River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-08-21

Az oil well was struck on the 14th
near Findlay. o., that produced LOCO
gallons the first hour. This was said
t. be the largest flow known.
Mrs. BRIDGET DooDY, of Mineral
Point, Wis, died on the l4th, aged 100
years. She was born in ireland, and tie
parish record shows the date of her birth.
Is a dispute at North Platte, Neb.,
on the 14th Edward Newman shot his
wife and himself, both dying instantly.
NEAR Santa Barbara, Cal, on the 14th
natural gas was struck with a flow of 81
coo. 900 feet day.
By a unanimous vote on the l4th
the United Carpenters Council of Chi
cago resolved to call out on a strike ali
carpenters and jobbers under its juris-
diction September l. The violation by
the New Bosses Association of the
agreement by which the recent strike
was settled was given as the cause.
Eight thousand men would be affected
by this decision.
NOMIN ATOMS for Congress on the
l4th were as follows: Indiana, Eleventh
district A. \. Martin Dem renomi-
mated; Thirteenth district Il. f. Shive-
" (Dem.) renominated; Wisconsin
Ninth district. NJ. II. McCord (Rep) re-
nominated; Third district r. Il. La
Follett (Rep); California, Second dis
trict. George G. Blanchard (Rep. u;
Third district, Joseph McKenna (Rep)
renominated; at large, w. w. Morrow
and J. c. Campbell (Rep.); South Caro-
lima, Seventh district T. f. Miller,
colored (Rep); Florida, Second dis.
trict, r. w. Bullock DEM renomi-
mated; Ohio, Ninth district, L. b. Will
son (Rep.); Virginia. Ninth district, j.
A. Buchanan (Dem.) renominated;
Georgia, Third district, c. +. Crisp
Dem renominated.
A TRAIN on the Michigan Central
road struck broken switch on the 18th
at Augusta, Mich. overturning the
engine. which exploded, killing the
engineer and fireman, and injuring
several other persons.
WILLIAM TULLEY, of Columbia City,
Ind, set a spring gun for burglars in
his gun store on the night of the 14th.
On entering the store the next morning
his foot struck the trap and he received
both loads from double barreled rifle.
killing him instantly.
CHARLES PRATT. farm hand, was
taken from Jail and lynched at Blair,
Neb.. on the 18th by enraged citizens
for the murder of NJ. K. Towne and
daughter. A love affair was the cause
of the murder.
NOMINATIONS for Congress were made
on the 18th as follows: Indiana, Tenth
district II. J. Adams pro-; Florida,
First district, ). r. Mallory Dem.);
Wisconsin, Eighth district, Nils L.
Haugen rep renominated.
CARELESS contractors on the 18th
caused the almost total demolition OF
Red Cliff, Col, by the explosion of pow
der with which they were blasting.
UNKNOWN uliscreants placed an OBJ
struction on the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road tracks twenty miles from Pitts
burgh on the night of the 14th. An ex-
cursiOn train struck it and two en-
gineers and a supposed tramp were in
stantly killed.
j. III. WARD. a member of the Balti-
more Corn and Flour Exchange, com
mitted suicide on the 18th by cutting
his throat with razor.
Ir was said on the 18th that the wheat
crop in Minnesota and the Dakotas would
reach %, 900, 600 bushels. The yield per
acre for the State of Minnesota was es-
timated az 10 bushels; for South Da-
kota, 1913 bushels, and for North Da-
kota, 111S bushels.
Mrs. MYLA POWELL (colored) of South
Bend, Ind, died on the 10th, aged log
D. 4, l.s. Il
North Carolina.
NOMINATIONS tor Congress were made
on the 10th as follows: Ohio, Twentieth
district, V. A. Taylor rep. J; New York,
Thirteenth district. John Van Voorhis
(Rep.): Louisiana, First district, Adolph
Meyer (Dem.).
THE stage coach between Linkville
and Lakeview, Ore, was held up and
robbed on the morning of the 18th by
two masked men, who secured the ex-
press box. mail bags and a small sum Of
money from the passengers.
BANDITS held up train on the Mis-.
souri, Pacific railroad in Robbers Cut,
thirteen miles from Sedalia, Mo, early
on tn Forming of the 18th and secured
$40. Oep belonging to the Pacific Express
Company.
TIE percentages of the baseball clubs
in the Players League for the week
ended on the 10th were: Boston, SOP;
Brooklyn, $40; Chicago, .567; New
York. .547; Philadelphia, .525; Pitts
burgh, .449: Cleveland, .435; Buffalo.
$50. The clubs in the National League
stood: Brooklyn, .652; Boston, .629i
Philadelphia, GA; Cincinnati, $40; Chi
cago, .53l; New York. .437; Cleveland,
.SI5; Pittsburgh, POP.
IT was said on the 10th that recent
rains throughout Illinois, Iowa and
other States materially benefited the
corn crop, and that the yield of potatoes
would be larger than was expected.
ON the morning of the nth fire was
discovered in Crows Opera-Ho at
Highmore, 5. d., and the flames were
not checked until nine blocks were de-
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