River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-03

At New Orleans the Cooperative
Banking association, capital stock
Slo0,0Oo. suspended. The bank had but
few depositors.
PoPULIsTs of the Eighteenth Illinois
district nominated q. > Culp, of Shell
by county. for congress.
THE Irish national convention at the
closing session in Chicago effected an
organization to be known as the Irish
National Alliance and having for it's
object the securing of the independence
of Ireland by any means within it's
Pc -er consistent with the laws and
wages of civilized nations.
The governor of Texas called an
extra session of the Legislatures TO meet
October to make provision for pre-
venting prize fighting in the state.
AT Columbus, O., Martin Adams was
hanged for causing the death of John
dinner by poisoning his beer.
SIX men lost their lives by an explo-
sion at the Relgsn mine near Lead
vile. Col, and four others were lady
injured
II 81 Louis Joseph Renisch, press
man, and Della Bolin, his sweetheart,
committed suicide.
The federal officers of San Francisco
were notified that all British sealing
vessels were carrying arms contrary to
law.
FIRE nearly wiped out the village of
Haskins, o.
PADDY" PURTELL and johnson. the
Terrible Swede." were sentenced, at
Weir City. Kan, to one year each in the
penitentiary for prize fighting.
one person was killed, two fatally
injured and several others seriously
hurt by collision of trains near Tun-
Melton, w. Va.
WILLIAM NORRIS. of De Kalb county,
Ala. the oldest counterfeiter in the
[ nited States. was convicted at Bir-
mingham of making and passing
spurious coins. lie is almost 100 years
old
.JoHN KUrTLER. farmer living near
Barada. Neb., was found dead i'm his
hog pen. partially eaten by the hogs.
ID. L. REED. of Blue Springs. Neb.,
secretary of the Nebraska State Horti-
cultural society, while attending the
apple carnival" at Glenwood. Ia. was
run down by fast mail train and
killed.
AT Springfield, ILL.,, the worlds pole
team trot record was broken at the
fair grounds track, mule being made
in 2:l2S4.
JAMES b. SHERMAN, a relative of Gen.
Sherman and a former comrade of Col.
Cody and Wild Bill, was acquitted at
Caldwell, Kan, of the murder of
Mayor Meagher, of Caldwell, twenty
one years ago.
FLAMES in the Cincinnati Leaf To-
bacco company's storage warehouse
destroyed 2.775 hogsheads of tobacco,
eutailing a loss of $500, 900.
JUICE WILLIAM MAY, at Salyersville,
KY, while hiving bees was stur~ to
death.
FIRE destroyed. the elevate of the
Daisy flour mill at superior, Wis caus-
ing a loss of $50, 900.
II western Kansas 200 5 seers died be-
cause they dieted on second growth
sorghum.
AT Mourovia, Cal, Mrs. Nellie w.
Hagel. of Illinois. fell from ballon a
distance OF 900 feet, and was instantly
killed.
AT Great Falls. Mont, twenty -four
horses. including the best drivers in
town, with all carriages and hacks,
were burned. and Hostler Marshal
Nevins was roasted to death.
on the reservation west of FIennessv,
O. T., the Cheyenne and Arapahoe In
dams were holding war dances and DIS
regarding the agents orders to keep
on the reservation.
IL Chicago. typhoid fever, due to inn
pure water and impure milk, was cpl
demic.
FRANK G.. BIGELOw, a Milwaukee
banker. and Edwin w. McHenry, of st.
Paul. chief engineer of the Northern
Pacific, we're appointed receivers of the
Northern Pacific railway.
FLAMES almost totally destroyed the
town of Big Stone Gap, Va.
The Church and School Furniture
company at Wabash. Ind, failed with
liabili.ie of 500, 600.
The doors of the Farmers and Citi-
zens' bank of Pawnee. O. T., were
closed with liabilities of $50, 600
AT Summit and other portions of
northern Michigan inches of snow
fell.
GREAT damage was done by gales on
Lakes Michigan, Superior and Huron.