River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-02-14
me Legislature Of Florida convened on

IRE Legislature OF Florida convened on
the 5th at Tallahassee.
UNKNOWN persons took George Hagger-
man, horse thief, from jail at Schuyler,
Neb., on tho 9th aud hanged him.
IN portions Of South Carolina q slight
earthquake was felt on the 9Th.
On the 9th George W. Vanskiver. OF
Logansport, Ind, aged seventy-two years,
was sentenced to two years in the peni-
Tertiary for forgery.
Oh the 9th W. 5. Bradley, of Chicago,
shot and killed his wife at the Cortland
Hotel and then killed himself Domestic
trouble was the cause.
EARTHQCARE shocks occurred on the 9th
at Los Angeles and San Bernardino, Cal.
At Cotton two distinct shocks were felt.
No damage was done
A FIRE destroyed the greater portion Of
the bus ness section of Walkcrton, a small
village IN Indiana. on the 9th.
THE death OF Mrs Flora Bowman (col-
ored). aged one hundred and fourteen
years ten months and twelve days, &C
CURED on the 9Th at Baltimore, Nd Mrs.
Bowman had three children, thirteen
grandchildren, twenty-five great-grand-
children, nineteen great-gTeat grandchil-
dren and five great great-great grandchil-
drcn She retained her mental faculties
until the last and her health was always
good
FLAMES on the eth swept away the opera
house the Stemple House and nine business
houses at Steelville, No
Il Redmond's saw-mill at Darlington.
No. a boiler exploded ON the 9Th killing
two men and wOunding a third
EARLY ON the morning of the 9TH Henry
Ogden. a Laketon Qnd.) dry goods mer-
chant. was robbed OF Il sol. he had the
money under his pillow, and the burglars
drugged him
Henry Dice KMANN, of st Louis a prom
inent member of the Merchants Exchange,
skipped to Canada ON the eth, leaving a
shortage of $4,000
FIRE on the eth in the Northern Ohio
blanket mills M Cleveland caused damage to
the extent of SlO00OO
LITTLE Annie Redmond, aged six wears. Of
Chicago. who was kidnapped last May. and
whose disappearance unseated her father :
reason. was found in the Home of the
Friendless on the Sth by neighbor and at
once identified
THE Arkansas Legislature passed bill ON
the Sth enabling the Governor To offer $500
reward for the assassin OF John VI Clayton,
at Plummervillc.
At Lafayette, La. n band of men calling
themselves viglantes on the Sth ordered all
Q tiAN tA'f'N aAf-AN't' ~ A~stf~ e'N -
/ ish
! ALExANDEE BELL. only nineteen years Of
I age was sentenced at Columbus. Ind. on the
I sth TO fourteen years in the penitentiary for
/ burglary.
/ On the Sth James Ross tcoloredl was
1 hanged at Brandenburg, Nv. for the murder
/ of Benedict Rhodes, an old farmer, ON
/ April last
4 FIRE on the Sth burned twenty business
houses and residences at Nidalia, La
4 DIsP iTcHEs Of the 9TH say that a party Of
eight Mexicans seeking ancient Spanish
I lodes in Wyoming, found American miner
Z in possession of the gold mines and during
! he encounter which followed all the Mexi
I cans We're slain and three of the Americans
were killed
! NEAR Lima, O., a band of robbers tied
I Wesley Oman to his bed on the 9Th and
/ roasted his feet until he disclosed the hid
ing-place of his little treasure. consisting OF
/ $500 in cash and =, 600 in notes.
On the 9Th samuel Williams an old man
living near Shelbyville, Ind, fell into the
fire. and being too feeble to cxtricate him
4 self was burned TO death
THE failure of the Ohio 4 Western Iron
( and Coal Company occurred on the 9th al
Columbus. o., for $500, 600.
The mill of the Wisconsin Sulphate Com
pany at MOnico. Wis. was destroyed by fire
| on the 9th Loss. slJ0OOO