River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-23
Current Items.

OVER 100000 chests of opium are an.
rually consumed in the United States.
a GERMAN musician has discovered
that the tone of violin can be greatly
improved by immersing it in lager beer.
A COURSE OF lectures is to be deliver.
ed to the convicts in the Michigan
Penitentary.
In consequence of the increased price
OF coal in England the ocean steamers
have raised their fares.
BALTIMORE is alarmed about its water
supply.
MINNESOTA has nine new railroads in
course of construction.
KANSAS has 1000 miles of railroad.
The practice of paying the minister's
salary in advance, in monthly install.
ments, is gaining favor among the
Presbyterians. 1t is said TO be easier
for the church and better for the
preacher.
a WESTERN paper AYERS that the
water is so low N the Mississippi river
that the steamboats, have TO keep wills.
ting to keep the cattle out Of the
channel. Some of the boats are being
provided with cowcatchers.
A NEW hotel is being built on the top
of Mount Washington, and they have
to hold 1t down with chains, attached
hallway up the sides of the building.
and fastened to the rocks. A breezy
spot that, and one where lovers can af.
ford 10 do any amount Of whispering.
In good orange orchards in Los An
gelos CAL, trees in bearing condition
average 1000 to 5000 oranges per tree.
or 10000 to 100000 per acre, which sell
for 81 to 80 per 100, at profit of $1,000
per acre.
IT is often advantageous to notice
things. Some engineers in Oregon re.
Gently noticed some very peculiar
marks on the rock which seemed to
indicate something. They followed up
these marks and found box contain.
ing S., 100 in Spanish coin, and quan.
tityof jewelry.
TIE new Masonic temple at Phila.
delphia, which is to be dedicated June
"a, 1873, will cost Sl,00o,0G0. The
amount required to complete the struc.
ture has nearly all been raised on the
simple pledge of the Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania, which is recko to be
the wealthiest organization of the kind
in the United States.
The inhabitants of Newburyport.
Mass, are mad. They were pulled out of
their beds the other night by the
city crier, who set them all al work
looking for lost boy. The parents of
the child at last returned home and
found the boy sound asleep under the
bed. The disturbed people declare that
search for lost children, like charity,
should begin at home.
THERE is possibility that the falls of
Niagara will be restored to their pris.
tine attractiveness. Visitors TO the
great cataract have been feeced so
long by hotel keepers, hack drivers, and
other leeches peculiar TO the locality
that il has become altogether unproti
table TO 90 there at all, and the mum
Der OF visitors has dwindled down to
handful. Oe course this adversity
drives away the swindlers. and the falls
are left almost alone in their grandeur.
Four little children were playing by
creek near Buffalo. One OF them, a
girl, fell in, but was rescued by dog in
plenty of time to be restored to life by
proper remedies. Instead of taking her
to house near by, her playmates or.
ganized prayer.meeting over the body,
and put up devout petitions for her
instantaneous recovery. Strange to
say, she died. This is very touching
exhibition of filth, no doubt, but
slight tincture of common sense would
not have been amiss.