River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-06

Ia Illinois Theodore Holly has been
nominated for congress by the popui,sts
in the Fourteenth district and ID. p.
Bobb by the prohibitionists in the Ninth
district.
Fire destroyed the Delta Veneer and
Box company plant at Friar's Point,
Miss, the loss being 100000.
Robert Stark, merchant, and Abram
1inkey, postmaster, died at Sequoin.
Wash, from the effects Of drinking al
cohol made from wood.
mob at Clarendon. Ark, lynched
Godfrey Gould (colored) for assault
ing Florence Wright. a white woman.
In Chicago the Staver & Abbott Man
ufscturing company, makers of wag-
ons. failed for 100000.
Congressional nominations have been
made as follows: Illinois. Twenty-frst
district, Jehu Baker (pop); Texas.
Twelfth district, NJ. Fulton (dem.); Cal
ifornia. Fifth district, Z +. Loud (rep.).
Columbus, o.. the Columbus Buggy
company failed for 100000.
In Cincinnati the Emerson & Fisher
company, manufacturers of buggies
and carriages, failed for s450,000.
Anna Amsurd, Henry Hendrickson
and Lizzie Oldstead, three young people.
we're drowned in the Mississippi river
near La Crosse, Wis, by the capsizing
of boat.
At Birkbeck, H., trains collided and
William Baker and Charles Birchnaugh
were killed and ten other persons were
injured.
At Eagle Pass, Tex, Mai. Jesse w.
Sparks. United States consul at Piedras
Negras. Mex. died suddenly of heart
disease.
VIII Gruber, a fisherman. at Calves
ton, Tex, shot and killed his wife and
then killed himself. No cause is known.
A bolt of lightning killed 10 head of
horses at Edinburgh, Ind, belonging TO
J. A. Bradley.
In Jealous rage Frank Davis killed
Robert Pickett and May Rivers at Grip
pie Creek, Col, and then cut his own
throat.
In Denver, Col, David III. Ramey, a
coIored Pullman porter. shot and in
stantly killed Matte Clark, also colored,
and then killed himself. No cause is
known.
Two negroes who attempted TO as
sassinate Col. c. d. Hunter near Selma,
Ala. were lynched by mob.
At Bay City, Mich, Samuel G. NJ.
Gates. a lumberman, failed for $644, 900.
On lie coast of China. near Huichu,
another tidal wave swept away many
villages and killed 1000 persons.
A forest fire destroyed the village
of Gladis. Mich. and scores of farmers
in the vicinity also lost all their prop
erty.
The rolling mills at Niles, Mich, re-
sumed work, giving employment to
about 1000 men.
In Chicago the Moore Bros. dealers
in Diamond Match and New York Bis
cult stocks in the stock exchange,
failed, the speculative value involved In
the disaster being s20,O00,0O0.
In the recent hot spell in st. Louis
which were fatal.
In a quarrel over property Robert
Parker. of Bookshire. Tex, killed his
wife and then took his own life.
BY wreck on the Big Four road
at North indianapolis, Ind, race horses
valued at 100000, owned by J. f. Bush,
Of Louisville. KY, were so badly injured
that none will ever race again.
At the Brown hoisting works in Cleve-
land. o.. four companies of militia were
protecting the worl<men.
The following congressional nomina-
tions were made: Wisconsin, Fourth
district, T. Often (rep.) renominated:
Seventh, NJ. Griffin (rep.) renominated:
Eighth, T. G. Minor (rep.) renominated;
Ninth, A. Stewart (rep.) renomlnated.
Michigan. Third district, Alfred Mines
(rep.) renominated. Minnesota, Second
district, Frank Day (dem.). Ohio,
Twelfth district, J. J. Lentz (dem.).
Flames swept over the principal pa
of Salem Center, Ind.
At Clay. Ky. Tom Brown, an insane
farmer. 80 years old. killed his wife,
mother-in-law and baby with an ak.