River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

FLAMES swept away twenty-nine
buildings in the business portion of
Bayou Sara, La.
LAwLEss men were terrorizinp Madi-
son county, Ind. and farmers will en-
ploy bloodhounds to hunt them down.
IL the Illinois house a bill was intro
duced taxing bachelors SIS annually,
the money to be used in building and
sustaining an old maids home
THE death of ex-Lieut.~ Gov Edmund
Carnes, of Nebraska. occurred at Sew
ard. He was elected to the Office twice.
IN church at Salem Rev. DIR. w NJ.
u. Ionce, professor of ancient Lam
guages at Roanoke college, Virginia,
dropped dead.
Mrs. HARRIET McMURRAY. aged lis
years, was among the women who
registered at Wichita. Kan, TO vote at
the municipal election.
AT Youngstown, o., 1000 rolling mill
employees went on strike because
three puddlers were discharged
Mrs. JEPHTHA WILLIAMS and her son
were killed by lightning during a storm
near Pine Hill, Ala. and Mr.. Williams
was totally blinded.
FUNERALS of the sixty-one victims of
the Red Bud mine disaster were held
az Evanston, Wyo.
Is ire that destroyed the st. James
hotel in Denver, four firemen lost their
lives.
AT the United States subtreasurv in
baltimore the finest counterfeit quar-
ter dollar ever made was detected. It
is of the series of 1898, and is composed
largely of silver. Only the most adroit
expert can detect II from genuine coin.
FLAMES destroyed the packing houses
of Reed Bros, a5 Armourdale, Kan,
the loss being 81, 100000.
IN Toledo Judge Kicks decided that
foreign-born woman wEo comes to
the United States and marries a citi-
zen of this country becomes a citizen
of the United States.
FIRE destroyed the Trumbull county
courthouse located at Warren, o.
IL a report submitted TO the constitu-
tional convention at Salt Lake City il
stated that no inhabitant of Utah shall
ever be molested in person or property
on account of his or her mode of re-
ligious worship, and polygamy or
A HURRICANE visited Delaware, O.,
and surrounding sections, unroofing
houses, uprooting trees and demolish-
ing fences.
SURVIVORS of the invading army that
marched to Washington under Gen.
Coxey year ago had reunion at Mas
slllon, O.
AT Fort Scott, Kan, six United
States prisoners escaped from Jail,
among them being Bill West, the no
tOrious outlaw.
In Macon county, Ala, a long-stand-
ing feud between the Riddle and the
Christian families resulted in Slab Rid
die being killed and Charles and An
drew Riddle fatally wounded.
IL Chicago the report of the experts
who investigated the whisky trust ac-
counts says that a discrepancy of ST.
924, 100 existed.
A. y. MosELY, congressman from the
Fourteenth Missouri district, and the
youngest member of congress, was
married at Dexter TO Miss Ellie Smith.
VIOLENT wind storms swept over
Ohio, Illinois and other towns. Dust
storms prevailed in Iowa and Illinois.
AT the age of 100 years Miss Flavia
Brewster died near Freeport, Ill.
Mrs. SAM BUTLER (colored) and her s.
year-old son were found dead at Mere
dith, Miss. They were supposed to
have been murdered by the husband of
the woman.
An ordinance providing that all chill
dren under Is years of age shall leave
the streets at 0 o'clock, when curfew
rings, went into effect at Saltwater,
Mimi. and was rigidly enforced
FLAMES Ia arly wiped out the town Of
Gilmanton, Wis.