River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-04-25

half years Of age weighs 200 pounds, and
is still growing.
London paper asserts that James
Gordon Bennett has purchased all exist
ing rights Of excavation on the field Of
Troy.
The Governor of Kansas is distinguishing
himself at present emptying the peniten-
tisries. II makes no difference, however,
as they fill up again Immediately.
Gen. Candy. the murdered general,
married Miss Louisa Ames, of Baltimore,
niece of Bishop Ames, Of the Methodist
Episcopal church. He leaves no children.
Morris Goldstein. commercial "tourist.,
has been ordered to pay $500 in Nebras.
ka Court for obtaining railroad ride by
use Of the free pass Of dead Congress.
man.
A convention Of the people Of McCraken
county, Ky, has "resolved that il Is our
opinion that the General Assembly should
adjourn at once, and sine die, and come
home and plant corn"
gentleman in Washington proposes the
raising Of ten thousand dollars for the pur-
pose of presenting Whittier with stereo-
type plates of his own works, with steel en-
cravings to illustrate them.
The Springfield Massachusetts,, Republi-
can says, Senator Morrill,, of Vermont, has
sent check for his back pay to the State
Treasurer, stating that lie wishes the
amount applied to the reduction of the
State debt.
The Illinois country editors are now ne
gotiating with the railroad companies for
dead head ride to some place or other
this summer. They want to 20 to Denver.
but if they can't reach that point, they'll
be satisfied with trip to Cairo.
weman broke burglars head with n
bootIjack on Tuesday eight, at Cleveland.
Ohio, as he was breaking into q house.
de was masked. Falling out of doors, he
recovered consciousness and escaped be-
fore the people Of the house could dress
aud catch him.
The stock of wheat In Milwaukee is re-
ported at ,0Sl 600 bushels, against ], 1856,
600 bushels for the same time last year,
and $4,000 bushels for the correspond.
ing time in 1871. The stock of oats is
reported at 302, 900 bushels, and corn at
81, 900 bushels.
Gen. Candy was at one time military
governor of Virginia, and left an impress
sion of his virtues that has induced the cit
liens of Richmond to call public meet
ing to give an expression to their sorrow
and an estimate of his character.
While the civilized world was feeling the
full shock of the wreck Of the Atlantic,
and the bodies of the dead still lay frozen
on the beach, man in Toronto sent the fol-
loving unique dispatch to Capt. Williams:
'This is the best market for sale Of dam
aged goods. Let me hear from you"
The new telescope being made at Cam
bridgeport, Mass, for the Washington
Observatory, will, it is said, be the largest
in the world. The object glass will haves
diameter Of 263 inches, and the tube a TO
cal distance of 32 feet. The total cost Of
the telescope and its requisite machinery
will be $4,000, of which the object glass
alone will cost $4,000. IL was cast in
England, and finished in Massachusetts.
During the fall Of 1871 man named
Andrews, living in Shueyville, johnson
county, Iowa, disappeared, and has not
been heard Of since. IL new transpires
that he had violent quarrels and ARRAYS
with his wife, who was widow named
Combs when he married her, and that on
the night Of his disappearance one Of her
sons, a man grown, borrowed n pistol and
dirk Of n neighbor. Andrews WAS peace
able man and of good repute in the com
munity. The facts connected with his TAX
ing of will be legally investigated.
The New York Tribune recently pro-
claimed the doctrine: make the legis.
lature too big to buy" and correspon-
dent echoes the sentiment with hearty APP
proval. "There should be 1000 assem-
blymen," he says, "or at least one from
each ward and town in the State" lie
suggests as further reason for this policy
that il would make the constituencies 30
small that the people could know person
ally the qualifications Of the men chosen 10
represent them. There is perhaps some
force In this consideration; but as to the
other proposition. that a body can be made