River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-10-26
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

A COLLISION of passenger trains at
Salem, Kansas, caused the intilction Of
serious injuries on several persons and
the destruction of both engines.
A FIRE in tie Hamilton and Dayton
round-house at Toledo burned two car
loads of freight and damaged four en-
gines, the loss aggregating $20,0O0.
The Illinois board of health reports the
prevalence of small pox in Aurora, and
urges upon all local boards the necessity
of vaccination before cold weather sets in.
EUGnNR BoGARDus, the eldest son of
the famous shot, was fatally injured by
being thrown from train at Talladega,
Alabama, by a sudden lurch of the car.
PLEBRo-PNEUMoNIA has appeared
among the cattle near Lancaster, Penn.
j. II. Saunders of Chicago, president of
the cattle commission, pronounces Balti-
more and the adjacent farms hotbed of
the pestilence,
A BROKEN rail near Sandusky threw a
passenger car from the track, seriously
injuring William II. Lingard, Alice LIN
gard and several sothers who were taken
to Sandusky.
JOSEPH TALBOT, bishop Of the Episco-
pal diocese of Indiana, has suffered
paralytie stroke which rendered his right
side useless. a movement for the APP
pointment of his successor is to be made
this week.
A FIRE which broke out on pier No s
at Philadelphia consumed two tug-boats,
the narrow. guage freight depot, and a
large amount of freight, the loss being
100000.
DURING storm Sunday night at FAIR
field, Iowa, wild ducks gathered around
the electric lights in the tower and put
out all but one, breaking several globes.
Nearly20 dead birds were picked up in
three hours.
AN engine on the South Park road in
Colorado was taking a fat-car down a
steep grade when cofiision occurred
with mule which stood on the track.
Conductor Bludsoe and two men were i'm
stantly killed, but the engineer and fire.
man saved themselves by leaping.
DURING Wednesday night, at hospital
in Montreal, conducted by the Sisters of
Charity, Mrs. Joyce, the wife of mer-
chant, and a farmer, who were suffering
from the delirium tremens, each sprang
from the upper floor and were found dead
on the grass plat in the morning.
NEARLY forty thousand citizens of Pat
terson, n. j., have this fall been vaccinat-
Gu, Dut Three ItSpOuS1D4t piIyslilduS stdlc
that the virus used, which came mostly
from the Clifton farm, was spurious.
Smallpox is rapidly spreading.
THE Irish National Conference assem-
bled at Dublin Wednesday, Parnell pre-
siding. The platform was occupied by a
lumber of prominent men, including the
Lord Mayor of Dublin and the extreme
Irish members of parliament. Egan.
treasurer of the land league, presented
his report, and stated that G250,000 passed
| through his hands. Parnell presented
the programme of the conference, which
declares for home rule and the right of
tenant-fafmers TO become owners by pur-
chase. He denied that there had been
any dictation from observation-disclosures, as
serting that if there had been he, as least,
would have disobeyed it. All the speak
ers united in declaring that the land act
was an utter failure. Michael Davitt,
while dissenting from ParnelPs land-re-
form scheme, will cooperate with him in
efectipg the abolition of landlordism. An
amendment by Davitt to the constitution
regarding the numerical membership of
the new council, brought T. P. O'Connor
TO his feet, who charged Davitt with try
ing to injure Parnell's prestige. Davitt
said gentleman would not have uttered
the accusations made by OConnor, and
withdrew his amendment to prove how
groundless were OConnor's statements.