River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-04-18

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voiced as crockery, blankets, etc, for the use
Of settlers in the Red River country, and
labelled " care Of James Freeman, st. Paul,
Mnn.,' and imported recently in Cunard
steamer, were seized in New York, on Satur-
day, in various localities, including the Erie
depot at Hoboken, by United States officers,
and alleged 10 contain Chinaware, silks and
expensive cloths, valued at 100000.
THE Supreme Court CT Pennsylvania, in the
case Of Miss Burnham, pleading for the right
to vote on the ground that the word free
man" in the Constitution meant men and
women, decided against her.
HERoKEN is to be annexed to Jersey City,
IT is said Officially that whether the Civil
Service Board continues to exist or not, tho
rules prescrib ed by it will be faithfully carried
out by minor appointments.
WoRKMEN at Columbus, Ohio have discoy.
cred bones Of strange animals an5 men in a
sand-bank. From a description of .he hu-
man bones, ii is evident to those scientific
men who have the matter under investiga-
ton, that representatives or a race of men are
buried there which differs materially in size
and shade from the North American Indians
the present age. A skull and part Of the
body has been obtained, and great care is be-
ing taken to secure the remainder.
The Touring mill Of Field, Maynard & Co.,
Peoria, H., was burned on Thursday. Loss
S300OO-insured fors1s0 600.
A DIsGRAoETUL fight took place between
members of the New jersey Legislature at
Trenton, on Friday.
A coNFLAoRATIoS at Parkersburg Landing,
on Thursday night, destroyed s25O,OOO worth
ofproperty.
FIFTY thousand dollars worth of property
was destroyed by fire in Oil City, Penn, on
Friday.
Ten thousand dollars worth of smuggled
laces we're seized in New York on Thursday.
MUcH damage has been done to property by
the floods in New York
A GALE of wind blew down the house of
Matthew Brown, in Cherokee county, Kansas,
on Monday night, killing Miranda Brown
and injuring several other members of the
family.
E. p. SMITH, the newly appointed Com
missioner Of Indian Affairs, has assumed tn
duties OF his office.
One Henry Morrison sucided at st. Louis
on Thursday.
RICH strikes have recently been made in the
mines near Central City, Colorado.
The Prospect Park Fair Ground Association
has increased its capital stock from S25O,0OO to
100000. The first meeting of this year oc-
ours between the 7th and 18th If June. E. o.
Read was chosen President in the place Of ex.
Mayor Kalbheisch. deceased
A. PEAsLEE has been nominated for Mayor
by the Democrats of Detroit.
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAMS decides that
the Congressional printer has no authority to
print report OF the Agricultural Department
under the laws Of 1864, which authorize the
printing Of z, 500 copies for use and distribu-
ton, but that there must be a specific appro-
priation for such purpose.
OFFICIAL notifications have been sent to al
the members and delegates of the nextHouse
of Representatives representing districts not
represented at the Naval Academy, request
ing each 10 nominate candidate to appear
for examination in July. There are now about
one hundred vacancies in the Academy.
CERFBEo spinal meningitis prevails to an
alarming extent in Kentucky.
Abroad.
AGENTS Of the steamship Thornwaldsen
have cable dispatch saying that she was
wrecked in a sound on ne Swedish coast the
nigh. Of April Alb. TIE passengers and crew
all safe. Tho vessel and cargo viii be a total
loss. but is fully insured.
NEws from Havana through Spanish
sources confirms the reported capture OF the
fortified city and seaport of Manzanilo, and
says an immense amount OF booty in money
and munitions ofwar fell into the hands Of the
Cubans, who sacked the town. The attack
was made at night, in the absence OF Spanish
troops in the field.
CAPTAIN GENERAL SABELLAs has telegraphed
to Madrid that large body Of troops is I'M
pcratyely wanted in Havana. as revolution
may break out among the Spaniards at any
moment. The slaves are also reported TO be
meditatiug a revolt.
CARLIsTs shot sixty prisoners near Berga.
JOURNALISM is making rapid progress in
Japan.
HE Emperor Of Austria has sanctioned the
electoral blu
GEoRGr BmwErL, the alleged Bank Of Eng
land forger, was arrested at Edngburg Thurs
dav.
DUKE D'AuMuE has become a member Of
the French Academy.
EIoTs are anticipated in Havana, owing to
the high price of beef,
A DISTURBANCE in the artillery barracks at
Valencia resulted IN the death Of several men.
A LARGE portion Of the new Spanish loan
chants.
SEVEN THOUSAND mimic rifles, the first in
stallmcut Of fifteen thousand promised have
been forwarded 70 Barcelona FOR distribution
among the people.