River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-10

1hE " est virginia Union LaDDf party
met al Charleston on the 80 and nominated
full State ticket, with $. II. Pierson for
Governor.
OK the Sd Allan q. Meyers was convicted
at Columbus. o., Of contempt Of court in
publishing objectionable articles during
the tally-sheet forgery cases, and was fined
goo and sentenced 10 three months i'm
prisonment.
A FIRE in the yards Of the Chippewa
Lumber Company at Chippewa Lake. Mich,
destroyed ten million feet Of lumber on the
! 3D. Loss, $4,000; insurance. $1,000
Is the town Of Berring, Mo, several
buildings were blown down in a storm on
the 4th. and James Myers was killed.
IL tine streets OF Wilson, ". c., Haywood
Ward and his wife were fatally injured on
he 9Th by the explosion Of dynamite cart
ridge.
On tie 4th one thousand men employed
in the iron mines near Duluth, Mimi,
s. ruck FOR higher wages.
a CYCLONE on the 4t.i at Pekin, IL, IN
rooted buildings. uprooted trees and blew
! down chimneys and fences in its path. No
one was killed
BARS on the farm Of Widow Freeze,
near Arlington, Ncb., was destroyed by fire
on tho 4th, and the entire family. consist
ing OF four adults and three children, per
AHAANA III AlAN tAdAAAta AtAt%bAF AA AAAN NtANAtN
to rescue the cattle from the burning
building. Twenty-Five head of stock also
persisted.
o. the 9Th a cyclone swept over Camden.
Ark, destroying several houses and level
ing trees. At Blake and other ncighboring
places damage was also done. No lives
were lost
Two Girls, aged about seven years,
daughters Of John Blake and faut Cha yton,
were fatally burned on the 4lh near Shaw
/ neetowu, III. They were pouring coal oil
| on the fire, when the can exploded.
A FIRE at Milton, o., on the 4th damaged
/ the town hall. Presbyterian church and
many business houses. loss, $4,000.
A TORNADO and hail storm passed north
Of Texarkana, Ark. on the 9Th. unroofng
/ houses. uprooting trees, killing stock and
greatly damaging the crops.
Ok the 9th Mrs. Aimee Elsenbarth, of st.
Z Louis fell dead in her residence, and her
! sister who lived near, upon being sum-
moned, went to the room where the dead
woman lay and fell dead beside her
TIE death Of Thomas Eggleston. aged one
/ hundred and eleven years ten months and
/ twenty days. occurred at his home near
Grihithsville. ~. Va, on the 9th. He was
I supposed to have been the Oldest white
man in this country.
/ ALFRED BARNES died on the 9th at Mex
I leo, No. aged ninety eight years. He was
{ the oldest Free Mason ia the world, having
/ been member Of the order seventy six
/ years.
/ 4 FIRE destroyed the business portion OF
/ Sanu arsvillc. Ga. on the 5th.
Pho J. ". SIsK assembled one mile in q
! balloon at Paris. ILL.,. on the 9th, aud then
/ dropped TO the earth by the aid of a para
chute landing in safety
I THE death Of Mrs. Phiena johnson, Of
/ Aurora, Ill, VINO celebrated her one hun
/ dred and third birthday May occurred on
/ the 1th.
". Z. EDWARDS was nominated for Con-
/ grcss on the eth by the Prohibitionists of
/ the Eighteenth Illinois district.
/ THE loss by collision of the American
steamer Eureka, 1Gs miles southwest of
/ Cape Hen!open, was reported on the 9Th,
/ and thirty-eight persons were drowned.
A CLOUD BURST on the 18th near Maize,
| Kan. washed away several houses. and a
/ family named Rockby, consisting Of four
/ persons. We're drowned.
WILLIAM T. Coleman & Co. commission
merchants at san Francisco. made an as
signment on the 9Th, with liabilities of
| s.. 010.010: nominal assets, S4000,O00.
The Supreme Court of Missouri decided
I on the eth that the city Of ST. Louis never
| had authority 10 grant permission for the
/ sale Of wine and beer on Sunday.
THE Union Labor party of Missouri met
| at Scdalia on the 9Th and nominated d full
/ State ticket, headed by A. II. Mannering,
/ of Man -svillc, for Governor.
Ok the It'll the eighteenth quadrennial
/ session of the general conference OF the
| African Methodist Episcopal church began
at Indianapolis. Bishop Payne presiding.
! Every State in the Cuion was represented.
REPORTS from MichisBn on the 9TH in
Dictated but sixt eight per cent. of an av-
| eragc crop of wleat. or twenty-one per
| cent. less than last year, when 23.Sl5,0O0
bushels were harvested
WARRANTS were issued on the It'll for the
| arrest OF one hundred aud forty seven sd
/ loonists in Cincinnati who, in violation of
/ the law. kept their places open on Sunday.
A HAIL-sroRM on the 9TH in Cass and
| Bates counties No, destroyed large tracts
/ of growing grain, and many sheep were
! killed