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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
Happenings in the Northwestern
States and Territories

Reuben Myers, aged sixty years, was
killed by lightning at Morrison few days
ago.
William Bird, of Yates City, fell behind
his horses while out driving recently and
was kicked 10 death.
Horny Borthwick, a drunken lounger,
was killed at Springfield recently by Harry
Taylor, an actor in Forepaugh's circus.
Locusts are appearing by millions at
Galena.
John Hutchings, OF Harvel, was struck
by train while walking on the Wabash
railroad track the other day and was killed.
He was eighty years old.
Miss Eunice Christopher, teacher liv-
ing near Devon, was found drowned in a
well near the house the other day. 1t was
supposed 10 be a case of suicide.
Mrs. Rachel Mcconnell, aged fifty years,
of Alma, fell from a cherry tree recently
and broke her neck.
A whirlwind near the railway station at
Litchfield few days ago inflicted damages
TO the ear works and private property. No
person was injured.
DIR. Newton Bateman, president Of Knox
College, at Galesburg for thirteen years,
rendered his resignation recently, ill health
being the cause.
while walking through an oat field on her
fat hers farm the other morning was bit
ten by rattlesnake just above the ankle.
Antidotes were given, but her limbs and
body swelled alarmingly and her skin
turned spotted, and her recovery was
doubtful.
Mr.. McHenry's barn at Metcalf, was
struck by lightning the other night and
burned. Loss, 5000
Jessie Newbury, lad sixteen years of
age, had his arm drawn into plunger in
the Excelsior factory at Lincoln the other
morning and ground TO pieces.
At Danville recently August Wilmer,
German, committed suicide By hanging. No
cause was known.
The corner stone OF the new Episcopal
church at Waukegan was a the other
day by DIR. Clinton Locke, o: ticago. The
structure is to cost $1,000
recent rain storm caused much dam
age to crops in Mclean, Piatt, DE Witt and
other counties. Every creek in the cen
trail part of the State was booming.
Al Hoopeston the other day Fred Nanny
while bathing was seized with cramp and
drowned.
Miss Nellie Nolan, aged sixteen years,
was found in an alley near her home in
blncoih rev nights dSp, lying uhc'h-
sciOus on the ground She had been as
saulted by unknown persons and left for
dead.
A team of horses ran away near Isabel
recently, throwing out Elmer Richeson, a
prominent and wealthy farmer, and fatally
injuring him.
William Questell. while blowing in his
field near Carmi the other day, was stunned
by "A thunderbolt and his team was killed.
recent boiler explosion at Hogue's
mill twenty miles west of bingham, killed
Engineer Kane and an employee named
Lobe and badly injured others. The boiler
was blown three hundred feet.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
A TERRIBLE CRIME.

Chicago Woman's Barbarous wav or
Getting Rid of "a Drunken Husband
While We Is Stupefied from Drink She
Pours Kerosene Over His Clothing and
Ignites lille Dies from the Burns
Her Confession.
CHICAGO. July 2.-Mathias Schreiner
was murdered by his wife a week ago
last Sunday. She has confessed, and is
now locked up at the Chicago avenue
police station charged with the muir.
der. The case is one of the most eXtraor-
binary in the history of crime in this city.
Schreiner was a carpenter, living at 2Oi
Mohawk street, and the family consisted
If his wife, Mary Magdalen Schreiner, his
mothcr-in law, Mrs. Wagner. and William
Keiffcr, boarder. Last Sunday, a week ago
Schreiner was aw ~ all day and became
trunk. He went home at II o'clock al night
and he and his wife and Keiffer drank sew
sral pals Of beer Mrs. Schreiner tried
10 get her husband to bed about midnight,
but he had fallen asleep at the foot Of the
stairway leading To the fiat where they
lived, and would not move. During the
aight, or, rather, early in the morning, he
was seen running down the alley on fire.
and when stopped and the fire put out was
terribly burned. Death caded his agony on
he following morning His wife, Mrs.
Wagner, and Keiffer deliea all knowledge
Of the affair, but yesterday Mrs. Schreiner
acknowledged her guilt Her story. TO
which she made an AFFIDAVIT, IS as follows;
My husband was gone all day sunday. re-
turning the evening under the influence Of
Gquor We sat down the stairs and
aad half dozen pals Of beer. William keincr
Vas there and left about II o'clock. ] sat
ihcre au hour longer, and. as usual, quar-
Relied with my husband. About mid
hight I went into the house and laid down
apOn The bed with my clothes on. Al
o'clock / got up, and, looking out of
the window saw my husband lying on
he walk. l can not tell what possessed
me but 1 took the OIL and going out
o where he was lying poured the o on his
pack ] then lighted a match and touched II to
1is clothing. He was covered " Ia tire before
lett him 10 run back INTO the house.
staid in my room for few
minutes, when was arrested by
the police. Ny mother had nothing 10
previous 10 committing the crime I never
wanted 70 get rid OF my husband. will plead
guilty and take the consequences.
While not admitting the fact it is
thought by the police that-h he was muir
1ercd in order that his wife might secure
an insurance of 81. 900 in the Catholic For
ssters. Schreincr had made the policy out
In the name Of A Boxer, friend, but was
induced to change it in favor of his wife a
few weeks ago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
FOUGHT THE MooNsHINERs.
An Arkansas Marshal Killed i'm "a Fight
with Illicit DiStIIlers.

