River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-20
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capital stock of $50, 600, 900.
/ The 5000 striking miners in the Nor
rie and Ashland mines at Ironwood,
Mich, resumed work on the 18th, hav-
| ing come TO an agreement with the en-
ployers.
AT St Louis James S. Cross, formerly
superintendent of the Southern railroad,
was fined siOO on the 18th for vagrancy.
Whisky caused his downfall.
NJ. A. CoLroN, an old soldier of Par
kersburg, Va. was robbed on the 18th
OF his pension money, amounting to $500.
THE wooden ware factory of the L.
Baurele Company at Petoskey, Mich,
was burned on the 14th. Loss, 500, 900.
OK the 14th Ole Sletto, Ole j. Hanson.
Bertha NJ. Olson and Charles johnson,
the four principals in the recent lynch
| ing of Hans Jacob Olson at Whitehall.
Wis, were sentenced to life imprison-
ment.
OVER 20, 900 boomers crossed into the
Cherokee nation in Indian Territory on
/ the 14th.
THE Governor of Kansas issued
proclamation at Topeka on the 14th
naming April 10 as the one to be OBJ
served as Arbor day.
THE death of Lampson Crook, of
/ Monticello, H., who weighed over 400
pounds, occurred on the 14th OF
strangulation. He increased in flesh
so last that he could not breathe.
| ELI STAHLMAKER, an insane man,
fatally stabbed Constable Prater and
| then killed himself on the 14th at
Pleasant Hill, Mo.
THE wife of President Harrison and
party of friends, en- route to Florida,
were given a hearty reception on the
14th at Charleston, ). c., which was at
tended by the elite of the city.
AT ST. Louis on the l4th the wife of
w. J. Dayball, printer, smothered her
4-months'-old child to death and then
| fatally cut herself with razor. She
was insane from insomnia.
AT FIndlay, o., options for the pur-
chase of twelve of the fourteen glass
| factories were secured on the l4th by
the representative of an English syndi-
cate.
ATcHIsoS (Kan.) women on the 14th
placed in nomination full ticket for
the school board.
By a landslide three persons were
killed and four were severely injured
near Cumberland. Md. on the l4th.
AT Hartsell's, Ala. Robert Raines was
hanged on the 1zta for the murder JAN
uary Z, 1882 of his brother, Bone Raines.
AT Seymour, Ind, Ezekiel Sullivan,
veteran of the war of 1912, died of
paralysis on the 18th, aged 103 years. He
was never sick three days in his life.
| OK the 18th A. J. Stratton killed w.
W. Lewis. butcher, without provoca-
ton at Bromfield. Neb., and was imme-
dialely lynched by mob.
Miss AMELIA GALE and Mrs. James
Hickman, two centenarians, died on the
18th near Parkersburg, w. Va.
THE death of Mrs. Lorenda Smith
Smith, near Galva, Ill, on the 18th, at
the age of 100 years and months.
THE Legislature of Utah adjourned
sine die on the 18th.
OLD GABRIEL the mission Indian,
died on the 10th at Salinas, Cal, in
his 151st year. The record of his birth
is in the mission at Monterey.
AT Jackson, Mich, Henry Purdy
and his wife and daughter were killed
by train on the 18th while trying to
drive over the Michigan Central tracks.
NEAR Norfolk, Va, five of the crew
of sunken schooner were drowned on
the 18th by the upsetting of small
boat
OK the 18th three prisoners, John Nc
Cam, Charles Harris and Thomas Gal
lagher, who escaped from Jail at Monte
Vista, Col, were shot dead by Sheriff
Renner in his efforts to recapture them.
On the 18th four members of gang
/ of counterfeiters were captured at
Wheeling, w. Va, with nearly 81, 900 in
bogus coin.
In Kirksville, Mo, seven brick bust
ness houses were totally destroyed by
fire on the 18th. Loss, 5000, 900.
Mrs. ELLEN LUcEY, of Oshkosh, Wis,
| celebrated her 111th birthday on the
18th,