River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-03

had fallen heir TO $500, 600 worth of prop
erty in New York City.
Ir was said by grain merchants at
Louisville on the 10Th that the oats
crop of Kentucky was a total failure.
l.. r. MEYERS in a drunken fury at
Kansas City on the Goth fatally wounded
his uncle, b. Van Horn and the latters
daughter.
A LARGE amount ~f property was de-
stroyed on the 27tn by tornado near
loves, KY, and one person was killed.
FIRE destroyed the business portion
of Carbon, Wy. T., on the 27th. Loss
500, 900, with small insurance.
The eastern end of Washington Coun-
ty, Wis, was swept by cyclone on the
27th, great damage being done to
houses. barns and trees. and growing
crops were leveled for miles.
In st. Louis there were eleven deaths
from the heat on the 27th, and in Chica-
go twenty-seven persons were Frustrated
and three died. In Galesburg. La Sale,
Monticello and other towns in Illinois
the thermometer registered I03 in the
shade and a number of people were
fatally sun-struck. In Iowa the heat
was also intense and numerous fatalities
were reported. The heat was general
throughout the country.
on the 27th w. II. Hammel and wife,
of Hutchinson, Kan, were burned TO
death by the explosion of a gasoline
stove.
IN Chicago on the eth Senator
Thomas w. Palmer, of Michigan, was
elected president of the Worlds Coll
umbian Exposition. and j. L. Dlckin-
son. of Texas, was chosen as secretary.
On the 9th the National Association
OF Daughters of Veterans concluded its
first annual convention at Quincy, ILL.,,
Miss Estella Mcmillan, of Massillon,
o., being elected president
OK April - Harrison Warner, aged 30
years, left McConnellsville, o., to tramp
to Baltimore, his native city, pushing a
wheelbarrow all the way, a distance OF
500 miles, and he arrived at his destina-
ton on the 9th.
FROM all the wheat-growing regions of
Kansas reports on the 27th were to the
effect that the yield would be Is per
cent. above the average for the last six
years.
IL Baltimore, Md, all the brewers
and distillers were on the 27th indicted
for violations of the high-license law.
THE Illinois Central railroad strike
was settled on the 27th, the men hav-
ing come TO terms with the company.
The loss TO the railroad by the five days
strike was $780, 900.
For the week ended on the 2sth the
percentages of the base ball clubs in the
: <.
Philadelphia. .553; Chicago, .547; New
York. .5ls; Brooklyn, .517; Pittsburgh,
.49l; Cleveland, $40; Buffalo, .229.
The clubs in the National League stood:
Cincinnati, .6S5; Brooklyn, oil; Phila-
delphia, cor; Boston, .553; Chicago,
.519; New York, .42s; Cleveland, .SS3;
Pittsburgh, .245
Is fit of jealousy on the 2sth ult,
Marshall Grayson, of Bracket Ten,
shot his wife. killing her instantly, and
then blew his own brains out.
On the Missouri Pacific road train
was wrecked on the 2Sth ult. near
Nevada, Mo-, and two persons were
killed and twenty-seven others injured.
In Michigan cyclone on the 2Sth ult.
wrecked many houses in Portland,
Orange. Reading and Detroit. One man
was killed, many persons were injured,
crops were ruined and much stock
killed
On the Goth ult. a tornado swept over
Gallatin, Tenn, destroying sevreal
houses and injuring ten persons, three
fatally.
Ar a picnic in Wichita, Kan, on the
2sth ult. 100 persons were poisoned by
drinking lemonade, and one man and
three children died.
LIGHTNING killed Jerry Searles, his
wife and his only child on the 2Sth ult.,
at Vanceburg, KY, thus annihilating
the whole family.
THRoUGHoUT the country intense heat
still prevailed on the 2Sth and Goth ults.,
large number of cases of sun-strol1e be-
ing reported. In Chicago during the two
days there were ISL persons Frustrated,
twenty nine cases proving fatal.
THE Worlds Fair National Commits
sion in Chicago on the 2Sth ult. chose
Thomas VI. Waller of Connecticut, NJ.
H. DE Young of California, ID. Il. Penn
of Louisiana, G. W. Allen of New York.
and A. Il. Andrews, of North Carolina,
as vice. pres identS.