River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-27

BY the falling of scaffolding at
GAINESVILLE. Wis. FIVE men were injured,
two probably fatally.
FLAMES at Napoleonville. La, burned
seven blocks. including most of the
business portion of the town. Loss,
Sl25. 600
AT Topeka, nan. the body of Mrs
A. ID. Matson, murdered ten days ago.
was found. She had been criminal!y
assaulted aud robbed.
A MOB shot James Allen (coloredl to
death at Brownsville, Tex lie was
charged with burning barns.
Tue supreme court of Iowa rendered
what was said to be final decision in
the Jones county calf case" which
has been in the courts over sixteen
years.
IOUNG Alabama ruffians fired into
a schoolhouse near Brownridge, fatal.
| ly wounding four of the pupils.
SOME 200 people left Elberton. Ga,
for Texas, where they go, they claim,
TO better their condition. Men. WON.
en- and children composed the party.
FIRE destroyed The Sailors House"
in Vallejo. Cal, and three of the
boarders were cremated.
DECREPIT horses and mules are said
TO be utilized in making sausage for
the saloon trade by Indiana manufac.
turors.
For the murder of Mrs. Lena Gun.
bingham last April Calvin J. Christie
was hanged at Kalispel, Mont
FLAMES i'm Cleveland, o., destroyed
buildings and their contents valued at
nearly s25O.000.
Wholesale dealers in oleomargarine
/ in Maryland have ceased handle the
product owing to a recent supreme
court decision.
FoUR men held up train in the linn
its of Sioux City, la. and the passen.
gers we're relieved of money and jew
elry.
WHILE going to his office William j.
Culberson. mayor of Mount Vernon O.. f,
dropped dead on the street.
| IL the home of James A. Forsythe, a
| farmer living near Villas. O. T., gaso-
line stove exploded and he and his
wife and two small children were fa4
tally burned.
THE death of Mrs. L. W. { uiteau,
stepmother of the assassin of Presi.
] dent Garfield, occurred at Freeport,
/ H.. where she had lived since 1852.
ANDREW BAUMGARTNER,e en- route from
Celina to Ves sailles, O., met a stranger
who proved to be his brother, who left
home twenty years ago and was be-
/ lieved to be dead
The annual meeting of the National
| Educational association, department
of superintendent, will hold its an
nual meeting February 10, 30 and 81 in
| Association hall at Cleveland, O.
DURING the sinking of a well on a
| farm near Brownville, Ne5., rich gold
bearing ore was discovered.
/ john STALEY and Clarence Cox were
hanged at Maynardsville, Tenn. A
crowd of $500 razei the stockade and
viewed the execution.
| IL New Orleans, George King, a des-
perate negro. was lynched, and James
| Williams met like fate at Mount
Brook. Fla.
THE state relief commission says
| there are over 2S,00O families in NJ.
braska needing aid because of crop
| failure.
| IHB death of eN-CongresSman Mar
quette, OF Lincoln, Neb., occurred a t
/ Tampa. Fla. from rheumatism of the
| heart, aged 63 years.
By the tin box scheme Henry Kinnett,
a farmer living near Preble, o.. was
| bunkoed out of So OO0
IN race war, caused by the killing
of Joseph III. Isom, white man. near
| Quitman, Ga, seven negroes were shot
and more shooting was expected.
AT junction City, Ky =, Micajaa Row
sey, desperate, was killed by Town
Marshal Ellis. whom he resisted. Row
sey was the last of father and seven
sons, all of whom died with their boots