River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-12
HISTORY OF A WEEK.

Shore railroad near Little Falls, New York
a little after midnight, Sunday night. The
limited st Louis express, which left New
York at 9 p. NJ. Sunday, ran into washouk
and was badly wrecked One sleeper was
turned over and splintered almost its en-
tire length Hon Charles G.
Pratt and wife Of Rochester New York,
were on their way home and Mrs. Pratt
was so badly injured that she died before
they could release her from the wreck. Mr..
Pratt was seriously but not fatally hurt.
There We're good many others injured,
some of them fatally but no one else killed
outright.
The President has appointed Alfred P.
Edgerton of Fort Wayne, Ind. and William
l. Trenholm OF Charleston, S. c., members
of the civil service commission, vice Eaton
and Gregory resigned. Dorman B. Eaton,
the head of the commission, who recently
resigned has concented to a temporary
reappointment in place of Judge Thomas,
resigned
W. J. Elliott, editor of the Sunday Capt.
tai at Columbus. Ohio, has been making it
lively for State Auditor Kiesewetter and
on tue CN tuiLS VI ItAG Cbus TIC aOAAAAOl AAN1
the editor at a hotel and fired two shots at
him, one hitting the editoral.thumb and the
other the ceiling.
Mrs. Walkup, who has teen on trial at
EmpOria, Kansas, for the murder of her
husband has been acquitted. The jury
stood to at first but after being out As
hours agreed to acquit. The verdict is sus-
tanned by public sentiment of the commun-
ity.
Mrs Gen Custer declined the Detroit
pension agency, which was rendered her,
but ked the appointment of Gen. Clusters
sister Mrs. Calhoun, whose husband was
killed in the fight with Sitting Bull. The
President would not appoint S.rs. Calhoun.
Major Sutton government engineer Of
the 18th lighthouse district, recommends in
his annual report 81 10 40 ado itionaI lights
between st. Paul ana St Louis. He also
recommends the abandonment of all per
manent lights on the Missouri river.
Ex-senator Sharon Is on his death bed at
San Francisco. He has made a dying
statement de claring that he never proposed
marriage to Miss Hill, and never signed the
marriage contract.
At Keithsburg, H., a section of an iron
bridge in process of reaction, with staging
and machinery, fell from its position into
the river killing four fnsq aud injuring
number of others
Rev DR. O'Connell, bearer of the DEGREES
of the Baltimore plenary council, which had
been received by thu Pope arrived at New
York, Nov. 10Th, on the steamship Aurania.
Sixty families at Port Erquimaux, in the
Gulf of st. Lawrence are in u condition of
misery and starvation and must perish
unless relief is Immediately afforded.
John Mccullough, the actor died at his
home in Philadelphia on the Sth. He was
removed from the BlooniiDgdale asylum to
his home about three weeks ago
For the five weeks ending Oct. 3lst, there
were ,39l deaths from small pox in Mon
treal. The deaths from small pox are now
varying from 30 to 10 daily.
In the celebrated Boston divorce suit
Fred 5. Taber has secured a divorce on the
ground OF the adultery, his wife with Rev.
Mr.. Downes.
John Robinson's circus seems to be in
uuNl luCk "A tOliSlOu Otl tIb NAllO AlNSA
sunk his circus boat last week and drowned
two of his men.
Henry Ward Beecher has had his pocket
picked of 800 gold watch. The robbery
took place ct the 42nd street elevated rail
way station.
Two young men INDUCED in a boat ride
on the Niagara river on Sunday, and get
ting into the current were carried over the
falls.
The inaugural ceremonies of the New Or
leans exposition transpired on the 10th
with imposing display, procession, etc.
The eighth annual American Fat Stock
and Dairy show opened at Chicago Nov.
10th with every prospect of success.
Watson & Bartholomew, dry goods com
mission merchants at New York, assigned
on the 10th with 800, 600 liabilities
Hon. VIM. E. Smith, successor of Mr.
Coon as assistant secretary of the Treas
ury, began his duties Nov. 10th.
Two hundred ana thirty-pine deaths
from small pox at Montreal last week, lbs
being under five years of age.
1t is given out from Washington that
changes in office are now running to about
1900 week.
VIM. Hyde, editor of the st. Louis Repub-
licen, has been appointed postmaster at
that city.
The exports of merchandise from New
York for the week ending Nov. 10th, were
SO, 120, 500