River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-26

capsized and sank in Lake Erie on the 2Otl
inst. Her crew, four in number, held on
TO boards for six or seven hours, and were
all rescued except one, a boy, who became
exhausted just before deliverance arrived
and was drowned.
ELIJAH GREEN was crushed to death al
the Michigan Central yard, jackson
Mich, by falling between the freight-house
dock and freight train. When found he
was not to be recognized except By his
clothing, his head being literally mashed
and arm being torn from the socket. He
leaves a wife and child.
A CARRIAGE containing Mrs. Mahoney
and four in number of the family, attempt
ed to cross the track in front ola locomo-
tive, at Elizabeth, n Y. The horses be-
came frightened and ran away. The car
riage was demolished and the colored
driver killed. Mrs Mahoney had her
back broken, one daughter fatally in
jured, and other occupants seriously
hurt.
JAMES WILKES, a young man of Is or
20 wears, was drowned in the vicinity OF
Humboldt, Wis, on the 18th inst Wilkes
and a companion were out fishing and the
boat was accidentally upset. His com
paniOn was rescued in an exhausted condi-
ton Search was at once instituted for the
recovery of Wilkes body, by means OF
graphing irons, but it was not successful.
TIE particulars are just received of a
storm in Dakota. 1t was tornado or wa
ter-spout with track two miles wide ex-
tending across the southern part of Cass
county. The farms struck were those OF
William Weaver, near CasseltOn; Mr.
Menway, and Mr.. Lowell, near Mapleton
Mr.. Zimmerman, and +. S. Woodruff. AL
the buildings on these farms were more OF
less destroyed, and several persons were
| injured A great deal of wheat and other
grain was destroyed.
THE body of boy, apparently about Il
years of age was found on the Pan Handle
| track near Marion, Ind The head was
completely severed from the body. Tho
body was horribly mangled From his
outfit it appears he was Il bootblack. Pa
pers on his person show him to be Jimmy
| Carroll, of No 33S West North street, In
| dianapoIis Though he was stealing q
ride on a train. and fell off, the coroner
| will forward the remains to his mother, by
| her request.
| GEORGE HACKERS an old man, was killed
| on the 18th inst, by Herman Hackers, his
son, in Dayton, KY, opposite the eastern
portion of Cincinnati, Ohio. Hackers has
! been melancholy for sometime over the
! loss of money of his own deposited witt
| Archbishop Purcell, and also of trust funds
| deposited with the bankrupt st. Francis
church, of Dayton, Ky. lie had beer
! drinking, and on the morning of the 18th
! having been refused money by his wife, h,
undertook to strike her with a poker
when his son Herman struck him with
spade and crushed his skull He died il
| a few hours.
| A SPECIAL from Eureka, New, of the
| 18th inst, SAYS: At ten O'Clock THU
| forenoon, a fire broke out on the east side
of Main street, south of Odd Fellows
! building, it travelled rapidly and spreac
substantially over the same ground as tho
great fire a year ago. The loss is ever
| more. as the buildings were better ant
newer. The fire xtended south on MaiI
! street, and swept everything nOrthward
| The wind was blowing a gale. Among
prominent buildings and institutions de
stroyed may be mentioned the following
| Mans brewery, Lead printing Office
Odd Fellows building, jackson House
| Quilted but standing; International Hotel
| theatre, and all intervening buildings
/ save Paxton Il Co.'S bank, Packard
Folly's building, and Jack Perry's corner
1t IL impossible to form any estimate oft
! losses, but the amount must be about on,
million dollars. All of the private resi-
dences on Spring, Buell. and Paul streets
north of the Episcopal church, were con
| suned. There can be no doubt that many
families are left destitute.