth,
confesses that he was present at a meeting OF
anarchists in Vienna, when the murders of De-
teetiye Bloch and Police eommissary Klubeck
were planned The anarchist committee has
sentenced to death persons whe gave the police
information duplicating anarchists in the muir
ker of Eisert The emperor recently received
Schlossarck's wife, who threw herself at the
monarch's feet and implored him to spare her
husbands life. The emperor promised to con-
slider the appeal, which is tantamount to a re-
prieye.
The most destructive fire that London has
known for years broke out on the Sd inst,
on Paternoster row, against which the entire
fire department of the city failed to make any
headway for over four hours. The fire origin
ated in the printing house of Pardon d. Homes,
Lovell's court Thence it spread to the famous
old "Dolly's chop houses The house of Fan.
del Phillips 4 Sons, importers of toys, and
French goods, in Newgate street, the large
book-bindery of Smith Brother, Ivy lane, and
the music publishing house of b. Williams,
Paternoster row, were completely destroyed.
The damage is as great as that caused by the
Wood street fire. The favor abe direction of
the wind saved St Paul cathedral. The loss
is g250, 600; fully insured.