River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-09-12
The EAST,

HE twenty-fOurth annual session OF the
American Social Sciencs Association began
at Saratoga Springs. y. Y, on the Sd
All but one of the shoe shops at North
Adams, Mass, were closed on the I'd and
fifteen hundred persons were idle, owing
to difference as to wages
On the I'd the towns of Yarmouth and
Sandwich Mass. celebrated the two hun
dred and fiftieth anniversary Of their in
cOrportiOn.
AT the Sheepshead Bay II. " races on
the 18th W. l. SCOTS colt Chaos won $50
600, the richest prize ever run for in this
country.
MASSACHUSETTS PrOhibitiOnists in State
convention at Worcester on the 4th nomi-
mated DR.. John Blackmer, of Springfield
for Governor
IL convention on the 18th at Harrisburg,
Pa the Democrats nominated Edward A
Bigler. OF CIearfeld County, for state
Treasurer
OS the 5th the old Log College celebra-
ton under the auspices Of the Philadelphia
Presbytery was commenced on the old
Tennent farm at Hartsville. Bucks County,
Pa. President and Mrs Harrison, Governor
Beaver and Postmaster General Wanna
maker were in attendance. The celebra-
ton Is really commemorative of the found
ing of the Presbyterian church in the
United States. The Log College was found
ed in 1925 by William Tennent from which
in az sprung Princeton College
AT Montpelier Vt. in a fit of jealousy on
the 5th Sherman Caswell killed George
Gould, who had been married but twenty
four hours
JONI SCHLAEPLER. about thirty years old,
shot and killed his brother Jacob and then
shot himself on the 5th at Union Hill, y. J.
The murderer was insane.
AROUND Wi!kesbarre, Pa, cOllieries were
on the 9Th forced TO suspend work on ac-
count OF a disease which had disabled
many OF the horses and mules
4 RELIGIOUS fanatic OF Hadley, y. y, Jim
Stearncs. began to fast on the 5th with the
AvOwed purpose of ending his life.
IL the Delaware & Hudson Canal Com
pany's cOlliery No . at 0lyphant, Pa, sew
eral acres of coal were on the 5th burning
nearly two hundred feet below the surface
of the earth
OK the 9Th an unknown woman. supposed
TO be from Brooklyn. y. Y, committed sui
eide at Niagara Falls by jumping into the
water above the falls and going over the
cataract
President DAY refused an offer of 500
600 for the franchise of the New York Base
Ball Club on the 9Th.
Ex-PREsIDEST LEGITIME of Hayi, ar
rived at New York on the 5th with his fam
lily
New YORK Prohibitionists in State CON
vention on the 9Th at Syracuse nominated
fun State ticket headed by Jesse II.
Griffin for Secretary of State
IMPROVEMENT in trade in all departments
was reported on the 9th by Dun & Co e
agency Of New York Stocks and securi-
ties had advanced; iron was active at
higher prices. and the exports and imports
of all commodities had vastly increased.
THE death Of Henry W. Genet, we'll
known as Prince HaI' of the Tweed ring,
occurred in New York on the 9th
IT was reported on the 9Th that the Doug
Bs Axe Manufacturing Company, with a
office at Boston and factory at Douglas,
Mass had been bankrupted by it's treasur-
err DennisOn Dana. who had disappeared
The cOmPany's liabilities were placed at
sjCOOOO
HE roof of a portion of the Stewart Iron
COmpanys works at Sharon. Pa, fell on the
9Th. fatally iniuring four men.
IT was stated on the 9th that the young
woman who recently committed suicide at
Niagara Falls was Miss Anna Mead aged
twenty-five years, of Binghamton, y. Y
THE Presidents visit to General Wanna
makers CheItOn Hill residence near Phila-
delphia on the 9th was observed by the
planting OF a historical tree by President
Harrison
A HUGE tidal wave created havoc on the
Far Rockaway N. " beach on the sth.
Over two thousand persons were drenched
three men were drowned. and many small
buildings were wrecked At Atlantic City
and Ashury Park, y j., several buildings
were also destroyed by high tides
II a lester TO a New York paper on the
9Th John l. sullivan, the pugilist declared
his desire to run for Congress in a Boston
district
The Governments new steel cruiser Phil
de.phia was launched at the Cramp yards
in Phi adelphia on the 9Th.
FLAMES destroyed D. Meyer & Co. bic
sugas establishment in Williamsburg n Y
on the eth, causing loss of S2.OO0,OO0
OS the 9Th the largest swing span draw
bridge in the world. that on the New York
Providence & Boston rail route over the
Thames river at New London. Conn. wat
swung into place.
Ok the morning of the 9Th g eve
BrOdie went over the Horseshoe falls al
Niagara in a rubber suit He was picked
up below the falls in an unconscious cOndi-
ton He recovered consciousness shortly
after, aud an examination showed that he
was not seriously mi red.