River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-10-19

AFTER serving twenty years Harry
Roman, of Oshkosh. sentenced for life
from waupun. Wis. for murder. las
been pardoned
IL Chicago the Ketcham Lumber
company made an assignment with liza
bilities of s250.O00 and assets of $780,
OOO
JAMES I. BANTER and Mrs Nellie NJ.
Metcalf were again united at Washing
ton after seventeen years separation.
Is Waynetown. Ind. seven brick
business blocks were destroyed 10y fire,
the total loss being $3.50, 900.
IL a rear-end collision between New
York excursion trains ON the Michigan
Central tracks at jackson. Mich.
twelve persons We're killed and TWEEN
ty-one injured. The first train was
standing at the depot when the second
dashed into ats rear coach and the two
rear coaches were telescoped and the
third thrown from the track.
GEORGE RossNArKI's house near Mi
not, y. D.. was burned aud his four
young sons were cremated.
Al the worlds fair railroad men had
a ride on the John Ball train, in COM
mand of William Finlayson. who was
conductor of the first passenger train
run in America.
TIE paid admissions TO the world S
fair during the six days ended on the
18th numbered l,925, iO9. Grand total
since the opening day, 1855, O96.
The Office of County Treasurer Will
liam Campbell, at Black Rock. Ark,
was robbed of s4.73l in cash.
The death was announced of Miss
Anna Bowers aged 81, who secured
yalua Bile claim in the Cherokee strip,
from the effects of exposure while
waiting upon the line and making the
run.
THE directors have planned monster
celebration of the closing day of the
worlds fair-to be called Columbus
day.
~0N the worlds fair grounds the Hor-
ticultural building will remain stand
ing during the winter, and W tn it may
be retained three or four other bIlild-
ings
DURING drunken fight at camp
meeting near Sacred III cart. o. T. Dep
uty Marshal Charley Bruno killed his
brother Abe and another man
AT Magnolia Beach, s. c., fifteen per-
sons lost their lives by n cyclone from
the West Indies.
THF death of Il. w. Crawford, at one
time the cattle king of southern Texas,
occurred at his home at Hemstead.
FLAMES destroyed the main building
of the state university at Vermillion.
:. d.. entailing a loss of $780, 900 or
more without insurance.
CAPT. w. c. HALE. of Joliet. H.,
fatally stabbed his wife and himself
with pair of shears as a weapon.
RAILWAY men at the worlds fair had
ride 90 the John Bull train in com
mar of William Finlaysop, who was
conductor of the first passenger train
run in America.
THE death of Ex-Congressman John
L. Thomas, Jr., one of the most prom
inent men in MARYLAND. occurred at his
home in Baltimore.
The number of paid admissions TO
the worlds fair for the week ended on
the 18th was 2,OS3. 744-the largest at
tendance in any one week since the ex-
position opened.
FROST throughout the lower Mssis-
sippi valley did great injury to cotton
and vegetation.
The schooner Minnehaha was driven
ashore north of Onekama, Mich, and
her crew of six were drowned
BERT MYERS, aged Il, while playing
with loaded revolver accidentally shot
and killed his s-year-old brother at To-
pel1a. Kan.
AT Detroit. Mich, flames destroyed
a number of prominent business houses.
entailing a loss of 5000. 900. One man,
George Barlinc, was burned to death.