An Arkansas Marshal Killed i'm Fight
with Illicit DistiIlers.
ST. LOUIS, June ga special from Lit
tie Rock, Ark, TO the Post-Dispdtch says:
"a desperate encounter occurred be-
tween revenue officers and moonshiners
near Black Springs, Montgomery County,
Wednesday. Internal Revenue Collector
Fry and a posse raided the moonshiners'
camp in the vicinity, destroying three dis
tilleries Shortly afterward the posse was
attacked from ambush by an armed band
of moonshiners. A regular battle ensued,
in which Deputy United States Marshal
TrammeI was killed Collector Fry has
telegraphed TO Fort Smith for reinforce
ments."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

1T Is said that a burglar in Chicago
read in a newspaper that he had over
looked eighty dollars in a bureau
drawer He returned the next night
and not only secured il. but a suit of
clothes besides Here we have an
other illustration Of the value Of the
press a dissemination of useful in
formation Now j. the time 10 subscribe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
Giving the women a chance.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, July 2-Governoi
Oglesby has made handsome innovation
in the educational affairs Of the State by
the appointment of Mrs. Ella F. Young,
assistant superintendent of the city
schools of Chicago, to fill the vacancy on
the State Board Of Education caused BY
the death of b. Groots, Of Tamaroa. and
Mrs Mari f. Feitschans, of Springfield. tc
succeed Isaac Lesem of Quincy, resigned
from The same board. These are the first
women ever appointed to the Board Of Edu.
cation If the State.
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lege. is gifted with a remarkable mem
DRY. He il able to greet BY name ev-
cry living graduate Of the college whom
Re has ever met, and freshmen who
have not been in college a week are
surprised TO hear the president address
them by their first names.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

The idiot-or criminal. ich9-who
playfully points firearms az people, and
then extenuates serious results by the
plea that he didn't know it was
loaded. - made his latest appearance at
Windsor. Can. The result l. that Miss
sarah Smith, of that place, Is not
likely to recover from the wound which
she received. The law everywhere
should make the pointing Of firearms
At people. even in jest, an indictable
offense. Nothing less. evidently, viii
ever suppress this class Of tragedies,
which seem 10 increase in frequency a.
ihe years roll BY.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

A SHOEMAKER Of Atlanta. Ga. has
finished the largest pair Of shoes ever
made for actual use. II took a piece Of
leather containing I.of0 square inches
10 make the uPPers. and 1850 to make
the soIeS. That is S.C00 SQUARE inches
altogether. II that lca'hsr were cut
into strips an eighth Of an inch wide
and made into one string il would be
"a. 90 inches long. The shoes weigh
eight and one quarter pounds The
soIes arc IA inches long. J wide and ST
inches deep. That doesn't count the
heel. which would add another inch 10
the depth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
IOWA.

