River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-09-26
THE NJ & w S i.

GREAT excitement was caused in Eastern
cities on Thursday by the announcement o.
the failure Of Jay Cooke a Co., the well-known
bankers. The immediate cause OF the failure
is said TO have been large advances to the
Northern Pacific Railway. The announcement
Of the failure caused panic in the market for
railway shares, aud prices OF some stocks fell
ten cents.
RUN on the German Savings Bank, nj
Leavenworth, Kansas. exhausted its available
funds, and its doors were closed.
FROM report just issued 1t appears the
American Bible Society consists Of l,l25 life
directors aud 200 life members. The receipts
for the last fiscal year we're s737 S3l, Of which
l0,7S9 remain unexpended. During the fifty
seven years Of its existence il has published
20, 9s2 ,2l2 volumes IN thirty-Gye dialects and
languages.
THE Rio Grande has overAowed its banks,
and The upper counhy is inundated. Thcr,
an almost unbrokon sheet Of water iron
Brownsville TO the Gulf. The corn crop il
destroyed. The Rio Grande and Point Isabe
Railroad track is washed away Tor over SIX
miles
As EcIAL from Fort Garry says Gordon
Gordon, who He'd from Fort Garry for the
Rocky Mountains some weeks ago, has been
captured 500 miles west by a Manitoba de-
tectiye, ana Ills Lordship' now finds himself
behind the bans &c Winnipeg"
THE Pittsburg Stcck Yard CUmpany's bull
ing at Fort Wayne was burned on Tuesday
evening. Loss $4,000.
THE steamship Great Eastern has arrived
at Portland Me. Her failure to repair the
cable OF 1865 deprosses the stock, aud, il is
said, no further reduction in tolls Is probable.
BLOOMFIELD MooRE's pager warehouse, in
Philadelphia, was damaged by fire to The OK
tent Of SIC, 900, on Tue day evening.
"A RAILWAY collision occurred near Column
bia, s. c., Wednesday, smashing both engines,
killing two men and iniuung three others
JAMES ESGLIsH, William Spikes, alias Henry
Davis, John Radierd aud Geo. Harrington.
we're arrested, Tuesday evening, on board a
canal boat, in New York while counterfeiting
three und five cent pieces. A large quantity
OF spurious coin, moalds, SC were captured
English and Spikes have each served five year.
IN Sing Sing prison for countorfeitiug.
Rev. On. PADDOCK was, ON Wednesday, so
lemne consecrated Bishop OF the Episcopa
diocese OF Massachusetts The ceremony tool
place in Grace Church, Brooklyn, which wa.
crowded. Several Bishops and large mum.
Der OF persons participated in the service.
THE New York and Osgego Midland Railway
is financially embarrassed.
SAIL boat, having ON board five persons
left Sodus, on Lake Ontario, for Rochester, on
Monday morning. That afternoon the boat
eapsized and three OF the occupants were
drowned. Tuesday afternoon the other occu.
pants were found elinging to the upturned
boat and rescued.
ANNA DICKINSON, accompanied by Prof
Hayden and party, walked 90 the summit Of
Longs Peak, Saturday, the 18Th, making the
ascent IN three hours and ten minutes.
Fmr at Manistce, Mich, As4He sTSase. =,
Gardner and BiNy, jewellers Russell Pros
harness dealers; Jas. Comerhin. harness
dealer =. Johnson, shoemaker VIM. Baer
tailor; J. Burdlck, barber. Insurance 40
eco. w.
IHE staistician Of the Department Of Agr,.
culture, after a careful revision os tho non,i,t,
returns, gives the following As m, prsscn,
status Of the cotton crop. The indica,o,, =,
crease OF area Il little over ten Der cent Tn,
CONDITION OF the crop is lighter than in Sen
tember last year in Arkansas. the same !,
tennessee and Louisiana. In each 81 A.,
other cotton states worms have been nn,
abundant, yet their rayagrs have been liza.
trous or sweeping but in few eases.
MAsrAD N skeleton has been discovered :
farm eight miles from Richmond. Ind ~,
New Paris, Ohio. About quarter Of a ,o,, /,
bones we're exbumed, which, according to a,
knowledeed proportions Of the animal in,
cate this one TO have been very large. iron,
bly, seven feet high aud thirty-oight feet lone
ohe tusk unear'hed is twelve feet long and il
weight $50 pounds. They hope 10 get the on
tire skeleton.
IHt veterans 81 the Mexican war celebrate
the anniversary Of the capture Of Inc City ,
Mexico IN New York, on MONDAY MI.
tons we're present from Baltimore W,st
ington, Philadelphia and other c,ti,.
TnE broadway Hotel in Lexington. XIV ~,
burned Saturday evening. Los. sli 900
pisfArcH from llavro announces ~,
death, near that city, OF the Duke nj r.,
sores husband Of Queen Christine of sps;,,
NUMBER of rmigrants Who lelt Fn.i,n.
Tor Brazil have returned. bringing l,l.r',l -
counts Of their treatment. Thoy declare ~,
they have experienced great harJ.bins ~
since Their departure from their homes an.
IA the promises made BY agents of ~ "a.
""l'h "o'cinmeni, were hagrantly broken
AiSflAoEp switch Sunday hieht throw a..
evening tram irom Saratoga, while ept,rin,
Albany, from the rack, ana tho ep,,n, ~, .'''
der and baggage car went down m cmbant
mcnt into PaHoon's Creek. Tue fireman wa.
Killed, and Tho engineer, baggage master an,
another employo injured
Ex'CIrY TREASURER SrRAouE. Of Brooti,o
has been arrested on the charge of msl,,,s
ance In Office.
NfNDuN. France, was evacuated H., tl., o..
mau troops Saturday morning. ImmcIi,,os,
after they had lc1, the strcots We're fIl.d MN
rejoicing residents, and numbcrloss Frnn.l
hags Wcro dleF'ayrd from tho buildings
flhr IN East ~ Louis. SUNDAY MON, ,.,.
ruined the Touring mills OF Horny scbaecr J,
bros'' HA tenement houses, new house
Faloon and stables belonging to the mill Tn,
min contlined 1900 barrels of ao,r al q ros