River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-10-07
Accidents.

A COMMITTEE of Fall River spinner7
recommends general strike in the even
of another reduction Of wages.
Gro NoERR's little daughter of Indian
apolia, ind. was kicked in the face by a
horse and probably fatally wounded.
AN cight-vear-old boy named Raymond
kenaston, fell off the harbor pier and was
drowned, at Milwaukee, Wis, on the 21th
inst
A YoUNG man named Casper Crise, liv-
ing north of Goshen, Ind, was bitten by a
rattIesn&ke and died in great agony from
the effects of the poison.
A FIRE at Mt Vernon, Ia, on the 9th
inst. destroyed the Pioneer drug store,
Rood x Young's clothing store, Cough 5
grocery and other places Loss S25, 900.
THE grain elevator and warehouse of O.
z. CLANCY, at Canal Winchester, Ohio,
was DESTROYED bv fire on the Both inst.
Loss about $4,000.
UNKSowN parties printed figures, ''329, y
ali over the sidewalks in Madison, Wis,
on the ID inst. The sidewalks in front of
almost every prominent republicans resi-
dence was thus desecrated
IMMENSE swarms Of grasshoppers APP
peared al Jacksboro, Tex, last week, com
ing from The north, at times obScuring the
sun Farms near there are completely de
vestated, even GOTTEN stalks being devour-
ed
4 CIRCUS elephant leaned up against his
keeper in box ear at Charlotte, \. C.,
and crushed him to death. The animal
then jumped out and started up the rail
road track at a lively gait lie was re-
captured with difficulty.
LEW STEWART, of Plano, H., while dirty
ing, had his son Greeley in his carriage
with him. and in starting suddenly his
boys leg was caught in the wheel and
broken completely of at the ankle
A nIspNrCu from Princeton, Colusa
county, California. saws he boiler of a
steam thresher exploded on the ranch of
Ii. j. elena, killing the fireman and Two
Cinnamon. and seriously scalding the en-
gineer and six others.
CAPTAIN HowGArE has ordered the Gul-
mare To return to Washington. and he ex-
poets she will sail from St Johns, New
Foundland, to-day The expedition has
been abandoned for this season, but How
gate proposes 10 repeat the experiment IN
the spring.
JoHN CuNSrANTINE, Il workman on the
new railroad from Brodhead To Albany,
Wis. was accidentally struck in the fore
head bv = sltdge hammer in the hands of
fellow workman. The wound was a
sickening one, the skull being crushed 50
that several pieces have been removed.
Still, he may recover.
WV. sly. of Nicholsville Clermont
county, O., went 10 Cincinnati. on the
both inst. and exchanged three thousand
five hundred dollars of four per cent.
bcnds for gold, and put il in vaiise; on
the cars on his way home he found has
valise exchanged for one containing three
bricks NJ clue To the robber.
AC,ouNIs from various parts of Texas say
there is a great deal of sickness throughout
the state on account OF the wet season On
some plantations on the Brazos, Colorado
and TrintY rivers there Is 50 much malar-
ial fever that there are not enough hands
to pick cotton, Typho- malarial or den que
fever is tn, prevailing maiady.
JAMES FORESTER and wife OF Saport
county, lad, went to bed at the Pyle
house. at indianapolis, on the %0th inst,
and blowing out the gas instead OF shut
iirg il off in the usual way, at I'D Q clock
next morning they were discovered mcon-
seious but still breathing. Forester died
soon after and his wife Is still alive but
sinking. Mr. Forester is upward Of -
wears of age
A TERRIBLE threshing- machine accident
occurred ia Sharon township, Aashtenaw
county. Michigan Willie Mayer attempt
"a 10 climb over the machine on to \ scat
fold in the barn when, BY misstep. he
lost his balance and fell into the cylinder
The machine was stopped rs soon as pos
sible, but not before he had passed with