River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-05

| WcItn sHos aHu instantly killed. Chafles FUR
ms n, whom he mistook for burglar Fur.
man, while under the influence of liquor, en-.
| tered the wrong house, near his boarding house.
On discovering his mistake he ran. Citizenf
supposed him to bea burglar and gave pursuit
Not stopping upon being ordered to halt, hi
| was shot
Gov. Crittenden OF Mo-, has within few
days received letter from the British minis
ter at Washington informing him of Alfred
| Sheldon's arrival in England, alive and well.
Mr.. Sheldon, who was resident of Kansas
| City, member Of the Blue Springs company
disappeared mysteriously on the night of May
last He was said to be short $50, 000in his
accounts.
| A sheriffs posse arrived ct Arkansas City,
Ark, with Meredith Cole, noted outlaw lead
er, and five members of his band, captured in
| Indian Territory The other men are Aakew,
/ formerly sheriff in Texas, the two Clark
| brothers and Barber brothers. Cole has been
outlawed seven years. he was wounded and
disabled In the capture, but made strong re-
| sistance seventh member of the band was
1 killed
Lafayette Melton was hanged at Corning,
Ark. for the murder of Franklin Hale four years
ago He was the captain Of the famous ku-
| klux khan. Hale had been talking about them
| and plot was formed TO whip him. A masked
| party found Hale in the woods at night
| and whipped him to death Melton was CON
| v1cted chiefly on the evidence of H. s. Law
renee, one of the party, who year after turned
/ states evidence.
! Miles City Daily Journal: This is the most
| severe winter that has been experienced here
since the first visit of Lewis and Clarke, and
has no parallel in the history of Montana; and
it is for this reason especially that its effects
! upon range cattle are being so closely watched
nv 0ofNfto Iivta Is tod hxrf
and experienced cattle men that the losses will
/ not exceed 5 per cent even if the severe wealth
er should continu for some time longer.
/ Helena, Mont, Special: There was meet
/ ing of the committee on safety, known as3-7-7-
/ = The committee consists of bout one hun
/ dred and fifty of the best citizens, thoroughly
/ organized who are determined TO rid this
i county of the hard gang now infesting it
/ There is a clew to the origin of the last fire.
which will receive prompt attention, and some
I known criminals and other bsd characters will
4 be notified that there are healthier chimes than
Montana for then.
An amendment was prepared recently by the
| friends of the Sioux City & St Paul railroad,
to be offered if the Plumb substitute FORGETTING
/ their land in Iowa is brought up for action
/ The amendment was drawn to meet the wishes
| of the Milwaukee & St Paul road, well as Of
| the Sioux City & ST. Paul people. 1t simply
! feVcrSeS the intent OF the RlumO Dill, ana pro-
! vides that the decision of pending suits and the
/ terms of the original law granting the land
! shall be relied on for final settlement of the
matter
The Clearwater Advance commends the Pho
neer Press in its new venture presenting in
its Sunday issue articles on current topics by
! specialists It says the articles are made
doubly valuable because the authors ARE
| known to be in full possession of their powers
/ 1t is literary treat to peruse their writings"
/ The Advance is right and the fact that these
articles are published IN the Weekly as well as
| in the Sunday Pioneer Press, places them within
I reach of every body fer One dollar a yesr
marvel OF cheap literature,
Gen WolseIey telegraphed from Korti tina
he had received reports from the surgeons at
Gubat, stating that Stewart was doing we'll
/ No attempt has been made to extract the bullet
which entered the right thigh, and is nov lcd
/ ged in the region of the groin. In view Of the
many hardships and deprivations which
/ wointed men had to suffer, and the almost
! constant moving they have been subjected to,
most of them are making wonderful progress
/ toward recovery. In the cases of about two
thirds of the wounded the injuries are very
! bad.
