River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-01-28

FLAMES swept away all but two
buildings in the village of Ohio City, o.
IN Nebraska Arthur Sloane, an es-
capped murderer who killed his step
father and mother, was found froze
to death on the Brule Indian rese-va-
ton.
WILLIAM S. HUNS barn at Grand
Rapids, Mich, was burned, and the
trotters Acmon and Eagle Bird and a
gray PAGER were cremated. Acmon
alone was valued at $50. 600.
THE Maryland legislature elected
Charles ii. Gibson United States sena-
tor to serve the unexpired term five
years. of the late Senator Wilson.
For the first time ever known the
Rio Grande frontier was covered with
snow.
AT Hugoton, Kan, James Brennan,
the slayer of Sam Wood, was released,
as an unprecedented jury could not be
found in Stevens county.
AT Lamar. Mo, n man named Hep
Ter, who murdered Mrs Goodly and
her little son, was hanged by a mob.
ENGINEER TAYLOR. Fireman Haggey.
Engineer Moore and Conductor Mora
were killed in a collision on the At
lantic & Pacific road at Blue Water.
n. NJ
MARGARET LAsHLEY and James
Lyles (colored) were hanged at Dam
vile, Va. for the murder of George
Lashley. the woman's husband, in Oc-
tober, 1890.
THREE HUNDRED mules and sixteen
horses were burned in fire at Sparks
Bros mule market in Kansas City.
II Franklin county, Va, Miss Della
Nicholson and her lover, John Il.
Pinkhard, committed suicide because
the young lady's parents objected to
their marriage.
OK the Rock Island road passenger
train was ditched near Blue Island,
Ill, three coaches and two sleepers
were burned and six persons were in
jured, one fatally.
by the burning of the national surgi-
cal institute at indianapolis. Ind,
twenty persons lost their lives and
twenty others were injured, some ia
tally.
WITHIN an hour William McHenry, a
travelling salesman of Cleveland, re-
ceived four kilograms, each announc-
ing the death of a brother from diph-
iberia
Four boys killed Frank Mclaughlin,
aged l2. and fatally injured his sister,
who was the teacher, in a country
schoolhouse at Philbrick, Hardin coun-
ty, o.
Ar Savannah, Ga, Lucius Dotson
(colored) was hanged for the murder of
jeff Goats in September, 1890.
THE execution of Caroline Ship took
place at Dallas, ~ c.. for infanticide
THE firm of Everett & Post, pig lead
dealers in Chicago. failed for Sl13,7
THE execution of Patrick Boyle, the
murderer of John Muensch on August
IL last, took place at Edwardsville. Ill.
CHARLES w. AsHINGER, won by a
wheels length in the six-days bicycle
race in Chicago. making 727 miles.
Stage was second, only a few feet be-
hind the winner.
FIRE ruined half block of business
houses at Pine Bluff, Ark, entailing a
loss of $4,000.
THE express car of Missouri Pacific
train was robbed by two men near
Lamar, Mo-. but they did not secure
much money.
IN the hills of southern Idaho
thousands of cattle were slowly starv-
ing to death. and the loss to the stock
raisers would be tremendous.
AT Linwood, Ark. NJ. b. Puryear,
the white man who led the negro riot
ers in the late troubles, has been sem
fenced to twenty-one years in the pen
itentiary.
MARGARET STOWE, an aged lady who
lived entirely alone in Cleveland, o.,
was found dead in her chair. She left
property valued at $1,000 900.
AT Downs, Kan, the First national
bank failed with liabilities of 500, 900.