River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20


There are but seven castor-oil manufacture
ing plants in the country.
Ok account of dependency Patrick A.
\ Ward, sixty-two years old and the most
prominent irishman in indianapolis, Ind,
committed suicide ON the 18th
GEORGE COFFEE (colored,, in custody at
/ Norfolk, Va, confessed ON the 18th that he
set fire to the residence of Rev T. c.
/ Clarke, in which five lives were lost re-
Gently
In Indiana the White river had on the
18th washed out thousands of acres of corn
and wheat and farmers had been compelled
to move their families and live stock to
higher ground The damage to all South
em Indiana counties along the White river
would amount TO thousands of dollars
Al Sullivan, Ind, natural gas was struck
on the 18th at a depth Of 30 feet The cit-
zens were greatly excited.
IL a fracas on the l4th near Austin. Tex,
over the attempt of a colo-ed constable to
arrest a white horse thief four white men
and five negroes were killed and many
others we're wounded
In Georgia on the 18th three colored men
were hanged as follows: Alexander Hen
derson at cambridge for the murder of
Amos Jackson and his daughter; VIII
Dihell at Thomas lie for the murder of "a
T AN-A' hAAhNtA lang eAtet oNAil AtthtAh az
Leisburg for the murder of an aged negro
and his wife.
IN Nebraska the total assessment value of
all railroads as fixed by the State Eoard of
Equalization on the 18th was SO 81, 50, an
increase over last year OF sl.o0lOO0 The
total mileage is placed at 5,0Sl.9L
AT Baltimore an Italian boy Of eight
years fell into a sewer on the 9Th. and
when search was made no trace of him
could be found
0N the 18th John IIiliman, Of Lawrence
Kan, who was supposed 20 have been
killed several years ago. and whose wife
received $1,000 from the life Insurance.
companies, was arrested az Tombstone.
A. T.
o. the l4th squire J. C. Melone. one of
the oldest magistrates in Kentucky,
dropped dead of heart disease while testify
ing IA court at Louisville.
IL Cincinnati ON the 18th Thomas b
White, a saloon keeper, was convicted OF
violating the Sunday Closing law. and was
sentenced TO twenty days in the work
house and a fine OF one hundred dollars
OK the l4th Frank Pabst. school director
of Kirksville, No was shot and killed bv
his brother. who then shot himself through
the head No cause was known for the
deed
An unknown woman about forty years Of
age committed suicide at Niagara Falls on
I the 18th by jumping from Eaceway point in
Prospect Park Her body was swept over
the American falls and was recoy cred On
the Canada side At the poilt where she
jumped she left on a bench paTasol, a sill
yer flask and a shawl.
ALEXANDER SULLIVAN, of Chicago i'm iail
on a charge of conspiringto Kill DR. Cronn,
was admitted to bail by Judge Tuley on the
lith. Bail was fixed at s2C,O0O.
THE death of J. Leaman said to be the
oldest Odd-Fellow in this country, occurred
at Chico, Cal. on the l4th. He was charter
member of the lodge organized by Wilde
at Baltimore in 1919
SHARPERs bunkood Isaac Walker. a
wealthy farmer OF Poland, O., out OF 5000
in cash on the 18th,
The percentage OF the basel clubs In
the National League for the week ended on
the 18th was a. follows Boston, : g; Cleve-
land, go; Philadelphia. 80; New York,
Us; Chicago, 452; Pittsburgh, 400;
indianapolis 30; Washington, 211 Amer
lean Association: St Louis. $50; Ath-
letic. $50; Brooklyn, $50; Baltimore. .553;
Cincinnati, .419; Kansas City. .iiG; Column.
bus. .i9S; Louisville. lei. Western Asso-
citation: st Paul .TS3; Omaha. G57: Sioux
City. 6}S. Minneapolis, AS; Des Moines.
.45i, Denver, .i05; St Joseph, -; Milwau-
kee, 2dL
On the 18th Mrs. J. d. Boggs. 81 Boone
Court House, W. Va, was shot and hi led by
her son, who playfully pointed his rifle at
her.
BRAZIL Gnd.) advices of the 18th say
that recent reports OF starving miners there
were false and were circulated for political
effect
Ok the east side of the Cascade mount
aims in Washington Territory forest fires
were destroying vast quantities Of fine
timber on the 18th.
a WIND STORM passed through ligOnier,
Ind on the 10th, tearing down shade trees
and unroofing houses in its path. The total
loss would exceed s2j.OO0
NEWTON G. MOORE an old time freighter
murdered his young wife at Lake City, Col,
on the 10th and then blew out his own
brains lie was insanely Jealous of his
wife
/ IL the bottom lands near Spring Valley,
l Ill. thousands of acres of corn were under
/ water ON the 10th, caused by the Illinois
river oyeTtiOwing its banks.
4 NEAR Lima, o.. hog cholera was raging on
/ the 18th Hundreds of animals had died
/ and many more were dying of the disease,
I which it seemed impossible to check