River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-08-20

JOHN K. GAMBLE, congressman-etect
from South Dakota, died suddenly 1T
his home in Yankton of neuralgia of
the heart. aged IS years
TUE death of the widow of James X.
Polk. the eleventh president of the
United States. occurred a. her hons Ia
Nashville, Tenn. She was in her ssth
year.
By the explosion Of powder mill
near Huntington. w Va, three men
were killed and seven Injuries.
A CLoUDBURsr destroyed the village
of Campo. Cal No lives were lost
DAVID JACOBS and Mrs. Mary john
son. sentenced to be hanged at Column
bia. 5. C., for murder. were placed on
the scaffold and the nooses adjusted
about their necks, when a respite az
rived from the governor.
OFFICIAL figures on the recent con-
gressional election in Tennessee are:
Houk (rep.). 1855; Woodruff (dem.),
6,O5E. Houk's majority, 9,22s.
john CoYLE, a prominent citizen of
Winston county. Ala, was tortured by
burglars until he gave up $500.
FIRE destroyed the Office of the Daily
Bulletin at Anderson. Ind.
NEAR Fort Wayne Ind, Christian
Benecke. aged % years. was burned TO
death while trying to extinguish fire
that was burning his fence.
IL runaway accident the two daugh-
tiers of b. King. of Nashville, Ind,
were fatally hurt
REPRESENTATIVE farmers of Indiana
met in indianapolis and established a
state farmers reading circle.
THE percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 18th were: Chicago. $50;
Boston. $50; New York, .5sl; Phila-
delphia. .527; Brooklyn, asa; Cleveland,
.463; Cincinnati, .404; Pittsburgh,
$50 The percentages in clubs of the
American association were: Boston,
.6s4; St Louis, .637; Baltimore. .5S5;
Athletic, .526; Columbus. .4sO: Cincin-
natl, .434; Louisville, .337; Washing
ton, .319.
IL the building of the Norfolk (Va)
storage company flames caused a loss
of $3.50, 900.
THE three sons of Wallace Williams,
all preachers, were fatally struck by
lightning in Severns county, Ga.
Miss ANNIE HARKNEss in attempting
a parachute descent from a balloon near
Cincinnati was killed, and Prof. Parker
met a like fate at Tacoma, Wash.
MARY Bolt, a white woman, died in
New Orleans of leprosy. There were
other cases in the city.
LINCOLN COCHRAN and young lady
were thrown from a wagon at Somer-
set, Ind, during a runaway and killed.
LIGHTNING struck five houses at
Elizabethtowu. Ind. and Ezra Sisco,
Charles McCully and DR. Thompson
were killed.
Ina fit of jealousy DIR. Judah, the
proprietor of the Avenue hotel at Bed
ford, Ind, fatally shot his wife and
then blew his brains out
A MOB lynched Monroe. Evans and
his son John at Baileytown, Ala, for
shooting Pierce Mooney.
AT North Ottawa, kan. +. Il. Pres
ton, lumber merchant, shot and killed
his wife and then fatally shot himself.
Domestic trouble was the cause.
OrIs JOHNSON and Mike Witzle killed
each other in fight on train at Tex
as City, Ill.
NELSON trotted mile at lndepend-
ence, Ia, in 2:IO, thus beating the
worlds stallion record.
THE firm of John Bonte Sons Com
pany, of Cincinnati. rope and Irvine
dealers, failed for $780, 600.
IL Milwaukee three persons died
from drinking impure water from
well and several others were danger
ously ill