River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
WEST AND SOUTH.

NEAR Fairmont, Mimi, the house of
c. j. Freeberg, a farmer, was burned,
and his wife and child persisted in the
flames.
FLAMES wiped ont the business por-
ton of Elliston, a railroad and logging
camp near Helena. Mont.
FIRE destroyed the business portion
of Burdick. Ind.
FREIGHT and passenger trains col
lided at Tower Hill, H.. doing damage
to the extent of 500, 600. No one was
injured.
AN International Migration society
at birmingham, Ala. has arranged for
the transportation of 5000 negroes to
Liberia prior to November J.
WHILE going at full speed the steam
er Northwest ran on Bar point, Lake
Erie, and a panic was created among
her $50 passengers. She was in no
danger.
The state of Tennessee was said to
have been defrauded out of $4,000. 900
in taxes by derelict officials, and suits
would be entered.
A VETERAN railroad man, John c.
Gault. died in Chicago from paralysis,
aged 65 years
AT Bonham. Tex, f ID. McNitt.
minus both legs and one arm, killed
Mrs. Martin, who had left her husband
in Arkansas, because she refused to
marry him, and then took his own life.
FIRE destroyed the st. Denis hotel,
two livery stables and thr e residences
at Columbus, Ind, the loss being near
ly 100000.
BY the death of an uncle in Wales,
John Jones, an Elwood lind tin-plate
worker. has fallen heir to $4,000, 900.
IL northern Wisconsin and Michi-
gan forest fires continued to rage and
in the former state several towns were
endangered.
FLAMES that originated in the
Brooks Bros. lumber yard at st. Paul
caused loss of $4,000
The congressional labor commission,
after devoting fourteen days in Chica-
go To the investigation of the recent
strike, adjourned to meet again in
Washington September 26.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations sre re-
ported as follows: Iowa, Seventh dis
trict. J. r. Bancroft tdem.). Illinois,
Sixth district, James j. Linehau,
pop; Tenth, John Olsen tdem.). In
diana, Twelfth district. Freeman KEEL
ley (popl. Wisconsin. Third district,
c. NJ. Bullet (popl; Fifth. 5. 5. Bar
ney rep. Mississippi. First district,
L. A. Brown. (pOp.l; Second. John c.
Kyle tdem.) renominated. Tennessee.
Eighth district, j. A. McCamm (rep.).
Texas. Thirteenth district, b. Il. Ken
yon (repl.
TIE firm of Parlle 4 Lacey, dealers
in machinery at Portland, Ore, failed
for sl25. 900.
REFUBLIcANs of North Carolina met
in state convention al Raleigh and Ia
dOrsed the populist state ticket.
N Detroit. Mich. over $4,000 Sun
day school children marched in the
annual rally day parade.
1T was stated that an English syndi-
cate had purchased thirty paper
mills in Wisconsin. The deal involves
s14. O00, 600
AT Dayton. O.. Lord Clinton trotted
a mile in 2:13. breaking the worlds
record for time over a half-mile track
GEORGE THOMAS and Richard McAvoy
were killed at Hartford. Kan, in a
quarrel over some chickens.
THE Diamond Match company lost
90, OOO. 600 feet of lumber by the forest
fires in Michigan in the Trout creek
district. and the Nester estate 10000
600 feet.
On charge of stealing horses Mary
Hopkins. once society leader IN Law
renee. Kan. was in Jail at Guthrie.
q L.
AT Fort Wayne, Ind. Robert J.,
owned by {. J. tamlin. IF Buffalo. y.
V, broke the worlds pacing record,
making mile IN 2:0Ss..
WILL MctiKIFF. of Geneva. Ind. md
Richard McGriff. of Deerfeld. -,
celebrated their Goth birthday. They
are said To be the oldest twins in the
United states.