River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

THE III nois Legislature convened on The
9th at Springfield.
DURING a quarrel on the 9th between Mr..
Schaffer aud Mary Jane Valentine, with
whom he had been living at Toledo, o.,
Schaffer shot the woman dead and then
killed himself
The Governor of Utah declared in Wash
ington on the 9th against admitting that
Terr tory as State he said that four
fifths Of the population OF 30, OoJ were
Mormons. who were absolutely governed
by the zone man power'-the head Of the
Mormon church
GOVERNOR MERRIAM, Of Minnesota, was
inaugHrated at St r. III on the 9th.
OK the 9th II Try D. Schall, Of Chicago,
assistant cashier Of the Chicago & North
western Railway Company, was discov-
cred TO have fed with over S1l,000 belong
ing to the company.
A STORM damaged the courthouse and
many private residences at Lima, o., on
the 9th, and hundreds Of derricks and
pumping houses were blown down in the
ol-feld
A BLIZZARD ragged over the entire North
west on the 9th, and heavy fall Of snow
delayed railway trains.
AT Wheeling, W. Va, wind-storm on
the 9th did great damage, many buildings
being unroofed and several demolished.
In the immediate vic nifty farm-houses,
barns and fences were wrecked.
The death of Mrs William uolsberry, a
granddaughter BY marriage OF General
Nathaniel Greene, Of Revolutionary war
fame, occurred at Mason City, Ia, on the
10th, in her ninety-third year.
THE National Farmers AIianca began
its annual session in Des Moines, Ia, on
the 10th, delegates being present fr' m Da-
kota. Iowa Nebraska, Wisconsin, Kansas
and Minnesota.
The Indiana Legislature convened at In
dianapolis on the 10Th.
A FIRE on the 10th at Shreveport, La,
destroyed ten buildings and caused loss
of 500 600.
AT THIN, o., a little boy was fooling
with a shotgun on the 18th when the
weapon was discharged, killing MISS Belle
Egbert, sixteen years Of age.
OK the 1lth Ex Sheriff c. G. Mckinney,
Of Mitchell County, \. C., was frozen to
death on Roam mountain
A FIRE swept away fifteen business
houses at Leland, Miss, on the 18th
FINANcIAL troubles caused George
Bishop, a farmer Of Knox County, No,
to commit suicide on the 18th by cutting a
hole in the ice on a creek and Dlunging in,
drowning himself
j :
the National Farmers Alliance elected }.
Burrows. of Filley. Neb., as president
Resolutions were adopted that the Govern
ment should issue money q rect 10 the peo-
pie instead of through the National banks,
and that United States Senators should be
elected directly by the people.
OWEN BROwN. aged seventy-four years,
son Of John Brown, the aboluOnist and
last survivor OF the Harper's Ferry tr G.
edy, was buried at Pasadena, Cal, on the
18th.
JAMES BUTCHER. Of Toledo. o., in fit Of
jealousy on the 18th fatally shot his wife
and then KILLED himself
A DESPERATE fight occurred on the 18th
at Gin IRON, Kan, between citizens of
that town and Of Ingalls,. the cause being
a d spute as TO which town was entitled to
be the county seat Of Gray County, and a
number were killed and wounded.
OK the 18th Andrew Paxton, the agent
OF the Citizens League and the foremost
prohibition agitator for many years in
Chicago. passed away, aged siXty-three
years.
Ok the 18th the attorney for the Law and
Order League of Sioux CITY. Ia, received
a letter from alleged White Caps ordering
hun to leave the city.
Mrs. J s. KELLAN, wife Of mechan c
at Pratt Mills, Ala, and her son Willie,
nine years old, were murdered by negro
on the 18th No motive for .he crime was
known.
IL the office Of the city collector at r CHI
mond. Va, a defalcation Of 500 600 was re-
ported on the - h.