River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-10-03

Brown, OF Chicago, was reelected pres
ident of the society.
The death OF ex-Congressman William
Loughbridge, OF Iowa. occurred on the
9th on South Mountain, near Reading,
Pa, aged sixty three years
On the 27th A NJ Miskinim, mauufact-
urer of counterfeit coin, was arrested at
Solomon City, Kan, and over s., coo in boz
gus gold and silver coin was captured
FLAMES swept away twenty two business
places at Cresco, Ia, on the 27th.
AT Pentwater. Mich, a fire on the 27th
destroyed all the buildings on the west
side OF the principal street and FIVE on the
east side
JOHN AYERS, a farmer living near Elmore,
o., while intoxicated on the 9th fatally
shot his wife.
THE Springfield Base Ball Club won the
Interstate League pennaEt on the 9th.
The per cent of the clubs was as follows:
Springfield, sal; Quincy, 52j; Peoria, 49,;
Burlington, 400; Evansville, 456; Mon
mouth, li2
IS race on the 27th at Clinton, Ill, be-
tween trotting mare owned by William
East, and Silas Long, famous bicyclist,
the mare went twenty miles in ninety
three minutes, the wheelman being only
half minute behind
An open switch wrecked an excursion
train ON the Big -Four road on the 9th four
miles east of Greensburg, Ind and many
persons were badly shaken up, but none
were killed.
IGNATz " MoRGENsTERN, of Chicago,
general secretary of the Polish National
Alliance of North America, left for parts
unknown ON the 9th with $4,000 belong
ing to the order
GEORGE Estes William Benton, King
IL. a
violent deaths in Jefferson County, Ala.
on the 21th.
THE Constitutional convention at Chey-
enne. Wy. T., on the 2sth ult adopted a res
olution which provides that no person
shall be permitted to vote hold office or
serve as a Juror who is a bigamist, polyga-
mist or is living in what is known as patri-
archal plural or celestial marriage.
N. l. BILLINGS was declared guilty in
Waterloo, Ia, on the 29th ult of the muir
der of County Attorney Kingsley at waver-
ly, Ia, in September, 1881 This was the
second trial
EMMoNs WRIGHT, living near Indianapo-
lts Ind, shot and killed a tramp on the
2Sth ult. who had camped on his farm.
No JURORS were obtained in the Cronin
murder case in Chicago during the week
ended on the 2Sth ult Four jurors only
have been secured since the commence
ment of the trial
Oh the 2Sth nit Allen Chalker farmer.
and his daughter while crossing the Erie
railway track in buggy at Garrettsville,
O.. were struck by fast train and killed
The death of f. q. Bartlett, better
known in pioneer days as wild Curly"
who was a famous scout in the Union army
and one of the survivors of the Mountain
Meadow massacre, occurred ON the 18th
ult at Kearney Neb
IL the National League the percentage
OF the baseball clubs for the week ended
on the 2Sth ult was as follows; New
York. 6-3; Boston, .G47; Chicago, 1876;
Philadelphia. .495; Cleveland .476; Pitts
burgh, .sG4; indianapolis, 4S4; Washington,
$50. American Association: Brooklyn. $50;
St Louis, .634; Athletic, .562; Baltimore,
$40; Cincinnati, .523; Columbus, .42l:
Kansas City, 40; Louisville. POS Western
Association: Omaha .G97; St Paul, .6l9;
Minneapolis, So; Sioux City, 800; Milwau-
kee, 40; Denver, .42l; St Joseph, .3SS; Des
Moines. .341
ENGINEER TwoMBLY and Fireman La
Cloche were on the 2Sth ult charged by
the cOroners Jury with being responsible
for the death Of the seven persons killed in
the recent Rock Island disaster at Eighty
seventh street Chicago.
The firm of Gibson Parish & Co, house
furnishers, of Chicago, ON the 2Sth ult
offered q reward of $500 for the arrest of
their missing bOOk-keeper, Harry F. Clif-
ford whom they accused OF embezzling
$50. eco
MISS Frances L. WILLARD, the famous
temperance advocate. celebrated her fifth
eth birthday at her home in Evanston, Ill,
on the 2Sth nit
AT Butte, NJ T., an incendiary fire on
the .9th ult destroyed the finest block in
the business district, entailing loss of
over $500 O0O Three firemen were fatally
injured while fighting the flames.