River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-06-11
WEST AND SOuTH.

IL a railroad accident near Talladega,
Ala. W. II. Harrington. an engineer,
Frank Elwood, fireman, and "A man
named John Hammond were killed
A TORNADO did great damage to
buildings and crops at Lima, O., and
several cattle were killed in barns, and
At Salina the Friends church was
wrecked and eight houses were I'M
rooted
THE following ticket was nominated
by the peoples party of Iowa in con-
vention at Des Moines: For govern
or 4. J. Westfall, Woodbury. county;
. lieutenant governor, W. ;. Scott,
Appanoose county; railway commits
sioner, ID. f. Rogers, Dallas county;
superintendent public instruction.
/ C. W Bean, Buena Vista county;
supreme Judge. +. +. Willis, Page
county The platform favOrS the Aus
7 tralian ballot. censurcs the old parties
I for constant efforts to reopen the tenn
/ pcrance question to the exclusion of
/ grave economic questions. favors uni
/ form school book system for the state,
books TO be furnished at cost to pupils.
and favors state legislation directed at
the ultimate suppression of all private
corporations.
NEAR Bedford, Ind. a sawmill engine
I exploded killing five men and wound
I ing three others.
On the Sci $4,000 persons were at
I GaIena, Ill, to witness the unwilling of
I the bronze statue of Gen. Grant pre-
scented To the old home of the hero of
I Appamattox 10y Mr.. II II. Kohlsaat, of
/ Chicago. Chauncey NJ. Depew, of New
/ York delivered the Grafton.
IL Chicago three men were caught
under the ruins of a house which col
I lapsed and were instantly killed.
\ TORNADO tore up trees and demol-
[ ished several buildings at Seymour, Ind.
\ Mrs INA DAVIS. the first female
I county superintendent of schools in In
I diana, was elected by the trustees of
! Terre lIaute.
The doors of the City national bank
at Marshall. Mich. were closed on
account of the embezzlemnt of $40, 900
I by T. J. Kirby, the assistant cashier.
l The death of Delilah Vaughn oc-
CURED at her home in jacksonville, Ill,
( at the age Of 100 years.
Y The immense barn of James Austin
/ a: Falmouth. Ky. was blown down ir
a storm and Miss Mamie Austin. his 10
I year-old daughter, who was in it, was
killed.
NEAR Genoa, Neb.. Peter Cedar ia
tally shot his daughter-in-law, Mrs
Louise Cedar, and then committed
I suicide
~ the town of Saratoga, Wyo.. a rich
lead of silver has been struck, the ore
as>ayiug sIl 10 the ton
Is Illinois lightning killed three
horses at sand Prairie. thirty steers at
Delavan. five horses at Cullom. and
twenty-Scven head of cattle near New
Holland. At Mason City, la. a 1880
horse was killed in the same way.
The 10000 trotting stallion Tom
/ Roger was burned To death ut the
/ Woodlawn stock farm near Cincinnati
EvEEY di>tillery in 'the United States
has been secured by the whisky trust
thus creating one of the most absolute
and complete monopolies the CONNER
cial world has ever heard Of
II Alaska the grip was making great
havoc among the natives, hundreds
having died.
On the 4th a monument To Leonard
Calvert. the first governor Of Maryland,
erected on the site of the old mulberry
tree al II. Mary's City. was unveiled.
THE hank of Huntingburg, Ind
closed its doors. the result Of the cash
ier's permitting depo>itors To Overdraw
their accounts 70 the extent of about
$4,000
Is East -. Louis. Ill, three dwelling
houses. a factory and a number of
sheds were blown Ia splinters during a
hurricane and several buildings were
uuroofcd and trees blown down.
THE firm Of Connell. Han. McLaster
4 Co. wholesale dry goods dealers at
Nashville, Tenn. failed with liabilities
of nearly S5pO. 900.
LIGHTNING killed George Hackduffer,
a farmer living near Vandalia. Ill. and
his little bow.
HARVEY WHITEHALL and Albert Dill
Ion were drowned in the reservoir al
Bellefontaine. ..