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

DAVID GURSEY and Richard Plocls.
two Kansas City 10. capitalists. were
fatally injured in a runaway accident.
PETFR EoRD. of Fayettc. Mo-. asks
for a divorce from his wife after mar
ried life of fifty years, on the grounds
that she had at various times called
him ''liar," ''old hound ''seoundrer
and other equally strong names.
Is the presence of her little children
a. Jacksonville. H., Mrs William
Coreau dropped dead.
IL Des Moines. over 1000 conversions
were reported as a result of Evangel-
ist Mills religious meetings.
PEOPLE were fioclling to south Dako-
ia to secure divorce in the hope of ac-
quiring residence before the legisla-
ture extends the period of residence TO
six months
IN the cirepit court at Valparaiso.
Ind, Judge GilIett, decided that grand
jury could not make demands upon
bank officers for their books contain
ing the names OF depositors-
AT Lafayette. Ind. Prof. George T.
Rudolph. formerly Catholic priest,
while attempting 10 deliver his lecture.
why Left the RomiSh Priesthood.
was driven from the hall by a mob.
severely injured about the head and
shoulders, and received bullet in his
left hand.
IN Joint convention the Tennessee
legislature elected w. ). Morgan sec
rotary of state. James 4. Harris comp
troller and Z. t. Craig treasurer.
TAX inquisitors have unearthed So
coo, 600 worth of unreported taxable
property in Allen county. o., and 800
persons have been caught.
MASKED men robbed the bank of
Waverly, Kan. of $500, killed A. p. In
gleman, one of their pursuers, and
were finally run down aud arrested.
IL Chicago fifteen business firms
were burned out, the total loss being
sl5OOO0
THE legislature of Wisconsin elected
John l.. Mitchell as United Safes SEN
ator.
A SYSTEM of robbery which has been
carried on for six months on the New
pelSa & Santa Fe railroad was brought
TO light at Ration, " NJ.
FUNERAL ceremonies over the late L.
Q. C. Lamar took place at Macon. Ga.
Chief Justice Fuller and the associate
justices We're present at the services.
FIRE ruined the Detroit mich high
school building. the loss being 500, 900,
with no insurance.
For the murder of Jewish peddler
known as Schustig. William j. Scrog-
gins. white boy aged II, was hanged
at Birmingham. Ala.
The execution of Alfred Stout, the
colored murderer of George Detmar,
took place in the Jail yard at Elk
ton, Md.
a FREIGHT train was wrecked near
Big Cliff. Ky, by broken rail and
Alexander Price, engineer; George
Foster, fireman, and Walter Davis,
brakeman, were killed
FIRE destroyed the mammoth plant of
the Portsmouth wheel works at Ports
mouth, o., the loss being 500, 900.
JAMES MALoNE's house in Mineral
county. w. Va. was destroyed by fire,
and Mrs. Malone, her son Louis
and Edward Mccarthy were burned to
death.
THERE were two more deaths of vic
Tins of the recent oil explosion at AL
ton Junction ILL.,, swelling the total
list of dead to twentv-eight.
II Oakesdale, Wash. SIX blociEs were
burned. the loss being $500, 600.
PoRTIONs of the roofs of the manu-
features and other buildings on the
worlds fair grounds fell in from their
weight of snow. the total loss being es-
timated at $50. 900.
NEAR Kent. H., a train containing a
party of lumbermen from Minnesota
went over n bank and w. Z Akers. of
Minneapolis, was killed and forty
other persons were hurt
IL their home at Hamlin. w Va,
John Michaels. his wife and three chill.
dren were all frozen to deaths
FoRTY-oNE paper mills in various
states have effected combine under
the name of the Columbian Straw Pa
per company, with headquarters at
Chicago.