River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-03-12

THE schedule of baseball games Of
the National league for 1891 was made
public. The season opens April % and
and closes October 3.
ALBERT BosT, OF Bost's Mills, \. O.,
and Thomas Pemberton, of Little Rock,
Ark. were burned to death in a fire
that destroyed the high school in Mon
roe, y. c.
IN Oklahoma the race question was
said to be assuming a serious phase,
and fighting between black and white
people was reported to be imminent.
II Yolo county. Cal, hundreds of
ranches were under water, and the loss
to property was estimated at $1,000, 600.
DANIEL MCMAHON killed Miss Annie
Murphy near Port Huron, Mich, and
then took his own life. Jealousy was
the cause.
FoR the brutal murder of Ann lie
Murphy Daniel Mcmahon was given
life sentence at Port Huron, Mich.
THE death of George NJ. Chilcott.
ex-United States senator from Colora-
do. occurred suddenly in st Louis.
Tux Legislature of South Dakota adj
iourned sine die on the 9th.
AT bonneville. Mo, John Oscar
burlington was hanged for the murder
of Sheriff Cranmer.
SHAKESPEARE REEVES. alias Jacob
Sharkey (colored) was hanged at New
castle. Del. for an assault upon little
Grace Clark. white girl Of IL years.
IL St Louis on the 9th four men com
mitted suicide.
JOHN Il. GoRDoN. United states sena-
tor from Georgia, has joined the Farm
er's Alliance.
LYMAN HYDE. a farmer, and his 23
year-old daughter Judith. lost their
lives near Lima. O.. and Emeline. a 10
year-old daughter, was fatally injured
by the cars
AT his home near South Bend, Ind,
'Old Chip Chippewa Indian, died
at the age of ,05 years.
1 FIRE destroyed the courthouse NJ
/ Archer City. Tex, together with nearly
/ all the county records.
THE population of the stare of Mis-
/ souri, by races is as follows: Whites,
+ 2.524. 46s: colored. 1874, 1871; Indians, 1853;
/ Japanese. 4; Chinese, ilS; total, 2,679,-
/ 1s4.
THE eight-hour day for exposition
/ labor was adopted at a meeting of the
/ worlds fair directory in Chicago.
THE death of Mrs Bodenber. aged 81,
occurred at Hamilton. O.. and John
Hopple, her aged brother, was so over
come bv grief that he fell dead across
the corpse.
AT Gainesville. Miss. the first col
ored bar association in America was or
/ ganized.
OK the Santa Fe road passenger
train was derailed near Havana, H.,
and destroyed by fire. Nine persons
were injured and James Sddler, the
fireman. was killed.
WHEN opposite Patriot, Ind. the
drumhead of the steamer Buckeye State
exploded and James Jones, Ash Vince
lock and Sam Hamilton were fatally
scalded.
FLAMES at Wellstown, o., destroyed
ten business houses
IL the vicinity of Newport, Miss, a
cyclone made clean sweep of houses,
barns and trees, and two colored per
sons-a woman and boy-were killed.
A CoLoRED man named William was
given 500 lashes on the bare back near
WILLIAMSON. $ c., for an attempt to
assault white woman.
AN old quarrel between DIR. George
j. Garrison and DIR. George Baird,
prominent citizens of Wheeling, w. Va,
resulted in the fatal shooting of the
latter.
A SEVERE earthquake shock was
felt in Tacoma, Seattle and several
other places in the state of Washing
ton.
THE population of Texas by races is
as follows: Whites. 1,741, 100; colored,
49,. $50: Indians. 766; Chinese, 727;
Japanese. 8: total. Z, 233, 532.
JOHN DIRssHERE, a hotel keeper al
| Batesville. Ind, in a fit of jealousy
shot his wife seriously, killed his little
daughter and then took his own life.
Mrs ANNIE JONES, of Cleveland, o.,
celebrated her Tooth birthday.
THE North Dakota and North Carroll.
ma legislatures adjourned sine die.
AT Darden, Tenn, Mrs. Sarah Bel
KNAPP killed her two little daughters and
then took her own life No cause was
known for the crime.
4 WOMAN and her five children were
drowned at Solomonville. A. T., while
endeavoring to cross the ella river on
raft