River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-01

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and his lo-year-old daughter were as
phyxiated by natural gas.
THE prize fight at Jacksonville, Fla,
between James J. Corbett, of Califor-
MIA, aud Charles Mitchell, of England,
resulted in the latter being knocked
out" in the third round, giving Corbett
the title of champion pugilist of this
world.
FRED MILLER, B. b. Campsen and
four others were drowned by p boat
capsizing near Sullivan island, 5. C.
The three grandchildren of Frank
higgins were burned to death in his
house at Crawfords, Ala.
FLAMES destroyed ST. Paul's Episco
pal church in Louisville, KY, tho loss
being sl00, 200; insurance. s54. 900.
A sNowsLIDE wrecked the house of Q
man named Thomson in White Bird
gulch. Idaho, and his four daughters
were killed.
IN the natural gas fields around
Celina, o., cold weather reduced the
pressure and great suffering was this
result
Two YOUNG women at Freeport,
H., sawed several cords of wood do
mated to their church by a farmer
FIRE destroyed the Sherman Oil &
Cotton companys mill at Sherman,
Tex, the loss being 500, 900.
IN Oklahoma seven persons were
frozen to death during blizzard
In Chicago George ii. Painter was
hanged for the murder of Alice Martin
on May 10, 1891. lie protested his in.
nocence TO the last
Is lis message to the extra session of
the Chickasaw legislature Gov. Wolfe,
of Indian territory, advises against
allotment and statehood, and recon-
mends two delegates to attend to all
the business of the Chickasaw people
at Washington.
A MEXICAN named Valdena. at Enci-
nal, Tex, shot and killed Miss Josefa
Trevino because she would not marry
him and then fatally wounded himself
ONE of the oldest and best-known
lawyers of Iowa, A. 4. Brown, died at
his home in Waverly at the age of SO
years. He was a delegate from Iowa
to the republican national convention
when Lincoln was nominated
AT Marysville, Cal, A. NJ Leach, lum-
Der dealer and mill owner, failed for
5000. OOO
tbs Michigan supreme court has
confirmed the constitutionality of the
general banking law of the state
AT Duluth, Mimi, Congressman Nj.
Z. Baldwin was hanged in effigy be-
cause of his stand for free iron ore.
THE death of CO... Richard Ross, said
to be the oldest gambler in the coun-
try. occurred at Denver. He was born
in ls12 and was in tire Blaclxhawk war.
AT Toledo, o., Judge Kicks refused
TO restrain the receiver from reducing
wages of employees of the Toledo, st.
Louis & Kansas City railroad.
OVER fifty families in Sedalia, Mo-,
were found to be on the verge of starva-
ton.
The Midwinter fair was formally
opened in San Francisco by Mrs. De
Young pressing the electric button
which started the machinery.
ALoNZo CARNDALL. Ben w. IIughey
and Perry Wilkinson, hunters. were
drowned near Shawneetown, Ill, by
their skiff capsizing.
IT was said that bad debt collectors
had swindled residents in twenty-oae
TOW rs IN southern minnesota out OF
$50 OO1.
IN Iowa only $500 out of 10, 600 coal
miners are at work, anu they at greatly
reduced wages.
IN Ohio Mrs. Amy Swift died in
Washington county and her twin sister,
Mrs. Pedro Evans, died two hours later
in Morgan county. They were aged So
and were the oluest twins in the United
States They had never lived more
than 3 miles apart
PROBABLY the oldest legislator in the
world, John Yaryan, died at Rich
mond, Ind. lie served as state senator
during the last legislature at the age
of ~.
A MAN named Hawkins in a Jealous
rage fatally shot LIS wife at Robinson,
Mich, and was himself fatally shot
while resisting arrest.
FIRE swept away the mills of the
American Cereal company at Akron,
o., the loss being s15O,0OO
DOMESTIC trouble caused Mrs. Ella
Powers, of Peoria, Ill, TO kill her little
daughter and then commit suicide.