River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-08-13

Will. shooting his brother. who was
crazy and who had attacked him with
knife. planter named Huff, of Willis,
| /. T., shot and killed his own wife.
4 The crazy man was killei with three
bullets from Winchester rifle.
Louis BULLING, the wife murderer.
i was sentenced 10 death at Savannah,
I Mo. for the third time, September
I being the date fixed.
An express train on the Fort Wayne
railroad ran into an open switch near
East Palatine. o., killing tine engineer
and fireman. The passengers all
J escaped uninjured.
1 The United States Chess associa-
TONS championship prize was won by
J. w. Showalter. of Lexington. Ky.
4 TRAIN struck a buggy at Seneca,
Neb.. killing A. I'll. Burnett and Miss
Frances Fuller. Two women and two
children were seriously hurt
AFTER twenty-five years of litigation
the California supreme court decided
that the Sanpab bio ranch of is, 900 acres
must be divided among several hum
dred owners
A PASSENGER train on the Denver &
Rio Grande railway near Debeque,
Col, was swept from the track and
nearly buried by landslide. No one
was hurt
FRED LEwIcH, editor of the Western
Poultry Journal. was drowned at Cedar
Rapids, Ia, while bathing in the Cedar
river
! Mrs. ;. A. SANDERS. of Delaware,
Ill, was elected national president of
the Woman's Relief Corps at the De-
troit convention.
A SANTA EE railway train struck
buggy near Leavenworth. Kan. killing
Mrs. I.pnsdaie and mortally wounding
Miss Powers and Ray Powers.
The percentages of the base bali clubs
in the National league for the week
ended ON the Sth were: Chicago .595;
New York. $50: Boston. 500; Phila-
delphia, sos; Brooklyn, ass; Cleveland,
1876; Pittsburgh. .412; Cincinnati
400. The percentages in clubs of the
American association were: Boston,
.6I7: St Louis. .635: Baltimore .5S4;
Athletic. $40; Columbus, .4s9: Cincin-
natl, .45I; Washington, $40: Louis
Vile. .3l6.
ALBERT BARTH and his sister Emma.
and Martha Kindling and Belle Siegler
were drowned through the capsizing of
sailboat on Pewaukee lake. All the
young people were residents of Mil
waukee.
JoHN HoUK (rep.) was elected to con-
gress in the Second district of Tennes-
see to succeed his father, l.. C. Houk,
deceased.
IL Iowa "a tornado unroofed many
houses and outbuildings at Humeston,
Corydon, Centerville, Bloomfield and
Ottumwa. In the surrounding country
crops were badly damaged
IL the bay at West Bay City. Mich.
three boys were drowned by the capsiz-
ing of a boat.
a BURGLAR entered the bank at Col
umbus Grove, o.. shot Cashier Maple
and escaped with $1,000. Mr.. Van De-
bark. who went to the bank about the
same time, was killed. and another man
met on the street was wounded. The
robber escaped.
HEzEKIAH ARP shot and killed two
brothers in Fannin county, Ga, in
quarrel over a money claim.
A TORNADO at Ashland and Wash
burn. Wis, blew down several houses
and scores of buildings were unroofed.
Twenty vessels. mostly small yachts,
were driven ashore. At Washburn
Williams circus tent was blown down
and two children were killed and about
fifty other persons were injured
The failure was reported of the Ma
sonic savings bank of Louisville, KY,
for 81, 600, 600.