River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-04-12
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OK the 81 JOIN l. Some, manager at
Philadelphia OF the Penn ylvania School
supply COmPsny. was arrested, charged
with embezz.ing $4,000
At Wilkesbarre. Pa, Adam VolkOvitch
YVES h nged on the , / fer the murder and
robbery of Stanislaus Bioski last August
DURING March p. 90 steerage passen-
gers arrived AZ New York, against 81, 100
for the same time last AZ.
Oh the Sd ca. rles W. Barry. a noted
forge-. was captured n Pittsburgh, Pa. and
il is said his arrest prevented swindle on
at least one hundred banks
TIE Vermont Republicans met in State
convention at Burlington on the 4-h and
elected deIeg gates 20 the N3t;onal cOnven-
ton The resolutions charge the Democratic
party with imperIing popular government
by nullifyng the purity and honesty OF
elections. favor protection to Americ N
industries. liberal pensions to soldier, ex-
press sympathy with the prohibition cause,
and cond mn the President for Disregard
inE ciyil-seryics reform
OS the 18th Luther Shaffer, age twenty
two years, was hanged at Lock Haven. Pa,
for the murder of Isaiah Colby and mis- wife
last August
IL Rhode Island on the 4th the entire Re
publican ticket, with Royal C. Taft for
Governor, was elected. and the legislature
will be Republican m both branches The
propo ed amendment 10 the constitution
giving foreign-hOrn citizens the suffrage
upon the same terms IS native-bOrn was
dssea,ed
SrEIxEEs of the E gar Thompson steel
works az BraddocSs Pa. refused on the
fth to accept the cooperative proposals OF
Mr. Carnag.e. aud that gentleman ordered
that the ent re plant lie closed until Janu-
ary / next This does! throws five thou
sand men out OF employment
BENJAMIN HARRIS BREWSTER, United
States Attorner General curing President
Arthur's admin ration. d5ed in Phil7del-
phia on The ! d. aged seyeuty-tvo years.
He was one OF the oldest m moss prOmi-
nent uambers OF the Philadelphia Dor
* the Delamater iron-wOr.Ss in New York
Ci.y SIX nh were fatally burned on the
9th BY no Ean iron which was accidentally
T0ured over them
OK the 5,h full returns from the recent
Rhode Island election gave Royal c. TAFT
Rep for Governor a majority of l.9Si 4.
Tee suffrage amen tnent has 573 over the
| necessary threc-fiftas vote The Senate
stands: BspobIcans, -; Democrats, Is; no
election > Houss; Rspub! cans, 81; DEM
ocrats. 10; Prohibit on, 1. no election, :.
PRE- n tie village of Amesbury, Mass
on the 9th nearly wiped out the place.
Loss. 100000
NEw YORK Democrats will meet in New
I York City Nav I = 70 elect delegates to the
/ SatiOna. convention
THE death OF Jacob sharp. notorious for
| his come elton with New York street rail-
way schemes. woo was uaier a seutcncs of
I'VE years imprisonment for hribing alder
/ men. occurred at his home in that city on
/ the oh at the age OF seventy-Ons years
Mas Many SsuTI. Of WaneEac. Pa, was
7 making whisky On the 6Jl when her cloth
/ ing caught fire ani she was burned 10 death,
| ana he's ihyee chillren, who tried to save
Der. were fatally burned
The manager IF the Italian bank Avel-
I liuese IN New York City decamped on the
/ 9Th with $50. COZ All ths dcpositurs were
I poor and iguosen; Ita.ians
TIE death Of General Q. A. Gilmore. the
/ hero % Fors puIasIi daring the late war,
/ occurred in BrooSiyn. \ i. on the 7sh, al
| { e age OF sixty-taree years
/ At Craigylile, y. I the boiler OF an en-
I CINE on the Ere railroad exploded on the
/ I'll. killing Easineer john BOdine. Con
/ ductor John Clarx and Fireman BoyCe-
Ii New Tork on the 9TH Hans S.ackried
and his wife. living in great poverty, COM
mitted suicide by taking poison. and died
/ within an hour OF e1ch other. Dread OF
/ starvation was the cause
! THE Eibl lion & Bolt Company aui the
/ Continental Tub Company, at P.ttst urgh,
/ Pa. suspended ~ Y nent on the 9Th, with
I total liabilities Of 1927. GOO
/ LETTERS received at Augusta, Ne. on the
I 7th stated that James G. Blaine and fam
/ lily would arrive IN this country about the
I end of June