River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-05-06

lished paper car-wheel mandatory.
The combined works will cost about
81 200 COO, and give employment to 1000
skilled workmen. In connection with
the manufactures between 800 and 400
handsome brick cottages will be erected;
probably, also. a fine hotel. The town
will be known as pullman" The great
Corliss centennial engine will drive the
machinery.
The republican state convention OF
Ohio met in Columbus, on the 2Sth, and
after the selection of the usual commit
tees, adjourned until o'clock, when it
reassembled and selected forty four dele
gates to the Chicago convention. The
delegates at large were instructed and
district delegates requested TO vote as
unit for John Sherman for president,
| and to use all honorable means to secure
| the nomination of Sherman.
| A HEAVY storm passed over Macon,
| Miss, on Saturday night, blowing away
l twenty two houses, including the nj. a.
| o. railroad machine shops, round
houses, depot, telegraph Office and mas
ter mechanics Office. Sixteen cars were
| blown from the track. Seventeen per-
sons were killed and twenty-five wound.
| ed. The loss of property is estimated
at not less than 100000. Meridian was
called on to send physicians, and six or
| eight have gone from here to attend the
suffering.
AS near as can be learned eight out of
the forty district delegates chosen, to at
tend the Chicago convention, are for
Blaine, but in one district, the 18th, a
re solution was adopted, declaring Sher-
man to be their second choice. Sher.
mans friends, claim the delegation will
be solid for Sherman, at Chicago The
| following state ticket was nominated +:
For Secretary of state-Chas Townsend,
of Athens. Judge of supreme court
Geo. w. McIlvane, of Tuscarawas. Clerk
| of supreme court-Dwight Crowell, OF
| Ashtabula. Member of board of public
works.. II. Hosmer, of Muskingum.
For School cOmmissioner-A. 7. De
| Wolf, of Summit.
The South Carolina republican con-
vention concluded its labors on the Goth,
after having chosen delegation to the
Chicago convention by adopting the fol
loving resolution:
Res0lved, That the delegation to repre-
sent the state of South Carolina in the
national republican convention to nom.
mate a candidate for the office of presi
dent of the United States are hereby in.
structed and solemnly pledged to vote as
unit to the end of the contest for the
world-renowned and most available can
didate. Gen. U. S. Grant, and that upon
all questions arising in said convention
they are earnestly recommended to vote
in like manner, to the end that the true
interests of the constituency they repre-
sent may be subserved.
THE Milwaukee Merchants Associa
ton met on the 29th of April to receive
the report of special committee APP
pointed to consider the United States
senate bill No. SIT, for establishing {
uniform bankruptcy law in the Unit.c
States. The committee made very care
full but voluminous report of their ex
animation of the bill, and submitted
that in their judgment the proposed Law
was vast improvement in most respects
over the law that was repealed, but tina
in respect of the composition clause thu
new bill is 40 better than the old, anC
that in that regard it will be burden
upon the business interests of the coun
try and open the way to all the frauds
possible under the old law. The com
mittee reported, in substance. strongl,
against the composition section, ant
urged its being stricken out of the bill
under consideration. The report of tn
committee was unanimously adopted b,
the association.