River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-18

TIE death OF Mr. Beddinger, prairie-fire
victim. occurred in Valley township, D. r..
on the 18th, making the sixth death in Hyde
County from prairie fires
OS the 18th the moe nshiners stronghold at
Cars creek, near Hindman, Ky. was taken
by United States officers, five Illicit disIil-
leries were destroyed and five men we're
captured
FLAMES destroyed the cargo of the steam
e. Gillian on the 18th at New Orleans, caus-
ing loss OF slO0,OoO.
AT Port Townsend, W. T., on the 18th the
United States grand jury found twenty
1--WE indictments against William Harmed
ex-Special Deputy Collector; eleven against
Herbert F. Beecher, ex-Treasury Agent
and twelve against Quincy A. Brooks, for
stealing from the Government Beecher 10
a son OF the late Henry Ward Beecher.
THE mining town of Beidler o., was struck
by a cyclone on the 18th, destroying six
houses and killing the twelve-year-old
daughter at William Lewis.
A WIND and hail-storm visited portions OF
Eastern Ohio and Maryland on the 18th
doing great damage. John Wetzel and
two horses were struck by lightning and
killed at Elk Garden, Nd
On the 18TH Prince Law. negro living on
a plantation near Savannah, Ga, killed his
four year-old child as a sacrifice to the
devil
IL a recent gale and rain-s5orm at Ports
mouth, n. C., high water drowned many
cattle, sheep and hogs. The water rose
many feet in the houses and there was
great destruction of property. The in
habitants took to the hOusetops for safety.
RICH discoveries of gold were reported
ON the 18th near Georgetown, in Brown
County Ind
Mas. BECKY KING living near Shelbyville,
Ind, was burned to death in her bed on the
18th She was an invalid
A CENSUS which was completed ON the
18th gave Baltimore, Md, a population of
five hundred thousand
FLAMES nearly destroyed the village Of
Milford, Ky, on the 18th.
OK the 18th the steamer Almeda arrived
at San Francisco with ten cadets rescued
from the war ships at Samoa during the re-
cent hurricane. They told tales of horrible
sufferings and awful deaths. as well as he
roic acts of rescUers. The total number of
lives lost was one hundred and forty-siX
AT Chattanooga, Tenn. Charlotte Gordon
seven years old, died on the 18th from being
bitten by dog that had eaten strychnine.
JOHN d. JENNINGS, of Chicago, one of the
real estate kings, died ON the l4th of rheu-
matism of the heart, aged seventy-three
years He leaves an estate valued at So
ONC00
OK the 18th John Jackson president of
the st Louis Grain Elevator Company, and
a well-known business man, hanged him
self in his place Of business. Unfortunate
speculations were responsible for the act.
AT Hampstead, Tex, George briggs (col-
oredl, accused Of attempting to assault a
white woman, was hanged by mob on the
18th
THOMAS BRoDERICK and George Godding
were convicted on the 18th at Geneva, Ill,
of using dynamite to destroy property Of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road the
former receiving a sentence of one year in
the penitentiary and the latter a fine of
$500.
FRANK CoLIDAY, a notorious character
near Maysville, Ky, on the 18th amputated
both ears on the ten-year- old brother Of
Miss Butler, because she refused to speak
TO him
NEAR Cincinnati wind-storms on the 18th
did great damage to property. At Buena
Vista a bridge costing $4,000 was swept
away.
The death of Priscilla Davis (colored)
occurred on the 18th at Baltimore, Md. at
the advanced age of one hundred and five
years
AT Los Angeles, Cal, the Secret Order of
the Golden Field was formed on the 18TH
with the object If selling Lower California
making it an independentrepublic and then
getting admissio1 To the United States
SAN Francisco advices of the 18th say
that the schooner Northern Bell found
cred of Motlat Island Banks group. and
four white men and sixteen natives were
drowned