The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-02
PEN AND SCISSORS.

DR.. Burdell.
A School for ladies called the "Mary
Lyon Seminary" has been established at
Newport in this State. -a..
Some one says of very ancient un-
married lady, that she is " fearfully and
wonderfully maid"
Rufus W. Gr;swol,i died Aug. 9th
age AZ.
Ifa girl thinks more Of her heels than
her head, depend upon it she will never
amount to much. Brains which settle in
the shoes never get above them. Young
gentlemen will please put this down.
The Masonic order in the United States
numbers three hundred thousand persons,
and includes largo proportion of all the
distinguished civil, military and profess
ional men.
?. T. Herbert, the Congressman who
shot the waiter at Wizards Hotel, Wash
ington, figured largely in the recent Cali
fornia Democratic Convention.
The Republicans of Iowa have nomi-
mated Gen. r. P. Lowe, of Lee County,
for Govener, and Oran Faville, of Mitchell
County, for Lieut. Governor.
BENZ. MCCULLOUGH, the Texan Ranger,
it is said, viii be. the successor of General
RusK, as United States Senator from
Texas.
The Richmond Enquirer, makes an
open breast and declares: "For our own
part, we have no hesitation in expressing
the opinion that every governor who has
been sent to Kansas has been instructed
to act always with especial Partially to
the South"
Mr.. McElrathEs name has been with
drawn from the N. Y. Tribune The
firm is now Horace Greeley d. Co."
The Madison people are very much dis
gusted with the policy of the Mil. & Mis-.
r. r. The State Journal says:
"Petty meanness seems to have come to
focal point in the Milwaukee and Miss
issidpi Railroad Co. The whole policy,of
the company towards this place, seems in
spired by feeling Of unmixed hostility
and malice"
HON. II. Raymond of the New York
Times, has returned from Europe.
Prairie du Chen contains nearly 1000
inhabitants, and has fonr churches, ono
academy, three public schools, six clorgy-
men, sixteen lawyers and eleven doctors.
The Baraboo Republic offers to write
"Mr." before, or esq" after the names
of such of its subscribers, in directing their
papers to them, as will pay twenty-five
cents extra, or add both of said "handles"
for fifty cents extra
The Saltwater Messenger says that du-
ring the past week, John McKusick, Esq,
Of that city sold 24O acres of land adjoin-
ing the city limits for $4,000, cash. H.
P. ingalls, of Mississippi, DIR. John B.
Burton, of South CaroGna, and F. 0. ].
Smith of Saltwater, were the purchasers.
The Band of Commerce is the most ex-
tonsive financial concern in N. Y. On
the Sth its loans and discounts amounted
to sl2,slo,a4o; its deposits to ss,lo4,-
1874; specie in vault to $l,oe1,s49. The
bank has q circulation of about two mill
lion dollars.
A south western editor curiously an
nounced his plans and purposes for New
Years day as follows:
awe shall luxurate over our dinner un-
til about four o'clock, when we shall 60
out and slide on smooth plank for half
an hour, ''teter" for another half hour,
and then pitch cents till dark. In the eve
ming we shall 60 acquiring
Mr., NJ F. A. Dolane, former managing
editor Of the London Times, who visited
the United States last year, died on the
26th ult., at the house of his son near
Norwich, England, in the Gath year Of his
age. He had great talent as the manager
Of q newspaper, and is described as an ex-
cellent man in all respects.
RAILROAD CoLLIsIoN--Loss OF LIFE.
Yesterday afternoon, about o'clock,
collision took place on the Galena and
Chicago Railroad between the junction
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