River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-06-13
THE EAST.

RAIN quenched the fires in the
vicinity of Bradford, Pa The total
loss was placed at 81. 1000. 900.
AT the age of % Rev. Henry Martin
Scudder, ID. D., of Winchester, Mass.
an eminent missionary and clergyman,
died from an attack of apoplexy.
FIRE destroyed the Crystal Salt com
pany's works a; Saltville. y. Y, the
loss being 100000.
FOR the murder OF Samuel Mccoy.
John Eisiminger was hanged at
WaynesbJrg, Pa
Is convention at Pittsburgh the
Pennsylvania prOhibitionists nomi-
mated ". Ii. Berry for state treasurer.
Resolutions were adopted demanding
the suppression of the liquor traffic;
that silver be restored to its former
value and coined on parity of 10 to /;
that lands owned by aliens be re-
claimed by the government and given
to actual settlers, and favoring female
suffrage.
The firm of Risdale & Lewis, dealers
in machinery and supplies in New
York. failed for 100000
AT the age Of 96 Mrs. Nancy Stark, a
pensioner of the war of 1879. died at
Mystic, Conn. Her mental faculties
were perfect until an hour before her
death.
The first woman lawyer in New Jer-
sey. Miss Mary PhilbroolI. aged %, of
Jersey City. was admitted to practice.
BY rear end collision near Sha-
mokin, Pa, Elwood Moves. engineer;
Elias Bolts, conductor, and William
kIease, fireman. all from Tamaqua,
Pa. were killed.
IL Boston the Beacon Lithographic
company failed for $50, 900.
THE chairman of the national demo
cratic committee refused to call a ma
tional convention to take action on the
subject of silver.
prictors of the Stevens cotton mills at
Lancaster. Pa, failed for sl00,OOO
AT the college in Grove City. Pa,
over half the graduating class were eX-
PEELED for ducking a lieutenant Of the
college guards because he appeared in
a new uniform.
THE firm of c. L. Woodbridge & Co,
importers of dress trimmings, buttons,
etc, in New York, failed with liabili-
ties of 100000.
A RELAY bicycle race between Chica-
go and New York was made in 65 hours
and 50 minutes. breaking all American
re cords for a relay race.
IL New York DIR. William B. WallH e
and his son. DIR. Alphonse ". Wa ace,
both died on the same day or pneu-
monia.
Ii the case of Police Inspector Nc
Laughlin the jury in New York re-
turned a verdict of guilty of extortion
and bribery.
THE percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended ON the sth were: Pittsburgh,
$50; Boston, 900; Chicago, .5s5; Cleve-
land. $40, baltimore, $40; Cincinnati.
.53s: New York, .5l4; Philadelphia, 800;
Brooklyn, .472; Washington, .432; St.
Louis .375; Louisville, .l67.
WHITELAw REID arrived in New York
from southampton and soon after he
received a telegram announcing the
death of his mother, aged 81. at her
home near Cedarville, o.
The John NJ. Learned silk mills at
Northampton, Mass, were destroyed
by fire, the loss being 100000.
For seven weeks Mrs. Lena Briden-
baugh, of Gibraltar, Pa, has eaten
nothing. When she first refused food
she weighed $50 pounds. She now
weighs scarcely 20 pounds.
On Lake Ontario the steam yacht
Gilama capsized and Capt. John Black
burn, Engineer Henderson and a man
named Donnelly were drowned.
DORA and Sadie Anthony, Sarah
Booth and Rosa Rimer were drowned
while bathing in Stump creek, near
Dubois, Pa.