River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

try, occurred at mis- home at the age of
So years
IL Chicago John Haze and his IA
year-old son while crossing the Grand
Trunk track were struck by an engine
and killed.
FROM Gen. Merritt's headquarters at
st. Louis orders were issued TO begin
enlisting Indians in the regular army.
The Indians are to be enlisted for five
years.
A MOB took Thomas Hunter, who
shot j. A. Burke at Cumberland Gap,
KY, from the authorities and hanged
HIM TO tree.
THREE sharpers bunkoed w. ID.
Dowell. state treasurer of the Arkan-
sas Farmers Alliance, out of 80, 900 at
Fayetteville.
FLAMES on the lumber docks of
Hovey & McCracken at Muskegon,
Mich, consumed !, 500, 900 feet of white
pine lumber.
Is Wallace county, Kan, about one
half of the "a, 900 people were said to be
in destitute condition.
IL Ruley's grocery store at Madison
Vile, KY, keg of powder exploded,
and j. Il. Stewart. clerk. and ID. A.
Bondurant We're fatally injured.
KANSAS has received it's share of the
direct tax fund, amounting to $50, 9s2.
ONO has applied for her share of the
direct tax. 81. 1872, O25.
In theater at Spokane Falls, Wash,
Charles Elliott. who was occupying a
box, drew revolver and fired sew
eral shots at the performers, killing
Mabel Debabian and Carrie Smith. and
then shot himself. Jealousy was the
cause.
On the Chesapeake & Ohio road pas
senger train was consumed by fire re-
sulting from a wreck at Charleston,
w. Va Several persons were slightly
injured.
AT Paris Tex, Hill Hudgins, aged
% years, was charged with four MUIR
ders committed during the last year.
" portions of Maryland and Vir-
ginia over a foot of snow fell on the
9th.
In Louisville the first anniversary of
the great cyclone in that city, by which
seventy-six lives were lost and property
valued at 81, $50, 600 was destroyed, was
observed on the 27th.
ON july II inc LNdliOudl
ISOLATION will meet in st. Paul.
OFF the coast of Virginia the Nor
wegian bark Dictator was wrecked and
eight lives were lost
THEODORE THOMAS will be musical
dire, tor and William l.. Tomlins choral
director of the worlds fair.
AT Newburn, Mo-, George Harris.
who tasted thirty three days, has been
adjudged insane.
THE legislature of California has adj
journed sine die. Before adjournment
3O5 bills were passed by both branches
and sent to the governor.
THE worlds fair board Of directors
have completed the term of office for
which they were elected. In his vale
dictory address President Gage re-
viewed the work accomplished by the
board, gave a synopsis of the financial
status of the exposition and drew a pic
ture of the future strong with as
surance of success.
FIRE destroyed the Charles Rohr
Companys packing-house at Baltimore,
Md. causing a loss of 100000.
JEFF DTNsMoRE and Elrod Hudson,
two negroes who burned portion of
Russellville, Ala, We're taken from Jail
by 4 mob and hanged.
AFTER a short illness John Plankin-
ton. aged 7Oyears, the millionaire pack
err. died of pneumonia at his home in
Milwaukee.
GEORGE HATHAWAY, convicted in
Chicago of the murder of ex-Alderman
Whelan and sentenced to imprisonment
for life, has been granted a new trial
A YOUNG son of A. Nickerson, of
Prairie du Chen, and son of Mr..
Harget, each aged IA, died suddenly OF
nicotine poisoning after smoking Gig
arettes to excess.
FLAMES at Little Rock, Ark, wiped
out some of the most imposing build
ings on the principal business street.
Loss, 500, 900.