River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-29
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

EN-columissi Toner of public works, HUI
bert Ogden Thompson died at New York
city on she 26th of cerebral appoplexy.
His medical attendant saw him at a. m,
and i've hours later found him dead. He
was IN the 3sth year of his e and since
l>13 had been political leader and oppO-
ueut ot fammany Hall. His opposition TO
John Kelly made him the chieftain of the
cuuty Democracy. Beginning as
clerk IN the water survey ors office he was
connected with the public works depart
meut tor fifteen years or more, and siuce
l>,n at its head until recently displaced 20
make a place for Mr. Squire. He was a
genial man Of winning manners.
AT Detroit, Mich, the eldest daughters
% Ms katherine Mabley Spies widow of
T.. T. Mabley. who married young preach
er a few months ago, have petitiOned for
the custody Of the younger children. They
ailege extreme cruelty on the part of the
mother. The charges are of the most sensa--
tIonal nature.
Stephen Brodie New York boot black
- years old. jumped from the Brooklyn
bridge on the 23rd and striking feet first in
the water was hut little injured. He was
PICKED up by a skif and arrested as soon
as be reached shore. The height Of the
jump was I'D feet.
n England the population doubles an
Gfry year; in the United States, Canada
ana Australia in twenty-five years; in
Germany los years, and in France
ami countries using the French Ian
rlare, li1 years
Under the sanction of the few black laws
yet refnsiuing on the Ohio statute
book the Springfield school board has de
cided q az colOred children shall not attend
public schools with white children any
longer, but shall 20 to a school OF their
own.
i boiler in the water works at Columbia,
/ 5. C., exploded, killing a colOred fireman,
fatally wcunding another colored man and
seriously in Turing five others, among them
I the superintendent OF the works and Aid.
T A u Lawrence
/ Mrs. Grant is about to send Mr.. Thomas
/ Murphy, once collector of the port of New
York, but now sadly reduced in circum
stances. the amount Of his contribution
/ toward the purchase of the Eiber9n cot
[ tsge.
I john Newman. the man arrested at Lee
/ mars, Iowa for attempting to burn the
/ residences Of Congressman Struble and
+ Mayor Moore, has been bound over to APP
i pear before the grand jury next term
+ Five hundred employees OF the American
Tube and Iron company, at Middletown,
/ Pa, have struck because the company
4 refused to restore the wages of 1883 and to
reiustate two discharged employees.
I The oak Tree in Bushnell Park, Hartford,
+ grown from an acorn OF the famous Char
/ ter oak, is in a lIourishiEg condition. This
Z Is Jhe only successful attempt to preserve
+ au offspring from the historic tree.
/ Il is positively stated that AImou B
4 Thompson, the defaulting cashier OF the st.
/ Louis Provident Savings bank, is in
i Canada Several residents of st. Louis
, report seeing him in the dominion.
+ The fire az -aHecamica, Cal, is twelve
+ miles broad aud is travelling rapidly.
! Great forests have disappeared aud the
I damage Is incalculable. An army of 1000
! men : dghtins the fire.
/ The wife OF Pennsylvania preacher re
Gently gave birth to twins joined exactly
+ like the famous pair from Siam. Only one
Z II them was alive Nhsn born and IL soon
I died.
Hog cholera Is raging TO an alarming ex-
tent in B0tetOurt aud several other cOun-
lies H. Virginia. Some cases have been
related 81 farmers losing l0Ohead in week.
The body IF Lockwood, who murdered
Miss Matte Randall, Of Ne~ Haven, Conn.
was H. md hanging in the woods. Over 800
men turned Out TO look for the murderer.
msa ia Fittsburg has Just patented
machine vita watch 10 blow window glass
nv compressed air, which, il is claimed, will
rev0Utiou.ze the business.
Canadian detectives have been stationed
in Chicago for the past two years to watch
the anarchists. They claim to know more
tiau the Chicago police.
sam Jones and sam Small are booked
for Round Lake, camp meeting suburb
of Saratoga, during the latter part Of
August.
james DAcey, a Chicago politician who
-h5s aud killed Aid. GaynOr OF the ninth
ward, was hanged for the crime on the 10th.
The internal revenue collections for the
wear were $1,000 SIS, against sII2, 42l, 12l
in ls>7. an Increase of - 4sl,i@+.
n j. reported that BullwinkIe. the origin
ator cf the fire insurance Patrcl has teen
killed ~ Indians in Arizona.
TEos Grief. the alleged Anarchist sa-
7 GoonkeepeT Of Chicago, has been fined for
selling liquor without license.
san Francisco is preparing for the Il. A.
. H. GttlAtif f-AaeAAN RtA "a N-dlN ANFtA btANAG
T gpGaled en- the Pacific coast.
The great strike in the rolling mills Of
+ Phi adelphia was settled in ia
+ yoi If the employees
Colgate & Co, Of New York, bought D.
i d.. .rade dollars from the city Of Buffalo
+ faI - 4-i0J cents each
f There Is great distress in Labrador fer
wat Of food and a large number of deaths
7 Eas .sken place.
/ Senator Mo-riH has gone to his home in
/ Vermont and will not return to Washing
{ ton this session.
: Judge OF the court Of appeals will be
the only state officer elected in New York
state this fall.
Col. Dexter Russell Wright, one of the
hest known lawyers OfConnecticut, died at
New Haven.
Senator Logan has gone to the @ A. r.
+ eucampIueut at San Francisco