River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-08-13
WEST AND sOUIH.

cOMNANDER N CHIEF NEAZEY IN his
annual address at the second days ses-
sion of the Grand Army of the Republic
encampment at Detroit. recommended
the establishment of separate depart
ments for colored camps. Washington
was decided upon as the place for hold
ing the next annual meeting.
K. II. MURRAY, who was recently re-
leased from the Jacksonville (Ind. }
penitentiarv, was arrested at Louis
vile. Nv. charged with the murder of
a sister Of charity who had nursed him
during an illness, and who refused to
marry him.
LATE election returns from Ken
lucky indicate that the Farmers Al
lance party had elected a majority of
the members To the legislature.
JoHN WITT and his son. John Witt,
Jr-. were fatally injured near Worth
ington. Mimi. by being thrown under
a reaper 10y a runaway team.
\ SEVERE haiistorn in the vicinity of
Howard. ;. d., did great damage to the
wheat crop. IL was estimated that
from 10000 to 80, O0J bushels of wheat
were DESTROYED.
NELLIE BOISE. daughter of the cir
cult Judge Of Salem, Ore, and William
Steel. son OF Postmaster Steel. of Port
land. were drowned while bathing al
Long Beach. Wash.
joins GRAYSoN. who died at la
Grange. Ark. confessed on his death
bed Ia having murdered three men dur
ing his lifet me-a detective, a farmer
and a book agent
The wife Of o. W. Cass, a merchant
Of Aurora. Neb., in fit of temporary
insanity saturated her dress with kero-
sene and then set fire to it and was
burned 10 death.
The peoples party in state conven-
ton at Springfield, O.. nominated John
Seitz. IF seneca county. for governor.
The platform demands the abolition of
national banks aS banks of issue, gov
eminent control of railroads, liberal
pensions for soldiers and election of
United States senators by popular vote.
The president restored to citizenship
Levi coins a veteran of Robinson. III.
Coins had been wrongfully imprisoned
for fraudulently endeavoring To obtain
a pension.
THE governor of Tennessee issued a
proclamation calling a special session
of the legislature To take action in re-
gard 70 the revision of the convict labor
laws.
CAPT. JONI PALMER. of Albany, y.
Y. was elected commander in chief at
the third and last days session of the
Grand Army of the Republic at Detroit
N
camps for colored veterans was de-
fcatcd.
FATHER QUAY. a Catholic priest of
SnohomiSh. Wash. was tarred and
fea;hered 10y a mob. He was accused
Of immoral practices.
LIBERTY SNooKs. a farmer living near
/ Humeston. Ia. was shot and killed by
Dick Gwinn. as the result of family
quarrel.
The death Of William Green aged
lI2 years and 2 months. occurred at
Joliet. III. Deceased was born in Ire
land and up To the last retained his
mind. He had been blind several years.
The lncampmeut at Detroit complet-
ed its labors on the 9TH after installing
al the newlv-eleeted officers.
HoN. T. ;. HANCOCK died at his home
near Lynchhurg. Va. aged - years
For number Of years prior to the war
he was a member Of congress lie was
also a member Of the confederate con-
gress and speaker ~ the house.
A TERRIFIC hailStorm passed Crooks
ton. Mimi. laying waste and destroy
ing grain from Marin to Hixon. a strip
> miles wide by Il in length. Every
thing was destroyed and there would
be no harvesting in that belt of coun-
try this season
INDIANS brought the report to Yuma.
Cal. that the earthquake of July 80
materially changed the course of the
Colorado river.
ELLA WILLIAMS. William Williams
Willis Lowe and Eliza Lowe. four col
Ored persons. were shot TO death by a
mob in Henry county. Ala. for burning
a house, and their bodies were thrown
u the river.