River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-04-01

Mich, and burned the store, cooper
shop, dry house and quantity of slaves.
The loss will reach $4,000, and is most
ly covered by insurance.
Mrs. SIxsMITH, of East Dubuque, swal q,
lowed large dose of sulphuric acid in
mistake for medicine she had been
taking, March 23rd. A physician being
promptly on hand, he has succeeded, 1t is
hoped, in saving her life, though she is
still in very critical condition.
THE high winds which prevailed on the
23d of March caused large number of
fires throughout Ohio, kentucky and
Indiana Nearly the entire village OF
Poplar Plains, Fleming county, Ken
lucky, was destroyed, there being no fire
department Many private residences in
the country were bur ned down.
E FELTENs, of Grand Haven, Mich, was
drowned on the 22nd few miles below La
Sale, ILL.,, in the Illinois river. He and
companion, Henry Vanlopike, were
returning from q winters hunt in the
south in the small yawl, Maggie Smith,
when squall struck the craft. Felten's
body has not been found.
GEO. s. HIMMEN, aged 26, brake
man on the Geneva Lake freight train,
ing his skull fractured by coming in
contact with a viaduct near Elgin, Ill.
He live at Pecatonica, and has wife.
A COLLISION occurred on the Ninth
Avenue On. " elevated railroad on the
evening of the 22nd. None of the cars
left the track but, two or three cars were
badly smashed. One man had his should
er dislocated. A piece of coupling fell
down into the street, and struck one
John Sullivan on the head, fracturing
his skull, producing fatal wou nd.
WHILE a party of laborers were at
work in a sewer on East Canal st. Gin
cinnati, March 18th, at point, where
they were tunneling in a sandy forma-
ton, the earth fell and buried two
men, James Barrett, and Tim Welsh.
Welsh was taken out alive but Barrett
had died from suffocation, when his
body was rescued.
DURING the progress of an entertain
ment given by the public school in a
public hall at Lincoln, Pa, says dis
patch of the 23nd, at which about 500
persons were present, part of the floor
gave way, precipitating between 100 and
$50 persons to the floor below. Many es-
capped by jumping out of the windows,
| ground. About thirty persons were in
| are Mrs. Jacob Konigmacher, and Miss
Alice Bowman, Ada Springer, Ada Mil-
| Ter, Laura Erb, and Christie Bingaman
During the confusion The scholars rushed
on the stage, overturning two coal-oll
/ lamps, one of which exploded, setting
| fire to the carpet, but The fire was extin
guished before any serious damage was
done. II is not yet certain that all the
! injured will recover.
A HEAVY gale accompanied by rain
| prevailed over the western part of the
| gulf of Mexico, on the % inst. A Calves
| ION dispatch of that date says: Ship
ping in the outer roads of the harbor
! has, in some instances, met with serious
weather. The Norwegian ship Reform,
! loaded with $500 bales of cotton for
| Havre, parted her cable and went TO
pieces the crew together with fifteen
stevedOres and two pilots were lost. The
| United States cutter Mclean went 10
| the rescue but was compelled TO return.
! A yaw! boat from the ship came ashore
on the gulf side of the city tonight, but
no .tidings of the missing men receiv-
ed. The cargo is valued at $175, 900. The
night is dark, the wind high, and the sea
rough, with no probability of abatement
| of the storm at present.
a DISASTROUS fire occurred at Rush
City, Mimi, March 23rd. 1t broke out in
the Merchants Hotel, frame building,
three and a halfstories high, and sperad
| first to the American house, adjoining,
| and afterwards TO the residence of G. w.
Smith Rush City has no regular fire de-
partment, but the citizens made strong
effort with blankets and buckets, and
prevented the fire from spreading fur
Their and consuming the whole village.
The losses and insurance are as follows
P. P. Flynn, proprietor Merchants
Home, New York; NJ. w. Murphy,
American House, $4,000; insurance
81 900 in the Phoenix, and smaller losses
raising the total to $4,000. Rush City
is THRIVING village in Pine county.