River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-12-17
HISTORY OF A WEEK.

Vanderbilt's will gives each of his eight
children ten million dollars, outright, and
makes a trust fund of forty millions be
sides, the income of which is to be equally
divided among the eight. After giving his
wife the family residence he directs his ex-
ecutors to set apart sufficient sum to Sc
cure her an annual income of two hundred
thousand dollars as long as she lives. His
public requests were rs follows: To the
Domestic and Foreign Missionary society
of the Primitive Episcopal church of the
Unit ed States of America, 100000 for do
mes'ic purposes; to st. Luke's hospital,
800 600; Young Mems Christian associa-
ton of the city of New York, 100000; Gen
eral Theological seminary of the Primitive
Episcopal church of the city of New York,
$4,000; New York Bible and Common
Prayerbook society. $4,000: Home for In
curables, $4,000; Protestant Episcopal
Church Missionary Society for Seamen in
the city and port of New York, $4,000:
New York Home for Incorporate men,
$4,000; New York Protestant Episcopal
Mission society of the city of New York,
100000; Metropolitan Museum of Art,
500 600; American Museum of Natural
History in the city of New York, $4,000;
Moravian church in New Dorp Lane, Staten
Island, organized under the name of the
United Brethren's church. 100000.
Ex-Gov b. Gratz Brown of Missouri, died
on the 18th, at his residence at Kirkwood,
Mo, of heart disease after an illness of one
week On Friday last he came into the
city to be present at the sale of the st.
Louis, Hannibal q; Keokuk railroad, with
which he was legally connected, and it is
supposed that he thus took additional cold,
which resulted in violent and rapid
attack of pneumonia. He gradually sank
from midnight last night till o'clock in
the morning, when be quietly passed away,
surrounded by all the members of his
family aud his attending physician. Since
his candidacy for vice president in 1872 on
the ticket with Greeley he had not been
active in politics.
bad accident occurred on the 18th
about fifteen miles from Atlanta on the
Georgia Pacific railroad. The night passen-
ger on the Georgia Pacific had stopped
at a water tank when au East Tennessee
train, which uses the same track for short
distance, came along at the rate of 3
miles an hour and crashed into the sleeper
of the standing train. Ten passengers
were killed outright and ten injured, three
of whom have since died.
The body of Riel has been brought to his
home at st. Vital, near Winnipeg His
wife and mother were fairly wild with
grief over the remains. The funeral took
place on the 18th and was attended by a
large number of half breeds who came long
distances to show their respect for their
former leader.
Robert Toombs died at his residence in
Washington, Georgia on the 18th He was
senator from Georgia at the time of seces-
sion and resigned and entered the South
ern army.
The Ohio supreme court has directed the
Hamilton county authorities to give the
certificates of election to the Democratic
legislature candidates.
The total expense of the funeral of the
late Vice President Hendricks at Indian
apolis was about $1,000. The undertaken
bill was 81, 125.40.
Judge Calhoun of Montana has been re-
moved.