A man calling himself r. f. Stevens, Il.
+. Sanford or c. X. johnson, is travelling
through Iowa showing letter purporting
the signature of Marshall Field & Co, Of
Chicago, authorizing him TO open new ac-
counts and collect old ones. He is fraud.
One of the two women in Iowa who are
members of the Grand Army of the Re
public is Aunt Becky Young, who was
noted as a nurse during the war, ana to
whose gentle care in the hospitals many a
soldier owes his life
The spectacle of three Migrants chained
TO telegraph POLE like so many wild beasts
was witnessed in lie Mars recently. They
had been sentenced TO work out their fines
on the streets, thing which they stubborn
~ refused to do.
In Hazel Green township few evenings
ago Mr. Rothbaker, an old man, undertook
TO whip his boy, lad of twelve years, but
the boy ran. The father gave chase, cap
tHred him and knocked him down and cut
of his head with an axe
A peculiar disease is epidemic among the
swine in the vicinity of Mason City, and
many hogs are dying. The first symptom
is the drying of the tongue, and soon the
entire head is affected
While bathing in the Des Moines river
the other day at Boone Ralph Reed, four
teen-year old boy, was drowned.
Uncle Barney Strain, a resident of
Onawa for many years, bid farewell to his
adopted country few days ago and started
for ireland, after an absence of forty years.
Several residences in the suburbs of Ma
son City were broken into and Freight
Agent Crippen, of the Milwaukee road, was
robbed of 5000 during circus parade the
other day.
I,
in Des Moines to consume the carcasses of
dead animals and all offensive refuse in the
city
At Des Moines Miss Pritchard sustained
injuries while carrying water up stairs
and applied to Christian scientists for re-
lief Her condition a few days ago was
such that should she recover she would be
permanently lame.
Thomas Burns, of Dubuque, aged TWEEN
ty one years, attempted to lift a large
stone to show his strength tho other day,
and the effort cost him his life. He sus-
tanned a fatal rupture.
A large addition is to be built to the glu-
cose works at Marshalltown. The company
expects to use six thousand bushels of corn
a day.
A dog in Davenport the other day seized
young sparrow that had dropped to the
sidewalk and was instantly set upon by
half dozen of the grown birds with fe-
rocity that not only made him drop his prey
bat sent him off bowling with the blood
flowing from several places where their
sharp bills had struck him.
The WOman's Christian Temperance
Union of the Third Iowa district, is session
recently at Waterloo elected Mrs. Hinman
of Belmond, president; Mrs. Hanchett, of
Waverly, secre' airy, and Mrs. NJ. l.. Smith,
treasurer.
Governor Larrabee has reappointed the
entire board of curators of the State His
torical Society.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
TROUBLES OF THE IRON MEN.


PITTSBURGH, Pa, July THE big lock
out Of the iron workers practically com
menced Saturday. The old scale expired,
aud as no agreement was reached al Friday
afternoons conference the mills ali closed
at noon Saturday, and what may be
long rest Of the men rad at
last begun. Sc far eight firms have
signed the scale. Among them arc the
Apollo, Pa. Iron & Steel Company, the
Akron, O, Iron Company, the MinVo June
ton, o.. Iron q Steel Company. the Clevc-
land Hardware Company, the Lookout
Rolling Mill Company, Of Chattanooga,
Tenn, and Oliver Bros & Phillips, of this
rity, who employ 3O01
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
SouE one has got up an alphabet

SOME one has got up an alphabet OF
precious stones, as follows: Amethyst,
be.yl. chrysOReryl. diamond. emerald.
.t7teGTr- garnet, hyacinth, idocrase,
kyanite (more commonly cyanite. a
blue mineraD, lynx-Sapphire, milk
opal. natrolite. opal, pyrobe. quartz,
ruby, sapphire, topaz. uranite, vesuvi-
ante Ga species Of garnet), water
sapphire, xanthite. zircon "a Cingalese
afouaN
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

LoSDoS, July 2.-The property destroyed
by the recent fires at Sundsvall and
Unmea, Sweden, was valued at A., 900
900 kroner. Twelve thousand persons
were rendered homeless oy the flames.
King Oscar is visiting the districts, and is
engaged in relieving the wants Of the
sufferers. Houses, forests and standing
crops on farms in other districts were also
burned
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

! FREDERICK CLARK. Of Damariscotta
Mills. Me. now deceased. was born in
Marlborough in lS03 He was the
sixteenth child of a family Of twenty
children hy the same father and
mother. Eighteen 81 these children
lived 70 maturity. seventeen married,
and sixteen had families. He was the
uncle Of 1l9 nephews and nieces. and 4
sister held the relation of aunt TO 127
nephcws and nicces at her death. en-
bracing the third generation only.
Before his death he was uncle to
So ncphcws ard over four hundred
rietscs
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

