River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-13
WEST AND SourH.

FIRE at Baker City, Ore, on the 9Th de-
stroyed an entire block at loss Of $500, 900.
j. A CoOFEE. Of Denver, was on the 5th
nominated for Governor BY the Republic
ans Of Colorado in state convention at
Denver.
STRIKING coal-miners at Sheradsville
and Salineville, o., returned to work on
the 5th at the operators terms after four
months Of idleness.
JAMES FORD. a farmer residing near Co
lumbus, Ind. while suffering from deliri-
UNI on the 9Th, sprang from his bed. seized
chair, and killed his youngest child, a
babe, and fatally injured his wife and ten
year-old child
THE Republicans Of Minnesota in State
convention at st. Paul on the 9th nomi-
mated William + Merriman for Governor
and completed the ticket by nominating
the present officials. The platform in
dorses the National candidates and a pro-
teCtiye tariff, but favors a readjustment Of
and cautious reduction Of tariff duties
promises TO continue efforts TO regulate
the sale OF liquor; favors honest civil
service laws; commends Governor Nc
Gilis administration: denounces the fish
cries treaty and the failure TO admit Dako-
"a 10 the Union, and fayors liberal pen
siOns.
CANDIDATES LOT congress were nduicQ
as follows IN the 9Th: Michigan, Eighth
district, 7. z Tarsncy DEM renomi.
mated. Wisconsin. Fifth district, G. II.
Brickner DEM. Virginia, Tenth district,
Jacob N0st (Rep.) renOminated. Missis-
sippi Sixth district. T. r. Stockdale
DEM. Texas. Fifth district, SiIas Hare
tDem.l Missouri, Thirteenth district,
William H. Wade REM renominated. New
Mexico. NJ $. Otero tRepl. Ohio Twelfth
district. l.. T. Neal fDeml
SOUTH CAROLINA Democrats in State con-
vention nj Columbia on the 9th renomi-
mated Governor j. p Richardson and
Lieutenant Governor W l. Maudliu
The death Of Colonel Edward G. ". But
Ter. the oldest graduate Of West Point Mil
itary Academy, occurred at St. Louis on
the 9th, at the age Of eighty nine years.
On the 9Th the village OF Jennings. Ia,
lost nearly all Of its bus ness places by tire.
DURING recent gale in Behring sea. in
the far north Of the Pacific region, five
whaling vessels were wrecked but all Of
their crews. one hundred and nine in num-
Der. were rescued
AN ugly horse bit OF the top Of the head
OF Albert Banta's three-year-old son at
Bragtown, Ind, on the 9th, causing instant
death.
GENERAL W T. SHERMAN was reelected
president at the reunion OF the Army Of
the Tennessee in Toledo. o. on the 9th.
From some mysterious disease Isaac
WOoley. Of Shelburu. Ind. c Cd suddenly
on the 7th. few hours afterward his wife
suddenly expired. although she had been
apparently well. and one OF the children
was at deaths door.
MASKED men entered the house Of Will
lam and Allen Turner. a pair Of cid bach
elor brothers owning tine farm near Co
lumbus. Ind. on the 7th. ana Or threats
Of death obtained s.. 600 from the broth
erS
CoSsEEssToSAL nominations were re-
ported as follows on the 9TH: Indiana
Fourth district, II. y. Wilson tRep.l. Ms
souri,. Second district. A o Eubsnks
Rep. Alabama. Fifth district. J. E
Cobb gDeu-l renominated. Michigan.
Third district. Eugene Pringle lDem.l;
Sixth. N :. Brewer Rep.
FoRrr counties in Arkansas voted
agaiust liquor license at the recent cleo
tion. and Il was said the tn that the
ballot bcxes stolen from the State caoitel