River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-12

Mrs. George Tyree. who had been pro
| nounced dead. Ane undertaken was
summoned, but before his arrival the
| lady sat up and said she had come back
/ to be baptized. and insisted so strenu-
ously that a clergyman was called and
/ the rite administered Mrs. Tyree was
better than for some time, and said she
would recover.
In st. Louis dangerous two-dollar
counterfeit bills were in circulation.
The death was announced of Charles
| II. Branscombe, the founder of Law
/ renee, Kan. and prominent in the early
] struggles of that State.
! FIRE ruined Robert McElroy's retail
/ dry-goods store in Detroit, Mich, caus-
| ing a loss Of SIS, 600; insurance. $780, 900.
AT Greenville. H., fire destroyed
/ all the business houses on the east side
of the square.
1T cost the Government i'm the In
dian war in the DalSOtas -, 600, 900.
~ snow-slide near Ouray, Col, four
miners persisted.
GOVERNMENT officials captured ten Of
the most desperate outlaws in the In
dian Territory.
The First Arkansas Valley Bank of
Wichita failed with liabilities of $780,
600.
AT Amboy. Ill, Miss Grace Gridley,
who has been in comatosc condition
for the past year, is now recovering.
FIRE destroyed a large barn near
Geneva. ILL.,, and eleven horses and fifty
seven head of choice cattle and great
amount of hay and grain were con-
sumed.
RETURNS from the recent elections in
Oklahoma showed that the Democratic
and Alliance tickets were successful.
PATSY DEvINE, of Alton, H., who
was hanged several years ago for the
murder of Aaron Goodfellow. of bloom
ington, was discovered to be innocent
of the crime. ON the scaffold Devine
declared that he was not guilty.
A MOB lynched Green Jackson (col-
orcdl. the slayer of n. w. Ward, at
Greenville. Miss.
FLAMES destroyed the Pullman ear
shops and a row of dwellings at st.
Louis. involving a loss of $3.50. 600
The richest body of tin ore in the
world was discovered forty-ive miles
southwest of Durango. Mex, 10y John
Pershhal1er. of San Francisco.
by the overflow of small streams in
Alabama many farms Were under water,
and much loss had been sustained by
the drowning of live stock and the de-
struction of farm-houses and fencing.
NEAR Shelby, Ala, bridge gave
way over the Coosa river, and four men
were killed by falling timbers.
WILLIAM You've and John Anderson
} 1,i IN ufn nv IN
of giant powder in a mine near Kol1o-
mo, Col. and John Johnson, John Me
Lcod and VIII Crane were fatally hurt
Is California over 5000 cases of the
grip were reported.
NEARLY the entire business portion
of the village of Ellisville, H., was de-
stroyed by fire.
Mrs AMOS ROBERTS died at Grand
Rapids, Mich. aged 100 years.
AT Chicago Catherine Egan, the wild
ow of a soldier, confessed to having
drawn a pension of s. per month for
twenty-five years after remarrying.
John Ash. her accom- plice, was fined
81 900. but the woman, owing to her
age, was not punished.
The bill passed by the Wisconsin
Legislature repeating the Bennett
school law has been signed by the Gov
crnor.
The death of Mrs. Rosauna Hughes,
aged 1902 years, occurred at Louisville,
Ky. She was the oldest woman in the
State.
Henry VI. STANLEY, it was said,
would give all the gifts he had received
/ from the crowned heads of Europe and
other admirers to General Booth for
the cause of helping the poor in Lon
don. These gifts are valued at 100000
IL Sioux City, Ia, four incendiary
fires were start d, and as a result prop
erty valued at $3.50, 900 was destroyed.
FLAMES destroyed 1readway's livery
stable at Huron, :. d., and twenty
| four horses persisted in the flames.
A BOILER exploded in Giles steam
saw-mill near Reidsville, Ga, killing
| six men.