River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-06-25
WEST AND SOUTH.

On the Milwaukee line train from
Omaha to Chicago jumped the track
near Cedar Rapids Ia, and rolled down
an embankment. killing three passen-
gers and iniuring thirty Others.
CASEY. la. was inundated by heavy
rain and two girls were drowned
WHILE bathing in pond near Grant
City. No, Charlie France and his
cousin, Myron Gardner, were drowned
OwING To domestic trouble John
Duty. living near Benton, Ill. shot and
killed his mother-in-law, Mrs. Allen,
on the street and attempted To kill his
wife. but failed.
Is Nebraska the heaviest rain known
for years fell on the nth The town
81 Battle Creek was flooded and sew
eral houses wrecked At Humphrey
bartholomew Bogus was killed by
lightning. and al Palmer the wife and
grandmother of V. Lauton met a like
fate.
RILEY SMITH and William Farley
killed each other At Little Rock, Ark,
i'm a quarrel over women.
SIXTEEN survivors of the Blackhawk
war held a reunion at Galena, I'D. Only
twcnty-thrce of the pioneers who
fought the Indians in 1882 are still
alive.
The death of ex-Gov. Harrison Lud-
I ington occurred at his home in Madi-
son. Wis. in his s0th year lie was
governor of the state in 1879.
THE bursting Of a mill-race destroyed
Z 500 acres of celery al Kalamazoo, Mich,
I involving loss OF $4,000
Z SrAcE has been given every state and
territory i'm the union at jackson park.
. Chicago. for building at the worlds
+ fair
I OK the mountains in which Is situated
. the Conception silver mine, in the state
\ uf san Luis Potosi, Mex, waterspout
Z drowned twenty-thrce persons.
w VI. Dow MURDERED Capt Perkins
and his l4-year-old son, of GAINESVILLE,
I Tex. as the result of an old feud.
TuE steamers Alert and Mohican
sailed from san Francisco for Behring
+ sea under special orders to prevent seal
catching.
I Ar Utica. H.. a cloudburst caused
damage exceeding 100000, and
throughout the entire Illinois river
valley heavy losses resulted from
floods. which washed out crops and
swept away houses and live stock.
Z \ BRokEN rail ditched freight train
AT Disbo Ind. and sixteen cars were
wrecked and twenty head of imported
cattle killed
At Baltimore William X. Duval was
sentenced To zine years in the peniten-
tiary for obtaining christening and
/ Christmas gifts from United States SEN
ators and others under false pretenses,
alleging that he had named children in
their honor.
NEAR his home in Crook county,
Wyo.. Jam - Waggener. noted ;sorse
thief. was iyuched.
Miss LoU BELL and George Thomp-
son both colorrd. were struck by a
train near Dayton. o., and both were
killed.
On the 18th John Brooks. of Waldron,
VI ch., celebrated the lO5th anniversary
of his birthday lie was soldier of
the war of 1872, is in good health and is
Michig.n's oldest citizen.
\ .CHooIHoUsE near Norfolk. Neb.,
was washed away during a storm and
Charles Miles. Cora Hamlin and Anna
Cox were drowned.
Ar Napanee. Ind. windstorm did
great damage to the crops and fruit
trees. blew down barns and out
hu.Scs. and blew houses from their
foundations. some of which were total
Is wrecked
II was said that thousands of immi-
grant were crossing at Sault Ste.
Marie. Mich. monthly. They were not
examined As 70 their means of support,
a. the government has no immigrant
Inspector at that point.
AFA>r express train on the illinois
Central road was wrecked near Ken
uer's station. La. and six persons were
reported killed and twenty injured
WILL II. HoCRwISHER and Willie
Krcipl1c, both under 80. and two col.
orcd men were drowned by the over
turning II their skiff in a sudden wind
storm opposite Golconda. III.
\ PEW miles north Of Belvidere, Ill,
q cloudburst caused great damage.
News OF the drowning Of Lieut. Rob.
inSon. ". c. Moore and four other men
If the United States cutter Bear At Icy
bay. Alaska. has been confirmed.
FLAMES in the Nestor block 1t Mar
quette, Mich, caused a loss Of 500. 600