River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-08-22
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crop Is largely dehclt.
THE United States msn.of-war Canandaigua
has arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, with seventy
of her crew sick with yellow fever.
SUITS have been commenced against J. n.
Platte and A, Boyd, New York importers, to
re3over over 81 900 900 tor differentiation of
Imports
A COLLISION by two tugs with an excursion
barge, Tuesday night, on the Hudson river.
rear Albany. rosulte III one boy being fatally
injured and three others badly.
Al Indianapolis Tuesday night, young
gill fourteen years old, named Ida shannon,
wa fatally burned by the explosion of ben.
zlue lamp.
A FARMERS Auti-monopoly state Conven-
ion was held at Dcs Monos, Iowa, on Wednes.
day, at which the following nominations we're
made: For Governor, J. q. Vale. of Van Bu.
rel county ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Fred. o..
Donrell, OF Dubuque Supreme Judge, b. j..
Hall, of Des Moines county Superintendent
of Public lustructicn, Prot. d. W. Pringle, OF
Hamilton. About one-third Of tho counties of
the state were represented.
TIIE Republicans Of Pennsylvania have nom
mated r. W. Mdckey tor state Treasurer, aud
Isaac Gordon tor Judge Of the Supreme Court.
Tbs u~t;ling house of Mr.. Jordan, at Otta-
wa, Ont, burned 70 the ground, Wednesday
morning. His two children persisted in the
flames.
THomis CHISHOLM AurTRIlS, an eminent
English barrister and wlitcr died on Wednes-
day.
A BRuIsH vessel landed on Spanish soil TO-
200 rifles, fifty hundred weight of ammunition,
aud forty horses Tor the Carlists. Subsequent.
~ the snip was captured by a Spanish man-of-
war.
The Canadian Parliament was prorogued on
Wednesday. Much excitement prevails among
the members on account Of tho Canadian
Pacific Railroad investigation.
THE cholera in It's most pestcntial form.
has appeared ma neighborhood ten or twelve
niles east OF Makanda, Ills, and about fifty
miles nom Cairo II is said that family
named Ramsey, consisting of husband, wife.
aud child, who recently fed from Indiana to
escape the seourge, were stricken down with
1t. and all were dead in twelve hours. Four or
i've relatives who came To their assistance
were in lew hours taken down. and soon
died II is said that the people Of that section
are SO terrified that they are fleeing IN every
direction
ALvAs ELMER a fresco painter, employed in
decorating the art hall exposition building
at Cincinnati, fell from the scaffold wednes
day evening, and died shortly from the lnjur
les received.
Az unknown man about seventy years o
age suicided with laudanum at Chicago. o,
Tuesday.
REPORTS from Minnesota in the last thre
days materially increase the estimates of tn
aggregate yield Of wheat Operators agro
that the state surplus Will exceed 25. OOO. 90
bushels.
TELEGRAM from st. Joseph. Mo, SAYS
The weather remains intensely dry her,
through district hundred miles vide fror
north to south. Of which st. Joseph il tn
centre. The corn crop, which has alroad
been cut, is short one-half, and il rain doe
not fall within fow DAYS, what is uncut wi
be almost failure Six weeks have clapse
wltnogt rain
Two WOMEN were killed aud seven njurt
by lightning, on a mountain near scranto
Pa, Tuesday.
IL Nilkcsbarre, Pa, Tuesday, Mrs. \.
Yoost died. aged iO5 years. She was born
Baltimore.
THE Massachusetts, Republican State Con
mittee have appointed September 18th for III
state eonyention, 10 be held at Worcester.
ADDITIONAL reports from the scene Of tn
Wawassett disaster now place the number lo-
at =. The Supervising Inspector Of steam
boats has instituted proceedings against IN
owners Of the steamer Tor failing 10 procure
special permit 10 carry more passengers ,ha
hcr coftineAte of inspection alloaed also 70
carrying eXeursioni-ts without license.
FURIOUS rain and hail storm passed o,er
portion Of PENNSYLVANIA and MARYLAND q,
Tuesday, damaging crops. noes. etc. Tn
Lehieh and Susquohauna Railroad suffer-.
great injury. Al Mooslc a landslide ycoe r..
the track for dis,anc, OF about loo ward. /
great depth, and at several other noint. n,
track was badly undermined. The Chrsap,ak
aud Ohio Canal also suffered from the storn
several BREAKS being reported and hars va.hc
away. twill take ten days Ia r,pan a br. a
ih wv NH'h'it ~ Nut canal az Berlin.
:. +. SNTu, member Of tho firm Of Der
ton 4 smith, at san Francisco. ten down
haichway OF the ship Carrier, ami was instau
~ killed.
JosFru TrrcoMB has been nominated 4
Governor by the Democrats Of Maine.
A LFNiAaroN, Ky, telegram states that Il
trotung horse Sentinel was found dead IN i
stable al Ash Grove Farms. Tuesday morpin
His owner, Erwin Thomas Nye, RECENTLY :
fused $4,000 for him.
Tn town of Chrlstianoplc. ON Kahn
Sound, Sweden, has been entirely DESTROYED
fire.
JoHN W. YouNG, the cX-ololk IN the Chical
post office who was engaged in forging pos
money orders and who was arrested in NJ
sachuscttsa few DAYS ago, escaped from 4
officers having him in charge by jumping fro
tram near Edgcuun, Iud
MtLuN Dr.t murdered his father.in-l,
named Muller, near Edgcwood, m, last Su
day Dun married Mllcrs daughter I,
weeks ago against his consent. since VIII
they have had several quarrclr. one ON su
day, resulting IN the death Of Miller.
TIXAs papers Say he recent rains will ma
a full crop Of corn in the northern part of m