River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31

THE Democrats Of Maryland made tho
following Congressional nominations on
the 2Ith: First district. c. II. Gibson ire
nominatcd); Third. H. W. Rusk; Fourth,
Isadore Raynor (renominated); Fifth,
Barnes Comton (renominated) Sixth, Ii.
:. Douglas.
At the National meeting of Dunkards at
Wabash, Ind, on the 2ith il was decided
that members must quit using tobacco be-
fore they take baptism.
JUDGE NASH decided on the cath that the
act Of the Legislature of Washington Ter
ritory extending the suffrage to women was
unconstitutional
On the 25th Reuben Drake, a weRto-do
farmer, sixty years of age, and his wife and
two grandchildren were murdered in their
home in the town of Kickapoo, Wis 1t
was supposed the murderer's object was
robbery.
DEMOCRATS Of the Eighth North Carolina
district on the 25th renominated w. HI
Cowles for Congress.
ONO Prohibitionists in convention on the
25th at Toledo nominated the following
ticket. Secretary of State, Walter r.
Payne; Board Of Public Works, j. w Pen
field; Supreme Judge, John F. Moore.
THE Prohibitionists of the Seventh Wis
consin district on the 25th nominated J. IL.
a RAIN and wind storm ON the 25th at
Shelbyville, H., uprooted trees and un-
rooted houses; and lightning struck one
dwelling and a barn, cutting them in two
as though cleft with an axe
Ok the 21th BishOp Gilmore Of the Can
ton (O.) Catholic diocese, ordered that no
priest should ofiiciate az funerals where
flowers were used
AT Anderson. Tex, William II. Roe. who
murdered his wife by poisoning 10 secure
the insurance on her life, was hanged on
the 3Gth.
GREAT damage 20 property was caused
by a cyclone on the 26th in ottawa and
Cloud counties, Kan. Several persons
were injured, but none fatally
LOUISIANA Democrats met ut Baton Rouge
on the 26th and named as delega cs at
large TO st. Louis Samuel d. McEnery,
Charles Parlange, James Jeffries and Dud-
ley Avery. The resolutions adopted favor
President Cleveland's denomination.
IL the Seventh Indiana district the
Democrats on the Goth renominated W. ID.
Bynum for Congress.
FIRE destroyed the Parry stove works at
south Pittsburg, Tenn, on he 10Th. Loss,
S201.OOO
\ wATERsPoUr on the Goth at Chadron,
Neb., and vicinity did great damage 10
crops, swept away grazing live stock aud
inundated miles Of territory.
On the 2Gth the standard gauge railroad
to the summit Of Lookout Mountain IN
Tennessee, was completed and the first
passenger train ran up the mountain.
WILLIAM Johnson and jefferson Tapley
were drowned near Hannibal, No, on the
26th by the capsizing Of q skin.
4 wIND-SrORM on the 18th near Morenci,
Mich wrecked eicht buildings tore down
fences, uprootcd trees and did other dam
age.
A GASOLINE explosion on the 2Sth in the
store OF \. D. Zellers, at Frederick, Nd +,
dur ny the progress Of a fire. wrecked the
building, killed boy and severely injured
seventy persons. ten probably fatally.
IN Cincinnati fOrty-four violators Of the
Sunday Closing law We're arrested on the
2Sth
OK the 2Sth the First National Bank al
81. Paris, O., suspended, owing TO the
shortage Of Emmett v Rhodes, the cashier,
amounting to $1,000.
By a stroke Of lightning one man was
killed and ten others probably fatally in
jured on the gsth at Milenberg, La.
OK the 2Sth Thomas Waggoner Of Jack
son, H., charged with accepting election
brides last fall. was found guilty, ordered
TO be DISTINGUISHED for five years, confined
in the county Jail for ninety days, and to
pay the costs of prosecution. This was the
first case under the new law.
BTmDINGs were blown down by high
wind at Canton. O.. on the 18th. and losses
amounting to $4,000 were caused.
RAINs ON the 2Sth flooded farm lands and
did great damage TO crops in many parts Of
Illinois Wisconsin aud Indiana.