River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-01-03
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A SOUTHWARK bound freight train on the
Jefcrsonyil'e, Madison and indianapolis road
jumped off the track at Honryvillc, at 3A 81,
Tuesday, plunging thirteen cars aud the loco
motive over a steep embankment making a
total wreck Of the train. John Bech, cngi-
necr GEORGE Golfer, fireman, and Henry
Koons, brakeman were instantly killed
TIN Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
is completed to Dennison, Texas.
A PAIR Of carriage horses ran away in
Brooklyn Monday night, and jumped into
East River, drowning Mrs c. f. Adams, the
occupant!of the carriage, and themselves.
A TELEGRAM from Wabash, lad on Tues
day, states that upwards Of sixty locomotives
were frozen up and out Of water between
Huntington and Peru, Ind, Tor nearly forty
eight hours. Cattle, hogs and sheep were
frozen to death. No fatal caser Of freezing
employees have been reported, though many
had limbs badly frozen.
LucK's box factory, and Funks' piano fac
tory in New York were burned last night.
Loss $4,000, insured.
BARBER's elevator, IN Brooklyn was burned
ON Monday night. Loss $4,000.
ApumpING in Duane street, New York, was
damaged 70 tho extent Of $50 600 on Tuesday.
Henry sEIGLEE was stabbed to death by
Frederick Wise, in Williamsburg, n. y, Mon
day night. Wise escaped.
J. BALRY, shoemaker, suicided at Cory,
Pa, on Monday.
THE Standard carpet mills in Blair street,
Philadelphia. Alters carpet mandatory and
Rings yarn spinning est .Ishment were total,
~ burned Mogday evening. Loss $4,000.
ALEXANDER REAK froze to death at South
Bend on Sunday. On Saturday Samuel Osten-
der was found near Grand Trunk Junction
frozen to death. In Cincinnati, Saturday
night, Benjamin b. Cameron froze 10 death in
the streets.
The official estimates Of the wheat product
0 minnesota for the year 1872, based upon to-
Liable data, are az follows. The average yield
per acre, seventeen and thrce-fourths bushels,
makes the total wheat product Of the state
during the year no less than 26,O0OOO0 bush
els. The amount necessary to be retained
within the limits OF the state for home con-
sumption will hardly reach six millions Of
bushels, leaving for export or sale over 20
100000 bushels, more than double that Of
the preceding year This places Minnesota
third, If not second, in the wheat-producng
states Of the Union.
The Boston Board Of Aldermen refused a
license 20 Woodruff and Clafin to lecture.
FIFTEEN hundred and thirty-one buildings
have been erected in st. Lonis the present
year at a cost Of s5,6Si, 600.
The boer-brcwers OF New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts,
have resolved to form organizations TO oppose
the additional tax Of three and half cents
per barrel.
GEO. PALMER PUTNAM, the w.d-known pub
hsher Of New York. died suddenly on Friday
evening, Of apoplexy.
YOUNG man named Melvin, recently from
Adrian, was cut in two By a freight train near
Detroit, Thursday night.
The citizens Of Moline, Illinois have sub
scrlbed 5000 for public library Moline has
only ,500inhabitants.
THE Senate has confirmed the following nom
nations John I. Coxlon Of Kentucky, Min
lister Resident at Bolivia, 0ice l.. Markobert,
recalled; William +. Crosby, OF New YORK.,
Consul General at Rome, rice D. H. Arm
strong, resigned b W. Brisbane, Of wiscon-
sin, Consul az Yeryles, rice g. W. kleiberg, re-
called Horace Grant, postmaster at Stevens
Point John Macarthur postmaster at Chi
cago.
SURPRISING ARCHITECT MuLLETr says, if
the appropriation for the erection OF the st.
Louis postofhto ia Increased to a, 900. 900. the
building will bchuilt OF red aud gray granite.
the former Tor the basement story, ana ne
latter for the main building.
WASHINGTON is nearly deserted by Congress.
men. Two committees sat during the recess
the House Appropriation Committee which
expects TO complete the army, navy, river and
harbor fertilization bill fore rcassemhliug
aud the Senate Caldwell Bribery lnvestiga.
ton Committee.
Az explosion occurred at the Hercules pow.
der works, six miles from san Francisco, on
Saturday afternoon. Two Chinese workmen
were killed, one being blown 60 atoms VIM.
Cook the foreman, was seriously injured after
wards by burning acids.
II is reported that extensive coal fields have
been discovered near san Diego, in Temraas
Mountains.
4 ERe at Oregon, H., on SATURDAY night.
destroyed i've halldmgs Loss $4,000
ELISHA tEf0onY, one ol thc proprirtors III
the Canterbury Concert Saloon IN New York.
shot at one George Wilson, ON SATURDAY even
Ing, and accidentally killed Theodore Wi.
liams.
TaE London correspondent Of the scotsman
states that The total habtn,. ofthc exploded
firm ~ Baalcs Brothers. an London, Pam,
Nice, Geneva and New York, are nov stated Ia
he something more than c3jO,0oa. The assets
are not more than tls,Vo0, ~ which sum much
The larger part IS onl, hypothetical value.
Az explosion in reported IN coal mime al
silveIdalc England, By which eight miner,