River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-02


tiou nominated the following ticket on the
z6.h. Cyrus G. Luce, governor; James II
Mcdonald, lieutenant governor; r. Os-
mum, secretary of state; George L. Maliz
treasurer. Henry III. Aphn, auditor geuer-
al; Moses TaggaTt, attorney general. hos
Goa d. DIX. commissioner OF lard Office;
Joseph >. EsterbFook, superintendent Of
public Instruction. ). >. BatcOck. member
vi the state board of education.
It IS unofiicialiy announced that Presi-
dent Cleveland has selected Thomas L.
Benedict. a present deputy state control
Ter at Albany. n Y, for the place of public
printer. and that he will enter upon the
office about sept. 18th. Many changes are
anticipated if Mr. Benedict is the man, and
his selection Is not 20 uiar in the govern
ment printing office
The Ohio Republican State Convention
was held at Columbus on the 25th. Gov.
Foraker, presiiiug. The following ticket
was nominated: Seer -tary Of state, James
:. Robinson; supreme judge. Marshall j
Williams; clerk OF supreme court, L Ii.
Hester. school commissioner, Iii j. Tap
pan. member board Of public werks, W.
n. Kahn.
At Los Angeles. in the California Re
publican state convention John ). Swift
was nominated for governor MIR. Swift
was ono Of the three special ENJOYS sent
to China To negotiate the treaty between
the Enited States and China, and is one of
tie bes- newspaper writers on the Pacific
coast.
Officers at Chicago report the discovery
Of the mysterious Rock Island express train
robbers Of March Is. Isl Tie work was
done by five men three of whom are under
sentence to the Wisconsin peniyentiary for
subsequent rimes.
Tie demands Of the nail feeders at
Youngstown, Niles. OHIO, Newcastle aud
sharon, Penn. that they be paid three
tifths instead of One-hatf that each ma
chine earns. was refused. IL is possible
that the result VIII be 70 place self-feedeTs
IN all the factories.
Sixteen Of the twenty-five members OF
the National butterine and Oleomargarine
association met on the 24th and denounced
the oleomargarine Law. IL VS. decided to
test the validity of the law should il be at
tempted 10 be enforced
The first anti-siayery man sent to the
United States senate on that issue is still
living Joseph Ciiley is the man, and he
remains on bis old family homestead at
Nottingham, n. ii. he is ninety-six years
old.
Sister EUielie, lady Superior Of the I'm
macuiate academy at Newport, KY, burn
ed TO death 10y the mosquito bars of her
bed taking fire as She was cndea voriDg to
take some medicine ia the night, she being
Ill with typhoid fever.
I Abraham Hinchliffe was fatally, William
Farrell seriously. and Charles Leonard
slightly burned by the explosion of a kettle
Of varnish IN E. ). Ward a Co.'s patent
leather factory, NcwnIE, \. J., yesterday.
The sugar refining company of Halifax,
whose works are the largest in the world
IS reported in an embarrassed condition.
The capital is si,OO9,GO0. Business has
been suspended for the past two months.
/ AT Bradford, Pa, Jacob Duncan shot and
killed his brother-in-law,J Jeremiah Picker,
because the latter jestingly turned the
hands of the clock forward two hours.
Duncan has been arrested.
/ Another shock Of earthquake was felt at
Charleston, \. c., Aug ,, at 4:4S O'Clock.
1t extended as far north as Summerville,
twenty-five miles. Two slight shocks were
also felt at Augusta, Ga.
The robbery OF S2.455 in Vincent j.
SCOTS bank, Detroit, Mich. on May ., 1ss5,
has Just been cleared up by the confession
Ok JOun koewenstein, who was janitor in
the bauk a. TIE time.
The imported men who took tac place of
the striking Lake Shore switch men in Chi
cggo W., 4 j. said, strike because the
company VIII no longer allow them extra
money for meals.
Earnest Scbmiedecke, a Grand Rapids
{Michi bookkeeper, committed suicide
wiki carbolic acid. The sight drove his
wife insane. No cause is assigned bu
drunkenness.
Mrs Davis was murdered at Vicksburg,
Miss. with hoe by a negro boy, ged
eighteen years, employed by her husband.
Neighbors caught the hurderer and shot
MIN to Geath.
The lasters at John f. brakes shoe
factory at Quincy, Mass, have struck
owing 10 the introduction If a lasting
machine and employment or non-union
men Oh il.
Michael YelIek Of Chicago hanged his ten
year-oId boy, nearly killing him, because
he went out 70 play in disobedience Of or
devs. The toy will recover and the father
is III jail.
The agent Of the Shoshones denies the
stories that they are starving, and claims
that the IGziness. waStefulness and improv-
idence Of the Indians make all the trouble.
James Kiser, Jackson county tW. Va
school teacher. reprimauded one Of his
pupils. John Griffi h, eyed fifteen years.
griffith aftsrwari fatally stabbed Kiser.
Mr. Johnson q Kentucky. who succeeds
Maj. Hunter as chief IF the division Of &C
counts in the general land ofite has enter
cd upon the discharge OF his duties.
oscar Hambi,k, aged seventeen years,
shot and killed al eighteen-ye old son Of
SIMON Carney without pTovocatiou at An
IA. HI Lynching IS feared
The money and the accounts at the Phil
ade,pnia su5treasury balance to 3 penny.
Tho experts counted about $1,000 0eo, Of
which $50 oeeJ was IN silver.
Kansas City. John J. Campbell, ex-
city attorney, IN a Iii Of dependency, com
nlitted suicide shooting himself with a re
vo.ver. he was unmarried.
BuTa.o is TO have the largest clock in the
rorld. The dial viii be twenty-five feet IN
diameter. and the center Of the dial viii be
So feet above the street.
! large number Of counterfeit bills on
the Bank Of British North America aud
Bznk Of Commerce, Ontario, have been
pus in circulation
{. 2. Huntington, the millionaire, is
having built at the home Of his childhood.
Iitrhfeld. Conn, a Gothic chapel for the
Uuitarians of that place.
lincoln and other Nebraska Prohibition
cities hare been asked TO help raise 500
90 with which TO start the Kansas City
Herald, third arty organ.
anada has another scandal The kief
Il fisheries deputy has collected $4,000
fines paid bv American cruisers, which he
uas not accounted for.
During g dispute over farm property at
Willis station, Mich, a farmer named
Wells killed his wife by cutting her throat.
He vas arrested.
Mr. C. II. Prior has resigned as assistant
superintendent Of the Chicago, Milwaukee