River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-12-16

Point Coupe. ~ mites FROM Baton rouge
and burned 10 the waters edge There was
a large passenger list aud 1t ise>tlaatld that
from - 70 tzttiVes were lost The cargo was
sl.1 bales Of cotton AID tAaH sacks OF seed.
The fire took in the ItJon and was uncon-
trolatle. The White was the finest and
swiftest boat on the river. and cost e133,pl.
The cargo YVES valued NJ $4,000
4 seam Of anthracite coal. seven
feet six inches in diameter. has been struck
at BenfT. Northwep, Territory. This seam
Is only one out of six I'm that locality. the
smallest being three feet IN thickness 4he
six seams contain coal enough 10 supply the
entire Northwest Territory for the next %
years.
The municipal election a Boston.
Mass. on the l4th. resulted in the election of
O'Brien. Dem. for mayor. viz: O'Brien,
.3..z.5, Hart, Rep. ie..l"; Mcneil Labor.
.,sii The council VIII stand. Democrats 81.
Republicans -. Independent Democrats ,.
The license vote "aS. YES 211,3} No. l'.'>j.
NJ. Lewis. an old ana respectable
planter. residing south Of SchulenEerg. Tex,
was called - his door and shot by an
assassin. Lewis u,-s! from the effect OF his
Siavdon. who Is suspected of havis.s COM
mitted ihe crime has disappeared
Mrs. Jansen. size woman who was
stabbed 10y her husband Ia Chicago. last
Friday. died Of her wounds "Wednesday.
Jansen. the murderer tried % hang him
self in Jail but Was cut down before his
attempt was successful
The day express gong out en- the
Pennsylvania road jumped the track near
ID n
trucks IN three cars Tie passengers were
badly shaken up. hut NO one was injured.
At Nebraska City the motion fer a
new trial III the ease If Lee Shellenberger,
convicted ii the murder of his eleven-year
old daughter was overruled and he was
sentenced to he hanged March -.
Buck Mccarthy, Cook county. H..
commissioner. assaulted. brutally. Paul {.
Hull q DAILY News reporter, WHO wrote up
"a disgracefuI supper the commissioner had
in a disreputahlg beer haii
The engineers on the entire i ,jrm
Of the baltimore < Ohio railroad have made
a demand for pas FOR overtime. \ con
ference viii probably t- held and salts
factory conclusion reached
George Watt. the convict shot by
Deputy Warden Mexican, in Riverside
prison. Pittsburgh. Saturday evening last,
for as,aulting one or the gEafds with a
knife, died Dec. !.
\ boiler in Hazlctt X Underhill'~ dry
house and Tox factory AT Cambridge Mass.
exploded iuiurinE seven men. three of
whom. 1t is reported are fatally hurt.
The bank of ". J. Fulton n Park
Vile. Mo. was entered by burglars. the SAT,
blown ogen with dynamite. and S4,0n
stolen. besides $50 worth of stamps
Homer Head, aged go wears. shot his
wife. in Attica. y. Y. and then Killed him
self Mrs Head i still living and it Is
thought she viii recover.
Four hundred Knights Of Labor met
in Chicago Friday evening ard adopted reso-
lutions deuouncing the conviction Of the
eight anarchists an outrage.
The wholesale hardware house Of the
Shapleigsl d Cantwell Hardware Company,
st Louis. was destroyed 10y fire. Loss.
{50OtN1; insurance ssUO,EO.
4 Young couple were married at
Maniste9. Mich. and during me reception
dead Of heart disease-
The live stock exchanges Of Chicago.
Kansas City. Omaha and ~. Louis, met in
the latter city and discussed the interests
Of the cattle trade
senator Jones Of Florida re-en"agcd
his rooms at the ftt.-a-ll house and dcciued
his intention Of remaining ~ Detroit %
pra -ticc his profession
Dispatches from Columbia. 5. c;
Missouri City. No. and Independence, No,
state that slight earthquake shocks were felt
al those places
4 movcIne.:. j. on foot among the
Knights If Labor looiziE- - the withdrawal
81 the different trades from the ssoaral as-
semblies.
V.R. Chambers. . prominent Bos-
ton pork packer. has hes,, arrested for per
jury. in eoucealing assets of his firm from
creditors.
The New York committee Of Anti
saloon republicans met at CORTLAND and
provided for the thorough organization Of
the state
Geo. : Walker. brother Of the cX-
chief Of the Washington police. shot and
fatally wounded an atiorr-S named . C.
Miller
The motion To dismiss the Ben
telephone case from the United states
courts II Ohio without iTeJudlSe was suS-
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The Columbus Buggy Company
works were demolished ~ the explosion If n
dust arres'sf'