River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-11-11


remaiciug eight months of the present
fiscal year.
Mrs. L zz;e Roots, the mother OF David
;. FO herring ham, the Adams Express mes
senger, he was Tecentlv robbed on the St
Louis and San Francesca railroad of So, COO
mas applied through her attorneys for a
writ OF habeas corpus IN behalf of her son.
VINO, her peti Ion says, IS un awfully re-
strained q his liberty ~ the nj ials OF the
express company, be being locked Ia a room
1T the southern hotel against his consent,
and that he Is constantly in charge or under
The eye OF detective.
At Winnipeg, B:n plssterer
named Shules, who contemplated leaving
for tie old country, recently sold his wife
an. five children To man named VIII
mans for : % a regular agree ment was
drawn up between the two men, and tire
property was formally transferred. The
police are investigating The matter.
1t is stated from Chicago that Col. Inger-
soil has consented 10 appear before the IL
iiuOis supreme court, on behalf Of the con
demned al zrchists, should he fiud, on re-
turning to New York, that he can Dc so
ul.huuz interfering with engagements a.
re-dy maize 10y him. There IS no longer a
question OF money, es the anarchists now
nave ample means.
DR.. james p. Kimball has submitted to
the secretary of t g treasury his annual
reUort for the fiscal year ended June 30.
SIS W hiic the volume of work executed
at the minis during the year was greater,
he says tEan tat of the previous wear.
the total expenditures were less by Sl95,
Os9.
A well dressed young man, who register
ed ten days ago at a hotel at Baltimore as
B. +. Wilcox. New York, fell dead about
noon, Thursday ON Lexington street. The
coroner found that death resulted from
heart disease. No money was found among
his effects and he will be buried by the city.
Fourteen thousand pork aud beef
packers are on a strike in Chicago for
eight hours a day instead of ter. The
Sheriff Of Cook county called on Gov
Osles y for help and ne ordered out the
first Hut second regiments of State militia
70 guerd against riot.
The magnificent collection of paint
belonging to Mrs. A. I. Stewards estate
will be vided emo-g her heirs. Such is
the wish of the legatees living in New
York and il Is nos thought that MIR. Chas
Ciiuch, " no is noS On his way to America,
will oppose such action.
In the Dark Corner" neighborhood.
near Columbus, Ind, some fiend iucarnate
went tc he stable Of Samuel Benmen and
4 sw ort the tongue Of one Of mis- valuable
horses IS far IS u would come and then
cut II CT, leaving the poor animal to die of
starvation.
Rev. Josiah Strong, d. ID. OF Cincinnati,
well known as the author Of the book,
Our Country" has accepted the position
81 ger e--I seen etary OF the United States
Evar gelical Allan and will remove to
New York city. He begins his work at
once.
Samuel <. Gay, the defaulting chief pen
sion agent at Pittshurg. Pa, who pleaded
guilty 10 twelve indictments for embezzie-
neut and forgery, ives sentenced on one
court e others being he'd over. The de-
falcattyn amounted to about $4,000.
A cublegrEm has been received announc-
ing the death Of Prince De Lynar at Ber-
lin Iuesdsy night He married a daughter
of hon. Geo IL. Parsons Of Columbus,
Ohio. " ho was "a beauty AID a belle, and
Is now widowed with three children.
Dr. Ralph Stone, young ply stefan at
tached 10 the Fiatbush LOspital, >ew York
committed suicide by shooting himself
with a pistol yesterday, lie had little
confidence in himself, and was fearful OF
making mistake in his work.
AtDefance, Ohio, Jeremiah Robinson,
eighty years old, committed suicide by
hanging himself to a carpet loom. He was
,3ssi.Und-ssr over the loss OF his wife, who
,iI-d "A -hnrt cine ago. They had lived to-
EttGer over fifty years
At ri tsburg, Pa, on the morning OF the
7iu fire entirely consumed Emil Winters
grease rendering establishment, McCon-
/ y a. 5 & rov, ley 5 foundry and the Wrestling
/ house Machine comp sDy's foundry. Loss,
s. go; fully insured.
I There we're 2.3 failures in the United
/ States reported to Brads reefs during the
week agaiuss PIG in tire proceeding week
T aud I5G If6 2.qaud - in the correspond
/ ing weeks Of IeSS. 1854, 1858 and 1882 re-
sDectively.
+ While saying mass Monday, Rev. Father
KiOlter, pastor of St. PhilOnenas Catholic
church. Plttsburg was assaulted in
the pulpit aud knocked down by an insane
Eoh miau named keestratrom. The latter
Z vvEs ari ested-
/ The boiler OF a locomotive on the Texas
and Pacific Railroad exploded near Davis
Station La. killing Engineer George De-
II ven and Brakeman Given, Charles Nor
ton was severely injured.
The will of the late Henrietta E. Lennox
was offered for probate at New York. 1;
f disuoses Of property valued at over slO,-
OOO eco, giving the bulk OF the fortune to
relatives.
+ The New York cotton exchange hes
determined to withdraw from the national
! cotton exchange because the New Orleans
I exchange refuses to abide by the stand
ards.
At Toronto, Ont, on the 6, the house OF
John Davis was burned. Mrs. Davis. aged
. -. entered he burning building to We
some va.Uabies, and was buried to death.
Ksrugood Bros, wholesale dry goods
merchants Of Baltimore. made an assign
uent. The assets are estimated at $50
CJ0; liabilities at about s2lO,O00.
( Or. Green, Secretary OF the Peabody Ed
ucationaI Fund, reports that sC2,S65 has
been distributed to various educational in
situations the past yesr.
The President has appointed George W.
Baxter Of Cheyenne, Wyo.. TO be governor
o. Wyoming Territory, vice Francis z
. WarTeU, suspended
Ire board Of missions Of the Methodist
Eyi. copa Church has appropriate S649,
a. t,.r tyrrign missions this year against
s440. SO last ye T.
The comptroller OF the currency has au-
thorized the Merchants National bank, OF
Lawrenca, Ken, to begin business with a
capital Of $4,000.
Z arence King. sceditorFof a cBsltimore
paper has been sent TO the peniteutiary
FIR criminal libel concerning SEIlie II
Bourne
William B. Hazelton, once a weilknown
journalist. died at Boston Friday Of soft
eriGg OF the brain.
At Youngstown, Ohio, Cassie Lewis, was
fatally burned by her clothing taking fire
from the CRATE.
Rev. Mr.. Seaito Agassan, OF Fort ely
Man. is reported as having been lost on the
plains.
SI3 OGn.OC0 was the amount OF the reduc-
ton OF the public debt in October,
Rev. & ars. Henry Ward Bsscher have
returned from Europe.
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