/ Gen Merritt the superintendent of the mill
tary academy, has been at the Arlington during
the past week. and his presence here has
caused great deal of gossip concerning army
changes. Brigadier Gen. Augur, who now
| commands the department of Missouri will re-
/ tire during the present year, and Is expected to
succeed Gen Sturgis as governor of the SOL
diers home. Gen. Merritt, who is one of the
ablest officers of the army, is expected to sue
coed him. 1t is possible that Gen. Augur may
/ retire before March T. in which event Gen.
/ Merritt is thought to be sure of the place.
The police of New York have been making
the most dilligent search to discover what has
become of S s Conant, who has for the last
fifteen years been the managing editor of Har-
/ pers Weekly and the circumstances of hls
sndden dropping out have aroused the greatest
apprehension on the part of his friends and
/ relatives week ago Friday without any
/ explanation or without any reason therefor
! known to any one, he rendered his resignation
! as managing editor of Harper's Weekly, to take
1 effect at once, and left the Office Immediately.
I He has not since been seen by any one of ms
! family or friends.
t Mr. Duester has framed bill to put stop
| to the fraudulent cultivation OF claims against
/ foreign governments. By the terms Of the bill
| any person who presents to any department of
/ the UUited States government, or to any JOINT
/ commission or arbitrator appointed under any
/ agreement between the United States and any
/ foreign government, a claim against any for
/ eign government, knowing the same to be false
! or fictitious, shall, upon conviction, be impris-
I ODeQ at nara LABOR Tor not IeSS IMAM one year
and not more than five years, or fined not less
/ than 81 Geo, or not more than 5000 This
| will cut off what has grown since the war, to
/ be thrifty and busy branch of practice
/ All the royal apartments of Windsor castle
have been ordered closed to all visitors. The
step taken by her majesty in consequence
/ OF the extraordinary precautionary measures
generally advised by the ministry. The queen
I conducted herself so stoically throughout all
( dvlaO lita napipa that IT,
/ ton attracts much attention. 1t is reported
! that one of the great English railway corpora
/ tons has decided to discharge from its employ
4 Immediately all persona of Irish birth. An
official estimate, made by government inspec
! tors, places the amount of pecuniary damages
i wrought by the explosions in Westminster hall,
house of commons and tower at $4,000
! Paul Holman son of Judge Holman of In
/ DIANA at the house of Mrs. Stewart, while at
] tending az guest at an evening entertainment
] knocked down Mr.. G. De Castro. an attache of
/ the Venezuelan delegation. The next day
MIR Alexander J. Grogen, the second secretary
/ of the Russian legation, and Mr.. John b. Mar
+ cou of the Smithsonian institution, called on
Mr. Holman as friends of Senior De Castro, to
demand an explanation. The result of their
i interview is made manifest by the following
{ card: To Mr. Q. De Castro: Mr.. Holman re-
+ tsrets that while under the influence of liquor
/ he should have offered to Mr.. De Castro a per
/ fectly unwarranted insult, and hopes that con-
sderiug the circumstances Mr.. De Castro will
| kindly overlook Mr.. Holman's action.
/ TSignedl PAUL HOLMAN.
/ The senate committee on military affairs re-
! ported adversely on the bill to facilitate promo
| lions in the army by allowing all the officers
who served in the late rebellion to be retired
On voluntary application for retirement Ac-
| companying the report was communication
| from Secretary Lincoln showing that if the bill
were passed the lieutenant general, all the
major generals, all the brlgadiers, all the col
! onels, all the lieutenants nearly all the majors
/ two thirds of the captains, one-half the first
/ lieutenants and half the second lieutenants
could at once be retired. The secretary says
I that under the act renring compulsorily at the
age of sixty-four, it viii not be many years
before that part of the retiring list, which il
limited to 400 names, can be used almost ex-
/ clusively to provide for the retirement of dis
abled officers and thus facilitate promotions in
the army The secretary thinks promotion is
rapid enough already in our little army
The speech from the throne, with