River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-09-19

A DECREE was granted in the Tucker di.
vorce case IN Chicago on the 18th in lust
ten minutes after the first notice was fled
This was the speediest divorce trial on rec.
ord
A CASE Of rare and valuable coins elong-
ing TO Mrs A. p Reynolds was stolen from
the floral hall at the Montgomery County
lind fair on the 18th The collection was
valued at s., COO
JAMES DERREI.L, of FindIay. o., an en-
ploye In the rolling mill, was killed on the
18th by piece OF red hot iron which struck
him on the leg and ran upward until it
came TO his back Over three feet OF the
iron passed through him.
WHITE CAPS or regulators burned a
negro church on the 18TH at Post Oak
Jasper County, Miss The negroes were
charged with conspiracy against the
whites
AT the county fair in Springfield, Ill. on
the 18th a palace built entirely OF coal
taken from Sangamon County veins, and
unique In architecture. was dedicated
THBEE-cARD monte-men swindied Fred
Fleim. farmer living near Ottawa, Ill,
out of S.. 900 on the 18th
THE miners families at Spring Valley,
Ill, were in a state OF starvation on the
18th
DURING a quarrel on the 18th Willard
Jones, druggist OF Clayton, Ind, fatally
stabbed Rev Smith, of the Baptist church
of Danville, Ind.
DRUSKES miners fought with knives at
Bramwell. W. Va, on the 18th, and Dan
Lambert and Tom Kadle were literally cut
to pieces and three of their companions
were fatally injured
FOREST fires destroyed the Central Pacific
railroad bridge at Upper Cascades, in the
Sierra Nevada Mountains on the 18th. and
one mile OF snow-sheds were also de-
strOyed
On the 18th DR. Griffin, a wealthy ply.
stefan of Cleveland. Tenn, was sentenced
to ten years In the penitentiary for assault
ing a twelve -year-old child
The United Brethren conference at Ar
rowsmith, Ill. licensed two ladies TO preach
on the 18th, the first in the history of the
church
THE death of John II. Jones. a pioneer in
the iron business, who secured many pat
ents and built ten rolliDg-milIs, occurred
on the 18th at Youngstown, o., aged seven
ty-seven years.
NEGRO named Aunt Dinah Young
(colored) died on the 18th at Louisville.
XIV, aged one hundred and thirteen years
FoR the week ended on the l4th the per-
centage OF the baseball clubs in the Ma
tional League was as follows: Boston,
65g; New York. CSC; Philadelphia, 53l;
Chicago, 100; Cleveland, .474; Indianap-
oils, 4S5; Pittsburgh, 422; Washington,
.S64 American Association: Brooklyn, $50;
St Louis, .634: Baltimore, .57l: Athletic,
.j69; Cincinnati SOS; Kansas City. AL;
Columbus, .4l6; Louisville. .206. Western
Association: Omaha, .72.I; St Paul, .6lS;
MinneaI oils, SIS; Sioux City. 4S8; Denver,
.4S3. Milwaukee, $50; St Joseph, 49s: Des
Moines. .336.
The store OF Bamberger, Bloom & Co,
one of the three largest wholesale dry
goods and notion firms in Louisville Ky,
was burned on the 18th. the loss being sl,-
000,000 During the fire wall fell, killing
six men
In Colorado and Wyoming Territory
heavy snow-storms occurred on the 18th
Or the 18th Isaac Friend, a well known
Milwaukee merchant, fell down the ele-
vator shaft In his store and was killed
a STATUE of General Grant was unvailed
with appropriate ceremonies at Fort Leav.
enworth, Kan. on the l4th.
ADvIcEs of the l4th report this loss of the
bark Caterina r., from Pensacola for
Swansea, and the captain and Ave of the
crew were drowned.
The Exposition building at ST. Joseph,
No, with its CONTENTS were burned on the
18th, causing loss of s2jO,OO0
NEAR Columbia City, Ind. lightning
struck church on the 18th, damaging il
considerably and instantly killing two
children, Ella Freyer and Aggio Hacke-
meyer.
IL the Exposition building in Chicago a
fire on the evening of the 18th caused
loss of 500, 900 and a panic among the
thousands present. but no one was serious
IL injured.
PROF. J. WIss who recently left Tex
arkana, Ark, took with him 49,, 600 in cash
from the Savings Bank, of which he was
president