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

said, cts too thin ~
ADELINA PATTI wears eye. glasses, but
whether as necessity or an affectation
is not known.
IT takes seventeen minutes to trans
NIT Geographic message from Eng
land to India.
BECAUSE one Tennesseo editor libel
led another he is expected to pay &c.,
600.
The health of A. II. Stewart has SO
much improved since he arrived
October.
HYDRoPHoBIA having broken among
the hounds of the Marquis de l'Alge,
near Compeigne, France, veterinary
surgeon administered strychnile to
the whole pack of 80, which was valued
at 81, 900.
AMONG It's wholesome reform Of GUS
toms, Japan has been overhauling its
criminal code, and substituting i'm.
prisonment for life in numerous in
stances whore death has hitherto been
the penalty.
A NOVELTY at the Crystal Palace in
London is the letting off of comic fire.
works for the benefit of the young
sters. " Margery Daw and +" Froggy
Would a Wooing Go have lately been
rendered with tremendous effect.
A LONDON DkEssMAKER, a Miss Ellis,
has, upon the Piatonic theory, been
bound over TO keep the peace toward
herself for the next four months. This
precaution was taken by Judge d'Eyn-
court against fourth attempt at
suicide by the young woman.
The two Bidwells, Mcdonnell and
Noyes, the forgers, have been removed
from Newgate to one of the convict es-
tablishmentsto undergo their sentence;
before leaving they were shorn OF their
whiskers aud clad in prison garb
THE telegraph line to the top of
Pixies Peak has been completed and
communication opened with Wash
ington. A stone house will at once be
erected ON the summit for the use of
the signal officers, four of whom will
be stationed there during the winter.
A NEWPORT, Rhode Island, lady, sup
posed to be ON her death bed, made
the singular request, few days since,
to hear the brass band, which was
complied with, the band appearing in
the evening and playing several sacred
pieces, which appeared to comfort her
much.
A NEW sect, styled "Zion's Travel
lers, " has appeared in South Carolina.
They profess to be Immediately guided
by the Lord, and to have frequent
revelations from above. They recently
supposed that the Lord ordered them
to remove to North Carolina, and they
are now on their way thither.
REPORTS from Vienna speak of a new
needle-gun by Dreyse, on exhibition
there, which is said, with regard to
simplicity and solidity of construction,
especially of the different parts of the
lock, to be superior to the Mauser
rifle. Its capacity is twenty-four shots
a minute
THE proposed railway between Te-
heran and Resht is to be begun under
the superintendent of Mr.. Machair, M.
I, G L. This line is to be followed by
operations at Ispahan, thence to the
Persian Gulf, and probably to the Tur-
kish frontier. The former wouId open
direct line in India, and the latter, if
it can be accomplished, a direct line
to the Mediterranean.
PRINCE CRoUY-C CHANEL, who claimed
descent from the ancient royal house
of Hungary, recently died in Paris.
Though for many years of his life he
was writer on public law he was pre-
viously concerned in a number of revo-
lutions. He fought for Greek hide
pendence, was joined with Louis
Napoleon IN the Strasburg attempt and
was one of the Roman revolutionists of
1913.
The Sierra Madre Coli tunnel,
upon which considerable work has
already been done, will be twelve
miles long, and its greatest depth
at James peak-will he 5000 feet.
The objects of this stupendous work
are to afford a means of working the
discovered mines rapidly and cheaply,
to discover aud open new veins, and to
afford a track for a railway.
The best-paid family on earth, from
the public purse, is the royal family of
England. The Queen receives 1885,
600 year. which is about 5000 pen
4 day. The Prince of Wales has 500
600 per annum, besides $500, coo per
annum from the Duchy of Cornwall.
The Duke Of Edinburgh has 1926. 900
per annum, aud each of the married
daughters mas been pensioned by the
government
A YOUNG LADY just from Europe re,
marked 10 veteran politician, the
other day at is of very little con-
sequence what kind of men you send
out as foreign ministers. The thing
OF real Importance is, they should have
the right kind of wives. Any man can
siga treaty, l suppose, il you tell
+ him what kind Of a treaty il must be.
But all bis social relations with the
nations TO which you send him will
/ depend on his wife.
From Liege there comes report of
a duel such as Charles Lever might
have narrated from his active imagina.
tion. Some German officers, dining AZ
q restaurant, grew impatient AZ a dila-