River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-01-28

Sophronia Breckenridge, daughter of
Col. w. c. p. Breckenridge, has been
admitted to the bar at Frankfort, KY
by the court of appeals.
A bill has passed the Tennessee leg
islature to prohibit the sale OF cigar
cites or cigarette paper in the state.
The Indiana and Nebraska leg:sia.
lures have taken steps toward abolish
ing the game of football in those states.
After fasting, it is said. for e,gh.
months, Matthias Settler died at Decatur,
Ind.
Masked men broke open the Jail Of
Jacksonville, Ca. and two negroes,
William White and Charles Forsythe,
implicated in the murder of Mrs. Row.
land at Adams Park. were taken out and
hanged.
Fire nearly wiped out the village OF
Mingo Junction. o.
In annual session in indianapolis the
Indiana Republican State Editorial as
ISOLATION elected as president James A.
Kemp, of Salem.
A mob took Pierce Taylor, young ne
gro who attempted an assault upon
Miss Emma Apthorp. from the Jail at
Tallahassee. Fla, and hanged him to a
tree.
The foundry of Greenlee Bros. & Co.,
in Chicago. was destroyed by fire. the
loss being 100000.
Near Perry, o. T., schoolhouse built
Of sod collapsed. and 25 school chill
dren were injured. several ia tally.
Business was discontinued by the Up
land bank at Upland, Ind. Its officials
announced that ii would pay depositors
in full.
At their home near French Lick, Ind,
Samuel Kirby. aged IS, and his wife,
aged so. were murdered by unknown
persons.
A fire at Sandusky, o.. destroyed
six business houses. the loss being $780,
coo.
The doors of the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank at Excelsior Springs, Mo-.
were closed with liabilities of sec, 900.
Reports from all sections announce
the most widespread cold wave in years.
In the northwest the temperature
ranged from IS to 80 degrees below
zero. In the east the same condition pre-
vailed, and low temperatures were re-
ported from points as far south as Gen.
trail Texas and northern Louisiana.
In Chicago the residence of Charles j.
Barnes was burned. the loss being $780,
600.
The score at the close of the six-day
female bicycle race in Indianapolis
stood: Anderson. 2i6 miles laps;
Farnsworth, 246 miles IA laps; Allen.
246 miles laps; Baldwin and Christie
pher. 24G miles laps.
The death of Mrs. Eliza Carson, a
wealthy woman. occurred at Anamosa,
Ia, aged "a years. She had an infatua-
tion for the sea, and had crossed the
ocean ESQ times.
In Fort Wayne, Ind, Mrs. Daniel
Reebe died suddenly and a telegram
was sent to her sister, Mrs. Faust, at
Crestline, o., who dropped dead while
reading the dispatch.
The coachshop of the Burlington 81
Missouri railroad was burned at Platts-
mouth. Neb.. the loss being $4,000,
and George Fletchner, foreman in
the shop, was killed.
George Koeppen, aged O.. editor-in-
chief of the Germania, died in Milwau-
kee at the rooms of the German club,
where he was attending meeting.
Fire wiped out tine Economy Light
and Power company's plant in Joliet,
ILL.,, causing loss of $15O,oO0.
The entire business portion of Pacific
Junction, Ia, was destroyed by fire.
The Thermometer registered 81 de-
grees below zero at Virginia, Mimi, AZ
at Tower and 40 at Ely.
The famous minority representation
law in Michigan in eases of stockholders
has been declared constitutional by the
supreme court.