River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-07-28

The South Dakota republicans in
convention at Madison nominated the
following ticket: For governor, +. l..
Sheldon; lieutenant governor, c. n.
Herried; secretary of state. Thomas
Thorsen; treasurer, -. w. Taylor; at
torney general, Coe /. Crawford; audi
tor, j. f Hiphle; superintendent OF
schools, Cortez Salmon.
IN the Eleventh district of Texas the
democrats have renominated w. Ill.
Grain for congress and in the Second
district of Minnesota the republicans
nominated Prof. James I. McLeary.
A TORNADO swept over the mining
town of Hiteman, Ia, and twenty
dwelling houses were wrecked and as
many were unroofed. Several persons
were injured. one man fatally.
In convention at Saginaw the repub-
licans of Michigan nominated for gov
ernor John L. Rich. of Elba; lieutenant
governor. Joshua w. Giddines, of Wex-
ford; secretary of state, John w. Joa-
chin, of Marquette; treasurer, Joseph
r. Hambitzer, of Hancock; auditor,
Stanley w. Turner, of Roscommon; at
torney general, Garrett Dickema, OF
Ottawa The platform adopted in
dorscs the nominees and platform of
the national republican convention at
Minneapolis, condemns the state demo-
cratic administration, the miner law
and the gerrymander of congressional,
senatorial and representative dis
tricts.
THE stallion Palo Alto. valued at
$50, 600. died of pneumonia at Senator
Stanford's stock farm near Mayfield,
Cal
IL st. Louis Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Heyd were swindled out of 81, 200 by
two Frenchmen.
REPUBLICANS have nominated for
congress Prof. Borden in the Third In
diana district and George b. Shaw in
the Seventh Wisconsin district.
AT Reedville, Ark, J. J. Bowles, a
merchant, shot and instantly killed two
men, one named Wilcox and the other
named Ace, who had entered his store
to kill hirI.
GLOBE and Belle Hamlin trotted a
mile at Detroit, Mich, i. 2:l3, lowering
the team record a quarter of a second.
THE execution of Gus Williams (col-
ored), one of the three convicted MUIR
derers of August Meyer last January,
took place at Savannah, Ga. He died
protesting his innocence.
FIRE destroyed the main plant, re-
finery, warehouse, etc, of the Waters
Pierce Oil Company at st. Louis, the
loss being 100000
STRIKING miners in Idaho were said
to have sworn to kill thirty of the lead
ing mine owners of Ceur dAlene.
\ BAND of forty men took John and
Charles Ruggles, stage robbers and
murderers, from the Jail at Redding
Cal, and lynched them.
The entire village of Iron River,
Wis, with the exception of one or two
buildings, was destroyed by fire and
/, 500 persons were homeless.
FIRE at Carrillton. Mo-, destroyed an
entire block Of business buildings, in
Guiding the two newspaper Offices.
AT Denver, Col. Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Scott were almost chopped to pieces in
their bed. Peter Heenan, the former
husband of Mrs Scott. was suspected
OF having committed the crime.
FLAMES swept away the famous
Bollingbrook stables on the farm of r.
w. Walden at Middleburg, Carroll
county, Md. and fourteen race horses,
valued at Sl5OoOO persisted in the
tl1mes.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were
made as follows: Minnesota. Second dis
trict, J. T. McCleary (rep); Sixth, ID. H.
Searle (rep.); Indiana, Tenth district,
Rev. w. A. Heunegar (pro).
A STAGE went through bridge across
a river near Tillamook, Ore, falling 80
feet and C. Il. Hadley, of Tillamook,
Ore, and Rev. Mr.. Edmund, of Iowa,
driver, were fatally injured.