River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-07

Brayman, ex-governor of Idaho, one ot
the oldest masons IN the United States,
died at Kansas City, Mo.
BY gas explosion due to imperfect
ventilation twenty-eight men employed
in the mines at Cerrillos, y. NJ, were
killed.
IS Detroit Adjt Gen. Charles u.
Ea ton, of Michigan, fen dead with
apoplexy of the heart while attending
a funeral.
Is Chicago fire Destroyed the kaest-
ner building. occupied by numerous
tenants. and several adjoining houses.
entailing loss of s400.O00.
WILSON Bios. -four mill at Peabody,
Kan, was completely destroyed by fire,
the loss being 100000.
The republicans of the Tenth Vii.
nois district nominated George w.
Prince, of Galesburg, for congress on
the ,476th ballot
FIRE destroyed the factory of the
Chicago Pipe Works company at New
Philadelphia, o., the loss being $780,.
600.
TIE prohibitionists nominated A. NJ.
Todd, of Kalamazoo. Mich, for con-
gress. to succeed Senator Burrows.
IT was shown by an autopsy on Her
man Switzer. of Terre Haute, Ind,
who died while lifting an ice chest.
that his heart mad broken in two.
AT La Grange, Ind, Enos Randall
and his wife died almost simultaneous
ly. Randali's death was the result of
a protracted Illness, hut his wife had
been in perfect health.
TIN directors of the Minneapolis ex-
position formally Offered the building
and site to the state for capitol pur-
poses.
AT Kingston, y. c., a cigarette
carelessly thrown by boy started
fire that caused a loss of S22J, 900.
DAVID JONES, of Elwood. Ind, after
l52 days and nights of wakefulness, fell
into refreshing sleep.
A MAN named Kirby L. May, who, by
representing himself as young girl
anxious to marry. had victimized men
in all parts of the country, was arrest
ed i'm 1T. Louis.
DEMOCRATS in convention at Saginaw,
Mich, nominated John w. McGrath
for supreme Judge and Charles j. Pail
thorp. of Petoslxey, and Stratton d.
Brooks. of Isabella county, for regents
of the state university. Resolutions
declaring for free silver were adopted.
THE Michigan Legislature passed a
bill providing for registration in the
city of Detroit.
GEORGE MAGEE was executed at
Frankfort, Ky. for killing Charles
Thomas; Joe Dean was hanged at Fair
burn, Ky, for numbering \. Il. Leigh,
and Harry Hill, the murderer of Mat
thew Aheson. was hanged at Platts-
mouth. Neb.
THOMAS MEADOWS aud his wife, of
Glenville, Ala, were attending a dance
when their four children were burned
to death.
MASHED men held mp a train near
Antelope. Cdi. but were beaten off b,
the engineer and fireman.
WHITE robbers disguised as negroes
fatally injured Daniel HairstroIn and
wife, of Alton. I. L.
THE Oklahoma Legislature passed a
divorce bill which is unequaled for it's
liberality.
THE death OF Henry Studebal1er, one
of the well-known firm of wagon build
crs. occurred at his home near South
Bend. Ind. aged 6s years.
JAMES TRUELocK, Thomas Kirk and
Lee Martin were sentenced at Frank
lin. Ind. to- six years Imprisonment for
grave robbery.
Is a hovel on the Wabash river near
Terre Haute, Ind. Elizabeth Powell,
100 years cid. was found dead.
The Times and Herald of Chicago
have been consolidated and will here
after be issued under the name of the
Tlmes-lierald.
BY an explosion in a sawmill at Adel-
phia. o.. four men were killed and two
others injured.
FIRE destroyed property valued at
upward of 5000, O00 at Salina. Kan.
Is a fit of jealousy George Howell,
of Elkhorr w. Va, killed Miss Alice
Gibson and then took his own life.