River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-15
eighty years of age, while Miss Kentner n
twenty-three

| fore married
The planning mill and 400 600 feet of luInbe
belonging to the Scott Lumber company a
Merrill, Wis, were destroyed by fire. Loss
! $4,000; no insurance. 1t was caused by over
heated oil being boiled on large stove.
During drunken spree of soldiers at For
Yates, John Anderson, restaurant keeper o
! Wlnona, was shot by Sergeant Murphy, o
| Company II, Seventeenth infantry. Anderson
| is now IN the hospital His wound IL not fatal
George B. Armstrong, register of the Huron
Oak, land Office, has obtained divorce from
his wife on the ground of desertion, Judge
1 Seward Smith awarded the decree. The cour
| gave the child, boy OF ak years, to the faith.
| er.
| The Vatican, through the British minister a
| Pekin, will open negotiations with China FOL
permission to send an envoy to deal directly
with questions affecting Catholic missions II
China. The pope desires to emaneipate priests
| from French protection.
Benjamin S. Ashley and George NJ Watson,
bankers and stock brokers of Auburn, N. Y,
were arrested recently on charge of grand
larceny in wrongfully converting to the use oil
other than the rightful owner, S12, 500 deposit
ed by Mrs. Amarillo N. Sartwell, a widow.
Henry NJ Guild, late teller of the FRS
National bank, Cincinnati committed suicide
at the residence of G. H. Tudor, his brother in.
| law, cashier of the Union National bank oi
| East Walnut hills. He resigned bis position
| at the bank last May, and has not since found
employment
The Sth inst being the occasion of the TWEEN.
| ty-frst birthday of Prince Albert Victor, old
est son of the prince of Wales, it was made th'
occasion of rejoicings throughout the country
| In London the day opened with the ringing o.
| BELLS hosting of flags and music at st John
| palace. The University of Cambridge sent an
| address of congratulation to the young prince
| William Vaughan shot and killed his wife a
! Grafton, W. Aa, to whom he had been married
| four weeks Vaughan used shotgun, firms
| through window. The shot took effect in thu
1 womans temple and produced instant death
| A younger sister of the dead woman was OF
! her lap at the time of the shooting. Jealousy
was the cause. The parties were PROMINENT!
| connected.
! According to the Railroad Gazette, ther'
was, during November, a total of SO railroad
accidents, in which AZ persons were killed an(
| 100 hurt. The eleven months of the curren
| year, to the end of November, show total o.
| Loss accidents, 1856 killed and 1851 injured
a monthly average of 80 accidents, 30 killed
and $50 hurt; and a daily average of IA acci
| DENTS 1.l5 killed and 4. SO injured.
A party of bull dozers in Franklin county
Miss, went to the house of negro for thu
| purpose of whipping and otherwise maltreat
ing him. They demanded admittance Being
| refused, one of the party a young man named
| Murray burst the door open and rushed in
| when his brains were blown out by a charge
| from shotgun The rest of the party fled
bn "a inv a ri n
| fable homicide.
| Gov Porter delivered his biennial message
te the Indiana legislature Friday, the 10tf
| inst 1t shows the debt of the state to be S4,
$40, COS, all of which, save $607, S25 is due Il
the state school fund, and the school fund
| amounts to S., 1886, 320-an increase Of SOS, y
! during the year. The school revenue lac
/ year was 81 AS 962; number of children in tht
| schools, sol, las. He recommends refundine
the state foreign debt, amounting to $3.50, 00t
| Another sharp shock of earthquake was fell
in the south of Spain Its greatest force was
| experienced LEILA, where 800 houses were
| damaged Seven persons were injured
Most of the inhabitants had left or were sleep
/ ing in tents. King AlfonZo has started for the
I scenes of disaster. Three hundred thousand
dollars have already been subscribed. King
Alfonzo has taken with him 500, COO, which he
will in person distribute for the relief of suf
ferers.
Gen Sherman, in answer to question as to
the effect of Gen. Grants declination to receive
the fund being raised for his benefit, said
OF course, that will put stop to the whole
thing, and nothing now will be done about it
/ presume, though, that the local defense
which was secured for him will be retained
Gen. Grant has friends who will look out fol
his interests, outside of those who were In
teresting themselves in his behalf in this par
ticular instance.
