River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30
WEST AND sOiITu

TRAIN struck carriage at Nenia.
o.. containing Sallie and Sophia kelso,
daughters of DIR. s. NJ. Kelso and
Leila McDill, daughter of Prof David
McDil, instantly killing the three
young ladies.
For the murder of August McSween
and wife September 10 Mitchell
Wooten (colored) was hanged at ozard.
Ala.
A FIRE at Newberne, Tenn. entailed
a loss of $4,000 and cost the lives of
three men, Lee Bradshaw, Pat Moffatt
and Ed Gilbert.
T. o. JOHNSON. of Aberdeen, s.
was the victim of the mOb's fury at =
tumwa, Ia, instead of Fred Gustafsc l.
FIRE destroyed the Paddock-Hawley
Iron company's plant at ST Louis, the
loss being $3.50, 900.
L. VI. OVERMAN. the banker who
robbed the Citizens national bank of
Hillsboro, o., of $50. 600, pleaded guilty
to two indictments for embezzlement
and was sentenced to FIVE years on
each.
AT the advanced age of lO7 years
colored woman who was once a slave of
Henry Clay died in Springfield. III.
Directors of the failed Farmers and
Merchants bank of Minneapolis were
indicted for fraudulent practices.
The death of Mrs Maria Coon &C.
CURED at Quincy. Ill. on her Tooth
birthday.
IL Detroit. Mich. the building occu-
pied by Edison. Moore & Co. wholesale
dry goods merchants. was burned. and
five of their employees persisted in the
flames and two others were killed by
jumping from windows. The property
loss was $3.50, 900.
IN a fight with five thieves near
Wooster, o., Robert Ewing. an old
farmer. was fatally shot.
The steamer Alameda arrived at San
Francisco from Honolulu bringing
news that no change had been made in
the government up to the time of sail
ing.
POVERTY caused the death of Mrs.
Myra Weed. of West indianapolis. For
a year her husband has been out of
employment
OS the Chicago & West Michigan
road an east-bound passenger train was
thrown from the track near iceland,
Mich, and over dozen persons were
seriously injured.
Ice closed the Mississippi river at
Clinton. Ia. an unusual occurrence at
this time of the year.
IN fit of insanity Gustav Truhn, a
well-to-do farmer in Bush Lake town.
ship. Mimi. killed his wife and child.
The president and cashier of the bank
n.,,f-1..- NNueh ,ka,,.,l,l
everything but the building. The loss
to the depositors is about ss5. 200.
II the penitentiary at Columbus, o.,
eighty convicts were suffering with the
grip.
IL a fire in the Weisner & Co. livery
stable at Stevens Point. Wis, seven
teen horses were burned.
The odd fellows hall. Watts opera
house. six stores and the masonic tenn
pie were burned at Starkville, Miss,
the loss being siOO. 900.
The ST. Paul Mimi aldermen
passed an anti-pOolroom ordinance
which also operates against progressive
euchre games
A MOB took Fred Gustaveson from
the officers of the law in a Justices
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him from the balustrade Just outside
the door lie assaulted little girl
years old. daughter OF Jonas SAKE.
THE governor issued a proclamation
TO the people of Wisconsin calling for
help for starving Gogebic miners.
An open switch wrecked freight
train at Van Buren,. Ark. and J. w.
Brown. Henry Swill aud William
Spoon. lumbermen, were killed.