The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-16
pEN AND SCISSORS.

Jones sayslt's all toliy iot iiie iiion"'
to tell him that he mustn't enlarge his
debts. when ho is doing all he can to con-
tract them.
The richest man in England IS the
Marquis of Westminster. His wealth IS
estimated at s21, 100000 sterling, or
$4,000, 900, and his annual income at
100000.
A religious paper defines the authors
Of yelow-covered novels, "literary scor-
pions, who sting Virtue to death with
their tales"
At Charles Mackay's lecture in Bos-
ton on Thursday evening last, in Ire
mont Temple, might have been seen
..seated in row." on the platform, 20
siah Quincy, Josiah Quincy, Jr., and DO
siah Quincy, father, son, and grandson
The Worcester Spy calls them b1nch OF
Qaincies!
The -drgus and News are now at
swords points. The Argus favors the
admission of Kansas under the recently
adopted Constitution, which is not sub
mitted to the people. The Ne'os says,
sat all events, let her Kansas not be
admitted as a State, until the fundamen-
tai condition, that her Constitution be
approved by her people, is complied with.
If two hogsheads make a pipe, how
many will it tax, to make a cigar:
An Ohio editor says 1.-THE man
who can see & semblanee between these
modern usurpers of Democracy, and the
old time-honored leaders of those great
principles, must be so blind and dull that
he cannot tell skunk from the bird Of
paradise"
Hon. Horatio Seymour, Of Vermont,
died at Middlebury on the 21st Of No
vember. Mr.. Seymour had been in the
U. S. Senate twelve years, and was one
Of the most prominent and respected citi-
zens Of the State.
Senator Sumner has returned from
Europe. His health is not yet complete
ly restored.
The Hudson Chronicle estimates
the amount Of money expended in that
place during the last season in public and
private improvement at Sal, 200.
The Transatlantic Telegraph Com
pany have placed the entire supervision
Of the enterprise in the hands Of Cyrus
W. Field, and have appointed as its en-
fgineer the engineer Of the Niagara. John
Bultseems to be Of the opinion that
American enterprise and ingenuity are
of some value insuch undertakings.
Hon. j. G. Birney, candidate Of the
"Liberty Party" for president in 1914,
died recently, at his residence, in Perth
Amboy, II. j.
= Squiggs says incipient mustaches
are like most Of the ladies, because they
are both dorm on q smooth face.
"A learned young lady, tho other
evening, astonished the company by ask
ing for the loan of diminutve argente-
Gus, truncated cone, convex on the sum
NIT and semi-perforated with symmetri-
cal indentations.
The poor creature wanted thimble!
1t is estimated that the cost of the
Utah expedition will be ten millions of
dollars.
Cincinnati contains a German pop
ulation Of upwards of 10000.
Ohio is the largest wool-growing
State in the union Six million dollars
worth have been raised in that State
during the last year.
--Rumor says that Kossuth will pay
tho United States another visit before
long.
The wheat crop Of Wisconsin is esti-
mated at 8, 100000 bushols-6,o 100000
over last year.
1t is estimated that there is one
grog-shop for every eighteen families in
New York city, and in some neighbor-
hoods in the city one grogshop for
every ten families.
Gen. Harvey says it viii require TO-
600 troops to put down the Mormons.
He knows.
The new Constitution of Oregon
positively prohibits paper money.
The Mormons have 10000 Indian
allies.
The government will be pressed ct
its next session to organize the new Ter
ritory Of Arizona, which comprises the
Mesilla valley and Rio Grande 1t has
5000 inhabitants, but no laws or govern
ment Of any kind.
The salary of the Governor of Yer
mont has been raised from 500 to $1,000. |
Surveyor General Calhoun, the
President of the Kansas Constitutional |