River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-02-07

BY the burning of their home Peter
Olson, wife and three children, who
lived near Sterling. \. d.. and hired
man named Bathga, lost their lives.
WHILE being arraigned in court at
La Junta, Col, for attempted criminal
assault upon a 3-year-old girl. Charles
Donovan died in an epileptic fit.
PEARL BRoADswoRD, aged 16, the
largest girl in Ohio, weighing 4sO
pounds, died at Litchfield.
TwESTY-oSE of the chain gang of con-
victs at Savannah, Ga, were perman-
emily disabled by exposure to freezing
weather.
ONE of the veteran shipbuilders of
the great lakes, Thomas Quayle, died
died at his home in Cleveland, o., aged
So years.
LIEUT.. Gov. CLoUGH became governor
of Minnesota without special formali-
ty, Gov. Nelson, elected United States
senator, having resigned.
For the murder of j. G.. Wells IL year
ago, Harrison Stevens (coloredy was
hanged at Dawson, Ga.
The National American Woman-Suf-
frage association met in the twenty
seventh annual convention at Atlanta,
Ga, with Miss Susan Il. Anthony, its
president, in the chair
BANDITS held up a Southern Pacific
train near Wilcox, A. T., and blew the
express safe with dynamite, securing
$4,000
IL the Michigan senate joint reso-
luton was passed submitting to the
people an amendment TO the constitu-
ton providing an educational qualifi-
cation for electors.
BEFORE a. committee of the Mime
cussed spariug matches, defending the
profession.
An English syndicate purchased the
Iron Mountain mine in Shasta county,
Cal, for $500. 600 cash.
john RENO, one of the first train rob-
bers in the United States, died at Co
lumbus, Ind.
AT Peoria, H., Rev. George w. Dun
bar and Miss Elizabeth Mystery Were
married. The groom is So years Did
and has been married five times before.
The bride is As and this Is her first at
tempt.
WHILE insane Bud Ellis, Methodist
preacher at Aurora. Mo-, killed mis-
wife, shot his daughter and took his
own life.
THE death was announced of Mrs.
Joseph Studebaker, of Anderson, Ind,
who had tasted and slept for III days.
Oh the LIST intensely cold weather
prevailed in the northwest. At Grants
burg, Wis, the thermometer registered
~ degrees below zero and at Negaunee,
Mich, 40 below.
AT Fresno, Cal, Directly lowered
his pacing record by half a second,
making the mile In 2:0714. Joe Patchen
beat Robert j. three straight heats.
Time, 2:os1G, 2:12]l, 2:O6.
FIRE destroyed the Deaconess home, a
hospital In Cleveland, o., and four of
the fifteen inmates were cremated.
BOILERS in planning mill at MuslSe-
gon, Mich, exploded, killing the
Waterman and shaking the entire city.
II the Seine river country in Mime
sofa eight prospectors for gold were re-
ported to have been frozen to death
SEVERAL influential members of Holy
Trinity Catholic church at Bucyrus, o.,
refused to obey the mandate to with
draw from secret societies.
FLAMES wiped out the little village
of Jamestown, Miss.
IN session at Atlanta, the National
American Woman Suffrage association
reelected Susan b. Anthony as presi-
dent.
IL st. Louis Mrs Sarah NJ Pierce
was awarded g, 500 damages for kiss
that A. Ii. Carpenter attempted to take
from her.
by fire in the Minneapolis branch
of the Moline Qll.) pillow works loss
of about 100000 was caused.
IN Nebraska hundreds of carloads of
provisions were awaiting distribution,
while the destitute were starving ana
freezing.