River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-08-01


Or the 18th Wesley Elkins, aged eleven
years, confessed that he was the murder
er of mis- father and stepmother in Elk
township. Ia, whose bodies were recently
found frig1tfully mangled He said qua
rel with his father caused him to commit
the crime.
At Rayville, La, Charles Sellers was
hanged on the Goth for the murder of Bun
yam Adams, and at Baton Rouge La. Tom
Bowling tcoloreLl was executed for the
murder of Philip Walsh (whitel
AcTCLoSE passed through Lebanon, Ind,
on the 26th The Witt block, Lanes drug
store, Moody & Graves block and the Pho
neer printing Office were all unroofed and
deluged with water. Trees, fences, crops,
etc. were Frustrated, with much loss.
JAMES KELLY coloredl, who made an as
sault on the wife of Peter Grow, was taken
from the Jail at Paris, Ky, on the Goth by a
mob and hanged
The percentage OF the baseball clubs In
the National League for the week ended on
the 9th was "a follows: Boston, 652;
New York .G15; Philadelphia, .573;
Cleveland, 100: Chicago, 493: Pittsburgh,
AIS; indianapolis, 36O; Washington. .52S
American Associations: st Louis ga;
Brooklyn. G53; Baltimore, .57l. Athletic,
80; Cincinnati, so; Kansas City, .402;
Columbus, $40; Louisville. 22l Western
Association: Omaha. III; st PaaL 647;
Minneapolis, .527; Sioux City, .465; Dem
yer, 442; Des Moines, AZ, Milwaukee. .S5S;
st Joseph, .3jG;
On the 27th Rolla Brown tcoloredl died at
Louisville, Ky, aged one hundred and five
years.
IL Chicago the heaviest wind and rain
storm for years occurred on the evening of
the 9th The Easements of many business
blocks were flooded. and small rivers rushed
along the sides of the streets. Many trees
were blown down and other damage done
On the West side an unfinished three-story
brick building was blown down upon a one
story frame cottage adjoining. burying il
out of sight and crushing its occupants
The families OF a laborer named Charles
BOch and q blacksmith named Cornelius
Ferdinauches were living in the cottage and
eight Of them were killed and four serious
" wounded The damage to property in
the city was estimated at 81 100000
In the harbOr at Baltimore on the 2sth
the excursion steamer Colchester struck "a
little boat and threw the occupants into
the water. drowning John Rietz. Mary
Wiener and Mary Kalb.
THE residence OF Mrs Aseneth Street
near Marion. Ind, was visited by masked
men Oh tllt III no D6di MIS- HIEeeI ana
her daughter Clara in a horrible manner
They were charged with gossiping too
much
CHRIST WEISMAN, of Columbus, ., muir
dered his wife on the 21th and then fatally
shot himself Domestic trouble was the
cause Of The tragedy
o. the 18th the body of DR.. A. Jones, an
aged and respected citizen OF Cincinnati
and Surgeon General of the State, was
found in a man-hole near his residence. He
had been missing two days. james Bhgh,
a cOlored coachman, was arrested, and con
fessed that he committed the crime because
the doctor scolded him
JAMES CoNATY, bar-keeper at Richmond,
Va, who had lett his wife, went to her
home on the 2sth and cut her throat and
then killed himself in the same manner.
IN the wreck OF q passenger train on the
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad at Brighton,
Tenn, four train employees were killed on
the 27th.
Is the upper waters of the Little Kama
wha valley, in West Virginia, terrible
rain and flood occurred on the 9th Cal
houn County was devastated and crops,
fences and houses were washed away
Several lives were also reported lost In
Pleasant and Ritchy counties great damage
was done The total loss was estimated at
$3.50, 900