River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-16
returning to her home from her parents

returning to her home from her parents
house.
OVER the largest portion Of Wisconsin
rain fell on the eth, extinguishing the for
est fires and saving the burning crops and
grass of the farmers
AT Lima o.. Mrs Mary Brentline was
dragged to death on the Sth by COW she
was leading to water.
LOT OF Sioux Indians We're said to be on
the war-path in Montana ON the sth
Man IN san Francisco on che 9th offered
purse OF $3.50 to the single sculler who
would break tie worlds record for three
miles.
AT Louisville on ths 9th the Kentucky
Derby one and half miles. was won by
Spokane by a nose in 2:3il< the fastest
Derby time on record Proctor Knott was
second and Once Again third
The Bellaire gobleg works at Findlay, O.
were destroyed By FIRE on the gth Loss.
sl15,00O; insurance. s65.O00.
Is Mcdowell and Wyoming counties, W.
Va, fifteen moOnshiLers were arrested ON
the 9th.
THE death Of General William siblev
Harvey, a hero OF the Black Hawk and Next
can wars and the oldest officer in the
United States army. occurred at Orlands,
Fla, on the eth, at the age Of eighty-nine
years.
OK the 9th Governor Francis, of Missouri
signed the bin which prohibits all dealing
In grain options unless the parties dealing
in such options actually hold the grain
MuEs of forests were ON fire in the Home
stead district in Michigan on the 9th refu-
gees were seeking safety in swamps, bitches
and cellars, and many persons were
missing.
OS the 10th find of gold Of great value was
made only few miles from Ishpeming
Mich, but several mite from where gold
had been found before.
BOYS fishing ON the 10th at Shelbyville. III,
found a soap box containing the remains Of
a man. There was no clew to the mystery
Is the vicinity of Danville. III. many
horses were suffering from CHAMBERS on the
10Th Two had been killed and others were
quarantined
IL a saddiery concern at Cincinnati some
rye straw sheaves took fire on the 10th,
and while extinguishing the blaze ten fire.
men were sUffocated by the smoke and had
to be carried to the engine houses.
MRs BARKER and her daughter were
burned to death on the 10th at Birmingham,
Ala.
II a fight between cowboys and Indians
on the 10th near Fort Wingate. y. NJ, three
of the latter were killed.
chief Of the -Knobbers, "Bill" Walker.
his son. and John Matthew'S, members of
the order, were hanged at Ozark, No The
scene at the execution was horrible, the
ropes breaking and the men having to be
carried up 10 the scaffold and swung off a
second time
THE percentage OF the baseball clubs in
the National League for the week ended on
The 18th was as follows. Philadelphia .6l5;
Boston, Gl5; New York, 81; Chicago, 533;
Cleveland, .523; Pittsburgh, 500; mdianap-
oils, ass; Washington, 1865 American As
sociation: ST Louis. 40; Baltimore, GOD:
Brooklyn, $50; Kansas City, .54J;- Athletic
so; Cincinnati as; Columbus. SO; Louis
vile, 1873. Western Association: st Paul,
SIG; Omaha, 100; Sioux City, .-3S; St
Joseph. 4l5; Denver .45j; Minneapolis, AZ;
Dcs Moines. .:Ss& Milwaukee .2o0.
NORTH BLANC, workman in Dahrs fire
works mandatory, ut Cincinnati. shot aud
killed his wife and scyen-y ear-old daugh-
ter on the 18th. and then killed himself
Jealousy was supposed to have been the
cause.
On the 1lth Major J. W Wham, pay
master in the United States army, and an
escort OF eleven soldiers We're attacked by
highwaymen while on their way To pay the
men at Fort Thomas, T. t.. and robbed of
H-'.tan ElWhI soldiers were wounded
some fatally
At Houston, Tex, Prof. St Clair. the
aeronGut, in attempting 10 give his "leaT
from the clouds on the 18th lost his grip
on the parachute and fell three hundred
feet 10 the earth Nearly every bone in his
body was broken.
FLAMES ON the nth at Fort Atkinson,
Wis. destroyed Cornish. Curtis & Green's
dairy manufacturing establishment. Loss
s12i coo
OK the nth T. Irving Latimer. convicted
in Jackson. Mich, of numbering his mother
was sentenced to imprisonment for life.
PATRICK F0ED, of Chicago. man sixty
three years old. shot and killed his young
bride and then wounded himself fatally.
Uufomded jealousy was the cause.
OVER three hundred c0lored persons were
baptized in the James river near Richmond,
Va, on the 18th
Trouble which had been brewing for
some time between the whites and blacks
of Gre ma, Ia ended on the al i'm the
woUndng of four negroes and tine burning
OF the negro fire company's engine-house
the negro Baptist church and four small
houses occupied by negroes
1T Baltimore, Nd, a siX-days' walking
match for women began ut midnight on the
l2th. There were seven contestants.
WILLIAM KELLAR fatally stabbed his wife
at Anderson, Ind, on the 18th They had
lived unhappily for some time.