River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-09-01
WEST AND SOUTH.


ALICE CAMPBELL a society young
lady at st. Joseph, Mo, was burned to
death by the explosion of gasoline
stove.
SILAs STEELE, 16 years of age, took a
dose of poison and died atGermantown,
" c., because his mother severely
whipped him.
Ar Denver, Col, Gutlief Meyers was
struck and killed by lightning during a
thunderstorm. He was standing on
the street corner at the time, and just
before the fatal stroke exclaimed:
There is no God. This fear is all
folly"
ROANOKE, Va, was visited by a
cloudburst. doing an immense amount
of damage. Stores were flooded in the
business portion of the city, which is
on low land. the damage being esti-
mated at $1,000, 900.
RLv. J. Il. JACOBS, pastor of the First
Methodist church at Webb City, Mo,
was drowned while seining in the river
there.
The death of f. A. Warren, a veteran
journalist. and for several terms presi-
dent of the Arkansas Press association.
occurred at Texarkana, Ark, aged 81
years.
NINE cars of California pears and
peaches were wrecked ON the Santa
Re road near Medill. Mo. The fruit
was carried away by wagon loads 10y
the farmers
"A TERRIBLE rain and windstorm oc-
Cured at Center ROsalla, Lower Cali
fornia the seat of the great French
copper mines 1.-THE ''Boleo" mines), de-
stroving Slg0, 900 worth of property.
NOMINATIONS for congress were made
as follows: Iowa, Sixth district, Fred
ericl1 White (dem.l; Illinois. Ninth dis
trict. y. ;. Scrivens (people'sl; Mime
sofa. F1rst district, william II. Harris
(dem. }; Tennessee, Seventh district y.
y. Cox ldem.l.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were
made as follows: Iowa. Fourth district,
L. Updegraff (rep.l; Seventh district,
L \. Oft (people's); Tenth district,
James Ryan ldem.l; Eleventh district,
Don Campbell (people's) Fourth dis
trict. Walter II. Butler ldem.l Ohio,
First district. Bellamy Streeter rep };
Second district. John A. Caldwell (rep. }.
Georgia, Seventh district, John W.
Maddox ldem.l; Eighth district. Thorn
as G. Lawson (dem.). Pennsylvania,
Twenty-eighth district. George +.
Kribbs ldem.l. Michigan. Fourth dis
triet. George l.. Taple (dem-peo1. Wis
consin. Tenth district, Nils T. Iaugen
/ (rep.).
The death of Enoch Nav. ST., the
oldest printer in the west, occurred in
Burlington. la, aged 81 years. lie was
born in Boston and was connected with
early journalism in that city.
NEAR Denver. Col. Thomas Smith
shot and killed his wife and himself at
the home of friend, jealousy being as
signed as the cause.
The death of Col. f. c. Smeed. of
omsha. Neb-, chief engineer of the
Union Pacific Railway Company, oc-
Cured in Philadelphia.
THREE of the members of the Brock
gang of thieves We're killed near Grand
Junction, Col, by Deputy Sheriff w. T.
Davis.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were
made As follows: Missouri. Fourth dis
trict. d. ID. Burns Cdem.); Michigan,
Eighth district. ii. NJ Youmans (dem };
Arkansas. Third district. G.. O. Brush
(Deople's): Washington. Thomas Carroll
ct large dem-l }; Illinois, Fifth district.
samuel Alshuler ldem): Mississippi.
Fourth district. Frank Buskitt (peo-
ple'sD: Texas. Third district. c. X. Kill
gore (dem.l; Georgia. Seventh district,
John Is. Maddox (dem-); Eighth dis
trict, Thomas G. Lawson tdem. }; Iowa.
Ninth district, f. W. Myers (peOple'sl;
Eleventh district. David Campbell