River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-02-06

The notorious Hardin county moon
sinner and murderer, Gus Thomas, was
captured and placed in Jail AT Savanna,
Tenn. Thomas has murdered three
revenue officers.
At Colorado Springs, Col, George
kront, the WeIls-Fargo Express agent,
confessed that he stole the express
packages containing $4,000. and said
his father was innocent.
The death of DIR. George +. Magoun,
founder and ex-presidcnt of Iowa col
lcge, and one of the most prominent
men IN Iowa, occurred at his home in
Grinnel, aged rs years. AS an edu-
Gator I've had 4 national reputation.
In Indiana the supreme court de-
c:ded that gerrymanders for legisla-
tive purposes are unconstitutional.
At Richmond, Va, Richard l.. bro xn,
wholesale grocer. failed for 100000. :
The Heath of George A. Anderson, =
member of congress from 1857 to rs p
from the old Twelfth district, occurred
ut his Rome in Quincy, ILL.,, aged ~
years.
A boiler in the stove-mill on William
Morrison's farm near Freeport, O., ex-
ploded, killing William Laporte. VII
lam Kiefer and Roy vesey.
In state convention at New Orleans
the republicans Endorsed the ticket al
ready nominated by the populists AID
ndorsed by the sugar republicans,
with J. n. Phares (sugar planter) at
It's head foe governor.
Taxa~ r.t,ttbtf~ot.e x.-slf holI fInt~
state convention a. Dallas on March
"a to select four delrgates-at-large n I'd
alternates 10 I'll, national convention.
At Kalama, Wash, Charles Asimus, a
hunehback, was hanged for the murder
of James Greenwood last September.
At Albany, Ore, Lloyd ID. Montgomery,
who mur 1ered his parents and Daniel
McKercher, neighbor. on November
10 last, was hanged.
At Chillicothe, o., the Union Shoe
company failed for 100000.
Two brothers, John and Jacob Mantz,
aged 60 and IS years, who lived alone
near Wewoka, o. T., and were wealthy,
were murdered by unknown persons.
A jury acquitted Col. a. u. Colt,
who ordered soldiers to fire on lynch
ers in a riot at Washington Courthouse.
o., last October, and who was charged
with manslaughter.
Flames at Bonneville, Ind, destroyed
five buildings on the south side of the
city square, the loss being 100000.
a fire in Philadelphia destroyed
buildings occupied by the Baptist Pub
lication society, the American Baptist
Historical society and a dry goods firm,
the total loss being $2,00O,O00.
James III. Culver passed away at
Spencer, INDIA the age of LOG years, and
Mills Haithcock died at Calvin, Mich,
aged 1O4 years.
AT Union, Mo-, DIR. Arthur Deustrow,
the millionaire who murdered his wife
and child in st. Louis two years ago, was
found guilty and must suffer the death
~nalty.
In Chicago Tillie Anderson, Chica-
go girl, won the siX-day woman's bicy-
Gle race, making 344 miles and laps.
Miss Farnsworth, of Minneapolis, was
only 1 lap behind. The best previous
record for is hours was $40 miles and
laps.
The discovery was made that Lee
Sellers (colored), who was lynched nj
Knoxville, Tenn, ten years ago for
murder, was innocent of the crime.
The death of Farley C. Stearns, aged
81. the oldest justice of the peace in ILL.,
nois in point of service, having held the
office 20 consecutive years, occurred at
Canton.