River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-16

AFTER an absence of twenty-five
years, Rue Westerville, of Windfall,
Ind, has returned home, having made
a fortune in business in a western
town
A FIRE in the village of Cheviot, o.,
destroyed property covering nearly an
acre of ground
THE supreme court of Indiana has de-
cided that where candidates for public
Office receive an equal number of votes
the election may be determined by the
drawing of lots
FLAMES destroyed the cotton sheds
at Memphis, Tenn, causing loss of
SS25. 900.
THE name of the city of Spokane
Falls, Wash. has been changed to Spo-
kane.
FIRE destroyed Peoples & Shields
livery stables at Mandan, n. d., and
thirteen horses were cremated.
AT Martinsville. Ind, Mrs. John Oil
yer committed suicide by hanging her
self because her granddaughter had dis
graced the family.
WHILE smoking boys set fire To the
stock yards near Cincinnati and prop
erty valued at $3.50. 900 was destroyed.
FIRE destroyed the Occidental hotel
in San Francisco and p. H. Roy, prom
inent citizen, was burned to death.
IN collision on the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railroad near Me
JunlSin, Ia, seven persons were injured.
HAMPTON NELSON and Gentry Butler
were hanged at Sumter, ;. c., for the
murder of Capt. John Maxey in Janua-
ry last.
IN Louisville bag containing $1,000
in silver was stolen from an express
wagon at the Water street station.
AT Decatur Horace Clark, of Mattoon,
Ill, was elected commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic for the de-
partment of Illinois,
AT Waukesha, Wis, Christian Priese.
aged rs years, and his wife, aged -
years, were found murdered in their
home.
A MOB took William Boles, who killed
a policeman at Kenton, O., on March
81, from the Jail at that place and
hanged him.
AT Savannah. Ga, John III. Kincle,
admitted to the bar, is the first negro
allowed to practice in that state.
In the American baseball association
the percentages of the clubs for the
week ended on the 18th were: Louis
Vile, 500; ST. Louis. .666; Baltimore,
500; Boston, 500: Athletic. 500; Wash
ington, 800; Cincinnati, 1888; Columbus,
333.
ADvIcEs from the southern Ute
agency in Colorado were to the effect
10 h. II bod lost oil
their stock by recent snowstorms. The
snow covered the ground to the depth
of feet, and horses and cattle by
the thousands starved TO death.
The constitutional convention of
Kentucky completed the constitution to
be offered and adjourned after being
in session in Louisville 1899 days.
IL 1852 James Hitchcock, of Mason,
Mich, was convicted of murder and
sentenced to life imprisonment He
has been found innocent by the death
bed confession of witness at the trial.
IN a timber camp near Reno, Ark,
two men were fatally shot and one
killed during a quarrel.
MASKED men broke into the Jail at
Sealand, Wash, and shot to death
John Rose and John Edwards, who
were convicted of the murder of Hans
Frederickson and his wife about year
ago.
AT Usage City, Kan, John Carroll,
coal miner committed suicide by
placing a dynamite cartridge in his
mouth and lighting the fuse with
match. The explosion blew off his
head.
WILLIAM and Mary Johnson, two
children, were chased into the Arkan-
sas river by a vicious COW near Ponca,
/. T.. and both were crowned.
A MOB took Alex Foote, a negro who
murdered j. j. Meadows at Bluefield,
W. Va, from the Jail and lynched him.
AT Waukeska, Wis. Mr.. and Mrs
Christian Preuss. aged So and Al years
respectively, were suffocated by coal
gas at their home.
A RICH discovery of gold ore in the
Black Hills has created considerable
excitement in that region.
A FIRE which started i'm dime mu-
scum on West Madison street in Chi
cago caused a loss of $500, 900. One
life was lost and several persons were
injured.