River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-16
The EAST.

1IIE nominations Tor Congress on the
Sth were: Connecticut First district,
- Il. Forbes (Pro.l; Third. David A.
Wells (Dem.); ii. ]. Crocker PRO. };
Fourth, Frederick Miles (Rep) renom-
mated. Massachusetts,, First district
Charles Il. Goldman (Dem. J; Ninth. John
w. Gambler tRep.) renominated: George
+. Williams tDem.l; Tenth. ii. NJ.
Small (Pro.l. New York, First dis
trict James w. Covert (Deml re-
nominated; John l. Child rep J;
Seventh, w. 4. Crosdsle (Dsm.); Ed
win J. Dunphy tDem.); Eighth, L. J.
Campbell (Dem.); Ninth. Amos j. Cum.
ings Dem. renominated; Tenth, Frank
ID. SpinOla Dem renominate6; Elev-
enth, J. ID. Warner tDem.); Twelfth.
Roswell =. Flower DEM renominated;
Thirteenth, Asel T. Fits (Dem. }; Four
teenth, w. q. Stahlnecker (Dem.) re-
nominated; John q. Cockroft rep };
Seventeenth. L. C. Teale rep. }; TWEEN
ty-fifth, William Slit (Dem. }; Thirty
first. NJ. J. Shea (Dem.): Thirty-third,
f. l. Bunting Dem.); Thirty-fourth,
J. ID. Rogers (Pro.).
OK the sth the steamer City of New
York reached Sandy Hook in five days,
twenty-One hours and nineteen minutes
from Queenstown, beating the Teutonic
one hour and lowering her record forty
eight minutes.
THE population of the State of New
Jersey is given by the Census Bureau
at 1,44l, OF; increase, 800. 901.
THE report of the Western Union
Ifa1n III, Cd hn
yearly meeting of the directors showed
an increase of SI,O94, 6S3 in net profits
The company now has 6s7. 997 miles OF
wire, 10. SS2 offices. and handled IS, s7s.-
CO., messages during the year.
The Patriotic Sons of America con-
vened at Boston in National camp. The
order has 1900 lodges in the country
and over $50. 600 members.
IL a trial trip the United States dyna-
mite cruiser Vesuvius attained speed
of twenty knots per hour.
AT Boston the United States Court
decided that George NJ. Pullman was
entitled to the patent on vestibuled
cars
The nominations for Congress on the
9th were: New York. Second district,
James Gresham (Repl; Third. Will
lam C. Wallace (Rep) renominated;
Fourth. Andrew J. Perry (Rep); Fifth.
John r. Smith (Rep.D; Nineteenth, Ed
ward A. Durant (Rep1; Twenty-third,
James $. Sherman tRep) renomi-
mated; Twenty-Sevcnth, L. X. Burn
ham (Dem.l; DIR. Mary E Walker
glnd.); Twenty-eighth. Isaac h.
Andrews (Pro-). Massachusetts. Eighth
district. n. A. Glidden (Pro.). Con-
necticut, Second district, J. NJ. Hub
bard (RepD; w. 7. Wilcox Dem. J;
Third, Charles A. Russell (Rep.).
JOSEPH T. CAPPELL of Trenton, N. J.,
and his three brothers, all poor men,
received information that they were
heirs TO an estate in England worth
$ 1000. 900.
Is New York City the Peoples NUM-
cipal League. the Republicans and the
County Democracy have combined and
nominated Francis NJ. Scott for mayor.
The Tammany Democrats have renOmi-
mated Mayor Grant
CONGRESSIONAL nominations on the
10th were: New York, Seventh district,
ID. A. BOody (Dem.); Third. w. j.
Coombs (Dem.l; Fourth. John NJ. Clan
cey Dem renOminated; Fifth, Thomas
+. Magner Dem renOminated; Ninth,
Cornelius Donovan tRep.); Seventeenth,
Isaac n. Cox (Dem.l; Eighteenth, Mich
ael f. Collins (Dem.); Twenty-first, j.
b. Ross tDem.l.
IN session at Boston the Patriotic
Sons of America amended their consti-
tuition. making ONLY white native-born
citizens of the United States eligible TO
membership.
THE population of the State of New
York is given by the Census Office at
5,9sI, 934, an increase of s99, O63 in the
past ten years
IN the river at Kinkora, n. J., five
men were drowned by the capsizing OF
a boat. They were Solomon, John and
Angelo Fletcher (brothers). and Alonzo
Cannon and Cbeafus MeTrick.