River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27
THE EAST.

DAVID SMITH, the first postmaster Of
Jersey City, Y. J., died on the 18th of old
age. He was appointed by President Har
rison, and his commission bore tire sig
nature Of Daniel Webster
Ok the 18th Mrs. Rachel Stillwaggon, %
Flushing. Long Island. celebrated her one
hundred and third birthday She was in
good health and expects to live many years
yet
MASKED robbers entered the house Of
Isaac Hariger and wife, an aged couple
living near Ligonier, Pa, on the 18th, and
robbed them Of one thousand dollars IN
gold which was in the house
Ok the 18th the State convention of the
United Labor party at New York City de-
termined to put an electoral ticket in the
field
Il Pennsylvania on the 18th the Repub-
licaus made the following Congressional
nominations; First district. II I. Bling
ham; Second, Charles O'Neil; Fourth, w
ID. Kelley; Fifth, A c. Homer In the
Sixteenth district the Democrats nomi-
mated C. T. Steck.
1T was discovered on the Goth that James
Bedell. realestate clerk for the law firm
Of Shipman, Barlow, Larocque a Choate
Of New York. had been carrying on sys
TEN Of swindling for five years. during
which time he had raised S264, 900 on forged
bonds, mortgages, etc.
DELAWARE Republicans met in State
convention at Dover on the 20th and r0mi-
mated Charles H. Treat for Congress and
General Henry Dupont, James r. I'Ittaker
and Joshua Marvel for electors.
OK the Goth the United Labor State CON
vention in session at New York indOrsed
tao nominal on of Warner Miller. the Re
publican candidate for Governor. and then
nominated j. II. Blakeny for Lieutenant
Governor.
TIE Baldwin locomotive works at Phila-
delphia on the 10Th contracted to build
fiftv locomotive engines for the railroads
of the Argentine Republic
II broad daylight on the Goth Henry F.
Harding stole Sli,00O from two banks in
New York, but he was finally captured
aud the money recovered.
The death Of William Warren. the vet
eran American actor. occurred at his home
in Boston on the 2Ist, at the age of seven
ty-six years.
CoNGRESsIONAL nominations on the 2lst:
Richard Crowley by the Republicans Of
the Thirty-third New York district and
7. $ COnnell By the Republicans of the
First Nebraska district
\ F,Y-CAR Of the Lake Shore road was
entered by unknown men at Buffalo on the
ght Of the Goth. who administered ether
TO the occupants, and decamped with $40,
90
THE famous PAGER Johnston went a half
m lie in one minute and half a second on
the Fleetwood Park track. al Philadelphia,
on the 2lst, beating all previous records for
that distance
THE arrest Of James F. BedcIl, clerk of
a New York law firm. was made in that
city on the 2lst on the charge Of swindling
clients Of the firm cut Of about S}O0. 900.
Dan address was issued on the 23d by the
National Democratic Committee TO the
voters Of the United States, in which they
ask the Democrats to labor for the success
Of the National ticket, and appeal TO one
and all 10 contribute toward the expenses
Of the campaign.
MEYsR GOLDsTEIN, a clerk employed by
a New York auction firm, was on the Ia
arrested for obtaining $4,000 from his EN-
ployers by forgery and embezzlement
\ FIRE on the 23d destroyed the brewery
Of Henry Elias in New York. containing
thirty thousand barrels Of beer. Loss,
SG0UDl
o. the 24;h John Walters drank two
quarts of whisky on a wager ut Wilkes
barre. Pa. and then dropped dead.
OK the oath Robert Garrett. the famous
railway magnate. was declared TO be hope
lesslv insane. He was a prisoner in the
old Miller mansion at RingwOod, y. J.
IL New York on the s4th the discovery
was made that the Wagner Palace Car
Company had been robbed by its cOnduc-
tors Of "a sum said 10 aggregate S50,O00