River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-07-11

For numbering Louis Coleman last
summer Thomas Norville (coloredl was
hanged at Mobile, Ala.
Ar Winigan. Mo-, John Cunningham,
an aeronaut was instantly killed. His
para hute failed to work and he fell
] LOO feet.
Ar Jacksonville, Ind, thirty-six
clipping couples from Kentucky were
married in as many hours.
A RIOT at picnic given by German
Roman Catholics at Siberia. Ind,
caused the death of three persons and
five were fatally wounded and fifty
seriously hurt. The riot was started
by gang of roughs who were drunk.
IN Chicago four more deaths growing
out of Fourth of July accidents were
reported by the police, bringing the
total number of fatalities up to ten.
FLAMES destroyed the Santa Rita
copper and iron mill at Santa Rita, n.
NJ, the loss being 500, 900.
AT celebration at Lincoln Ridge,
o., John Wills was shot and instantly
killed and his sister mortally wounded
by man named Upton.
AT he age of 70 years Alexander
AANoACts WIG bhOhCtA -
Chicago, and for many years the most
famous dagGerreotypist in the United
States, died at his home in Evanston.
PAUL WEBB, the famous swimmer,
lost his life lear Cnur d'Alene, Idaho,
in an attempt TO ride down 300-foot
chute into the lake in his barrel.
IL convention at Louisville Ken
tucky populists nominated Thomas l.
Pettik. of Owensboro, for governor.
A MOB lynched Thomas Pickett (col-
ored) at Pelahatchie, Miss, for rob
bling a farmer.
The advocates of free silver coinage
of all parties in Ohio will meet at
Washington Court House on the 10th
! inst.
SOME B. 500 teachers wara in attend-
ance at the National Educational ASSOC
citation in Denver.
AT Baxter Springs, Kan, cyclone
killed five people and injured dozen
others. two fatally. Three churches
and many houses and barns were
wrecked.
| DFsPoNDENT because of sickness ex-
! Gov. E. A. Stevenson, of Idaho, COM
mitted suicide at Paraiso Springs, Cal.
The Kansas City directory shows the
population to be 2O5, 9s5, an increase of
10 per cent. over that of 1870.
II. +. GIDLEY and o. L. Swanson
started from Kansas City on a novel
trip around the world. They expect to
walk every step of the journey, except
when water interferes, and started out
penniless.
IN point of population and impor-
lance Winona, the leading town of
existence by cloudburst and eleven
persons were drowned.
A GIRL baby was born to President
and Mrs. Cleveland at Gray Gables
(Buzzard's Bay, Mass.).
FIRE swept away the big warehouse
of the Union Dock company 81 Duluth,
Mimi, the loss being Sl5O.OcO.
A CENSUS of Iowa, estimated upon re-
turns received, will show population
of 2, O39, 2ss, a gain of 127, 592, or 0 2-3
per cent. since 1890.
IS Canton. Kan, every building was
wrecked by a cyclone. and twenty-five
persons were injured, seven fatally.
FLAMES at Scotia. Col, destroyed
property worth s25O,OO0 belonging to
the Pacific Lumber company.
IN North Dakota a storm damaged
40, 900 acres of grain, threw buildings
from their foundations and deluged
the country.
By the sinking of the packet Lady
Lee at the head of island No. 40, IS
miles above Memphis, Tenn, six lives
| were lost.
| ROBERT BROWN (colored) shot his
white wife Mt Calamus, Ia, and then
killed himself in a fit of jealousy.
A STEAMER was wrecked at Lake
Geneva, Wis. during gale on the
lake and DIR. John E. Hogan and his
wife, son, father and sister and En-
| gineer John Preston were drowned.
| A TORNADO crossed Putnam and Nor
gan counties, Ga. killing four persons
and badly damaging property.
The marriage of Jerry Coleman, a
widower with ten children, and Mrs.
Dennis Fitzgerald, a widow with ten
children, took place at Green Bay,
Wis.
A HURRICANE did considerable dam
age in business portions of Chicago
and on the lake shipping was wrecked
and five men were dI owned.
GLEN ELDRIDGE, George Long and
| Miss Emma Futon were struck by
lightning and killed at Apalachicola,
|