River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-23
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Iowa Republicans viii meet In State con-
vention u Des Moines March 81 10 elect
delegates 10 The National convention.
TIE West Virginia Republican state con-
venuon. 10 elect delegates to the National
convention. will lie held ut Fairmoni
May 10
TEE bank n Cisco. Tex, was entered by
four Ihen on the 10th. who took charge OF
the cashier aud other officials, collected
ST. 600 IN cash, then locked the officers In
| the back yard and decamped.
TRoHIBIIIoSIsTs of Nebraska met in State
convention on the 18th at Lincoln and
elected delegates TO the National conven-
ton at indianapolis
OK the 10th the Illinois G. A r.. in ses-
sion II : aringfeld, elected Colons ;, xton,
| of Chicago, Department Comm lnder
BOILER exploded on the 18th on PLAN
tatiOn near Bastrop, La, killing four men
and fatally injuring four others
OS the 18th Martin 1. Scott was hanged
at Deer Lodge, 81 T.. for the murder OF his
wife IN nj OF drunken jealousy last No
/ vembeE
WILLIAM b TAsooTT was on the 18th
charged with be NJ the murderer OF Amos
J. Smell, the Chicago millionaire, and u re-
ward Of 81 600 was offered for his capture
Tascott is the Maynard son Of prominent
Chicago business man.
PETER YASSICE. eighty years OF age,
dropped dead of heart disease on the 18th
at his house near New Maysville, lad. and
! his wife. aged eighty years, was so shocked
by his death that SIZE fell dead from the sane
disease few hours afterwards
The steamer City OF Pekin arrived on the
l7th in San Francisco with smallpox on
board This was the fifth successive steamer
20 arrive there with that disease.
A FIRE at Oscala, Fla. burned . doZsn
business houses aud residences on the 18th
ONE year 30 Daniel and John O'Day, of
Jackson, n h We're convicted in Tennes-
see OF oOunterfeiting. and sentenced to fif-
teen and ten years Imprisonment re-
spec.ively II WIS discovered on the 18th
that they wers innocent Of the crime, and
they were released
On the afternoon OF the 10Th a cyclone
swept over Mount Vernon. IL, resulting in
the death of at least thirty persons, the
wounding or oabout two hundred others.
and the almost total destruct on Of one-half
of the city. Repor-s from the surrounding
country say the storm swept every thing for
miles
TIE firm Of Mueller Gogreare whole
sale dealers in liquor az Cine nnai, failed
on the 10 for Sl5O,OO0
oS the 18TH f. b. Pcupart, confidential
secretary 10 AdOlph Schneider, treasurer OF
the New Orleans Co ton Exchange, alb
seconded with $50, 600 belonging TO the ex-
change
Oh the 18th Matthew Gardner, seventy
years Of age, and his wife. Anna Gardner,
who was one year older, were both found
dead in bed at their homes in Milwaukee
They died from old age.
AT Grand Rapids, Mich, A S Brandt aud
his daughter were arrested on the 18th for
making and passing counterfeit silver dol
lars
on the evening OF the 18th Miss Emma
Black, weary from watching at the bedside
Of a sick friend, fell asleep before fire at
Winchester. o.. her clothing caught fire
and size was burned to death
TIE failure OF tie Western Nail-Mill Com
pany Of Belleville. Ill, occurred on the
18Th for $50. 600. Five hundred men
were thrown out of employment
IL theater NJ Youngstown, o., the gall
lery fell on the Is h, and number Of per-
sons were lady injured
FURTHER advices OF tie 20th say that the
recent cvc.One in Mount Vernon, Ill, killed
IN lty -four persons outright, wounded over
one hundred others, some fatally. swept
nearly four hundred houses from the face
of the earth and made homeless over one
thousand people An appeal for financial
aid had been sent out, and Governor Oglesby
also issued q proclamation calling upon the
public to contribute.
II Perry and Randolph counties. III, a
tornado on the 10th wrecked several build
ings and destroyed vast tracts OF timber
10 ives were lost
AT the B'alaire fO.D blast furnace the
wOrkmen were given a voluntary advance
of ten per cent by the management on the
goth.
The Prohihitionists carried four more
counties in Michigan on the 2Oth-Lenawee,
liv ngston. Ionja and New ygo.
Or the ooh George W. Hill, manager at
New Orleans for the Diamond Match Com
pany, disappeared with 500 belonging
10 the company
A TORNADO unroofed nearly all the houses
in Lafayette. Ky. on the 2Otb, and num-
bers of tobacco barns and granaries were
blown down No one was injured