River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-15
WEST AND SOuTH.

Thomas MURRAY died at Dubuque, Ia on
the 9Th. he was probably the oldest per
son in the state, being one hundred and
seven years Old.
4 FIRE swept away a large portion of
the town Of WycI.ffe, KY, on the morning
Of tie 9th
o. the 9Th Henry Kaehler. OF Chicago,
drowned himself IN Chicago river while
insane. and his wife was also drowned
while endeIvoring 70 save him
OK the 9Th William Marshall, a promi-
nent Cass County Ind farmer, was in
stantly killed while blasting stumps with
dynamite.
MASKED men lyuchcd Archibald Pelon,
Of Grayl!ng, Mich. on the 9Th for brutality
assauitiug an aged widow and a young
married lady.
Ok the Savannah & Western road a
train containing - passengers bound for
the Macon far was wrecked near Ella
vile. Co, on the 7tn, and six persons were
killed
Is Portsmouth. Va. a political riot oc
CURED on the 7th between whites and
blacks. during which three white men and
enc colored man We're fatally shot.
ROBERT CLASToN. 4. T. Wilmington and
Jackson Emerson, three murderers. made
their escape from the jail at Fulton, No,
on the 9Th
Is the town of Livingston, Ky, a desper-
ate duel occurred on the 9Th over politics,
n which FIVE men were killed and the sixth
mcrtallv wounded.
A FEENCHNAN who was on the 9TH sent
to the Baltimore Md work house claimed
70 have walked every step Of the way from
Texas 70 that city
ON the 18th Mrs George II rsh, OF Ma
varro County Tex, gave birth TO six chill
tren- The mother and children We're doing
well There were four boys and two girls.
Mrs. Hirsh is twenty-seven years old.
4 FIRE on the 9Th in the warehouse at
tsctcd 70 Moran * Healy's packing house
in the Chicago stock yards did damage 70
tie extent OF $50. 90
HENBY NENIX. who lives in Jacksonville.
ia. was uinetv-uiue years Old on the 9th
he had never taken a dose OF medicine
and had not missed eating a meal on ac
count Of sickness IN sixty years.
A FIRE destroyed the wholesale grocery
house Of Jacob WelIsuer at Milwaukee on
the s,h. causing q loss Of Sl00,OO0
FIRE swept away the Indiana PAPER and
BagEing CJmpauys mill az South Bend
on the Sta. loss, s250o00 insurance. 80,
H0l
\ HIGHwAYNAN held up the stage near
DownievIiIe Cal, on the Sth. ami secured
. 80 from the express box
The death Of Mrs. Hannah Sharkev.
aged one hundred and eleven ye RS, oC-
CURED on the Sth at Youngstown, o. She
was the oldest woman in the State
OK account Of financial troubles James
G. Hutch5sou, Of Crawfordsville, Ind
hanged himself on the Sth.
GovsENaR GORDON, OF Georges, IN the
recent election received 10. - votes, with
not more than 400 against him.
WHILE playing with revolver the eight
year old son OF E G. Darrs shot himself
through the heart on the Sth at Shelby
vile, Ind.
SHIRK's iewelry store at anderson, Ind.
was entered BY burglars on the Sth while
the proprietor was az supper aad robbed
Of S20o0 worth Of watches, rings aud
chains.
THE hotel AZ Long Branch on the coast
twenty miles from Los Angeles, Cal. was
entirely destroyed by fire On the Sth. Loss,
500 90
4 FURIOUS snow-storm prevailed all over
Kansas on the 9Th, the hesviessever known
al this season Ct the year
Az explosion IN . coal mine near Pitts
ifty-eight men on the 9th who were at
work one hundred and twelve feet from
the surface, and il was feared that all per-
ished.
JcHS LoCKITN, Of Monroeville. Ind. a
prominent business man. while crossing
the track of the Fort Wayne read on the
eth was struck BY train and instantly
killed.