River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-06-07

A. georgetown. Brown County, Ind.
great excitement prevailed On The 10Th uit
over the finding Of gold in large qua atitisa.
and % The finest quality, on the farm Of
William ~ Arwine
CoLorsD0 had been blessed by an extra
ordinary rain fall. ths greatest ever known
ia tho State. aud lie effect hal been 20
stimulate vegetation 70 "a remarkable dc
gree
TuE legislature Of Louisiana on the 3Otb
ait elected Judge v y White United
Hiates senator Tor the term beginning
March isgl
Mss LIS JgRpNE's residence At Wichita,
Kan, waa entered ~ burglars on the 8Oth
uIt and si0O0 worth ~ diamonds and
othrr icwrlry were carried off
Tue National convention 81 the Prohibi
tiuu party began in Indianapolis on the nth
MT. nearly every Btatr and Territory
being represented. After several addresses
the committee on permanent organization
recommended John T. 81 John. 81 Kansas.
for chairman. and Rev aam Small. Of
Georgia for secretary. and tho report was
adopted n was decided 70 make the
nomination for President and Vice Presi
dent ai three o'clock on the following dav.
DruprHsrs % the Second Maryland dis
frict IN the 18th ult nominated Herman
stump Tor Congress. IN 80 Seventeenth
Illinois district they renominated Edward
Lane and in thr Fourteenth Ohio district
- !. Wadsw0rth wac their choice
Is he Second North Carolina district q
a Hebaus was nominated for Congress on
The aIfh ult b. the Republicans
SoErH CaHoLtvA Democrats At Raleigh
On She 8ist alt nominated y q Fowic for
Governor, and named these delegates
% 50 louis Richard battle. J y Carr.
John Means and &. " strange
Turpreuotr the West and Northwest
spr ~ wheat prDspeCss were on the gist
ut generally regarded "a encouraging
+ rfHr on tho Bist ult destroyed the 81
paai Mimi knitting works, causing loss
- Ii7Da
Nsr MozLrY and her sister Nellie. aged
twenty one and nineteen years. wcrs
drowned ON the 3lst ult In the Misso--ri
river al Kansas city by the capaizing of a
boat
Os the raft boat Inverness an explosion
On tho aisi ult near Quinry. m, caused
The death n Eve men
OK tho 3ist nit David A Colbert.
young man. accidentally shot and killed
his bride n two weeks at their home in
Chicago They were playing with n pistol
fHr Trohibitionists iu Natin.ss' -1nrsn-
tion ~ indianapolis on the gist ult nomi
mated General Clinton y Fisk Of New
afNsf'Ns Tor fIt,sEAhNAs anu TT aN~Fftf =
Brooks. II Missouri. for Y 90 President.
both b. aeslamation The platform calls
for the absolute suppression II the liquor
traffic en- every form ss state and Nation
sl policy. and advocates woman suffrage
4 wIvp sfosW PISSED over several couu-
ties in Virginia on the Eist nit demelish-
ing harus aud fences snd uprootinE trees
FRkVE p FrFsrSG was nominated for
Governor by the Democratic State conven-
ton Of Florida. held al ST Augustine on
the aist ult The following were named
as delegates to s. Louis r. W Shackie-
ford. W. a Whitiedre. John ?. Dunn,
Thomas A. Jennings, F. J. vann. JcT b.
Brown, $ R Mallory and Andrew John
son
A noTLER exploded on the steamer Fultcy
OF the Sist ut a. Pass Isoutre, La aud
Edward Perkins. the pilot and Captain
Biddle were killed.
HENRY wKavER, who killed Miles West.
was hanged on the sist ult IN Early Couu
u. Ca.
HARVEY NEwCoNB. better known as
Bobby Newcomb. and fer twenty-five
wears a ieaiing variety and minstrel per-
former. died on the 1st AZ Tacoma, ". T..
aged forty-two years
Ok the ist Mrs. America Rawsor, 81 Chi
cage the wife Of the banker. s W. Raw
son. and complainant in the notorious d.
rorce suit, entered Judge JanieSon's court
room and hrcd I'VE shots At II { whitney,