River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-06-04
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AT raymond. MISS AnutTsoh Ildf-
ris, a colored man, was hanged for the
murder of G.. NJ. Lewis, mayor of Gin
ton.
DURING fight between circus en-
ployes and citizens at Mahanoy City,
Pa, one man was killed and a number
wounded, three fatally.
LIGHTNING killed Carrie, the 12-year-
old daughter of John Peters, near
Leavenworth, Kan, while she was eat
ing supper.
w. ). FEATaERsToNE died at Holly
Springs, Miss. aged 20 years. He
served two terms in congress before the
war.
AT p. E. Kramer's sawmill in Frank
ford, Ind, the boiler exploded, killing
Frank Hull, the engineer, and fatally
injuring William Davis, Erie Koontz,
Benjamin Keys and Van Swarengen.
AT the session on the 2sth of the
Presbyterian assembly in Detroit,
Mich, Judge 5. NJ. Breckenridge, of
st. Louis, dropped dead while making
an address. He was SO years of age.
AT Washington township, Mo-,
Charles Moncrief, his wife and three
children were poisoned by eating canned
salmon, and the wife and two children
would die.
IN the vicinity of Port Clinton, o..
an epidemic of hydrophoLia prevailed
among farm stock and many valuable
animals had died.
Al Omaha, Neb.. William Darst &
Co, wholesale liquor dealers, failed
for 500, 900.
SAM PUELLING (colored) and Nelson
Moffat, go years old. were hanged, the
farmer at Guthbert, Ga, and the latter
at Lexington. Miss.
ALAsKA's population, as per correct
ed returns, is $4,000.
In central Iowa cutworms were doing
much damage to corn and potatoes.
For the week ended on the 30th ult.
the percentages of the baseball clubs in
the National league We're: Chicago,
.645; Pittsburgh, .533: Boston, .531;
Cleveland, .529; New York, $40; Phila-
delphia, .515; Brooklyn, 1915; Cincin-
natl, 1868. The percentages of clubs in
the American association were: Boston.
.65s; Baltimore. Gal; St Louis, .613;
Athletic. AS; Cincinnati. 1866; Column
bus. AL; Louisville, APP; Washing
ton, .27O.
A. TRAUNwEIsER, a jeweler at Cedar
Rapids, Ia, shot and killed his wife
and then fired a bullet through his
own heart. Domestic trouble was the
cause.
ALMOST the entire village of Osseo.
Wis, was destroyed by fire.
WHILE driving across a swollen creek
A. f. Meinmever and two daughters,
Rosa and Ella, of Plattsburg, Mo-, were
drowned
AN express train on the Illinois Gen.
trail road was thrown from the track
near Centralia, Ill, by train wreckers,
and Engineer Quirk was killed and
Fireman Todd fatally injured.
GEN. q. A. DE RUssEY (retired) died
at Detroit, Mich, aged 7S years. He
served with distinction in the Mexican
war and the war of the rebellion.
MISSES EMILY and Harriet Bryant
(sisters), residing at North Amherst,
o., were suffocated by coal gas.
GEORGE BENNETT, of Lafayette, Ind,
was convicted of numbering w. II. Scott
and John Werkhoff and sentenced to
Imprisonment for life.
JEFF THOMAS (colored) who assault
ed Mrs. J. V. Neal at Townley, Ala.
was captured by mob and lynched.
S. V. JONES. a farmer near Holmer
Gap, Ala, was visited by white caps
and beaten half to death with hickory
switches. He had informed against
Illicit distillers.
AN explosion of dynamite in tunnel
near Silver Flume. Col, killed Henry
Taylor, William Coughlin. John Rich
ards and John McIIolland.
The Presbyterian general assembly
in session at Detroit, Mich, vetoed the
appointment of DIR. Charles A. Briggs
as professor of the theological semi
nary.