River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-18
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THE freight houses of the Boston &
Lowell division OF the Boston * Maine road
at Boston were burned on the 9th with
forty loaded freight cars. large quantities
of flour and grain and other merchandise.
Loss, $4,000
The MOnOngahela river coal works near
Pittsburgh, Pa. resumed work on the 9th
after a shut down of a weeks duration,
giving employment to six thousand men.
II Albany on the gth memorial exercises
I'm honor of the iate General p IL Sheridan
were held by the New York Legislature.
Ok the 9th twO strangers visited Daniel
Keller's residence near ShamOkin, Pa, and
robbed hin OF 81 40
The report OF the State Board Of Aeri-
culture IF Massachusetts on the 9TH noted
the greet growth of the butter business In
the state. and spoke particularly of the de-
vslOpment of the cooperative system,
twenty-six such institutions having made
during the year two million pounds
TIE elections held in Rhode Island on the
9th assured the Legislature to the Republic
ans who would elect the State officers.
MASKED men entered the house of Lewis
Patterson. a wealthy farmer living near
Centeryille, Ia, on the 9th and demanded
his gold On being told that he had none
they tortured him hy holding his feet and
his face to the stove, and after securing SIS
and gold watch they left.
AT the National convention of the Sons of
Veterans in Albany, y. l., ON the 10th it was
decided to consolidate the post" and
camp" system.
WILLIAM J. IRVING, JR, was arrested on
the 10th at Hartford, Conn. for embezzle-
ment Of $4,000 from the Hammond Dressed
Beef Company, for which he was local man
ager.
On the 10th Jerry Sullivan, aged seventeen
years, was steamed TO death in a large kerr
at the print works at Dover y. H.
NATHAN f. DIXON (Rep.l was elected
United States senator ON the 10th Oy the
Rhode Island Legislature.
ON the 10th the propeller Oswego left
Buffalo Tor Chicago This was the first de-
parture OF the season from that port
The American schooner buchanan arrived
in New York on the 10th and Captain
Stubs reported that he was chased and
fired upon by Dominican man-Of-war on
March p. The American flag was flying at
the schoOner's peak at the time The
buchanan soon distanced the steamer and
the latter gave up the chase.
MANY acres of fine pine timber land be-
tween Pittston and Wilkesbarre. Pa. had
on the llth been destroyed by forest fires.
The firm of Billings x Eaton. wholesale
Tor ssU0,OOQ
FIRE DESTROYED the storehouse and con-
tents OF the Chelsea Cordaga Company at
Do ,ton ON the 18th, causing a loss of
sl5O 90
Ok the 18th Edgar Swan. ex-cashier of the
First National Bank of lynn, Mass was
sentenced TO five years in Jail for the en-
bezzlement of s:siOOo
AT Pittsburgh, Pa. on the nth a license
was issued for the marriage of Samuel r.
Welser, aged seventy two years to Edith
Wilson. a girl fifteen wears old.
The jute mills of buchanan & Lyell at
Brooklyn, " Y. were burned on the 18th
the loss reaching 100000
THE death of Mrs. Lydia Watson, of Lei
cester, Mass, occurred on the 18th at the
age of one hundred and two years and
three months. She had been remarkably
well and vigorous up to her final illness
ELECTIONS for members of the Rhode ISL
and Legislature were ended on the 18th,
and the complexion of that body stands on
Joint ballot: Republicans. -; Democrats, ~.
The death OF Congressman Git -cnden
occurred on the 18th at his home in Brook
lyn. y L.. after a long illness. He was
seventy five years old
OS the 18th Rudolph Spielhoffer, a laborer,
fell into kiln Of hot lime at NOrristown,
Pa. and was roasted TO death
Az international six days go-s.s- y ou-p please
race closed at Pittsburgh, Pa. on the 18TH
NOremac winning with the score of sol
miles.
ON the 14th John Clark shot his wife at
Haverhill. Mass. and then killed himself by
swallowing laudanum. No cause was
known.
The American commissioners to the con-
ference at Berlin on Samoan matters sailed
from New York on the 18th.
OS the 18th John T. Usher. who was Sec
Rotary Of the Interior under President Lin
coin, died in Philadelphia, aged seventy
three Years