River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

An assignment was made by the
North Dakota Milling association of
Grand Forks, owning and operating
and northern Minnesota, with habili-
ties of goo. 900 and assets of 100000.
THE failure of the National Manu-
featuring and Jewelry Importing COM
pany of Chicago for 100000 was re-
ported.
Is Denver the American Mutual Fire
Insurance association made an assign
ment with risks outstanding amount
ing to $4,000 and assets of s.. 999.
AT Decatur, Ill, William Cramer,
about 30 years of age, shot and fatally
wounded his divorced wife and then
killed himself
FLAMES swept away sixty business
houses at Ardmore, !. T., the total loss
being 10000
AT Matties Landing. Ala. cyclone
swept away twenty houses and killed
three persons
THE doors of the Furnas county bank
at Beaver City, Neb., were closed with
liabilities of s27, 900.
WITHOUT a cent of money except
what he earns on his way, John Ii.
Thomas, late editor of the Mount Yer
non Ind.) Republican and a cripple,
left Evansville to go round the world
in a wheel chair in two years.
THE champion ST. Bernard and one
of the most famous dogs in the world,
Sir Beldivere, owned by Capt. S. A.
Pratt. and valued at 10000, died at
Little Rock, Ark.
AT Lafayette. Ind. Judge Everett. of
the superior court, in the case of Helen
NJ. Cougar, decided that women were
not entitled to the right of suffrage ia
Indiana.
AT Westehester, Va, Thornton Park
er (colored) was hanged for assault on
Mrs. Melton. and Frank Fuller (also
colored) was hanged at New Orleans,
La. for numbering Henrietta Gardner.
IL ST. Louis 500 garment workers
went on strike against the sweating
system.
PATRICK HARVEY, Harry Blake and
William Hardpke were killed and John
Comfy and j. ]. Hand were fatally in
jured by the collapse of hosting ma
chinery in the Chicago Ship Building
conf any's yards at South Chicago.
THE death of Mrs. Lulie NJ, nroe 'ow-
er, editor and proprietor of the Iron
clad Age, the only atheist paper pub
lished in the country, occurred at her
home in indianapolis, Ind.
JoHN RATHER, Zeb Galley. Mary
Deane and Martha and Alice Greene
TALL coloreD were lynched by a mob
near Greenviile, Ala, for the murder of
Watts Murphy.
IS San Jose, Cal, Eddie Bald, of Buff
falo, rode mile on a bicycle in 2:O4,
reducing the worlds record a full Sec
ond.
IN Louisville, Ky, Ex-Congressman
w. n. Sweeney died suddenly. aged &c
years.
AT Columbia, Tenn, Matthew Gallo
way, a negro who murdered Jim Wal
tiers (colored) at Santa Fe in July last,
was executed.
THE doors of the First national bank
| of 0caia, Fla, were closed.
FIRE destroyed Lakeside, a summer
resort on Pewankee lake, about 20
miles east of Milwaukee.
A STORM at Fort Worth, Tex, caused
a portion of the roof of the tabernacle
to fall on part of an audience of 10000
listening to- Evangelist Dwight l..
Moody, fifty persons being injured.
JAMES S. AMERCoN and Henry Shir.
ley, English capitalists, were drowned
south of San Antonio, Tex.
AT Hillsboro, Ill, Henry Williams
killed his wife because she refused 10
get up and make breakfast and then
poisoned himself.
II. IL. KoHLsAAT purchased the Chi
cago Times-Herald and the Chicago
! Evening Post.