River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-12-23
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

AT 2:3O on the morning of the 18th
the whaling bark Atlantic was driven ashore
on the San Francisco coast a mile and a half
below the Cliff house and went to pieces in
few minutes. not spar remaining stand
ing. The wreck was strewn along the beach
tOr three or four miles. About TWENTY-FIVE
men are believed TO be lost The captain
and mate with eight OF ten men were saved.
At Atlanta. Georgia. the house of
John r. Swilling was burned and with it
himself. wife and three children. Francis
Sanders confessed that he crushed the skulls
of the family as they slept, saturated the
bed clothes with coal oil and set the fire.
be was taken by lyncLers. tied TO tree
and burned 10 death
The demand Of the Joint committee
Of the Knights Of Labor and the Amalga-
mated Association of Coke Workers was pre-
scented To the COnnellsville coke syndicate.
An answer is requested before Dec. -. when
a general strike is threatened if the demands
are refused. No action has vet been taken
10y the operators.
At Aremda, Mich, an early hour
SUNDAY morning the fruit evaporating house
Of J. K Stump took fire and burned and in
il his sister, Miss Elizabeth Stump. In an
heroic attempt to save his sisters life Mr..
stump was thrown from ladder receiving
a Oerrible cut on the head a fractured thigh,
being picked up insensihle. Loss S3opo,
without insurance
The girl Lucy Berry, who has been an in
mate Of house Of i'll fame, Massillon, Ohio,
confessed to the landlady that she, Mrs.
Watkins and "A hired man murdered Fred
Watkins, husband of Mrs. Watkins, at Vol
can. Ohio near Parkersburg, W. Va. sew
eral wears ago aud threw the body into a
cistern. 4 short time afterwards II was
removed 10 the woods. where 10 was sutse-
quently found
II Is reported from Pittsburg, Pa.
that the card rate on window glass has been
advanced 10 per cent, q take effect at once
This Is an increase of - per cent over last
wears prices The advance is as agreeable
to the wOrkmen as to the man ufacturer.
their wages are on sliding scale
About 25O feet Of the Pennsylvania
railroad extensive wharf in the navy yard
property on the Delaware river front at
Z Philadelphia caved in There was large
amount If valuable freight on the harf and
{ the loss viii lie heavy.
( The 10Th. Witnessed something Of a
I panic among the railroad stock dealers Of
Z Wall street. and one firm of brokers sus-
pended There was nothing in the affair to
I affect legitimate business and none of the
books were sufferers
Two deaf mute>. Walter Bingham
and Miss burlington left the state asylum
for mutes at Raleigh. y. c. and hired a
F. horse and buggy. since which time no trace
Of them can tie found ami foul play Is
feared.
Gratiot WaShburne. ION of Hon. F..
3. Washburne. dropped dead in the Gaul
House. at Louisville Ky. on the 18th from
cerebral apoplexy. lie was % years Of age
and unmarried.
At Kokoma~s. Ind. while drilling a
natural gas well an explosion took place
and = persons were injured. As all were
thrown To- the ground. none were fatally
hurt
\ fire at Il IN. Tuesday. DESTROYED
the upper works Of the steam ferryboai
Three states at Cairo. Loss, $1,000; fully
covered by insurance
The White Horse company OF
Missouri have notified the authorities that
they will continue their organization in
/ spite Of the law
Ex-Alderman McQuade convicted
I Of receiving bribe was sentenced on the
3jtn. ut New York. to seven wears in the
+ penitentiary and S5.OOO fine
Six knights of Labor, charged with
wrecking a train on the Missouri Pacific
I during the recent strike. are now on trial at
wyaniotte. Kan.
The second trial of McQuadefor brib-
cry resulted in.his conviction. and he fol
lows his colleague Jaehene To Sing Sing ~.
" prison.
Homer Head. aged 40 years. shot his
wife. in Attica, y y, and then killed him
/ self Mrs Head Is still living and it is
/ thought she viii recover
( Alden Goldsmith. noted patron of
the turf. died at his home in Orange county,
=. Dec. 20 He was the first owner Of
/ GOldsmiths Maid
The daughter Of Mr.. Grunh, a
prominent citizen Of st. Louis. died In great
/ agony Of hydrophobia.