River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-02-09

rated MIN WIN coal Oh ana burned MIN
to death.
FLAMES almost wiped ont the town
of Gillette, Wyo., causing a loss of
500. 900.
The remains of Jefferson Davis will
be removed from New Orleans to Rich
mond for interment on May so.
ADVANCE sheets of Hoffmsn's Catho-
lie directory, the official publication of
the Catholic church in the United
States. gives the total Catholic popula-
ton in this country at s. 500. O95. The
total number of priests is 9. Sss; chill
dren attending parochial schools, 1885,
ses, and children in orphan asylums.
26.53S There are Ia Catholic colleges,
CSC academies, S,5s7 parochial schools,
463 charitable institutions and SAT-
churches.
NEAR Topeka, Kan, James Mitchell
and his wife and child were frozen to
death in their house.
FIRE destroyed five weekly news
paper offices in Topeka. Kan.
IL fire in Alfred Burgerson's house
in Chicago Mrs Burgerson and her
baby were fatally burned.
Is Oskaloosa. Ia. Mrs. Catherine
Robinson died at the age of IO2 years
and il months
The failure of the Chicago Milk
Shippers association, with a member
ship of 1900, for 100000. was an
nounced.
THE execution of Sam Smith, a 49,
year-old negro. took place at Birming-
ham, Ala, for the murder OF Isaac
Burger nine months ago.
ADvIcEs from Alaska are TO the eff
feet that the citizens of that territory
are earnestly working for home rule.
REPREsESrATIvE BLEEcKER intro
duced a bill in the Minnesota legisla-
ture to prohibit the manufacture of
hoopskirts within the borders of the
state.
IN the ring at New Orleans George
Goodrich, colored middle weight, was
instantly killed by his opponent Joe
Green. Goodrich was knocked down,
and the fall broke his neck.
by the npsetting of a boat Pauline
Neweombe. aged 20. and Willard Wood
worth, an engaged couple, were
drowned at Marysville. Cal.
THE supreme court of Michigan
handed down decision in the contested
election case in the Fifth congressional
district, seating Charles Z. Belknap.
the republican candidate.
NATURAL gas exploded in the home
of John ID. Shofstall at Urbana, O.,
killing his daughter. aged 20. and Mrs
Clark. aged 6s years
Instructions were issued by Gov.
81 -. q \
arrest every person implicated in the
burning of the negro Smith at Paris,
Tex
DURING the recent blizzard in Kan
sas hundreds Of head of live stock died.
FLAMES at Copper Basin. A. r., de-
stToyed the reduction works of the
Commercial Mining company, causing
loss of $780, 900.
GOVERNORS of all the southern states
will meet at Richmond April IL for the
purpose of formulating plan for de-
veloping the resources of the south
and offering inducements to capital
and labor.
Coal gas caused the deaths of three
members of the family of Andrew Berg
lund at New Bedford, " ID.
al inuidndpoAlS Jonn - Johnson, the
cyclist and skater. broke the amateur
5-mile record of America, making the
distance in 1890 4-5.
a FALL of slate in Princes coal mine
near GAINESVILLE, o., crushed four miners
to death.
IL a fit of jealousy Otto Serfiing. a
farmer living near West Scio, Ore, shot
aud killed his wife and then killed him
self
IL resort in Indianapolis, Ind, Bes-
sic Pitman was fatally shot by Philip
Pahbach, who then turned the revolver
on himself and blew his brains out.
jealousy was the cause.
NEAR Pine Ridge. \ D., Two
Strikes band of Indians killed ur
white men. Mounted police were dis.
patched to the scene of the trouble and
in encounter with the Indians five of
the latter were killed.
FRANK LEWIS, bank robbcr, who
murdered A. r. Ingleman at Waverly,
Kan. was found guilty of murder and
sentenced to imprison ment for one year
and then to be hanged.