River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-10-21
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

Mr.. Grlnnell, and nearly ali connected with
the prosecution. Sch Sab, Fischer aud
Lirgg followed in the same strain and
Neebe asked the court TO hang him with
the rest. The Chicago anarchists conclud-
ed their three days speeches on saturday
afternoon Oct. 9. and Judge Gary sen
fenced them 10 be hanged between the
hours Of 10 a m. and , p. m, on Friday,
. - /. There were no sensational fea-
lures at the time of the sentence. The
seven condemned men stood with much
1rmnesS 20 receive their sentence and
aside from the pallor of their faces, gave
10 ign OF emotion The wives OF those
who are married were present and after
he sentence Mrs. Parsons went up 10 her
husband and kissed HIM. As If TO brace
up their husbands for the ordeal, none of
he women shed 9 tear or exhibited anv
emotion. Neebe was sentenced to Is
years at Joliet.
special from the Mississippi quaran-
tine station near New Orleans says: One
Of the most terrific and damaging hurri-
-anes since 1860 prevailed in that neigh
bOrhoOu on the 18th and II h. For thirty
tx consecutive hours the wind blew a
egular hurricane froP' the northeast,
irving the water from the bay and de
stroylng the property OF the unfortunate
inhabitants. The storm was of such ma
rure as to tear away old levees of seven
years standing, carrying destruction to
ate rice plan ers. All the inhabitants
waded a distance OF a mile in water two
Get deep TO the United States custom
"Ouse for protection. DIR. Abbey, the
quarantine physician, and his family, were
iriven from their home and force to
seek refuge IN the custom house.
In the suit pending against the Gull Riv-
-rLumDer 60. for cutting -, 900 feet OF lum-
Der from public lands in Minnesota the
company offer to pay 81, per 1000 feet hut
he Secretary Of the Interior says that 1.-THE
department will consider favorably pro
position by the company to settle the tres
Jass u on the paJ m-nt of - per $1,000 feet
tor the timber, amounting to IA, 600 feet
Il this sum Is not paid, then the law had
'etter taEe its course IL this case of tres
Ass were the only one IN which this COM
amy were implicated, and the amount of
inter were not 80 large, more favorable
terms might be considered: but the fact
hOws a great and continued disregard for
he property rights of the government"
A water famine is imminent in the
shenandoah and. Mahoniug valleys OF
Pennsylvania which must result in serious
Us 10 business But one shower Of rain
Ias fallen in nine weeks and the streams
re almost wholly dried up. The water
upply at the collieTies is exhausted, and
Iuless RAIN should come within the mex.
ew days most Of the cOllieries not supplied
rom the G.rard dam will be compelled to
uspend operations. The prospect of an
.nJi exhaustion of the supply is causing
great alarm among the people.
Col. J. F. Bates, superintendent of the
delivery system Of the postoffice depart
nent, has made his annual report TO the
postmaster general. The whole number Of
lieces handled shows an increase of 204. gS3,
II, total increased cost of service, 1896,
a
T. - The average cost per piece in mills
nj tie average cost per carrier does not
ncu de the $ 81 Il paid pOstOffice inspec-
tors.
The figures prepared by Sixth Auditor
ueCouville, showing the receipts and ex
JeEditures Of the postOfiice department
rthe quarter ending June Sd, are as fol
Jws. Total receipts, less money order re-
-eiPts, Sln Oh -, ami the total disburse-
upuJs. So D 2I6. The increase in the re-
-eipts. a. compared With the correspond
~ quarter OF last year, is S43S,s19, while
~ increase in the expenditures is S573,-
-.
Washington Special: Secretary Manning
s coustructively absent and permits one
( his assistants to perform the routine
iuties for HIM under the title of ''acting
secretary The fact is, Manning is not
physically able to do the work, aud IL may
- DOUBTED II be ever will be. Mr.. Fair
hid will continue as acting secretary Of
he treasury for seine time to come, and
will do much of the work on the annual
report.
At Ottawa, Ont, the cabinet council con-
tirmed the $500 fine against the schooner
Iarion Grimes. but removed the extra 500
inc that had been imposed. A letter of
cry strong censure will be sent to Capt.
QuIgley, OF the schooner Terror, for his
ctIOn in hauling down the American hsg.
The council agreed that there was no pre-
edent for such an act, and condemns it in
lumeasured terms.
Percy Harrington, a farmer living in
Ashtabula county, Ohio, was murdered
wo years ago. Louis Webster, a young
man, was arrested for the crime and on
wo trials was convicted of murder in the
first degree and sentenced TO be hanged in
eth cases. In the third trial, which was
ED in TrumbuiI county, the jury has
brought in a verdict Of not guilty.
The town of Sabine Pass, Texas, popu-
Iation 100, situated near Beaumont and
OrOnage having Que Of the best harbors on
ne Texas coast, is reported to have been
otaIly destroyed by food on the 18th
/ sixty five lives are reported lost by the
/ lveIflow Of the Sabine river. The FOR ell
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/ All its inmates drowned.
/ Mrs. Parsons, wife of the anarchist under
sentence of death in Chicago, addressed &
me ting of mis- supporters Sunday night
/ She spoke in defense Of an Irchism, and il
| martyrs in Chicago. The proceeds otto
| nights meeting are for her personal needs
| while she will endeavOr to raise money il
other ways FOR the benefit of the condemned
anarchists.
! Great interest centers in Raleigh, n. C..
| in the coming convention of Northern set
lie state agricultural fair, botl
I beginning Oct. u, and continuing severa
| lays. he prospects of large tteLdanct
| Increase daily. The settlers convention
vas called by Northern born citizens Of
/ this state TO give an impetus to emigra
I ton.
An armed mob of 20 masked men at
empted to lynch a negro, charged with
he attempted rape of white woman, al
Newcastle, KY, Jail. The j4iler refused "a
give the prisoner up, and stood guard
manfully until the mob was induced 10
ride away after firing vOlley from their
pistols at the jail.
Dairymen ia the Missouri river region
state that since the frost has stopped the
Young grass from growing, and cows have
luly the dry buffalo and other grasses TO
,uf, the quantity Of milk has greatly in
crease I, with a much larger yield OF cream.
From New Orleans, Oct. Ith:-Capt-
Bailey. bar pilo: at Port Eads, reports
hat there were twenfy-six lives lost
turing the recent storm on the bayous
eadihg from the gulf in the direction OF
and back of the quarantine station.
At Pittsburg, Pa, scaffOld at the new
building Of the Allegehany County EIec
.ric Light company fell, preeipitating five
men 70 the ground, distance OF ABOUT
ifty feet All were dangerously hurt, and
swo Of them received fatal injurie
The supreme court of New York has
unanimously affirmed the decision OF Judge
Van Brunt in favor of the validity OF the
assignment of RindskOps Bros. & Co,
Sholesale clOthiers of New York, and to
Jacob " Mack.
The chief Ct the bureau Of statistics re-
ports the total values of the exports OF
lreadStutTs as follows. September. 1886,
- SIS; lSS5. S9.G07, 7l3; nine months
,n,iing sept p, ISIS, Sll0, -, 599: lS>5,
sIl2, 10 g5o.
The steamer New Brunswick. en- route
from Digby, y. \, to Boston, was observed
70 bs in trouble BY the lighthouse keeper of
Front Cove, aud soon after she was en- 70
toe on ire. One hundred passengers were
on beard.
There were i49 failures in the United
States reported TO Bradstreet's during the
week. against 20l IN the preceding week,
md Isl. go $50 and 125 the corresponding
week Of 1855. lSS4, 1888 and lSc2 respective