River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-11-04
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in Indiana.
M. THALBERG has been smbalmed by
order of his widow, and is preserved
Gin the fresh state" in her salon.
A PUBLIC NOTICE which must be a
great hardship to the birds about
town" No bills allowed"
WoRgINGMEN's clubs in London are
decidedly on the increase, much to the
annoyance of the English aristocracy.
THERE are four tribes of Indians re-
naming in Delaware, and the aggre-
gate number of the four is only sixteen
persons.
THERE are 10S Democratic papers
printed in Texas u Republican 6
neutral 4 religious, and two devoted
to agricultural interests.
In Paris smooth half is the fashion
although some ladies destroy tn
beauty of the new arrangement b
FASTING "cats' paws" on either side OF
tae face.
SPECIAL trains in France having for
some time past been conveying specie
to the frontier, are now employed in
the transit of gunpowder and arms.
"The boundaries must be guarded"
In short time adulterated milk
must become an unknown thing in
London. The police make il very I'M
comfortable for the cheating dairymen,
and they are severely punished when
ever caught.
The Notifications of France are to
be carried on on a very extensive scale,
complete and lasting The work goes
on night and day, and guards prevent
curious people from inspecting the
progress made.
The newest club in London is called
the Scientific. II is designed for men,
bers of all scientific societies, and the
clubhouse will have conversation and
reading rooms, and the usual facilities
fol members
A GENTLEMAN, who takes a business
view of most things, when recently
asked concerning a person Of poetic
temperament, replied: "Oh, lie is
one of those men who have soarings
after the infinite, and divings after the
unfathomable, but who never pay
cash.
A NEW new saloon car for freight
trains, Just finished at the Maine Cen
trail shops in Augusta, has turret
from which the conductor cap see the
whole of his train at once, and COM
municate with the engineer and train
hands. The brakes can be applied
from the turret.
The Shreveport Times of the 9th
says Last evening the fifth Catho'
lie priest was throwing up black vomit
and no hopes were entertained for his
recovery. Two more priests arrived
yesterday from New Orleans, to fill up
the ranks depleted by the death of five
/ soldiers of the cross"
ALrHoUsH Dukes county, Mass, has
probably been in existence for 200
years, il never sent convict to the
: state prison until last Monday. 1t
wants it distinctly understood, how
! ever, that the two men sent up" on
. that day were outcasts from the aban-
: doned and profigate state of Vermont.
! CONGRESSMAN A. NJ WADDELL, of
/ North Carolina, makes the startling an
! nouncement that he will soon be pre-
, pared to prove, from the most anthem
tic sources, that civilized colony of
Caucasians existed in North Carolina
two thousand five hundred years before
Columbus was born.
The terms of Nasts re-engagement
with the Harpers are said to be $l0,-
J 900, with certain commissions on sales,
which will amount to $4,000 or IS, 900
more. Their disagreement last year,
il is reported, was one of merely
pecuniary nature.
"MARY, my dear" said a doting
husband to the lady that owned him,
eff turn Mormon and marry another
helpmate she shall be a Mary too, for
your own dear sakel" BE content
with one Mary, my duck" said the
loving wife; Gin my opinion another
would be merely a super-new-Mary."
A WIFE asked her husband for new
dress. He replied: "Times are hard,
my dear--so hard l can hardly keep
my nose above water" Whereupon
she retorted "You can keep your
nose above water easy enough, if you
have a mind to; but the trouble is,
that you keep it too much above
brandy"
| ONE DhANION Oh 1910 county, Oal.,
on a bet of $50 rode race on horseback
against the California Railroad train,
bound from Sacramento TO Woodlswn.
The agreement was that lac was TO have
three minutes start from the Sacra-
mento and Yolo bridge, and TO race to
Davisville, fifteen miles. He rode the
horse Honest John bareback, and ar
rived in Davisville four minutes ahead
of the train.
A NEW way of preserving autumn
leaves is given as follows Iron them
with n warm mot hoD iron, on which
some spermaceti has been lightly rub
bed. This method reserves perfectly
their lovely tiats, and gives waxy
gloss which no other one secures. The
process is very rapid and very agree
able, and no lady who has ever tried
the tedious and uncertain experiment
of pressing will ever again resort TO 10
after once trying this new aud better
way.
The state of education in France is
discouraging. There has been no i'm.