Nine government bonds stolen from the bank
| of II. G. Mead at Maurice, Wis, at the time oil
his murder In October, 1882, have been found
by relative of the murdered banker in the
treasury department at Washington, where
they had been received through Chicago anG
New York banks. They had passed through
seven banks in all since stolen. The murder
er of Mead has never been Unidentified, and en-
deavors will be made to obtain a clue through
| the discovered bonds.
Parnell addressed meeting at Tipperary re-
Gently. Four years ago, he said, men of Tip
perary helped him unfurl the banner of the
league there. The movement became historic
and had proved of great service to the Irish
people. A similar point in the history of Ire
land had now Eeen reached. What agitation
had already gained was infinltesimal as com.
pared with the full reward to be secured by 1t
He believed the great power of franchise re-
| Gently conferred would be judicously used
The Portland Me- Press has it from un,
| doubted authority that Abner Coburn's viii
bequeathes the bulk of his property to the
cause of education in the south To the Co
burn classical institute Is beGu eathed 49, 900
and to the Colby university of Waterville
| 100000, which with other amounts for tht
benefit of the university, which will make
| the entire bequest over $500, 600. The state ag
ricultural college at Orono receives 100000
and the Maine general hospital, this city, 10000
Postoffices discontinued Minnesota-CerrC
| Gordo; mail to Dawson Postmasters com
missioned-Adolph Miller, Richardton Oak.
Richard H. Copeland Willard, Oak James S
| Niles, Hector, Mimi. Frank Ct. Blakefield
Fish Greek, Wis. E. S. Foster, Audubon, 10
wa; d. Donnan, Independence, Iowa; G. r
| Franklin, Rockford, Iowa; G. S. Owen, San
! born Iowa; O. Zlevig, Wllmar MINI. William
E. Vans, Deuster Wis James E. Kennedy
Durbin, Oak, J. NJ Sokol, Baldwin, Iowa; A
| F. Goode, Mark, Iowa
| The marriage of Lieut. James Defrees Mann
| 1.-THE United States army, and Miss Katie
Ray, daughter of A. Ross Ray, one of Wash
! ington's wealthiest citizens, took place in st
Johns church recently The groomsmer
were Lieutenants Augur, Brown, Allen ant
| Davenport Of the cavalry crops; the brides
maids Miss Myer, Miss Miles, Miss Thorn anC
| Miss Greer. A reception was held in the after
! noon at Mr.. Rays re Sidenee, and Lieut. ManT
and his bride went to New York, whence they
| go direct to Fort Leavenworth, his post
The Posts dispatch from Berlin says the act
| ivity of the Congo conference of the American
delegates, Kason and Sanford, seems to indi
| cato a wish tn make IL clear that America will
| in the future be more concerned in European
| interests than heretofore. The active partici
| patton of America in the conference is favored
| by Bismarck, and the fact excites the suspicion
] of other powers. There is curiosity to know il
| German-American CO. operation theatens Brit
ish possessions in America as well as in Africa
1 The subject is very prominent topic of con
versation In diplomatic circles.
The secretary of the Protestant Educationa
institute has written Earl Granville, secretary
| of state for foreign affairs asking whether Err
rington, the unofficial British representative a
the Vatican, is authorized to negotiate with tht
] Yatica in reference to Catholic missions il
/ India Such action, the writer says, would bt
unconstitutional and prove injurious to thu
| cause A dispatch from Rome to the Exchange
| Telegraph company says; Signor Macenni
papal under secretary of state, denies that Er
rington is accredited to the Vatican either Off
| cially or unOfficially.
| About year ago Frank G. Martin, assistan
postmaster at Pierre, Oak, left that town leav
| ing the Office 81 800 short He had taken adj
vantage of the postmaster's absence and draw
money orders on various points of the country
! sent the advices, and at his leisure proceeded
| to collect them. Martin managed to cover hi
| tracks well, and was not caught He was
| man of good address, and the son OF Rev JohI