River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-10-25
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Ok the 18th the potato crop was said to
be an average one in New England aud be-
low the average in New York The aver
age price was sixty cents per hushel.
BURGLARS robbed the post Office at North
Haver. i'll, y H. on the 18th and the two
safes were r-hed and the building set on
fire.
H \. BRIGGs, safe manufactures. alb
seconded from Rochester, y. Y, on the
18th, after committing forgeries sggre-
eating sl5.ODl
PASSENGER trains collided on the 18th on
the Gun berland Valley railroad on
sharp curve near Shippensburg, Pa, anr
enc man was killed and many perso..s
were badly injured
Is New York the third OF the worlds
base ball championship games between
New York aud the St. Louis Browns was
played on the 18th. Score; New York. :;
St Louis, ,
OK the 10Th Mrs. Cynthia Leonard,
mother Of Lillian Russell. the actress, an
uOunced herself as candidate for mayor
Of New York City.
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union met in fifteenth annual convention
in New York on the 18th with delegates
present from all parts of the United States
3fis, Francis Hard delivered the annual
address
ALEXANDER MCCLURE, the paymaster of
force Of four hundred men building a
branch OF the Lehgh Valley road, left
PittstOu. Pa. on the 18th with twenty
thousand dollars 10 pay the hands. He was
ACCOMPANIED by a young irishman. While
going through lionel. strip Of woods they
were shot from ambush and killed and the
money 4 1len.
THE firm Of George \. Tenham & Co.
boot aud shoe dealers Of Boston. failed on
the 18th for Sl'2. 90. assets, $500.
DIR JONI ScoTT. Pittsburgh (PaD
dentist died on a train on the 18th while
en- route me from Chicago. He was so
conf ens that the end WIS approaching
that he nau The conductor forward tele-
grams 70 relatives informing them of the
sal event
TmE Democrats in the Twelfth New York
stt:,t on the 18th nominated Roswell p
Flower for Congress aud reuJmnated w.
G. Stahlneckcr in ihs Fourteenth district.
II the fourth Il the worlds base ball
championship games between New York
an the st Louis Browns. pia ed in New
York on the 18th. the score was: New
York, q; st Louis, }
Az express train on the Baltimore q
Ohio road was wrecked on the 10Th near
Washington. Pa. b. running into an open
switch, and two men were killed and near
Is score Injured.
SOCIALISTS met in convention in New
York City on the 21st and nominated =
full State ticket. with Edward J. Hail. a
mach mist. for Governor.
Ok the 9Oth the fifth Of the worlds base
ball championship games between New
York and the 81 Louis B~-,.lis was
played in New York. Scor-: New York
Is. ST Louis. Z
R1ND. AVERY & Co, Boston printers,
failed on the 20th for Sl40,00O; assets,
S40l.OOO
OK the 22i the fifth Of the worlds base
ball championship games between New
York ami the - Louis Browns was
played in Philadelphia. Score; New York,
u; ST Louis. ;
AT the meeting on the 23d Of the Ma
tional Woman's Christian Temperance
Union in New York Miss Frances Z. vii
lard Of Illinois. was reelected president
On the 23i the American Antiquarian
Socie v held its seventy sixth annual
meet ug az Worcester. Mass.
RoBEHT KEITH & Co, furniture ware
house 40 Troy, y. Y. was destroyed by
FIRE on the 23d. causing loss OF $4,000
DfSPArCHEs Of the 23i say that residents
of Van Buren,. Me. were peculiarly gffiict-
ed Rats In immense numbers had de-
scended upon the place. and they infested
the houses aud carried destruction To the
grist mills. the chief industry Of the town.
Every effort 70 exterminate them had
failed