River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-08-30

JACoB MoxTER, of st. Louis, prominent
dealer in pianos, sat down to one OF his in
struments on the Gath, played the dead
March," and then blew his brains out
Business trouble was the cause
THREE persons were struck by lightning
and killed at a colored religious meeting
on the oath at Carriers Wharf, Va
IL the drying house Of the Grand Pow
der Company, near West Berkeley, Cal,
ton Of powder exploded on the oath, kill
ing two white men and three Cinnamon.
A FIRE at Clinton, Ind, destroyed q
dozen business houses on the cath.
FREDERICK ORERKAMPF. the Chicago mali
bcx robber was on the oath he'll for trial
in 5000 bail.
JACon PEAvY killed Frank and Elan
Hall (brothersl with an axe in a political
dispute on the 25th at Nashville. Ini
For the week ended or the 25th the per-
centage of the base ball clubs in the Ma
tional League was as follows: New York,
COB; Chicago, SIS; Detroit, .526; Boston,
SIS; Philadelphia. $40; Pittsburgh. AZ;
Washington. SS9, indianapolis, $50. Ameri-
can Association: St Louis, .69i; Cincin-
natl, .6l5; Philadelphia, .593; Brooklyn,
5S5; Baltimore, .402; Louisville 1871;
Cleveland, $50; Kansas City, $40 West
ern Association: Des Moines. G57; st
Paul. $50; Omaha. $50; Kansas City. .5i3;
Milwaukee, .45S; Sioux City, .42i; Chicago,
100; Davenport, .3lS.
IL a cotton mill at Bremond Tex, the
boiler exploded on the 35th, killing W. l.
Wooton and his two sons
The engineers, firemen and switchmen
on the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville.
Evansville q Indianapolis. and Evansville
q Terre Haute railway went out on a strike
on the 18th on a complaint that the master
mechanic was gradually removing the
Brotherhood men.
THE recent frcshet in Louisiana swept
away over one hundred houses, left twelve
hundred people homeless and destitute,
caused the death of sixteen persons and in
the inundated districts, covering four hun
dred square miles, not head of stock was
left alive. The loss 10 the State was esti-
mated at $4.00OO0O
CHARLES W WALDRoN, one of the own
ers of the Waldron Bank of Hillsdale.
Mich, absconded on the 9th, taking with
him money and securities variously esti-
mated al from $4,000 to $4,000
JAMES b. REILLY was on the 9th nom
mated for Congress by the Democrats OF
the Thirteenth district
ALL the creeks and rivers in Southern
Indiana had on the 27th become great
owing to severe storms and destructive
tNiAGAAS. ubN0AAS NNIHutluS. sweeping
away fences, stacks of wheat and hay, and
carrying of great deal of valuable hard
wood timber.
Ok the 27th the striking engineers, fire
men aud switchmen on the Mackey sys-
tenn of railroads in Indiana, who went out
recently, returned TO work at the terms
dictated by the road.
Ok the 2Tth the forest fires in Northern
Michigan were extinguIshed. The reports
of property losses were said to have been
greatly exaggerated, and no lives were
known to have been lost.
OK the 27th John Virts was driving
along the river road at THIN, O., with his
sister, when the horse jumped over a
thirty-foot embankment instantly killing
them all
THE existence OF yellow fever at Jack
sonville, Fla, during the month ended on
the 18th showed the following record:
Total cases, lO5; deaths. Il: discharged as
cured. IS; under treatment, %; many OF
whom were couya.escent