River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-27


illicit stills, had established on the
Goth fortified camp in Franklin Coun-
ty, Va, and openly defied the authori-
ties.
IN a quarrel over game OF marbles
Timothy Wineman. aged l2 years, hot
and killed BERTHE Polhamus. aged IL
years, at Joliet, ILL.,, on the goth.
On the Goth BENJAMIN Grewel was
lynched at Robinson Station. KY, by
farmers whom he had defrsuded by the
use OF bogus checks.
FooD was reported scarce on the Goth
in the Flambeau Indian reservation in
Northern Wisconsin, and that there
was great suffering among the Indians
there.
In Chicago Major General George
Crook, of the United States army, died
suddenly on the morning OF the 21st Of
heart failure. He was 81 years of age,
and leaves wife.
/ AT the opening meeting Of the
Schweinfurth convention near Rock
ford, H., on the 2lst, Schweinfurth
claimed in his sermon that 2-year-old
boy had died short time ago and that
he had restored the lad to life and health
by the laying on of hands
THE discovery was made on the 2lst
that large numbers of Chinese had
crossed the Detroit river into the Unit
ed States, and that there was an or
ganized band of Chinese smuggiers in
Detroit.
EDMOND NICHOLAS (colored) was exc
cuted on the 2lst at Franklin, La, for
killing young girl. and Prince Saun-
ders (coloeed) was hanged at Plaque
mine, La, for the murder of Rhody
Walker
NEAR Huntsville, Ala, Robert Mosely
(colored) was hanged on the 2ist by
lynchers for an attempted outrage on
Miss Ellen Austin.
In saw-mill at Wickliffe, KY, a
boiler exploded on the 22d, killing two
men and badly injuring Ave others.
PRouIBTTIoNIsTs of Illinois will meet
in State convention at Bloomington
May 81.
AFTER having served eight years in
the penitentiary at Columbus, o., for
burglary, George A. Watson was par
doned by the Governor on the ed, his
innocence of the crime having been es-
| tablished.
A MAN, woman and child were in
stantly killed on the 22d by an explosion
of dynamite near Decatur. Ind.
IL the ruins at Seattle, Wash. OF the
block recently burned the charred re
mains of two men and one woman were
found on the 22d.
FLAMES destroyed the main business
portion of Hamilton, ILL.,, on the Esd.
! OK the West side in Chicago nine
suicides were reported during the week
ended on the 22d.
OK the 22d Frank Fook, aChinaman,
shot another Chinaman named Sam Lee
at Dubuque, Ia, and then killed him
self The quarrel was over $50.
AT Sycamore, S. c., cyclone on the
22d killed one man, injured several
others and ruined much property.
IN Southern Colorado down to the
Kansas border prairie fires were raging
on the 22d and already hundred thou
sand acres had been devastated.
On the Esd Sam Martin, negro, was
taken out of the Wrightsvi!le (Ga.)
Jail by a mob and shot to death. He was
accused of murder.
| ALBEIT A. FosDICK was found shot
/ dead in the same room Of the same
house IN which his brother, DR.. Fos-
dick, was seriously wounded recently at
Almena, Mich.
On the Esd the funeral of the late
Major-General George Crook, United
States army, took place in Chicago The
remains were taken to Oakland, Md, for
| interment-
WILLIAM KINNEY, Peter McGinness
| and John Burke were drowned by the
capsizing OF boat on the Esd near Cow
ington. Ky.
The failure OF C. Ii. Whitaker & Co.,
hardware dealers at Toledo, o., for $780,
| 600, occurred on the 22d.