River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-02-14
THE EAST.

Mrs.. MAET H. FIsKE. lady well known
as d journalist stcry-writer and dramat-
ist, died at her home in New York on the
4th of pneumonia.
OK the 5th the Diamond cOlliery OF the
L.ehigh & Wilkes barre pa Coal Company,
the largest in the region, shut down for
good, owing TO the fact that all sf the coal
had been removed for miles beneath the
surface surrounding it. The colliery was
opened eighteen years ago
THE death Of Mrs r. LOughlin aged one
hundred and three years. the oldest
woman in Northern New York, occurred
on the lth al BeckmantoWn. She was in
good health until a week before her death.
MICHAEL DAVID and John hchu were
killed and George Stevens was seriously
hurt in the Perryn shaft at Pittston, Pa,
on the 5th.
STRIKERS attacked u street-car in New
York on the 9Th with stones. One of the
officers guarding the ear wa nit in the
/ face and fired into the crowd. shooting
one OF the assailants dead The strike had
been declared of by :he Knights of Labor
THE steamer Harold arrived at New
/ York on the 9th and reported fierce fight
/ in Havti Lcgltime's fleet bombarded the
I town Of ST Marc and afterward sheered
/ of leaving on shore a large body of sol
/ diers. who were mercilessly slaughtered by
the followers 0. Hippolytc.
AT HaverhiH Mass, twenty parents
were arrested on the 9Th for sending their
| children 70 a condemned French Catholic
| schoO..
CHARLEs F. OEEAUN. a Philadelphia
rewsboy. was on the 9th awarded $50 900
damages against the Traction Company
/ Of that city for injuries received
WoHD was received by Mrs May, Of
! Reading, Pa. on the 9th that she was to in
/ herit S;Ol. 900 from an uncle who died re-
I Gently in California
! FIRE destroyed the large brewery of
the Niagara Falls y. y Brewing Com
/ Pany ON the 9Th
/ OK the 9Th Mrs. Emma AlthOuse. OF Attica,
/ y y. awoke from 4 trance which lasted
[ thirty five days.
/ HEAVY fall Of snow occurred in Western
/ New York on the 9Th. and all trains ON the
/ Rome. WatcrtOwn & OgJensburg road were
I abandoned
CALEB " TALcorr. Of Hartford, Conn, j
dry-Coods merchant, failed on the It'll for
[ s-pool
The statement that seventeen men were
drowned recently in Pine lake, Fulton
/ County. y Y, proved on the 9Th to have
been entirely unfounded
OS the 9Th Elihu stevens. 81 Belgrade
/ Ne. was given reception ly the Legisla-
/ T.
I bred and one years old. in good health. Is
the father Of twenty-five children and a
pensionCr Of the war of lSl2
/ Tn failure Of the Pacific GuaHO Company
located az Boston, occurred on the eth foi
81 eue0
The discovery was made ON the Sth that
A : Goukiu. cashier 81 the Manhattan
1 Elevated Railway Company of New York,
had gone Ia Canada with between S0pcu
and ss5.us9 Of the funds of the company.
II New York ON the Sth the coroner : Jury
I in the case Of the striking street-car employe
I McGowau. who was killed by Officer Snyder
during an attack by the strikers ON street
car. brought in 4 verdict commencing the
officer. the conductor and driver Of the car fol
their heyoic conduct in repelling the mob il
the attack on the car and eSonerated then
from al blame.
TIE coke strike at Pittsburgh Pa col
lapsed ON the >th. aud all the works but two
were in operation.
EIEyEN prisoners were whipped by Sheriff
Allen ON the 9TH az the Newcastle bel
whipping post Five Of them got twenty
lashes each for burglary and the other 81,
got hve la~hes each for larceny.
OK the ath the steamer Lahu, with Minis
ter Phelps and wife and Mollic Garfield anC
husband. arrived in New York
FIEE destroyed the barrel storage ware
house Of the standard OIL Company's work.
az Bayonne, y J., ON the 10th Loss. $4,000
{ THIRTEEN counterfeiters were caught il
Butler County. Pa. on the 9th at their lille
gal work aud arrested
TIE establishment OF James Wyeth
Brother. manufacturing chemists AZ Phila
delphia was burned on the 10th Los. $50.
90 One fireman was killed.
, THE steamer Haytien Republic whicl
caused 50 much trouble with Hayti, arrives
N Boston on the 10th