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

NITH liabilities of SSO.OO0 the Clar-
cnce bank at Clarence, Mo-. suspended.
FLAMES at West Superior, Wis. de
stroyed J. 7. Nelson's property and his
wife and three children were probably
fatally burned.
CHRIS CBRIsTIANsoN's home at Minot.
y. d., was burned. and five of his nine
children were cremated.
N the annual enca mpment in Mount
Clemens Gen. =. Il. Dd boil, of II. Johns.
was elected department commander of
the Michigan 6. \. Il.
Tue doors of the Commercial bank at
Cincinnati. a state Institution long re-
garded as financially solid. were closed
with Liabilities of sl,OOO.OO0.
At Madison, H.. the mayor and
board OF trustees were found guilty of
malfeasance in office for permitting a
gambling house to run.
THT thermometer registered 90 de
grees in the shade on the .7th at Jeffer-
son. la.
From its division running into Fort
Howard. Wis. the 81. Paul Railway
company discharged eleven engineers
and thirty-five firemen because they
freIuented saloons.
AT Stanton, Neb.. the State bank
went into voluntary liquidation.
II an attempt to find hidden money
burglars cruelty tortured Mrs. Mary
Berger, aged So years, at Springfield
III.
PRAIRIE fires were raging i'm the Otue
and Ponca Indian reservations several
miles north of Perry. q. I.
FLAMES at 81. Augustine. Fla. de-
stroyed forty-nine residences and bust
ness houses, besides several smaller
structures, entailing a los of $4,000
Tue bursting of a reservoir near New
castle. Col. swept away several bridges
and many farms were ruined.
AT the age of 100 year.. Mrs. Reach.
an eccentric character. died at osh-
lSosh, Wis. Twenty years age she pur-
chased coffin. and at her own request
she was buried in it after she had used
it score of wears for bed.
\ THEATRICAL company that left ~.
Louis to walk TO New York i'm los days
on a wager gave up the job at Effing
ham. Ill.
THE Langston sawmill boiler. near
Apple Valley, ia. exploded, killing
William Goods, John Langston and
negro woman.
AT Kansas City the Noupartisan
Woman's Christian Temperance union
decided to remove their hats at church
services and all indoor meetings.
FLAMES nearly destroyed Wyclxoff.
Mimi, town of about coo inhabitants.
DUsr storms n central Iowa par
E 4. s-Tn 4
railroad traffic
WHILE temporarily insane C. l.. Will
liams, Of 1t. Louis. killed Catherine
Kae T. his aunt, and then committed
suicl, .
While rpbbing store at Braggs
station. ARK. samuel McWilliams, a
notorious bandit. and companion were
shot down.
Ar San Francisco ederal officers un-
earthed gang engaged in circulating
forged Chinese residence papers.
IN Lawrence, Kan, an anti cigarette
ordinance went into effect ar no Gig
arettes can bc purchased in that city.
Ar Bristol, Tenn, the Bank and
Trust company assigned with liabili-
ties Of S2l.s2O.
elder. died while attending conference
at Logansport, aged 20 years
II the mountains OF Wayne COUNT.
". Va. silver in very rich quantities
was discovered.
THE Bank of Canton. Kan. sus-
pended.
Is the northwest the hottest weather
ever known in March prevailed on
the Goth. the mercury reaching 90 de-
grees above zero in some places. The
average in Iowa and Illinois was - de
grees-
THE Cincinnati circuit court declared
the direct inheritance tax levied Oy the
last Ohio Legislature unconstitutional
ApviCEs from the middle and north
western states indicated that crops
were in great danger by reason of
drought
IT was said that Dr. William Hotch-
kins. who was buried at St Louis was
40 years old. He had been mason
40 years.
BECAUSE Of financial trouble Henri
Thorne. owner Of a stock farm near
Fort Recovery. o.. shot and killed his
wife and then hanged himself.