River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-03-03

IL southern California a severe earth
quake shock was felt, and near San
Diego a church and schoolhouse were
wrecked.
AT the industrial convention in St
Louis a new political combination was
formed and a presidential ticket will
be nominated July 4.
Mrs. HARTMAN and her daughter,
Mrs. Helen tombstone. of Englewood,
Ill, were fatally injured in a runaway
at Minneapolis. MINI.
ROBERT DUFFY. a conductor on the
Omaha road. died at West Superior,
Wis, as the result of injuries received.
His father dropped dead when told the
news.
THE joint committee of the recent in
dustrial conference at St Louis and
the peoples party met in St Louis and
called a national convention to meet in
Omaha, Neb.. July 4, to nominate can
didates for president and vice president
AT Alton, Ill, Prof William Nc
Adams dug up a bundle of fossilized
vegetation which he estimates had
been buried nearly 1000 years
THE jury at San Francisco in the
case against Actor Curtis for the kill
ing of Officer Grant reported that they
were unable to agree aud were dis
charged. They stood ten for convic-
ton and two for acquittal
JOHN ID. ROCKEFELLER has given the
University of Chicago another million
dollars. making his total gift to this
institution 1000. 900.
THE Maverick building at San An
tonic, Tex, containing many offices
and stores, was burned the loss being
5000. O0O
The governor of California has de-
cided to declare Labor day, which is
the first Monday in September, a legal
holiday.
AT Cincinnati suburban trains col
lided in tunnel and Engineer George
Collins was instantly killed and five
other persons were wounded, two
fatally.
On sidetrack near Lawrenceville,
Ind, Frank Orleans, farm hand, was
found in box car almost dead He
had by some blunder been imprisoned
in the car for eight days.
AT Ashtabula, o., the Knights of
Pythias have undertaken to raise a
fund for the erection of a monument in
memory of the unrecognized dead who
persisted in the terrible railway disas-
ter in 1876 at that place. All contribu-
tions should be sent to Lucien Sey-
mour, Ashtabula, o.
MOB lynehed Dick Cullen at Marsh
field, Mo, for killing little boy.
Mrs. SwEARINGEN was shot at New
port, Ark, few hours-after her mar
riage by an unknown member of a
charivari party.
JOHN MALEY, after serving twenty
years of life sentence in the peniten-
tiary at Wheeling. w. Va, for the muir
der of his young wife, has been found
to be not guilty.
STARVATION caused the death of Mrs.
Abram Greenfield at her home in
Mount Zion, Ill, aged IS. She tasted
for forty five days and could not be in
duced TO take any nourishment of any
character.
In a fire that destroyed his resi-
dence at Little Rock, Ark, Ex-Gov.
Elias n. Conway was burned to death.
FIRE swept away the four-story
building of the Burlington Qa.l Daily
Hawkeye. not a piece of material being
saved.
CITY MARSHAL SPRINKLE, A. j. Coop
er and an unknown man were fatally
shot in a fight over prisoner at Dex-
.ar Mo
FLAMES at the Hamilton & Dayton
railway depot in Cincinnati destroyed
two expr, SIS cars and two postal cars
with their contents.
IN the Anaconda mine at Butte,
Mont, three men were crushed to
death by falling rock.
AN explosion of gas in a pottery kiln
at East Liverpool. o., fatally injured
three employees
AT Byers, Col, John Seger, moved
by jealousy, shot Mrs Elfirst aud then
killed himself