River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-25
WESr AND SOIIrH-

IL Chicago on the 10th Judge Horton de-
MED the third application of John Z Boggs
the senior guardian of Camp ~, under in
dictment for the murder of II Cronin, for
q writ OF habeas corpus
OS the Cairo & Yincennes road passen-
ger train went down an embankment on
the 18th near Mt Carmel, Ill, and fifteen
persons were seriously injured.
OS the 18th a fire at Columbus, o., which
started in the building of the German
furniture Company, caused loss of s1J0,-
90
AT the annua meeting on the 18th, of the
Western Associated Press at Detroit, Mich,
l. Mack was elected president
At Columbus. Tex. the Colorado river
was thirty-one feet high and still rising on
the 18th The low lands were all inundated,
and crops were entirely destroyed. The
damage To the cotton crops alone in that
vicinity was estimated at half million dol
lars
4 FIRE destroyed the business portion of
Shell Rock. Ia. on the 18th
Four men while endeavoring on the 18th
10 recover a witch which had fallen into a
cesspooI at Lincoln, Neb were overcome
by gas and foul air and were killed
THE car shops Of the Eel River division of
the Wabash road. located at Butler, Ind a.,
were almost entirely destroyed by fire on
the 18th. throwing over one hundred men
ont Of employment Loss. slO0,OO1
FOREST fires in the woods of Multnoman
County. ore. and in Southern Washington
Territory had On the 18th done damage TO
the extent of a million dollars
The four children of Joseph Hunter. a
planter living near star City. Ark, were
fatally poisoned on the eth by eating food
IN which aTnica had been placed The
criminal and the motive We're unknown.
EARLY on the morning of the 18th John
Elkins. a farmer living in Elk township,
CLAYTON County Ia, and his wife were
found murdered in their bed An eleven
year-old son was suspected of the crime.
HARTMAN PLAAG, twice tried and con-
victed tor the murder of John Koldiz, his
father-in-law. was fatally beaten by I'M
known parties at Peoria, Ill, Oh the nth
BY boiler explosion three men were
killed and fiTe others seriously injured on
the 18th at the T. b Stone Lumber Com
pauys saw-mill in Chicago
NEAE Youngstown. O., Mrs John Nc
Grcgor drowned her two children in a
stream on the 18th, and then took her own
life in the same manner, while temporarily
insane. Her husband was away from
home.
PRoHTRITToN1srs of Virginia met at
Lynchburg on the 18th and nominated
Thomas Z. Taylor OF Louden County, for
Governor
OK the afternoon of the 18th an unknown,
well-dressed stranger walked boldly into
the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad ticket Office
in Louisville. Ky. jumped over the coun-
ter. took $50 from the cash drawer, and
then made his escape.
The stables OF o. 2 Cheney at Columbus,
O. We're struck by lightning and burned on
the 18th, together with five valuable horses.
AT the session on the 18th Of the National
Educational Association ut Nashville.
Tenn. James II Garfield. OF Kansas. was
chos president for the ensuing year.
ON the 18th Israel Lands, eighty years of
age. and one Of the most prominent and
wealthy citizens OF st Joseph. No, was
swindled ont Of $500 in St Louis by buuko
men
OK the 18th Anita and Merriam Boggs.
maiden sisters living in Jackson County,
Va. committed suicide by taking arsenic.
They left letter. signed jointly, saying
that there was nothing in life for old maids,
and that they were tired OF il
JOIN GLENN. a txelve-year-ol boy. Of
Lebanon Ind. on the 18th plavfully point
Ell a supposed empty gun at Lewis Smith
The gun exploded and Smith received a
fatal wound
AT Purvis Miss. the managers Of the re-
cent Sullivan Kiirain fight Referee Fitz-
patrick. Bud Remand and Others were ar
rested on the 18th and gave bail to appear
at the next term Of court
CAPTAIN ABBOTT. with posse. raided the
United States Hotel near Dayton o. on the
18th. and secured two carpet-sacks OF spur
fous teu-dollar bills
1 SHORTAGE in the wheat crop OF Dakota
OF from twenty TO thirty million bushels
was reported on the 18th and in many
counties there had been an almost total
failure
WILLIAM MCKELLoPs. a millionaire of
Perry. Mich. and president OF the First
National Bank OF Corunna, was swindied
ont OF about sT,OOo in Lansing. Mich, on
the 18th BY the ancient gOld-brick scheme.
IL East Tennessee, ". B. Tate, a wealthy
Tennessee bachelor. distributed 81, 600 on
the 18th among forty one-legged and one
armed Confederate soldiers
il the village Of Georgeville. o., light
ming struck house on the 18th. and set II
on fire and burned half the town.
TIE mill OF ". l. and W. H Churchill in
Alpena Mich, was struck BY lightning on
the 18th during n severe storm and burned
70 the ground Loss, slso.0OO.