A NOVELTY in the way of commence
ment exercises was seen at a New York
grammar school a few days ago.
After the singing and recitatiOns the
girls made strawberry shOrtcake and
pOached eggs in the presence of their
guests and distributed them among their
friends
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
Two Rlock. ,Ylned nnt hr &c

BEAISAED, MINI, July 2.-Fr re late Sat
urday night destroyed the best part Of two
blocks in the heart Of the city. Il started
in the Bacon cplaning mill Among the
buildings destroyed were Kepler's saloon,
Lumbermen's Exchange Hotel, Sandberg's
jewelry store. Irelsnd's notion store. Nc
Lain's saloon, Gray's livery stable and
pthers-twentv-f five in all A fierce wind
blew from the start The loss will exceed
$50. 900. partly insured.
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THERE are in America over 1000. 900
farms, large and small. 1Aey cover
over 5O0,O0O,OO acres of improved
land. and their total value is some
thing like 10000. 900. 600. The esti-
mated value Of the yearly products Of
these farms is between 5000, 200, 600
and $1,000 900 600.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
Three Irn,rne.I-

ST. ALBAx's, Vt, July Mrs Guoyo.
aged 20, living on the shore near st. Al
bans bay, was lefI alone Saturday evening
with two grand children, aged ara re-
spectiyely. She took the children n a fiat
bottomed boat with nothing but paddle
with which To control 10. Quite a gale was
blowing and the boat was driven out into
the bay and capsized and all three were
drowned
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MoRMONS HAVE A RIOT.
Two Men Fatally Injured and "A Number
BADLY Hurt in West Virginia.


WHEELING, W. Va. June 2a.-Two men
fatally hurt and half dozen more or
less seriously wounded is the result %
q riot between the members of the
Mormon congregation on Bowman ridge,
i've miles from Glenn Easton. An outbreak
has been threatened for some time, but
actual hostilities broke out Wednesday
At meeting for worship at the home
of Aaron Harris Alb Cartwright
drew pistol to kill Joe Waite
but the weapon was taken from him
by Waite. who was knocked dovr
when Courtwright stabbed him in the left
side. Jasper Waite ran TO his brothers
assistance and was stabbed in the stomach
leroy Waite caught Cartwright and cut
! throat. Alb Cartwright struck Leroy
Waite with club. laying his skull
bare, but was in turn knocked down by
old man Waite. who was almost Drained by
Tom Chambers Aaron Harris died from
the shock and excitement incidental to the
riot, and Tom and Leroy Waite can not live.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
KILLED by a Train.

Brazil. Ind July mike Williams, aged
50, widower, and Allen Campbell, aged
40, unmarried, were run over yesterday
morning by the New York cast bound ex
press on the Vandalia line a quarter Of
mile west Of the depot, and were both
instantly killed. The couple had besu
drinking.
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KILLED nv a bursting saw.

LITTLE Rock, Ark. July John H. Nor
wood. brother of c. NJ Norwood, candidate
for Governor on the Union Labor ticket
met horrible death near Buckner. While
cumming saw with an emery wheel al
the Bodcow Lumber Company's mills
piece of the whe Il few of and struck hin
in the forehead splitting the skull sis
inches
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

\ COMMITTEES Of the faculty Of Har-
ward College has submitted 10 that body
q report on the subject Of athletics and
athletic sports in college. which Is in
the main favorable - their encourage
ment Certain objections brought
against them are fully considered by
the COMMITTEES. With regard 70 the
allegation that they are not favorable
10 the health Of the students. the com
mittec concludes alphabetically to the
contrary. II says. also, that ath-
leticsports do not seriously in
terfere" with attendance on college
courses
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

Miss MARY A. RICE. who recently
graduated from the Department of
Pharmacy Of tn Kansas State UNIVERSE
", Is the first lady in the State to re-
oeive a license permitting her to put up
Presentations
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ACCORDING to Prof. Sargent. the
strongest wood in the United States
Is that Of the nutmeg hickory of the
Arkansas region, and the weakest the
West Indian birch. The most elastic
is the tamaraCk. the white or she'll
lar!. hickory standing far below it.
The least elastic. and the lowest in
specific gravity. is the wood Of the
'Iicus aurca. The highest specific
gravity. upon which in general de-
ponds value as fuel. is attained by the
bluewood Of Texas.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

