River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-09
The EAST.

Is New York City the centennial celebra-
tiou on the 3 Tn nit was a grand and impos-
ing one. This continent had never seen its
ike before. In the great parade nearly
every state and Territory was represented.
In the evening the Metropolitan Opera
House was the scene Of probably the l.
est banquet ever held within the recoAec-
ton Of man. On the evening of tie 18th
the great bali took place
THE death of Hon William II Barnum
chairman of the National Democratic Com
mittce occurred at Lime Rock. Conn. on
the morning of the 55th Ult at the age
OF seventy one years. Mr. Barnum had
been confined To his bed but two or three
days. but for several months had been Ia
poor health.
TIE formal opening OF the Erie canal
took place on the lst
Is the Hyde Park coIiery near Wilkes
barre, Pa, Patrick Ritchford, Michael Finn
aed Patrick Reagan miners were crushed
To death on the LIST by the falling of a pOr-
tion of the mine root
TIE schooner Shiloh with a crew of four
teen men, which left Gloucester, Mass.
March -, on fishing trip, was on the lst
given up as lost.
Is Boston on the 1st the twenty-seventh
anniversary of General Buffers occupa-
tion Of New Orleans was observed by the
Butler Club
ON the st Senator John sherman. John
G.. New, COnsul-GeueraI at London: W W.
Thomas Minister to sweden and Norway.
and Lincoln Valentine, Consul 10 the Hon
duras sailed FOR Europe on the steamer
City az New York.
ON the third and last day of the New York
centennial celebration the feature was
mammoth civic and industrial parade on
the lst President Harrison reviewed the
procession from "a stand IN Madison square.
lie left for Washington in the afternoon.
Is Pittsburgh a strike of buiIders. affect
ing five thousand men. was inau"Urated on
the LIST tor an advance of twenty-five cents
q day
BARTHOLOMEW Curry and Joseph Evans,
of Lowell Mass, were fatally injured on
the l~C Nv having barn which they were
moving fan ON them
ANDREW LAWSON and Joseph Luton, both
farmers. accidentally drove into a deep
creek on the LIST near Manchester, Conn,
and were drowned
Al Germantown. Pa building attached
20 "a Catholic college was burned ON the ID
.ud i-nltius and Michael lillian students
were killed
uN the 81 the Neriden Conn Malleable
Iron Company failed for sl>l.eJO.
EyEGEAEs entered the savings bank at
purtcrsyillr. Pa. early ON the morning OF
tha ID and carried of $50 in cash and ST.
1lJ worth Of iewElrv.
ON the 2d Jacob Blessing committed sui
eide hy jumping over Niagara fails. Disap-
puiutmeut in luve was the cause.
is the public schools OF New York state
the first general observance of Arbor Day
took place ON the Sd
SIXrY-oNE strikes involving l2.l93
strikers. were reported 70 Bradstreets dur
inc April last. against i23 strikes with p. O0O
strikers in April. lsSS Since January /,
l->l there were reported 81 strikes and
- glf strikers. against BIB strikes and $50
striker during the same four months of
IS~> and ..ci strikes and l53.C5S strikers in
IS,1
GEORGE FEANCIs TRAIN Ia New York on
the ID passed his fourteenth day of total alb
stincDce from food and drink excepting
water and a little weak lemonade. He says
great pcstilcuce is soon coming and he
viii Dee able To meet il better by reducing
his weight
Il Leroy, n II. 2 fire on tho 81 destroyed
W D. Matthews Il Go. : malt-house and con
tents loss s1NN1
pN the lth Whitelaw Reid, Minister to
Frnce. and Samuel Thayer Minister to the
y therlands. sailed from New York Tor their
respective posts.
ST MARKS REFORMED CHURCH. located
near Gettysburg Pa celebrated the cen
tennial of the congregations formation on
the -th
AT To5'yhanna, Pa, Jeffery Harrison, an
cIevcu-ysar-old boy shot and instantly
killed ophia Everett during petty quarrel
on tin attn
ATOUT 4JoO immigrants were landed at
Ca. .e Garden, New York on the 18th
NEAR Hartford Conn. twenty one freight
ears were wrecked ON the 4th, and one
hundred and twenty-one hogs were killed.