River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-06-28
WEST AND SOUTH.

FAMILY living in Elizavillc. Ind. were
poisoned on the 10Th by drinking lemonade
in which a child had put paris green. All
but one child would recover.
JoHN DECKER. fifty years Of age. dele
gate to the National Republican cOnven-
ton from Cincinnati. was overcome by the
heat on the Goth and died in short time.
ON the 10Th three men boarded passen-
ger train OF the Wabash road at Peru, Ind,
robbed several persons of their money and
jewelry. and jumped from the train while
il was running rapidly and made their es-
cape
Ok the st Paul road. near Milwaukee,
an open switch ditched three ears on the
10th, one Of which was loaded with horses,
and eighteen Of the animals were kill ed.
4 VIVID and rain storm visited Grand
Rapids, Wis, on the Goth, unroofing houses,
dcmolishing fences, trees and small build
ings
The Democrats of the Sixth Ohio dis
trict nominated e. VI. Saltzgober for Con
gross on the 2lst.
AHrRRICANE visited Litchfield, Ill, on
the 3lst upsetting and unroofing houses
and causing much loss.
4 CYCLONE passed east Of Lyons, Ia, on
the 2lst. wrecking several buildings and
lcveling trees and fences. No persons were
injured.
IL the Northern part Of Sedgviclx Coun-
", Kan, d cyclone on the 2lst did consider
able damage and fatally injured Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Watt. The track of the cyclone
was three hundred yards wide, and ex
tended over three miles of territory
a FIRE on the 22d destroyed the main
building of the Albuquerque N. NJ In
dian school. which was nearing completion.
DEMOCRATS of the First Georgia district
nominated Mayor Lester, of Savannah, ga,
for Congress on the 22d.
On the 21d William II. Grain was renom-
mated for Congress by the Democrats Of
the Seventh district of Texas
MUCH damage was being done by forest
fires on the I'D in the vicinity of PrCsque
Isle, Mich. j. C. Brown alone had lost
three hundred thousand feet Of logs.
WILLIAM PATTERSON tcolorcdl. convicted
, Of assaulting and numbering Jennie Bow
man on April q, lSS5. was hanged at Louis
willie. Ky. on the 23d.
Ar Keyser. Ind. Joseph Bell was killed
and Joseph McNabb and William Bayliss
were fatally injured by the explosion of an
engines boiler on the I'D
OK the 2ad Mrs. PhRbe Vennum, living
near Morrison. Ill. celebrated her one hun
drcd aud fourth birthday.
4 wATERSPOUr near Evansville, Ind,
did great damage to growing crops on the
sd
WILLIAM JoNEs knocked John Carroll in
20 a bod Of slal1ed lime at Alton Ill. on the
2s1d. and Carroll was fatally burned. His
assaiiant fed.
MARION DARLINGTON died on the I'D at
Churchill, Tenn, aged one hundred and
ten years.
THE record Of the baseball clubs in the
National League for the week ended on the
I'D was as follows: Chicago games
New York -. Philadelphia p:
Washington. 10; Pittsburgh, Is; In
dianapOlIs, II. The American Associa-
ton clubs stood. Brooklyn games woui.
25: 81. Louis. N; Philadelphia. ~. Cincin.
natl. -; Baltimore. p Cleveland. Is; Kan
sas City. "A. Louisville, r. In the Western
Association the following was the order.
Des MOiues games won. y: ST Paul -
Milwaukee. u: Kansas City. u. Omaha
10; Chicago. !; Minneapolis Is, 81.
Louis a.
o. the cath George Long, who had been
counting the daughter Of Henry Baker a
farmer living near indianapolis. Ind,
quarreled with Baker. because he opposed
the match. and in the fracas both were
shot dead
III Al NJ q VIM ->ANAuA AHNNNNak III tue
vicinity Of PALMYRA, Wis. barns were un-
rooted and lifted from their foundations.
trees and fences blown down and crops
greatly damaged from being beaten TO the
ground
CHAKLF> GREsH. Of Pulaski County. Mo-
Was dragged from his bed IN the night Of
the sd by party Of men and whipped 60
death He was charged with telling the
secrets Of an organization known as the
Agricultural Wheel
\ FIRF destroyed the entire business
portion cf HOlbrook, 4. T, on the 23i.
loss. Staes
nANIEL BARTLETT celebrated his enc
hundrcth birthday on the cath az his home
in Liberty township. q.
THE death OF Charlotte SomerS tcoiored3.
OF Galesburg. III. occurred on the 35th. at
the age Of one hundred aud twelve wears.
II tho Republican convention az Chicago
on the 18th Benjamin Harrison, Of Indiana.
and Levi F. Morton, Of New York. were
nominated for President and Vice-Presi-
dent OF the United States. General Har-
risOn'S nomination was made on the
eighth ballot. which stood Is follows: Har-
risoB, So. Sherman. us; Algsr, leo.
Gresham, 50; Blaine, ;: Mckinley, 8
Governor Foraker q ohlo. then moved