River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-05-20
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

The storm king seems TO be holding high
carnival this spring. Following close up
on the cyclones comes a rain storm at
Xenia which was so violent as TO resemble
cloud bursts. This occurred on the even
ing of the II h. After sharp lightning and
heavy peals of thunder Tor two hours IN
clouds seemed t. fall en- " a~se. A little
str am called Shawnee Run, so small il
II not dignlfied a river, runs through
a portion Of the city and in less than an
hour II had risen 80 that IL was sweeping
away houses Twenty-Five or thirty houses
were carried away aud nearly forty people
drowned. twenty-five bodies were found
the next dav and at least eleven more per
sous are missing. The gas works were
flooded and the city left in darkness. An
railroad communication was also cut OF.
Ohio experienced another cyclone on the
18th. This time il struck Forest, IN Hardin
rOunty. Ohio. The storm struck about
midnight unrOOdng aud CestrONing build
ings- Eight persons were killed and be
tween twenty and thirty wounded. 4
Il ain on the Pittsburg & Fort Wayne road
bound from Chicago East, was caught in
be edge of the cyclone near Forest and
narrowly escaped destructction. A big tree
was blow against the train aud the
windows broken and platforms de
molished. A passenger in one OF the
berths had his right eve cut out by glass
from the windows, Wyandotte aud Sene-
"a counties also suffered, KentOu aud
Lsvell being the towns most devastated.
The house committee on public lands has
authorized a favorable report upon Mr..
Payson's bin to prohibit non-residents aud
aliens from acquiring or holding land or
real estate IN the territories. The purpose
Is TO break up the system Of foreign land-
lOTdiSm said to be in operation TO a starting
extent in several Of the territories.
tel, 81,
storm the same night Xenia was devas-
tated No lives were lost though buildings,
bridges aud animals were carried away
For two days the city was without rail
road communication.
Louis Lingg is the latest one suspected
of throwing the bomb in Chicago which
killed so many policemen. He made des-
perate resistance when arrested and at
tempted to shoot the policeman who cap
tured him.
There are nov 400 UncOnfirmed nomina-
tiOhs. about I75 having been confirmed and
10 rejected. The senate is clearing up the
calendar as rapidly as possible. and viii
make a clean thing of it within few weeks.
Her Most, the chief Of the anarchists in
| this country has been arrested. lie was
I found under the bed of his mistress and
was as brave and tame as a sheep when
caught.
The wholesale clothiers of Chicago have
/ formed an association and in response to
demands for better pay, shut down.
/ This throws 5000 persons out OF employ
ment, the larger portion being women.
J. W. Craig of New York, one of the
largest dealers in oil in the country has
/ failed. He went short from 81 to 90
| cents and then turned bull. Oil dropped
| to 30 cents and he failed.
A cyclone four miles from Lansing Mich,
/ did great damage on the l4th and the
same date the town Of Meriden Kansas was
blown TO pieces Eighteen or twenty were
/ injured.
JEFF Davis is seriously i'll at his home at
Beauvoir, Miss. His daughter OF the con-
/ fedracy'' has the measles. The late tour
/ appears to have proved unhealthy.
Odell, III. had cyclone visitation on
the 18th, which destroyed a good deal OF
property and injured several persons, two
probably fatally.
Attica. Ind, suffered wind storm on
the 18th killing five outright and seriously
injuring six others. The property loss ex
/ ceeds S300,OOO.
Tire senate has confirmed Mrs. Thompson
postmistress at Louisville notwithstanding
the big meeting held in opposition.
Considerable damage was done at Du
buque, Iowa, on the 18th, by hail storm
". NJ. Springer Of Ill, has been renomin
ated for Congress for the seventh time.