River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-01

NEAR Gosport, Ind. car of stone
became overbalanced while being I'M
loaded and upset, throwing ten men
down a forty-foot enibankment. Five
were hurt, two fatally.
IN Clay County, KY, Robert Gregory,
merchant. was assassinated by the
l5-year-old son of Thomas Woods, who
had been killed by Gregory.
AT ViroqUa, Wis. fire destroyed a
block of business buildings. causing a
loss of sl5O.OOO.
JOHN and Peter Kane, noted desper-
ADDE'S, were shot dead by Marshal
Booth while resisting arrest at Hincl1-
ley. Mimi.
FRANK +. DICKINSON, of Dubuque,
Ia. and Minnie Brundage, of Long Is
land, \. Y, medical students in the
State University at Ann Arbor, Mich,
were drowned while skating.
4 TE marriage of boy of II and girl
of 10 took place at Columbia, Mo-, and
the wedding presents included a doll
and wooden gun.
SAMUEL MIcKLEs shot and killed his
daughter, fatally wounded his wife and
then took his own life in St. Louis. De-
spondency in business was the cause.
EIsEMAN q Co., dry-goods dealers at
Council Bluffs, Ia, failed for $500, 900;
assets, $3.50, 600.
THE first Legislature of Oklahoma adj
journed after passing a complete code
of laws.
The house of Samuel Malone, an old
soldier, at Holden, Mo-, was burned,
Malone and his brother-in-law, John
Hicks, perishing in the flames.
FIRE at San Augustine, Tex, de-
stroyed two hotels, half a dozen stores
and many houses.
THE death of Pedro Antonio Lopez,
aged rs years, occurred at his home
near Santa Fe, \. NJ.
FIVE negroes. arrested for the murder
of DIR. f. ii. Riggan, We're taken from
Jail at Mecklenburg, Va, and lynched.
CLAUDE MCCARTY and John Mahar,
a-ed IL and l3 years, We're drowned
while skating at Muskegon, Mich.
The doors of the Maverick Bank of
San Antonio. Tex, were closed after a
run lasting three weeks. The liabilities
we're said TO be SS44, 161 and the assets
sl.7s9.9l5.
IL Ottawa, Kan, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Strong had on Christmas hidden guests
To celebrate the fifty-first anniversary
of their marriage. but in the morning
Mr.. Strong expired suddenly, and few
hours later his wife passed away in a
similar manner.
FLAMES destroyed the Edisto phos-
phate and fertilizing works at Charles
ton, :. c. Loss, 500, 600.
IL the streets of Chicago DIR. II. A.
yelso. of Paxton, H., was robbed of
5000 in money and a watch worth $500.
w. j. KITTRELL, chief of police 4
Gainesville, Ga, was shot dead by 10 IN
Pruitt, a negro desperado, and Pruitt
was killed by another officer.
THE death of Mrs. Sidney Ann White
| tcolored) occurred at Sedalia, Mo-, at
the age of 106 years. She weighed 25O
pounds and had been totally blind for
several years.
JOHN OLIVER and Ed Gallagher en-
gagged in a dispute over girl at Center
Furnace. O.. and both were killed.
THE death of NJ. A. Dauphin, presi-
dent of the Louisiana State Lottery
Company, occurred at his house in New
Orleans of pneumonia, aged 53 years.
Carl REFER, a farmer at Carlisle,
Mimi, in fit of anger killed his wife
and son and fatally wounded his daugh-
.er and then took his own life.
FIRE destroyed the freight depot of
he Little Miami railroad at Cincinnati,
.ausing a loss of $50, 600.
A BOILER explosion wrecked seven
dwelling houses at Cincinnati. killing a
.hild and a woman and severely injur-
ng five other persons.
FLAMES ruined the Bijou Theater in
Minneapolis, Mimi.
THE six-day go-as-you please contest
st. Louis was won by Herty, who
made SIS miles and rece we'd about 81 900.
HUNTER & WEST, bankers at Greeley,
Col. failed for 500, 900, and the City Ma
tional Bank at Hastings, Neb., closed its
doors.
THE oldest man in Ohio. William
| Roach, died in Cleveland at the age of
l04 years and 10 months.
AT Columbia, Tenn, a fire destroyed
twenty buildings.
OK the eth Big Foot and his band of
hostiles were captured by the Seventh
Cavalry under Captain Whitesides. The
seizure was made on Porcupine creek in
south Dakota without a conflict. All
he other Indians in the Bad Lands had
decided to surrender, and the probabili-
lies were that the trouble was ended.
IN Llano County, Tex, tin in great
| quantitv was discovered.