River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-22
WEST AND SOUTH.

Is Detroit the first national conven-
ton of commercial lawyers of the
United States met with nearly every
state and territory represented
In Chicago Receiver McNulta sold
eighteen plants of the old whisky trust
To the reorganization committee for
50. 500, 900.
AT the home of her daughter, Mrs.
jeremiah Lockwood. near Coldwater,
Mich, Mrs Bernetty Woodland cele-
brated her Tooth birthday anniversary.
AT the age of IS years Rev. w T.
Richardson, ID. d.. editor of the Central
Presbyterian, died at his home in
Richmond, Va.
On the Alton road an engine struck
COW near Slater, Mo-, throwing it
upon the cowcatcher, and three tramps
who were riding thereon were killed
The overturning of a hosereel at
Cincinnati fatally injured Capt Ed.
Meyers and Pipeman Al Doherty.
JOHN BLAIR. John Spotsnage and
Curtin Ammons were killed by the ex-
plosion of the boiler of a thresher near
Morgantown, W. Va
ONO, Indiana and Michigan mer-
chants met at Columbus and organized
the National Wholesale Buyers asso-
citation, the object being to purchase in
large quantities lirect from the pro-
ducers and thus save for themselves
the profits of the eastern jobber.
SAMUEL DINsoM and his son Charles
were hanged by a mob at Ellensburg,
Wash, tor numbering Michael Koh-
loph and Joseph y. Bergman IN a sa-
loon row.
MIR CHRISTIAN CONRAD, I16 years
old. attended the Dubuque county har-
vest home picnic at Dversville, Ia.
Ex-STATE TREASURER TAYLOR, of
south Dakota. pleaded guilty at Pierre
of ernbezzling S367,OOO of the state
funds and was sentenced TO FIVE years
Imprisonment
FLAMES wiped out the business part
of Pikeville, Tenn, only one store be-
ing left standing.
II. H. COLEMAN. T. ID. Marshall and
T. II. Fox. prominent residents of
Vicksburg. Miss, were sentenced to
life imprisonment for the murder of K.
L. Dinkins in quarrel
MRS WILLIAM BROWNING. of Evans
Vile, Ind shot and killed her husband
in a quarrel and then blew out her
own brains.
FIRE destroyed the mill and concen-
traitor of the Katie mine At Basin.
Mont. the loss being 100000
In convention al Cambridge Mary
land republicans nominated Lloyd
Lowndes for < oyernor. Harry NJ. Cla-
baugh for attorney general and l.. E.
L. Dennis for comptroller. The plat
form confines itself to state issues
IN a runaway at Albion. Ind. Mrs.
ID. III. Reynolds was killed and Mrs 5.
l. Cook probably fatally hurt by being
thrown from a buggy.
IN runaway at Kalamazoo. Mich.
Mary c. KOrsange, aged % years. was
killed and her betrotbed. Jacob West
over. was probably fatally hurt
N tw ,nty-four hours Louis Gimm, of
Cleveland, o.. rode ass miles on bicy-
Gle. beating the worlds record.
AT the fair grounds in bloomington.
Tom Robinson. of Fairbury, Ill, ran
100 Yards in 9 Is seconds, breaking the
world record.
AN incendiary fire wiped the town of
HindOstan, Ind. off the face of the
earth.
IL a storm near Marshall, o. T., Mr..
and Mrs William House. but lately
married, were killed by lightning.
The census just completed gives the
population of Duluth, Mimi, as SO. $50,
q gain of ID, PSI since 1890
FIRE destroyed the shops Of the
Colorado Midland railroad at Colorado
City. Col, the loss being slCJ,Oo0
A MOB took Emmett Divers, negro
who killed Mrs Cain near Fulton, Mo.
q couple of weeks ago, from jail and
hanged him to a railroad bridge