River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-16
NOETHv EsrERN NKygs.

The second annual fair of Stearns, Ben
ton, Sherburne and Mile Laos counties at
St.Cloud, closed Sept. II and was decided
success every way. There were 1900 per
sons on the grounds Thursday and q 600
Friday. The exhibits were very creditable.
Gov. Gilman, n. r. Clarke, John Cooper
and ID. z. Scarf exhibited about 200 head
of cattle from their stock farms near st.
Cloud. They are not entered for premiums,
and the stock display outside OF theirs is
large Mr.. Clarke siso shows his imported
Clydes and the stables ere all filled with
thoroughbred and grade draft and race
horses. In poultry the display was exceed
ingly fine and much larger than last year.
There were over thirty species of barn
yard fowls shown. But the pride of the
fair was the produce exhibit. IL is said to
far excel that at the state fair in variety.
One person, =. Hayward of st. Cloud, 1SG
varieties of garden truck. A. Smart of
Brockway had over ninety, and w. L.
Wells of Lynden eighty-seven kinds. Flor
al hall was handsomely decorated and was
filled with displays by merchants and la
dies work.
TIE Wisconsin Republican State Con
vention at Madison, on the Sth, renomina-
ted Gov. Rusk by reclamation and the chief
plank OF the platform is an endorsement of
mis- administration and particularly his
course in the Milwaukee strikers riots.
The platform also pronounces for high
license and encouragement to farmers in
stitutes and the agricultural college by
legislative appropriations. The balance of
the ticket chosen is as follows: Lieutenant
Governor, Geo. Ryiand, of Grant Co. Sec
rotary of State, +. G.. Timme of Kenosha,
(renominated) State Treasurer, II. II.
Harshaw, of Oshkosh; Railroad Commits
sioner, Alley Peterson; State Superinten-
dent, J. b. fhayer, River Falls; Insurance
Commissioner, Gen. Phillip Cheek, Bara-
boo. The convention pronounced strongly
ia favor of legislative regulation of rail
roads.
As was feared at the outset the wound
of Farnsworth proved fatal. He died at
the Merchants hotel, St Paul at II p. NJ.
on the evening of the 9th surrounded by
his wife, sisters and other friends. Before
his death he made the following state
ment.
| met Frank Meade in the lobby Of this
hotel. He held out his hand to me and /
told himI did not want TO shake hands
with him. He then called me a damned
thief. | asked him if | had ever stolen
from him, and he said no, but that | was
thief. | did not want any trouble and ran
away, out of the hotel. About three
quarters of an hour afterwards | came
back and he met me near the door. he
told me had been back-capping him and
he would settle it with me right there.
/ told him ] did not know what back
Gaping meant. He called me thief and
and drew his revolver. | grabbed
both his hands and forced the revolver
downward until opposite my abdomen,
when it was discharged, the bullet hitting
me. / was not armed and never went
armed.
John Hillack, who was shot in the head
by the sheriffs's posse at Glendale, ID. T.,
Wednesday, is rapidly recovering. On
Friday he regaiued consciousness, arose
from his bed, got his rifle and said he was
going to shoot the sheriff. The bullet is
lodged in the back of his head A portion
OF the brain has ooZed through the wound.
If Hillack were not possessed OF so power
full constitution the doctors say be could
not have pulled through.
L. J. Sullivan and Charles Wyman were
arrested at Cedar Rapids, Iowa on the Sth,
with strong proof against them OF being
engaged in the Minneapolis p. o., rob
berry. Sullivan ended four years term
in the Minnesota penitentiary last July,
for robbing the Elk River post office in 1852,
and he adniJs that be is g crook" Tools
aud letters found in SUlliyan's satchel i'm
plicate him in the Minneapolis offense ana
other crimes not far away.
B. J. Schlesinger, Wholesale liquor deal
er. Of Butte, Mont, and Wolf len, a
green grocer, met while travelling in
buggies on the read between Butte and
Rocker. II is supposed that quarrel en-
sued as Schlesinger as discovered short
Is afierward with half a dCxen knife
wounds on his person The trouble was
caused by gembling 3, Sohlesinger claiming
that the other man owed him several hun
dred dollars,
The Minnesota Democratic convention
held at st. Paul on the l4th nominated the