River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-02-21

oS the 18th the wife and child Of Jacob
Faucett tcoloredl, and two otter negro
women, were murdered by unknown men
near Mount Olive, n. c.
AT Marion, Ind. John Sage, charged with
aiding and abetting the murder of Harry
Albert Cunningham, aged two years, was
sentenced on the 18th TO life imprisonment.
THE death of John W. Street. the inventor
Of the stable ear, and a prominent man in
railway circles. occurred in Chicago ON the
18th. at the age of fifty-two years
THREE children of Mrs. Bernard Beechler,
Of Port Huron, Mich, being left alone in the
house on the 10th, set it on FIRE, and two Of
them were fatally burned
OS the 10th Governor Larrabee. OF
Iowa, was indicted by the Polk County
grand jury of that State for criminal libel,
the complainant being a Mrs Turney,
whose son he had refused to pardon out Of
the penitentiary, whittier he had been
sentenced for seventeen years on the charge
OF robbery.
The American named Klein, whom the
Germans claimed led the attack ON Matasfa
at Samoa, arrived at San Francisco on the
10th He would go TO Washington to ap-
prise the State Department OF the actual
condition of affairs on that island
THOMAS WILLOWS house near Ashland,
Ca, was destroyed by fire on the 10th, and
four of his children were burned to death.
Mr. WILLOWS himself being seriously injured
JOSEPH CHEMELECK, of Glenville, Mimi,
on the 10th killed three persons, his sister
in-law, Mrs. Chemeleck, and her two daugh
tiers. Rose and Mary. and then committed
suicide by shooting himself through the
head The motive for the triple murder
was involved in doubt
Al Teoumseh, Mich. Frank l. Silvers,
prominent horse-breeder and well-known
citizen. on the 10th shot and killed his
wife, his two daughters, aged nine and
eleven years, respectively, and ended the
awful deed by shooting himself The only
conceivable motive for Silver's murderous
act was jealousy, though for this, it was
agreed he had no cause.
FIRE swept away the business portion OF
Rock Rapids, Mimi. on the 10th
A FIRE destroyed the barn of the lands
Transfer Livery Company at Kansas City,
Mo, on the 18th. and ninety four horses and
seyenty-tve carriages and buggies were
consumed James Hoffman, one of the
owners of the building, also persisted in the
flames
On the 18th Hattie b. Stevenson, clerk in
the pOst-office at Wellsvflle, o., v as arrested
for robbing the mails of $500 and confessed
her guilt
CITIZENS formed vigilance committee In
Keya Paha County, Neb., on the 18th and
notified about twenty men, known to be
horse thieves. to leave the county within
twenty-four hours or run the chances OF
being lynched
Four Democrats of Pulaski County, where
nine ballot boxes were stolen, resigned
their seats in the Arkansas House on the
18TH and the four contesting Republicans at
once qualified and took the places of the re-
firing quartette.
At Barnett, Ga, two Mormon elders were
taken into the street on the 18th and given
one hundred lashes each, after which they
were told TO leave the community.
IL Banks County Ga cyclone on the
18th did great damage and killed Thomas
Stevens and son and Mr. and Mrs Meaders
SEVERAL persons were killed in Bibb
County. Ala, and others injured by cy-
clone on the 18th, and much property was
DESTROYED
THE death of Mrs Rebecca Cary, the old
est resident of Hamilton County, o., oc-
Cured on the 18th in Cincinnati at the age
of ninety-eight years. She was the mother
of General Samuel f. Cary, who is the only
surviving son. Mrs. Cary had zen for
eighty-four years member of the Presby-
terrain church She was never sick day in
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