River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-16

In the Dominion house of commons at 0tta-
wa, Sir John Macdonald said: 1 have just
received message from Mr.. Dickens, who
commands the mounted police at Fort Pitt,
stating that forty miles north of Fort Pitt
massacre of settlers occurred The names OF
the killed are r. j. QUINN sub-Indian inspec-
tor and half breed; James Delaney, farm in
structor; James Gowanlock "a miller and
wife, Rev. Fathers Farfar and Famarchard.
There were two others, whose names are not
known Mrs Delaney was taken prisoner
IL Quinn, nephew of Quinn, who was muir
dered, arrived at Fort Pitt. The Fate of Cam
eron, of the Hudson Bay company, is unknown.
There are twenty-five mounted police at Fort
Pitt l do not know whether the fort will hold
out, or whether they will move westward tow
ard Battleford, which is nearer than Edmon-
ton, There were thirteen families at Frog
Lake, and it is thought the number killed is
larger than that given Inspector Dickens is
commander of the mounted polio at Fort Pitt
and is said to be son of Charles Dickens, the
novelist
In the house Of commons Mr.. Gladstone said
that reply has been received from Russia,
This stated that Russia had already asked Gen.
Kamoroff to explain his conduct in attacking
the Afghans at Penjdeh Gladstone added
that Russia had not vet received Gen. Kam-
of his occupation of Penjdeh Gladstone stated
he had been in communication upon this sub
ject with Sir Edward Thornton, British am
bassador at St Petersburg, and that the latter
had informed him that the Russians do not
occupy Penjdeh, but have retired to the posi-
tions they occupied before the battle with the
Afghans Even the most sanguine believer
in peace would have been converted could he
have heard Mr.. Gladstone's martial statement
in the house. He spoke pathetically, yet
earnestly.
Gen Dent the brother in law of Gen. Grant,
who has returned to Washington from a visit
to New York, is reported as saying that the
Grant family has become reconciled to the
fact that the general cannot recover Before
leaving the sick room, the attending physician
permitted Gen. Dent to see Gen. Grants
throat, by means of a reflector He says the
cancer has made greater progress than any
one who has not seen it can imagine. An arte-
ry in the throat must certainly give way soon,
and then there is nothing to prevent the gem
eral dying Notwithstanding all his suffering,
Gen. Grant is perfectly resigned to his fate
and prepared to die. Remarked Gen. Dent:
''He is as calm and self possessed to-day as
he was at the battle OF the Wilderness.
At the attorney generals Office and among
the heads of tho interior department it is the
common opinion that proclamation must be
issued by the president to render President
Arthur's order opening the Winnebago reserva-
ton to settlement nun and void, as Attorney
General Garland decided it to be- The whole
question seems to be terribly muddled Sec
rotary Lamar was Of the opinion that the Ind
ians had been wronged by opening the reserva-
ton, and his opinion probably had good deal
to do with the opinion formed by MIR. Garland;
yet the president is not so clearly of the same
opinion.
The Chicago Daily News says: Appointment
politician said recently that secret organ
ization, having branches in every ward in
the city, had been started with view of form
ing vigilance committee if needfuL The OBJ
ject was not only to punish ballot box thieves
and suffers, but murderers and highwaymen,
if the courts failed to deal with them as they
deserved. The gentleman was asked to join
them and told the agent who approached him
that he would respond at any time of the day
or night
r. G. Dyrenforth, assistant commissioner OF
patents has resigned that Office. The presi-
dent has appointed Robert b. Vance Of North
Carolina to succeed Dyrenforth and William
E. Mclean of Tore Haute, Ind, first deputy
commissioner OF pensions, vice Calvin b.
Walker resigned; the latter appointment to
take effect April III The president also ap-
pointed postmasters for numerous presidential
Jefferson. Wis, vice William Forsyth, resign
ed; ]. +. Mccall at Moorhead, MINI, vice James
Douglas, resigned
The Tories ridicule Russia's reply to Eng
lands demand for an explanation of Gen. Ia
moroffs attack upon the Afghans They ar
que that it will be impossible to receive Gen.
Kamoroff's defense within less than sixteen
DAYS. and that Russia will occupy that interval,
as she has occupied the past seven months, III
reinforcing her army and strengthening her
position on the Afghan frontier. The Wing
section of the Liberal party has joined the
Tories III demanding more vigorous measures
To reduce the expenses of the inspection
bureau of the post Office department within the
limits of the appropriation, the postmaster
general has requested the resignation of four
teen inspectors, including Charles Adams of
Colorado, Fred De Tavernier of Tennessee, j.
J. Hanna of Ohio, George W. Porter OF Illinois,
w. w Patterson of Kentucky, T. r. Meier
son of Indiana l. Fl. Bedel of Indiana and
]. J. Murphy of Oregon.
While Mrs Tom Graham, the wife of
prominent citizen of Lexington, Ga, was al
the well, a negro stepped up behind her and
grasped her around the waist She struggled
bravely, but he carried her into clump Of
bushes, where, exhausted by her struggles,
she 1911 INTO q GWO0u aHu was az ltA btuAhA
captor's mercy. She was found still uneon-
scfous The countryside was soon searching
for the negro.
Dell Moon. the notorious outlaw, who has
been confined in the Eau Claire jail fifteen
months waiting for trial at the circuit court to
answer to the charge of assault on his nephew
with intent to kill was discharged, the jury
finding verdict of not guilty Moons name
is familiar in criminal circles All through the
Northwest