River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-06

I a tornado on the 3Oth ult, and after de-
molishing a vast amount of property II
passed down the Potomac valley, uprooting
trees and playing havoc generally with
small buildings Several persons were
| killed
IS Baltimore Joshua d. Grant and HE
wife were suffocated by gas on the night o.
the Soth ult
Is the Schoolcraft, Flint and Portland
districts OF Michigan snow TO the depth of
four or five inches fell on the 30th ult
ON the SOth ult the police monument on
Haymarket square in Chicago. which stands
on the spot where the fatal bomb was
thrown, was formally dedicated in the
presence OF a great crowd The monument
was unvailed by Master Frank Deegan, and
Mayor Cregier accepted the monument on
behalf of the city.
THREE men were instantly killed at Hum
boldt, Mich, on the 3Oth ult by the caying
in of mine
Oh the 3Oth ult rich iron ore deposits were
discovered near Guthrie, Oklahoma
RUFUS FosDYcK was shot and fatally
wounded by Mrs George Terry at
Plymouth, Ill, on the 3lst ult who claimed
that Fosdyck had ruined her thirteen
year-old daughter
W J. MCGARIGLE, ex-warden of the Cook
Canada to evade punishment for his Doodle
transactions, returned to Chicago on the
3lst ult pursuant to arrangements entered
into between his counsel and the States
Attorney He was fined 81 600 which he
paid and all indictments against him were
dismissed
The residence and barn of Michael
Savage, near Fort Dodge, Ia, burned on
the 3lst ult Loss, $4,000
DIR. s p. MOORE, who was Surgeon-Gen-
eral of the Confederate States during the
late war, died at Richmond w. Va on the
3lst ult
The ten-year- old son Of ID. Munson, OF
Hamilton Ill was fatally shot through the
head ON the night of the 3lst ult by
younger brother. The deed was an ac-
cident
On the Slst nit Tommy Hughes, a six
year-old boy at Altoona Ia, was sent to
lead a COW TO water. He tied the rope
around his body and the COW ran away.
When picked up he was dead
The American House at Princeton, ind,
was destroyed by fire on the 3lst ult Loss,
$1,000.
o. the 3lst ult Albert Anderson, seven
teen years old. of Poland, Ind, hanged him
self in his fathers barn. He was mentally
deranged from an attack of typhoid fever.
IN De Sofa, La, ON the 3lst ult wind blew
down a large tree which fell on the cabin
of Joe Rafael. crushing it Raffaers wife
and four children were instantly killed.
FIRE at Ohio, Ia, on the 3lst ult destroyed
the post-of and store with all its con-
tents All the mail was destroyed. Loss,
5000; insurance, 81 900.
Ok the 3lst ult Henry A. Coleman tcol-
ored) was hanged at Norfolk, Va, for the
-r,fI 1aSf
A MAN named Hayden. who several years
ago murdered Richmond Bramhall at Red
Oak, Ia, was captured at Nebraska City,
Neb. on the 3lst ult He was found living
in a cave in the river bank.
TREES crops, fences and houses in Wash
ington County, Md. were leveled on the
81 st ult by hurricane that followed the
course of the Potomac river.
TIE percentage OF the baseball clubs in
the National League for the week ended on
the 25th was rs follows: Boston, 100; Phil
adelphia. .6l5; New York, $50; Cleve-
land, .567; Chicago. .43S; Pittsburgh, 400;
indianapolis. 1888; Washington, $50. Amer
lean Association: St Louis, .692; Brook
lyn, 600; Cincinnati, ISL; Athletic, $50;
Kansas CITY. SIP; Baltimore. .4S6; Column
bus. $50; Louisville, .266 Western Asso-
citation: St Paul, .S3l: Omaha, .655; Sioux
City, .633; Denver. .429: Minneapolis, .429:
Des Moines, .407; st Joseph, 1888; Milwau-
kee, .259
IL Maryland on the list floods caused great
destruction of property and the loss OF sew
cral lives Along the line of the Potomac
river the damage was the greatest and the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal was probably
damaged beyond repair.
on the LIST Lawrence Murray. aged forty
six years, ana his mother, aged seventy
two years residing seven miles west of
Linden, Mich, were found murdered in
their own house. The whole affair was
shrouded in mystery.