River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-03-17
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

Ice swept out the bridge over the Platte
at Fremont, Neb., and others are in
danger.
THE Northwestern fence-works, at Min
neapolis, valued at $4,000 has been des-
troyed by fire.
In HAHABY Village, Ont, over $50
persons have been stricken with small
pox. Twenty have died.
An American steamer, name unknown,
has been lost near Fortune Bay, New
foundland, with all hands.
A wHALE-BoAT capsized in Queenstown
harbor yesterday, and seven persons were
drowned.
NINE vessels were lost on the Scottish
coast, during the recent storm, and one
hundred persons drowned.
4 FIRE at Bolivar, Tenn, caused the
destruction of great portion of that
town. The loss estimated at $4,000 in
surance $4,000.
AT Cynthiana, KY Sallie Carr wound
up days quarrel and convivial drunk by
cutting Rene Fowler's throat, causing in
slant death. Both were negro women.
THE wholesale grocery house of j. A. q
j. r. Williams, of Detroit, has suspended.
with liabilities of $4,000 and assets of
$4,000.
A DISPATCH from Chatsworth. Ill.,, avs
that smallpox was introduced into that
town by lady from Chicago, and that
two mild cases have developed.
A FIRE at Springfield, o., destroyed
Wilson's building and damaged keiger's
block, the loss aggregating $l2 900. The
9TH Ohio regiment lost property valued at
3 800
In the Kalloch trial, at san Francisco
Forester has been committed to jail for
subornation of perjury. An order for $25
was shown to have been given him by
Mayor KalIoch. Barry, another witness
has been arrested for peri.ry.
DAMAGE to the amount Of $4,000 was
inflicted by fire and water, on the furni
ture factory of j. A. Fay q Co, at Gin
cinnati, at an early hour on Sunday morn
ing. The insurance is 1917 800.
THE brigatine Isabel, one of the finest
ships engaged In the trade between Bra
I'll and New Foundland, was wrecked
among the reefs at Gull Island, and all on
board lost.
Two engines were wrecked, fourteen
cars ditched, and conductor and engi-
neer injured by a collision of freight
trains at Crestline, on the Cleveland and
Columbus track.
Nor less than 100000 damage was
caused by the flood in the Republican
river in Nebraska Nine bridges, two
mills and factory have been swept away.
GEORGE BAUER, aged II, an employee at
the Belleville Nail works, met with ter
rible death by getting caught in the cog
wheels of the rolls. His abdomen was
completely torn open and his entrails
ground up in the cogs. 1t was a terrible
sight, and so affected the men that they
could do no more work, and the mill ad
TO be shut down for the day.
Twodry goods stores in Iowa City were
mvsterloas'v robbed of silks valued at
800. Two strangers who were suspected
were finally induced to point out the goods
and leave town.
On an Alton train, within fifteen miles
of Joliet, a convict from Virginia, H.,
named Capper Shaw. suddenly threw off a
handcnff, kicked the shackles from his
fest, ard leaped head first through the
window of car which was moving at a
good rate Of speed His postoffiee address
is earnestly desired by Deputy Sheriff
Direen.
EDWIN PHILRRooK, principal of the
Third ward school at Decatur. Ill.,, il I'M
der arrest for .raking an assault upon Lin
coin Bfistow, a negro boy, with a broom
stick. while school was in session. The
boz used t. 90 to the school, but he hung
around the building and defaeed the doors
by pounding upon them with a stone.
Philbrook caught him in the act and
struck him with.a broom-handle. The
case Il the subject Of general talk. 1t will
be tried in court.