River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-12-31
NoRrHwEsrERN NEWS.

The case of Bull Dog" Kelly, heard be
fore U. s. Commissioner Spencer at st
Paul, on an application for extradition fol
murder committed in the province of Brit
ish Columbia, was decided on the 18th, The
accused being held to confinement i'll the
Ramsey county jail until the report can be
made to the Department of State at Wash
iugton, from which it is expected extra
dition papers viii be issued, The British Col
umbia authorities have expended $40, GOO IL
bringing the case of Kelly TO this point
The accused man is very respondent at the
decision of Commissioner Spencer, and says
it means he must go back to certain death
His trial will take place at Victoria where
he is under Indictment.
DR.. A. Eberhard has been appointed and
commissioned postmaster at Ripon, Wis,
but c. Il. Upham the present incumbent
refuses to recognize the new appointment
The ground of the refusal is that while the
appointment was made during the con
gressional recess, DR.. Eberhard did not
qualify until after Congress met and
hence must be confirmed before he can be
installed.
The First National Bank of Lake City
MINI, did not open its doors on the morn
ing of the 2sth. There had been quite a
run on Saturday previous and the directors
posted a notice that they wanted time to
realize on their securities but that depOsi-
tors would be paid in full The last pub
Iished statement showed St25,O 600 in depos-
its. $4,000 was paii depQsitors the last
day the bank was open.
Gov. Hubbard has pardoned Thos. J.
McAfee alias Gerald Moore, bigamist, sent
from Ramsey county about a year ago.
Two wears of his sentence were unexpired.
One Of his wives is in Minneapolis, and the
other in st. Paul, neither divorced, and 1t
4. I. l.
without liability.
$500 reward is offered for the recovery
ofex-Treasurer Pease's ledger, by the
county authorities at Valley City, ID. /.
The book disappeared between Dec. | and
Is, and contained important evidence
connected with the alleged Pease defal-
cation.
Miss Katie WEIGH fatally injured Frank
Woods, at Dubuque, Iowa, on the evening
of the 18th. by throwing a can of vitriol in
his face Both eyes were burned out and
he will die. Miss Kate claims that he
wropged her and then married another
girl.
Fred Weber, formerly a st. Paul
pugilist,l a brakeman on the c. NJ. q ST.
?. r. r, Jumped from train at La Crosse,
catching a foot in a switch frog, and was
run over, his leg being crushed 30 as to
require surgical amputatton.
Samuel Hill and Thomas Lowry of
Minneapolis, Thos T. Wilson of St. Paul,
A. S. Chase and G. g. Hartley of Duluth,
have purchased for 100000 the Duluth
street railway. Four miles OF extensions
are promised at once.
John Hutchinson, who shot Jockey
McIain at East Grand Forks, last Septem-
Der. has been convicted Of murder at
Crookston. MINI, aud sentenced to be
hung. The day Of execution is TO be fixed
by the governor.
The Methodist church at Taylors Falls
has been placed in charge of Prof E. E
Edwards. formerly of the Colorado Agri-
cultural college, and for the last three
wears principal of the academy at Olney,
i'll
4. T. Fleetwood late postmaster at
Sioux Falls. D. T., is missing. He left
about three weeks ago to visit friends in
Wisconsin apd was last heard of at Mil
waukee, where he left his trunk al hotel.
Samuel B. Strong Of Jackson, Mimi, the
oldest Mason in the state and one of the
oldest in the country, died Dec. Gath. He
was born April s0th, 1888.
The Wabasha county Mimi tax list
shows the valuation Of real property to he
s., eco, personal property s9ST, 90T; total
valuation S4.945 567.
Pros Heaton, Of Winoza, who accepted a
call to the State Normal scheol at Weston
Oregon, has arrived at that place, accom-
panied by his wife,
J. NJ. Bowman, a prominent merchsnt of
Jamestown. d. T., died on the 18th, of apo