River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-28
General Items.

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THE Quincy copper mine has declar-
ed dividend of five dollars per share,
or 500, 1000, from the earnings of the
mine for 1872.
THE Big Sandy Herald says that the
cliffs in the rear of Vanceburg, n.y.,
five hundred feet above the Ohio river,
are impregnated with alum.
THE New York Herald dilates upon
what it calls the insecurity of English
iron-built steamers, especially those OF
lean, long, lank models.
AMONG those who propose to leave
/ Germany this year for the United
States are 10000 tobacco growers and
II, 900 wine growers.
DID you ever stop to think that there
are fifteen distinct varieties of feas 2
| SAN Francisco mechanics and manu-
facturers are sending out articles for
exhibition at the fair in Hioga, Japan,
\ in March.
THE fusion which passes into the
sewers of the forty.three cities of this
country is estimated to have an annual
cash value of over $14, 100000.
GARlBALDI is said to be writing a
novel entitled "The Hyena of Paris"
the title to which, report speaks, as
referring ungallantly to the Empress
of the French.
GEORGIA proposes to buy Stone
mountain and build penitentiary, at
the same time selling enough granite
to New Orleans-$2, 900, 900 worth--to
pay the cost.
Two YOUNG men of Dover, n. H.,
went ceiling last week and caught, in
one day, 700 pounds of Snakes"
which readily commanded twelve cents
per pound.
A DRUNKEN fool made sandwich of
five dollar bill and a piece of bread
in Kansas City day or two since, and
ate it amid the plaudits of the specta-
tors, who thought A. L. Stewart was in
town.
THE United Presbyterian Church of
Edinburg, Scotland. accommodated
a member and an elder who entertain
ed conscientious scruples against par
taking of Intoxicating wine at the COM
munion table.
THERE is Bible nearly 100 years
old in the railroad depot at Salem,
Mass. 1t is two feet square, and was
the gift of an old gentleman who wish.
ed it to be "placed where it would do
the most good.)
NUMBERS of cattle and sheep are re-
ported dying in Susquehanna county,
Pa, from what is believed to be hydro
phobia and some persons are thought
to have also endangered their lives by
treating the diseased animals without
suspecting the malady.
The newspaper press of free Ger.
manyis forbidden to publish the Pope's
unfavorable comments on the Teutonic
Government under pain of immediate
suppression.
An elopement extraordinary occurred
at Newton, Miss, last week. Cynthia
Waltmann, white servant girl, ran
away with Elias Chapman, black
forty .fve-year-old negro. They were
married in the lower part of Newton
county.
AT the cold Horse sale" of Wells,
Fargo & Co., in San Francisco, recent
~, woman purchased package for
one dollar, which on being opened was
/ found to contain an elegant black silk
dress in the pocket of which was a So
lid gold brooch and large pearl ring.
NOTHING makes Minnesota husband
so mad as to fill his boots with buck
wheat cakes in the raw, and then laugh
at him when he pulls them on. Mrs.
Smith, of Winona, will indorse this
statement as soon as the swelling in her
nose subsidies sufficiently to enable her
to read.
THE administrator of the estate of
Howard Crittenden, who was shot by
Mrs. Fair at San Francisco, has
brought suit against the Phoenix Mu.
tual Life Insurance Company of Hart
ford to recover so, 600 on life policy.
The plaintiff alleges in his complaint
that the policy of insurance is concealed
from his observation. so that he is I'M
able to state the date of the policy or
the amount OF the premium.
A CURIOUS SCENE was presented in
Montreal, last Wednesday night, when
/ five snow-shoe clubs mustered their
/ full force and formed torchlight pro-
cession over the Mountain" in honor
of Lord and Lady Duherin. There
were hundreds of loyal and strong
hmbed Canadians in the lines, and the
torchlights, reflected by the snow,
made a very brilliant spectacle. Ar
rived at their destination, the snow
shoers were welcomed with rockets, an
illumination, SUPPER and speeches.
LONDON has murder sensation
which is in some respects parallel to
that of Helen Jewett, which so excited
New York many years ago. The vic
tim was an actress in music hall, and
her name was Clara Burton. She oc.
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