River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-31

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DEFINITE returns from Iowa show that Car
penter's majority is over 10000. The Senate
will be thirty-sx Republican and fourteen OPP
position. Tho House will have an opposition
majority of one or two.
EIGHT hundred and fifty thousand one dol
lar gold pieces were delivered on Wednesday
to Superintendent Pollok, at the Philadelphia
mint. The gold weighed over ton and a
half.
TEN MILLIONS, making sos, 0OO,O 900 in all that
have been delivered, were sent to the Syndi-
cate in London last week. in charge Of clerks
DURING the year the humber Of domestic
letters cent TO the dead-Ictter Office has beon
i,133, 1928 foreign letters received from foreign
countries, 2Gs, 42O. Total, 4,i023iS.
Is contradiction TO the many reports con-
corning his forthcoming report, the Postmas-
tcr-General states that lac has not written a
single line as yet OF it. file states that he will
devote some portion Of it to tho recommends
ton Of postal tclegrophs, and tho postal
savings banks.
YELLOW FEVER is Increasing rapidly at Co
lumbus, Tenn. Calvert kilograms report nine
deaths in twenty four hours from the disease :
two deaths and seven eases the past twenty
tour hours. Business is almost entirely sus-
/ pended.
I In the recent fight between tho Sioux and
Poncas, Ponca squaw came upon skulking
Sioux, and by doxteriou5 movement drew q
knife across his stomach, causing the Indian
to double up. As the red came forward, she
grasped his hair, and with another active
movement relieved the Sioux OF his scalp.
RECENT adviccs from Illinois aud Iowa in
crease the previous estimates Of damages
done by the frost to the corn crop in those
states from ton TO twenty per cent.
ADyIcEs from South America report that the
insurgents of Enctreraries have been sgnally
defeated A whole battalion mulinied against
the rebel leaders, Lopez and Jordan, aud have
submitted to the federal authorities.
The sale Of Tie Steele in the streets OF Paris
has been forbidden, on account of its having
published NJ Gambetta's recent speech in
Pergueux. NJ. Bourdeillette, Deputy Mayor
of Poriguoux, has been suspended during two
months from exercising his office, for having
allowed NJ. Gambetta to speak at a banquet,
last Sunday, without making any protest.
THE total amount spent by the Chicago, AL
ton and 81. Louis Railroad Company, couse.
quent upon the Lemout disaster, will exceed
the sum Of Sl25,OO0
The post, flee at Augusta, Eau ClaiIo
county, Wis, was burglarzed Wednesday
night, and 81 200 in currency and postage
stamps, and several drafts on Chicago, were
stolen from the safe, which was blown open
/ The contents OF tho office were undlsturbed.
/ No clue to the burglars.
A PRIVATE dispatch from Calvert, Texas,
says The fever here is worse than at shrcve-
port. Seven per cent. ofthe population have
died.
CRAZY man named Lloyd Bell, nearly
chopped OF Owen Gulcu's head while he was
sleeping on bench, at San Francisco, Thurs.
day,
The Protestant Orphan Asylum at Memphi,
appeals for aid in providing for orphans under
its charge victims Of the fever.
THE last Issue Of the postal cards show a
marked Improvement ON the paper, finish. and
printing. The daily orders a.e very large.
amounting from a halt to a million day. On
Saturday last $1,000 were issued 20 post
masters. All orders are Glied now as soon as
received.
The American and Mexican Claims Commits.
sion have named Sir Edward Thornton to act
as umpire. He has accepted the nomination
/ provided his government will consent to his
acting IN that capacity, which consent he has
asked.
! IHE Internal Revenue office Is now con-
Quoted al an expense of $4,000, 600 per year
/ less than under the former laws. The Com.
missioner is satisfied with the law as il IL, aud
j therefore will make no important recommend
I alton to Congress concerning 1t.
| DR. LINDEBMAN, President of the Mint. il
in receipt Of information from Carson CITY,
| Nevada, " ich shows that the trade dollar is
gong into pretty general circulation there,
especially az the mining regions. For nearly
4 all the silver brought M the miners take the
! trade dollars, and use them as a circulating
medium
/ Ar Dexter Park, Chicago, on Thursday.
/ Goldsmith Maid, Gloster and Bashaw. Jr.
/ trotted for purse Of s. 900, m.lo heats. The
Maid won IN straigh, heats; Chester second.
Time. 2:23S, 21s, 2;22X The weather was
misty and uufavorable the track in nir con-
dluon.
JosErH CoEwGN CLoUp, the champion oars
man, who some three months ago started
from Philadelphia on a trial to row 10 Now
Orleans by canals and rivers. died on Tuesday
last, three miles above rlauquemiuc. Cloud
was fond ON Monday Ia his boat, the Jennie.
IA an almost exhausted condition. and died
the next day. His diary shows that ne had
been suffering with what he terms "hcayy
shakes four or i've days before his death.
IHE tremendous storm OF Tuesday ana
Wednesday at Salt Lake CITY, did great dam.
age to fruit and shade trees. and broke the
j telegraph wires IN q number Of places.
On Wednesday night stock train on I'm,
Chicago aud Alton Railroad ran cha switch Al
. Normal, III Tho cabooso. Oiled With pas.cn
, gers, and two cars Of stock were ditchod
. Five men were injured, two severely, ana on,
4 Of them, stock dealer of Kansas City. name,
Baker, It Is feared, fatally, and twenty hcaD
p of cattle wcro killed
J, TnF American House. Minneapolis. wa
4 burned, Thursday morning. Cyrus Gray wa
burned 20 death, and it was Thought thor
q was another victim.
a q, BtRp, GHlNNUiL 4 Co. Of New Yorl
4. were tlptlNFYI i.sttrVnt ~. Ellur..l . fpt