River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-05-04

Gov. MCKINLEY. of Ohio, was the
orator at the 72nd anniversary of the
birth of Gen. Grant at his old home in
Galena. Ill
FLAMES destroyed Aldrich & RAYS tin
and copper stamping works at Buffalo.
\. v, the loss being 500, 1000
THE Reformed church of America
celebrated its centenary at Grace church
in Pittsburgh, Pa.
WHILE blowing on his farm near Hell
mick, o.. Jacob Mullet uncovered $50
silver COINS. most of them of French
mintage of a date as far back as 11s5.
IN his final report Director General
Davis of the worlds fair shows the
acreage under roof to be 200, $50 acres
being covered by the exposition and
fifty by the concession buildings,
total of 6,69S,SO0 square feet of space
covered. In addition to these are the
state and several other buildings.
SAM MASSEY and Jim Burke (both
colored) were hanged at Benham. Tex.
the latter for killing Mrs j. W Smith
and the former for a criminal assault
on Mrs. Il. +. Clements. Over 10000
persons witnessed the execution.
THE Second national bank of Column
bia. Tenn, suspended on account of
heavy withdrawals of deposits.
THE famous old Liberty Bell that
proclaimed the declaration of American
independence III years ago arrived i'm
Chicago, closing n tour of triumph from
Philadelphia
IL Enterprise. Ore. Edward r. Bun
nell, aged 80, killed his wife and daugh-
ter, then himself. because action for di-
vorce had been brought against him.
IN northern Iowa counties from 10
inches TO foot of snow fell.
IN horrible agony Clifford Runyan.
aged IA, died at Springfield. o., from
nicotine poisoning. His last act was to
smoke seventy-two cigarettes without
stopping.
IL indianapolis Mrs. Ellen O'Connor
died at the age of l04 wears.
FIRE destroyed boarding house at
Burlington, Ia, and six men persisted
in the flames and several other persons
were injured.
A TERRIFIC cyclone devastated Cisco
and Eastland county, in Texas. laying
waste everything in its path, which
was about three-fourths of mile wide.
All but fifty houses in Cisco were
wrecked. not a church or schoolhousc
was standing and but one house was
intact. Thirty persons We're killed and
over 100 were injured. The most con
sentative estimates placed the total
property loss at over s., 100000.
CHARLES CALDWELL (coloredl was
hanged at Jonesboro, Ark. for the muir
der of Tab Freeman. also colored, at Big
Bay February IS last.
CWHLE insane Joseph IIalson killed
his wife and seven children near st.
Augustine, Tex, and then killed him
self.
+. J.. HARPER, who wrecked the FL
deity bank of Cincinnati, was freed
from the penitentiary at Columbus.
RIVERS near Nandalia and Newton in
Illinois overflowed their banks, flooding
a vast territory, and crops were ruined.
Hundreds of head of cattle and hogs
persisted.
IL Ohio 10000 miners struck for an
advance of five cents per ton in price OF
mining.
NEAR Ponca Agency, |. r., a cyclone
did great damage to property and
killed Jack Keithlay and his wife and
three children and Charles Jackson.
IL Chicago Henry Darling and his
wife and child were suffocated by fuel
gas.
On the LIST the Worlds Columbian ex-
position at Chicago was opened in the
presence of nearly 100000 persons. At
noon the president of the United States,
after a brief address, pressed the cleo
tric button, and the vast machinery of
the exposition was set in motion. The
nature of the opening ceremony was
characterized by dignity and simplicity.