River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-30

lT-year-old daughter Of NJ. A. Miller. a
dead because she refused his attentions
and then killed himself
a TORNADO at Indianapolis wrecked
several buildings, causing a loss of
500. 600.
AT Mexico. Mo-, the sale of negro
was stopped by proceedings instituted
by George Robertson, leading attor-
ney, who will test the cOnstitutionality
of the vagrant law of the state.
TIE town of Kelly. Miss, was wiped
Off the face of the earth by cyclone,
not a soul being left TO tell the tale.
Great damage was also done at Tunica
and Cleveland in the same state, and
twenty-five persons were killed.
FLAMES swept away a large portion
of the town Of PanhuslSa, Oklahoma,
and FIVE lives were lost
BT tine issue of zoo. 900 copies the
Chicago Inter Ocean celebrated the
twenty-first anniversary OF its birth.
Each copy of the paper consists of
sixty pages
THE tornado that passed over In
dianapolis wrecked fifty houses, eaus-
ing loss of over SlO0, 600 and several
persons were seriously injured.
Is the register of deeds office at New
ton. Kan, the vault was broken open
and the county records destroyed The
loss cannot be made good for less than
10000.
By the eapsizing of a skiff George
w. Selby and his brother Oscar were
drowned at Peoria, III.
ADvICEs say that the damage done
by the recent cyclone in the Mississippi
valley would reach 81, 600. 600 One-half
OF the state penitentiary at Nashville,
which covers eighty acres of ground,
was torn to pieces, entailing an enor-
nous loss.
HUBERT and John Dix and Edward
Wescott were drowned by the upset
ting of skif in Bigbee river near
Mount Sterling, Ala.
AT Denver, Col, Anton Wood, the
l1-year-Cld murderer of Joseph Smith,
was found guilty and sentenced to life
Imprisonment.
Ar the age OF 95 years Rev. John
Souder, a Methodist minister, died at
his home in Iiffin, o. lie had lived
| there seventy years and had been in
the ministry for fifty-one years.
IL an angry fit james Cosgrove shot
and killed his wife at Butte. Mont,
and then committed suicide.
For participating in the murder of
Robertson and his daughter in August,
1891. Louis Michael was hanged at st.
Martinsville. La. 1t was the first legal
execution which had taken place there
in forty years,
In is proposed by the Woodstock
guards n military company at Anuis-
/ ton, Ala, to cover the distance on
| foot from their home to the worlds
fair grounds in Chicago, about 500
miles.
A FIRE destroyed the Weber building
in Chicago. causing loss of $3.50, 900 to
the various firms that occupied it.
JOHN BELL, Seth Calhoun and Jode
Holloway were fatally shot by a negro
at Fort White, Fla.
EIGHTEEN men have been killed and
$40 have been injured during the prog
ress of the work on the worlds fair
grounds in Chicago.
GEORGE Dow, aged "a, Henry Dow,
aged Is, and Frank Aclerson, aged %,
were drowned at Marietta, o., by the
upsetting of boat.
AT Nashville, Tenn, the Commercial
national bank suspended, owing depos-
itors $500, 900.
a NEGRO named stephen Strange died
at Lovelady, Tex, aged l05 years.
TIE shoe factory Of Snedicor & Hath
away in Detroit, Mich, was burned,
the loss being $3.50, 900.
A YOUNG woman at Youngstown, o.,
began eating roasted coffee in order to
change her complexion from a blonde
TO brunette. She now eats pound
day and cannot break herself of the
habit. which is rapidly killing her.
Orr Fenwicl1 islands (Na.l light the
barge Equator was lost and Capt. John
Feehan, of Philadelphia, and his crew
of three men persisted.
THE death of Rev. DIR. Ashley oc-
Cured at his home in Milwaukee at
the age of 81. For ffty-fou1 years he
was minister of the Episcopal church.
The town of Lynnville. Tenn, was
swept by fire which wiped out the
business portion of the place.
The failure of the Sandusly Insur-
auce company of Toledo. o, was re-
ported with assets of $50, 900 and liza
bilities of SlO9 900.