River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-08-15
WEST AND SOUTH,

ELECTIONS held in Salt Lake City on the
9th resulted in a decided victory for the
GentiEes. and the downfall of Mormonism
was predicted by many in a very short
time
A NUMBER of Milwaukee citizens on the
9th waited on the railway authorities ask
ing them TO reconsider their refus al of
granting a one-cent rate Co the encamp-
ment OF the q. A. Il TO be held in that city
The railway officials refused to alter thetr
former decision.
NEAR Weston. Neb, serious wreck oc-
Cured on the 9TH by the breaking through
a bridge OF a ira II on the Omaha & Re
publican Valley branch of the Union
Pacific Two lives were lost, and several
seriously. if not fatally, injured
The saloon keepers of Cincinnati,
through their lawyer, on the 9Th asked the
court for a continuance of their cases.
they promising that in the future they
would respect the law and keep their
places closed on Sunday.
one OF the best-knOwn lawyers I'm Min
neapolis. J. Frank COLON, confessed on the
9Th to forging the name of John T. Blais-
dell a pioneer millionaire of Minneapolis
to notes and papers valued at s221, 600.
J. l. WILLIAMS and Lyman J. Gage, two
OF the arbitrators TO whom were referred
the differences existing between the Hill
nois Coal Run Company and its miners,
united on the eth in finding ~ cents per
ton to be the best and highest price for
mining coal that the Coal Run Company
could pay TO its miners
An explosion OF fireworks at kensington
Gardens. st Louis. on the 9Th injured sew
eral persons The siege of SebastOpor
was being produced
ToLEDo. O., struck vein of gas on the
18th which yielded ~. OOO.OOO feet per day.
THE Alabama State Farmers Alliance in
session IT Auburn ON the 9Th reiterated
their determination to use cotton bagging
tor wrapping cotton AMI would under no
circumstances use jute.
IT was decided by Governor Thayer, of
Nebraska. on the eth not to raise the quar-
antine against livestock shipments from
the Kansas City stock yards
Az express train on the Rio Grande West
ern road was attacked by train robbers
near Crevas e. Col, on the night of the
9th, and after vain attempt to break into
the baggaEe-car went through the train
and collected 500 and twenty watches. A
posse was in pursuit with bloodhounds
A SEVERE rain-storm on the 9TH visited La
Crosse. Wis Five houses were struck by
lightning.
TIE Northern Illinois coal-field opera
tors on the Sth refused TO make any con-
cessions. insisting that the mines could not
be operated at less than Z teD-cent reduc-
ton The miners offered &c accept ave
cents
PASSENGER train on the Wisconsin Cen
traI was boarded on the Sth between Chip
pewa Falls and AbbOtsford by a single rob
Der. who at the point Of pistol compelled
the sleeping-car conductor, porter and one
passenger 70 give up their valuables and
then leaped of the train and escaped
The Western Wholesale GrOcers' AssOcia-
| ton, by rising vote and amid great ap-
plause. adopted a resolution favoring Chi
| cago for the worlds fair at Spirit Lake, Ia,
on the Sth
The Illinois Board OF Agriculture re-
ported on the Sth an average yield per acre
Of thirty-seven bushels OF oats, which-eX-
| ceTt last seasons the largest State aver
Z age ever grown
[ IT was stated on the Sth that the man az
rested at Scarborough, Ala. bore not the
| slightest resemblance TO Richard Tate, The
/ Kentucky defaulting treasurer
THE arraignmsnt Of Maryin Burke took
place before Judge Baker in Chicago on the
I 9th and a plea Of not guilt to the charge
I OF assassinating DR. CConin was entered
! REPORTS from Minnesota and Dakota
/ state that the wheat crop in those States
viii reach 5000. 90 or al0o0 GO bushels,
| the best crop harvested in six years
| TIE demise Of Judge William T. Bullock
/ occurred on the 9th at Shelbyvilie. nv. he
/ had served in the state Legislature Of Ken
lucky, was one Of the founders Of public
schools in that State and in 1855 drew up
the bill for the establishment of the frst
i blind school south of the Ohio
AUGUST reports for Michigan's State crop
issued on the 9th gives the estimated yield
Of wheat per acre in the four southern tiers
OF counties at Is 81 bushels. with slight de-
crease in the central and northern sections.
Yield Of corn about p per cent lower than
last year; potatoes. %; hay, d, and apples
promise 70 per cent