River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-07-25

Ar Live Oak, FiG-. Henry 3rown
(colored) was hanged for killing Ed
Ryberg (whiteD on March q. Brown
confessed that he had murdered seven
men, all for money.
A MANIFESTO was issued by Grand
Master Sovereign to the Knights of
Labor reciting the wrongs of the
masses and calling for a general boy
colt on national bank notes in all deal
iIgs between individuals. the boycott
to go into effect September l.
IL Tazewell county, ILL.,, tornado
unroofed many buildings and two men
were killed by lightning. At Pekin
houses were wrecked.
WHILE fishing near Fort Scott, Kan,
W. Z. Wagner. member of the whole
sale drug house of Wagner & Wagner,
of indianapolis. Ind, was drowned.
He was on his wedding tour.
IL jealous rage Alonzo Meyers, 81
years old, killed his 16-year-old wife
and fatally wounded Herbert Lindson,
shot himself fatally.
IL session in Chicago the national
silver committee adopted resolutions
urging the organization of bimetallic
leagues throughout the entire country.
AROUND IIefiin, Cleburne county, Ala,
intense excitement prevailed over rich
finds of gold.
AT ST. Clair, Mich. a hurricane
wrecked a dozen buildings. unroofed
as many more, and killed the infant
daughter of Edgar Black.
AT Findlay, o., and vicinity, a tor
nado unroofed buildings and did great
damage.
ITwas feared that the sloop Restless
was lost off Santa Cruz island, Cal,
with sixteen young persons on board.
DURING a thunderstorm that passed
over the town of Narnville, 5. c., three
ming.
AT Aurora, H., C. Il. Cole. an aged
resident. died while on his knees at
prayer at his bedside.
AT Bankers, Mich, the three chill
dren of Fred Whitney were fatally
poisoned by eating apples that were
sprinkled with paris green.
AT the age of 81 years George Neder,
veteran journalist, and publisher of
the Daily Volkszeitung, died at Day
ton. q.
TIMOTHY DEWEY, who celebrated his
Tooth birthdav.last Decoration day, died
at Concord. ,lich.
On their way from Wisconsin to Ok
lehoma to seek a home John McCollum
and his three sons persisted in a cloud
burst IN Missouri.
A CYCLONE swept the village of Deer
Creek. Mimi, and two women were
fatally injured
IL St Johns parish in Louisiana
Joe Naslxa shot and killed the wife of
Rosario Giordano and two other per-
sons and fatally wounded thre- others.
INCENDIARIEs set fire to the house of
Mrs. Abe Phillips tcolored) at Mart,
Tex, and five negroes persisted
IL the year ended June 80 l,342 inn
migrants entered the port of San Fran
cisco, possessing about $50 apiece.
a HURRICANE wrecked a camp meet
ing tent near Roseville, O., killing Mrs.
Clement Wilson and Patrick Deselm
and injuring several others.
BENJAMIN PIKEY, the famous chief
who had held every important Office in
the gift of the Choctaw nation, died at
his home near Minco, Kan.
FIRE destroyed one of the mills of the
National Linseed Oil com pany i'm Chi
cago, the loss being S750,0O0.
The report of George K. Davis as
director general of the Worlds Column
bian exposition was completed. 1t fills
twenty volumes, besides the catalogue
of exhibits, consisting of nearly ?, 400
octave pages.
FIRE swept away the opera house,
two livery barns and three or four
business houses in Little York, Ill,
and twenty horses persisted in the
flames.