JEFFERSON CITY, No, June "a Governor
Morehouse refused yesterday to grant a
respite Of sixty days to Maxwell. the muir
derer Of Preller. He informed Maxwells
lawyers, however, that he would grant
them hearing on Monday, July 2, on an
application to commute the sentence 20 i'm
prisonment for life. II is the general opin
ion that Maxwell viii be hanged July l3
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

AFTER the recent death Of an old
woman. long a servant in SOUthbridge.
Mass. there were found among her
possessions $S9S IN old New England
State bank bills, They were issued by
nineteen Massachusetts, eight Rhode
Island. six Connecticut banks and one
Maine bank Although some Of the
bills were forty years old, and the banks
were bound 10 pay none Of them, the
administrator in charge Of the estate
had little difficulty in securing their re
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

JUDGMENTS amounting to $4,000
were rendered against the Illinois
Central Railroad Company at Bloom
ington. Ill, the other day in the
CObb-Christy cases. which had been on
trial for twenty-five years, growing
out Of losses on grain shipped South
during tho war ON that road by delay
in transportation, the company claim
ing that the delay was cause, by the
Government holding control of the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

PEORIA, July 2.-The Peoria revenue dis
trict paid 81, or. 5js.57 into the United
States Treasury during the month Of June.
The export packages numbered 2I5, and
there was /, Ia, 547 tax paid gallons.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

CALCUTTA. June - The delay Of the
monsoon. the wind SO necessary to midas
health and industry. is disastrous. Many
people are dying from the continued heat
Crops are whitening and suffering cattle
are to be seen every where Prices are
rising aud agricultural work IS al a stand
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
WORKMEN KILLED BY DYNAMITE.
A Cartridge Explodes PrematureIy-Pic-
ntckers Have a Narrow Escape.

BRADFORD. Pa, June can explosion
Of dynamite occurred at the New Park,
Wellsville, \. Y, instantly killing Thomas
Prentice and Patrick Rooney and seriously
injuring Henry Millback. The men were
engaged in destroying old trees and stumps
with dynamite cartridges, one eXplodin>
prcmaturely A picnic was in progress
the park at the time. and il is miraculOu
that none were injured, as several pleasure
seekers were in close proximity when the
accident occurred.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

EDWARD EVERETT HALE has come
to the conclusion that this country was
not named after Americas Vespucius.
In fact he is Of the opinion that Vespu-
cius took his first name from this coun-
fry
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

Mrs. MADGE KENDAL. the great En-
glish actress, is the inventor and pat
cntee of lamp and candle shade, from
the sale of which she derives a hand
some profit. II is called the ..Ecdam''
her own name reversed
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SIaxweli.s Mother Arrives.

NEW YORK. July Mrs. Anna Brook.
aud her daughter, Annie, mother and sister
Of Hugh Motham Brooks, alias Maxwell
have arrived from England. They viii
leave for St Louis to-day 10 pay last visit
70 the murderer Maxwell, VINO IS 70 bs
hanged shortly. Mrs Maxwell BELIEVES
beT son innocent.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

MONTREAL Can, July "A. L. Duhamel
an official Of the corporations Of LongueueI, Q
thriving town opposite here, has disap
peared with about $4,000 Of the towns
funds He had charge Of the collection Of
water rates. and bas cleared of with the
whole years collection, so that The rate
payers will have 70 pay again
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
death OF a Prominent Mason.

BURLINGTON, Ia. June "a - Oziah
Phelps Waters died here yesterday morn.
ing. aged IS years. He was Past Grand
Mas.er OF the Mssons Of Iowa. Past Grand
Commander Of the Knights TemplsT, ssd
well known 70 the craft throughout TIA
Northwest
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A PIucky Farmer.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich, June 29-Thco-
dore Castor, a farmer, was attacked on his
way home from Kingston Wednesday
night by three brothers named Drost,
who demanded his money. He shot one
dead and fatally wounded another, and
thinks he hit the shird, who escaped.