River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-06

while party Of young folks were on their
way 70 a picnic over IL and four were
killed and several wounded.
MRS. THOMPSON drowned herself and her
one weeks old babe on the 3lst nit. al New
Lisbon, O., owing 10 ill-treatment BY her
husband.
EARLY on the morning OF the I'd the
American House at West Superior, Wis,
was burned and three guests lost their
lives. The IRE was started by lamp ex-
pIosion.
ADvIcEs o. the ist from Denver, Col.
state that a fight had occurred between the
Piute and Ute Indians during which over
one hundred were killed
On the lst the wife Of a Mr.. Steinlee, at
Delhi. o., drowned her two little chill
dren al herself. She had been dement,
ed for years
FOR the week ended on the lst the per-
centage Of the base-ba clubs in the Ma
tional League was as follows: New York,
.643. Chicago, .55S; Detroit, .535; Phila-
delphia, .525; Boston. .524, Pittsburgh.
AL; Washington. $50; indianapolis, 1853.
American Association: s. Louis, .6Sl;
Philadelphia, 624; Cincinnati, t22; Brook
lyn, 604; Cleveland, 400; Baltimore, 3SS:
Louisville, $50; Kansas City, 81. West
crn Association: Des Moines. .65S; st.
Milwaukee, .456; Sioux City, .4l3; Chicago,
100; Davenport. .3i4-
OK the "a a ire started in a toy ware
house al Baltimore, Nd, and an explosion
Of fireworks wrecked the building, the
falling walls burying seven firemen, who
were all killed. The fire destroyed every
thing IN the block, entailiEg a property
loss Of - 800. COO
WILLIAM A SwART. who conducted
private bank at Roseland, Chicago sub
urb, disappeared on the lst, taking with
him nearly - COO belonging TO depositors.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were made
on the lst as follows; Eighteenth district.
Jehu Baker Rep) renominated; same dis
trict, James Wickline Union Labor. Ten
nessee, Second district, S. G.. Heiskell
DEM. Wisconsin, Fourth district, Henry
Smith Labor renominated. Indiana,
Tenth district, W. H. II. Carter (Rep).
4 PARTY Of vigilantes in the public land
strip in Colorado surrounded a band Of
seventeen horse-thieves on the 1st, and in
the fight which occurred all of the thieves
were killed and the vigilantes had three
men killed and nine wounded.
OS The lst Samuel Bliss, a Chicago whole
sale strip dealer, failed for s15OOO0
NER Delphi, Ind, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
McClntOck were struck by train on the
lst Will, crossing the track, and both were
killed.
OK the st John Baker. farm hand,
threw boy into a threshing machine near
Guide Rock, Neb., and his enraged com
panions lynched him on the spot.
NEAR Bonneville, Mo-, a freight train
jumped the track on the lst, killing six la
borers who had stepped aside to let the
train Lass.
THREE laboring men were struck by a
train at Hammond, Ind, on the Sd, and all
Were killed
y BOILER exploded on the Sd in the Per-
~ stove works az South Pittsburg, Tenn,
killing five men.
JUSTICE FIELD of the Supreme Court Of
California was reading the decision in the
celebrated Sharon divorce case on the Sd
at San Francisco when Sarah Althea Hill
jumped up in court and accused him of
having been corrupted The marshal who
attempted to take her was knocked across
the courtroom by her present husband
Judge Terry. Both were finally arrested,
and the Judge sentenced Terry TO six
months Imprisonment and his wife to
thirty days in Jail
NOMINATIONS were made on the Sd as fol-
lows for Congress: Henry Stockbridge
Jr., by Fourth Maryland district Repub-
licans: a. B. Montgomery (renominated)
by Fourth Kentucky district Democrats !;
Anthony Joseph by Montana Democrats,
and Mark Smith by Arizona Democrats.
ONthe 30 a circular was issued at De
trOit to all c. a. Il. posts of the country
soliciting ten cents each from all veterans
for the fund TO be used To erect an eques-
trian statue in Washington to General
John \. Logan.
FRIENDS Of opposing candidates who
were conducting the campaign in Monroe
County, Ark, came together on the Sd at
Clarendon, and a general riot ensued in
which three men were killed.
ALoNZo SMITH, Henry Tanner and John
Tanner. all colored. were taken from the
Jail at Oxford. n. C., on the Sd, and hanged
by crowd Of masked men for murder.
II Cleveland O., on the Sd band of An
archists displayed red flag at a labor pic
mic and refused to acknowledge the stars
and stripes. The Anarchists were at once
attacked and severely handled, and their
flag torn to shreds
AT the State election in Arkansas on the
Sd. Eagle DEM was elected Governor by
about p, 900 majority, and the Legislature
would be ID mOcratic in both branches.