River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20
WEST AND SOIITR

FOREST fires were raging near Superior,
Wis ON the 18th. and up TO date over $500
10 worth of pine had been destroyed.
ON the 18th thu Michigan monuments of
the attle-iield at Gettysburg, Pa, were
dedicated
At Corydon. Ind, james Deavin and
Charles Tennyson were iynched on the 18th
by two hundred masked men, for robbing
the residence of James lie May and serious
IL shooting him
\ IcB attacked the iail at Huntsville.
Tenn, ON the 18th and secured T. Il Rev
uolds and Thomas J. Lloyd and hanged
them Their crime was the killing OF Mrs.
q Harness and her son.
ON the 10Th the special grand jury iInpan-
eled in Chicago TO act upon the verdict of
tine c0roner's jury in the Cronin murder case
began taking testimony
Cole YOUNGER, the desperate. was in the
state prison at saltwater. MINI. ON the
18th with his two brothers. and not
drowned. as reported. in Wyoming
TIE Millers' National Association at their
meeting in Milw-azeU ON the 18th elected
F. l. GrCenleae, OF Minneip is, president
NLraAN ~ SIMPSON. aged eighty six
years, postmaster at Silver Springs Md.
was ma rTicd on the 18th 10 Miss Winnie T.
Willis who is bat nineteen years of age.
The icath of Charles Williamson, q
survivor Of the war of ISl2, occurred in
Wiuona Mimi. on the 18th. at the AGE Of
niaety- nine years.
News was brought by the steamer City OF
Pekin which arrived in san Francisco on
the 18th from Hong hong of the burning OF
the city Of Lucknow. and ten thousand peo-
pie were said To have lost their lives in the
ire
w D. EoBEnrs. who was sent to Erazil
.
condition of the Clay County miners. said ON
the 18th that there were thousands of
people in the mining district who were
destitute and near the verge of starvation,
and many Of the families had eaten nothing
but bread and water for weeks
NEAR Ninceunes. Ind, Seth Murray. a
farmer aged nifty five years and having
1--WE or six children. became Jealous of his
wife ON the 18th and shot her and then killed
himself
At Louisville o, ON the 18th Lawrence
aEd Edward Streb business men. and two
Catholic orphans Named Seifert whom TIT
StreLs had adopted. were struck by an ex-
press tIain while crossing the track and all
instantly killed
FLAMES on the 18th at Grinnell. Ia. de
stroyed 5orty-one buildings, causing loss
OF from sl1nO0 TO s2lo.ntu. partly insured
FoBEs fires We're doing much damage in
Minnesota ON the 18th At Ely from twelve
To fifteen buildings had been destroyed
ON the 18th Bonafacio MARTINEZ, ore Of
the most noted desporadoes ON the Mexican
border and Mexican rcvOlUtianist leader,
was arrested al Isio Grandc City. Tex
THE Iowa Republicans will meet in state
convention az Des Monies on August Il Il
nominate state officers
MkEoR WYMAN W SrALEY. of the First
Regiment. Michigan National Guards, was
killed by a train on the 18th three miles
west OF his home in Lansing.
It was decided at the annual session in
Denver ON the 18th of the International
typographical Union 10 establish a printers
home NJ Colorado Springs. Col. the citizens
having offered eighty acres Of land near the
city as a free gift
4 can has been issued for territorial
convention at Guthrie oklahoma, July Il.
ON the 18th the Chippewa Indians at
Mile Laos lake in Minnesota commenced
killing and driving ont the white settlers,
and six whites were killed and others
wounded All were noffensive Swedes
NEAR Havre de Grace. Nd. trains coilided
on the 18th and ~ . ears loaded win pro
visions for the JohnstoWn sufferers were
wrecked
Mas CArHzsINE BOYLE, aged sixty-tive, OF
Louisville Ky. and her children, Nora
arsd TWENTY-FIVE. Frank. aged thirty. and
William. aged twenty three years. were al
declared insane o. the l1th and sent 70 an
asylum.
II was said On the 18th thai castov-oil
Z trust WIS forming in TIE West. the capital
I stock 70 be between s250o0o and $500 4