River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-09

at Abingdon. Nd, the house of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Charles Williams was burned on the
Sd and their four children, whose ages
ranged from six to fifteen years, persisted
In the flames
OS the Sd three children of FAMILY
named Silyery. at Ashtabula. o., we're left
alone in the house, when the building took
fire and the little ones persisted in the
flames.
THE Nebraska Supreme Court decided on
the 81 that the holder of a mortgage ON
growing corn could not recover after the
corn had been harvested and sold
OwTSG to quarrels with her husband Mrs
Josephine Kissel shot herself on the Sd at
her home in Houghyille, Ind She had
been married but year
Ok the Sd Frank Sherer, of Youngstown,
o.. committed suicide by hanging because
he could not pay his rent
A FIRE on the Sd at Forreston, Ill, caused
a loss OF 10000.
FLAMES swept away the State Institute for
Feeble minded at Frankfort. Ky, On the Sd.
but the inmates were all rescued without
accident
TIE Republicans ofthe Fourth district of
Kansas on the Sd nominated Harrison
Kelley for Congress to succeed Thomas L.
Ryan, appointed Minister TO Mexico.
Is New Castle, Ind, Bundv's Hotel and
stables were burned on the 81, with sew
eral horses and valuable vehicles
ROBERT WILLIAMS and Walker Harris
tcolored were tanged on the Sd at En-
peria. Va for murder
ON the I'd a merchant named Welwick, OF
Blair. La, shot his wife and two children,
set ire to his residence and burned the
bodies of his victims with il and then shot
himself No cause was known for the deed.
DAVID SMITH (coloredJ. who died On the
9Th at Crawsfordsville, Ind, was born in
Glasgow County, Tenn, one hundred and
one years ago.
A BOAT capsized on the 18th in Braxton
County, ". Va, and the family OF F. b.
Harr, consisting of himself, wife and two
children, were drowned
OK the It'll samuel Coffman, aged eighty
one years a wealthy farmer living near
Washington Courthouse. o was swindled
out OF 5000 by two confidence men.
TIE percentage of the baseball clubs in
the National League for the week ended on
the 4th was as follows: Philadelphia, IA;
New York, .625; Boston, .625; Pittsburgh,
600; indianapolis, 500 Cleveland, All;
Chicago A; Washington, 900. American
Association: st Louis, .16i; Kansas City,
.G6G, Baltimore, .6i2; Athletic .6l5; Brook
lyn, 800; Cincinnati, 1873; Columbus, S07:
Louisville, 300 Western Association:
Omaha, 500; st Paul, 80, Sioux City, go;
St Joseph, .5j5; Denver, 800; Minneapolis,
.400; Milwaukee, 200; Des Moines 300
JOHN SrNKHORN's saloon at Newtonville,
Ind, was blown to atoms ON the 4th A key
of powder with some fuse had been placed
under the building. This was the only
saloon in that town
OK the 4th William Gilmore, a prominent
young man OF Albany Ga, shot and killed
his seventeen year-old wife and then killed
himself. Domestic trouble was the cause
A DYNAMITE explosion ON the 9TH near La
Porte, Ind, set fire to sixteen large ice
houses belonging to the Washington Ice
Company of Chicago, and they were de-
strOycd
FOREST fires were doing great damage on
the 4th in Northern Wisconsin and Min
nesOta
The death of Major John n Edwards one
of the editors of the Kansas City Times, and
one of the best known newspaper men in
the West, occurred suddenly in Jefferson
City, No. on the 4th, of paralysis.
ALL sunday trains were ON the 9Th taken
from the entire Dakota division of the Chi
cagO q Northwestern railroad. Ii covers
trackage OF eight hundred miles.
OVER five hundred saloons in Cincinnati
Were closed on the 5th and those that kept
omen would be prosecuted.