River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-01-24
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occurred ~ SOonSuhuf, Town OF lndla, m
detached district Of the Barada dominions
ia miles rorth Of Bombay. Fifteen hundred
persons are said to have been killed in thc
Town alone. Nothing has been heard from
the surrounding oouatry, but il is feared that
there has been much additional loss Of life
TIM paper mid at Amsterdam, n. ", was
burned ON Mondaya Loss $4,000.
TE Conrad block, including the Helmer
House, at Legoner, Indiana, was destroyed
by fir on Sunday might. Loss $4,000 to sl5,.
00J.
The shah Of Persia win leave Tchcrap next
April oPa European tour. He will VISIT st.
Petersburg, Vienna, Berlin, London, Paris
and Constautinople.
LOUIS Y. BOOK has defeated Frank p. Blair
for the United States Senatorship from Mis-
sour. The vote in the nominating Caucus
stood Bagy Ga, Blair n.
PEREoarz's clothing store, on catharine
street Now York, and adjoining premises.
were burned Monday evening. Losses S25, 00O.
TIM steamer Edgar Stewart, which recently
saicd from Aspinwall and Carthagena with a
full cargo OF arms and ammunition aud some
forty recruits for the Cuban revolutionists,
under Cuban General Agnoro, has success
fully landed all her cargo on the Cuban coast.
ANunknoEn man was drowned while at
tempting 10 cross the Mississippi river on the
ice at ST. Louis.
THE body Of an unknown suicide was found
hanging in an unoccupied house seven miles
from st. Louis, on Monday.
TYPHOID FEVER RACES among the prisoners in
the county jail at San Francisco.
THE trial OF Hibler, at Fort Wayne, Ind, for
murder, resulted in a verdictof guilty and
sentence of imprisonment Mt for life.
Two small boys were foupd frozen to death
near Spring Valley, Iowa, after the recent
storm. A. O. Jenkins, foreman Of the Ohio
Bridge Company's yard, was frozen to death
while.rding in hack from sibley to Rock
Rapids, MINI. The other inmates escaped
with slight injuries. Near Washington, Mimi,
two teams were found frozen, with one of
the drivers so badly frozen that he cannot
live. The other cannot be found The body
Of an unknown man was also fsun1 frozen to
tieatnat NIcolet.
The planning mill of Snyder & Baum, at
Freeport, Pa, was burned an Saturday. Loss
SOS, boo
FRrrNDs Of Senator Nye are talking of
bringing him forward as candidate for the
mission 20 China.
IT has been decided to erect new building,
800 feet By 100, in the rear Of the City Hall in
Washington, capable Of holding 5000 persons,
in which to hold the Inauguration ball
W, w. MITCHELL, who has been appointed
Associate Justice Of Utah. vice Strickland, is
resident OF Ionia, Michigan. His nomination
was procuredby senator Ferry. He is man
highly esteemed.
AT Aurora, H., on Saturday night, Frank
France, wealthy Engishman, went home
drunk mistook the door, and beat another
mans sick wife so that her life il dispaired
OF.
MAN named,Benjamn Vaughan was killed
atColou, Michigan, on Saturday, by the ex-
plosion of circular saw.
AT ST. Maysyille, N. Y, on Friday night,
Mrs. Otis Grain and three children we're killed
by the falling Of tree.
A DISPATCH from Sioux City. dated Satur-
day. says: "The body of Elder Lee was
found to-day in a snow-drift about eighty rods
rom that Of his son. found on yesterday. His
wife and family NJ four young children arc left
in destitute circumstances II is stated that
a party Of three men, whose names are I'M
known. left Coyington for their homestead in
Nebraska on the day u the storm, since which
nothing has been seen of them.'
MERCIm h Co, boot and shoe manufacture
ers at Columbus, Ohio, have failed. Liabili-
~ O., B.,
TaE steamship City Of Washington, seven
teen days out from Liverpool for New York,
put into Boston on Monday, short OF coal.
W. H Corr, show case dealer Of New
York, was in one Of the sleeping coaches
which burned in the railroad collision near
Caleeoon station, on the Erie Railroad, last
week. He was 90 badly burned that recovery
Is extremely doubtful.
THE river at So. Louis has been cleared OF
ico. In moving down il struck aud sunk the
small stern.whceler Carey.
wM. II. KIDD, the Brooklyn merchant under
arrest Tor ircondiarism, shows signs OF in
sanity.
JANE Il. BUCKLEY, wei known in literary
and educational circles. and principal OF the
institute bearing her name, died at Tarrytown
on Sunday.
CHAs. CRIsrY, New York concert saloon
proprietor war shot by an unknown man, on
Monday morning, and fatally wounde'.
JuDoE Humphreys, District Judge OF the
District Of Columbia, has resigned. Judge
Busted, Of The District Court Of Aabauua,
who resigned that place. has been nominated
90 succeed Judge Humrhreys, Judge Hum.
phreys viii be nominated 20 succscd Judge
Busieed In Alabama.
THE President sent TIE following uomiaa-
tone TO the Senate on Monday Francis q.
Service, Associate Justice OF the Supreme
Court Of Montana VIM. q. Pilks, Register OF
the Land 0fiee at Ironton, Mo. Chas. J. Kin.
sney, Colleetor,of Internal Revenue for tho gth