River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-18
HISTORY OF TIE WEEK.

. the express car anu the messenger. II. ;,
/ Nichols, appears TO have fought them DIES
perately. but he was beaten over the head
T with poker until he was dead. The rob
beers then took the safe keys from his peck
Ct and opened the safe aud secured 50 CCi
. iu money aud considerable ieweirv and
jumped of the train lust before it Reached
Morris.
New Orleans was the scene Of a CHASTITY
execution on the 18th. Patrick Ford AM
John Murphy were under sentence Of death
and during the night Of the llth undertook
suicide by taking belladonna. They became
unconscious aud were carried in a senseles,
condition To the scalfOld where men had e
bold up the bodies while the moose was ad
lU~fcd about their uecks. Their uecks were
disl -ated by the fan. The mt der occurred
in december. ISL and grew out OF q pDiitiCa
quarrel, The victim was local politician
! named =. II. Murphy and tie two mer
who were hung a. described, 0ith several
/ Others. lay ia wait for Murphy ana
deliberately killed him.
The mills Of the Toledo, Ohio, I.iuseed %
company took fire Sunday night. either
from spontaneous combustion or incendi
atisu, and burned. causing @ loss Of S 1870
fsu. with insurance amounting 70 $-o,uJu
T Over 100 barrels OF naptha. used in the pro
cess Ofextracting oil, exploded with "a shoch
like an earthquake. anu several casuaitiss
10 individuals are reported Two men had
+ their hands and faces burned so that The
. flesh hung in shiEas. he mage TO adjacent
railroad and other property amounts 70
$1,000.
The President made tie following ap
pointmeuts on the 10th. William NJ. Treu
holm, South Carolina. now civil service
commissioner. controller 81 the currency in
Z the place of Henry ". Cannon, resigned
John f. Oaerly, Illinois, civil service com
missioner. ia tine place Of iiliam \. IreL
holm; Charles Lyman. Connecticut. 10"
chief examiner of the civil service commits
sion. civ. service commissioner IN tht
place Of D0rman b. Eaton, resigned
Hon. Michael Hahn, member OF congress
from the sec 1nd Louisiana district, diel
alone ia his room at WIllarIs hotel som,
time Sunday night Of hem0rrhage Of tbs
tie porter who went 10 make his fire, hJ
lay upnn the fl0o- dead in a pool Of blood
he had been III Tor sometime.
81 Is estimated that tie funeral o.
Senator Miller will cost tue government
Sau,Ur. a special train has been employed
to taSg his remains, his wife and daughter
and q committee of one senator and five
congressman 10 the Pacific coast, "a train O
four cars fsl ten persons and TIE govern
meat foes tie bill
Ia the Connecticut legislature BIZ hs
been reported favorably limiting the hour
{ OF labor for women and children in the fac
tor1e, - ten hours daily. This viii prinei
paiiv affect the cotton and tie wooden mill
in Eastern Connecticut, where the usUa
working time is eleven hours
A new switchmau employed in the Mis-
souri, Pacific 4. L. Yards al st. Louis, V a
asssulte,. Monday 10y five ex-employes. ba
ing struck with brass lnUckies, ana render
81 senseless bs a blow upon the head from
a stoue. One Of the as ailauts was an
rested.
Two nI-u OF Eastport Ne, discovered
large drove Of seals on Cheeney's Ledge
the other dav. They had been driven ther
by the fierce gales. W hen the men trItd U
slaughter theni with clubs the seals shove
fight uad drove the men to their boats.
The Governor Of California being Dem
ocrat will appoint a Democrat to succee'
Senator Miller who VIII hold until IN
legislature meets. II Is claimed that thu
viii ensure tue passage u the Fitz Jobi
Porter bill by the senate.
Ia the trial ofJaInes p. 3IcCauhe. charge,
with the murder of Michael Reilly Of Pres
tou township, Wayne county, Pa. the iur,
Sunday morning brought ~ ycI".ct @
murder in the first degree.
Aj Canton, Ohio. over 3.CJO people ar
sick wiki an influenza resembling Ia
cpizoatic. There have been no deaths
bur the wide range ui the malay quit
Parsiyze- tusiue5s.
u quarrel ever cards on tie 18th
Billy MaIkinson. formerly of De Witt
Iowa. shot and killed jack Garyey. I
bartender in the Capitol saloon. Msikinsoi
was arrested
In spite Of the reports thas xPresidsE
Arthur cannot live but few weeks. lac ia
sists that he only has cold and VIII he on
III few days
Two men who applied 10 a farmer nea
Joliet, Ill. are under arrest. suspected o
being concerned in the recent Ezpres
robbery-
ZeIno T. Gorien, the Oldest TELEGRAPH
operator IN the United States, died at Cas-
tile, y. y, ON Saturday, aged eighty -tw,
years
Mahody. chief Of the New York fir
department was killed on tie l2th, By be
ing I'm into by an engine While going q
a ire
Addison Cammack, the New NorEer VIII
was married at Washington gave th
clergyman $500 for performing the ce-e
mOuy.
4 committee OF SIX Senators and six Rel
resentatiyes will accompany the remain
of the late Senator Mile % CsliforT a.
W. H. Barnum Of Connecticut. -nairma
Of the Democratic national committee
diving from kidney disease.
The U. :. Senate viii endeavor.to pas
the Des Moines river bonds bin over IL
Presidents veto this week.
Cincinnati hes mad street car strike
The drivers demanded a. per day, but CON
promised on sl.s-.
Montreal had a $4,000 FIRE on the lOtl
most of the sufferers being wholesale mer
chants.
At the request Of the President, Gov
Murray Of Utah has rendered his resigns
, ton
Dement, the newly appointed surveyo
general Of Utah was confirmed by a vot
e - 10 -.
e Ohio win have to borrow $1,000 to NEE
2 the proposed appropriations for the ensuin
: year.
Tie lost steamship Oregon was valued q
Sl,2aN.oC6, and her cargo az S2jo,COo.
p Gen. Hazen desires % be made Majc
General to succeed Gen. Pope
TIE explosion Of a tug in Boston harbc
on the 10th killed five men.
/ THE OLD WORLD