River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-05-02

cIsdbtu 4 a Nhlue W tle aln0bnt OF 81,
time last year. 80
rlBors to be Hanged, ana t6uld not be
dr9wnsd.. Among thesurvirors of the
Northfieet was one Start" who, on
giving his name in order to procure
relief, Was recognized rs a burglar and
arrested.
Tx imoortation Of pepper is con-
lined 10 lew Boston houses and two
or three New York houses. These sell
TO two ar three dealers on arrival. who
hold and control the supply of pepper
Ior TINS country. The spice market is
agood field for spectators.
4 In is estimated that the Government
will have TO refund SSO0,a00 to i'm.
porters in consequence of the Secretary
OF the Treasury's decision that silk
ribbon containing a single thread of
cotton on the outer edges can only be
appraised so, instead Of 60 per cent.
BEND1eo, the prize fighter, once
champion of Eng land, has been CON
verted, and now holds forth in London
to large audiences as champion of
the gospel. His style OF oratory is
described as more Jealous than refined,
as would hardly be expected from d
/ person of his antecedents.
WHILE some negroes in Louisville
were preparing to 60 and bury female
whose body had been in the vault for
some time, a white bystander asked
one of them if she was embalmedf
"No, she was En-. Thomas, was the
reply. ta 80
TIE Wabash and Erie canal, for sew
eral miles north and south of Laiay-
cite, Indiana, is almost dry, and it will
be several weeks before boats can be
started again, causing considerable
loss to the boat companies by the de-
lay. '@sA.
1 THERE is an anecdote of an English
Juror who, in trial for murder, stood
out doggedly for acquittal against the
unanimous opinion of his fellows, and
who confessed many years afterwards
that he did so because he was himself
&s murderer
The steamship Csssini, from Liver
pool, mas arrived at Philadelphia, after
voyage of twenty-seven days. She
experienced fearful weather. She ran
short of coal when twenty-one days
out, and was compelled to use 500
ceroons of Peruvian bark as fuel.
Mr.. Hoop, of Fun, is coming to the
\ United States on lectuIIng tour, and
while he is away Mr.. Moss is to edit
Fun. London editors seem to carry
their political consciences lightly. Mr..
Moss is editor of Judy, one of the
weakest of the comics. judy is Tory
organ; Fun is essentially Radical.
Coop times are in store for English
oyster eaters. A Liverpool paper says
new bed has been discovered between
Fleetwood and Whitehaven of almost
inexhaustible dimensions, being calcu-
lated to cover 800 square miles, the
oysters lying two or three feet deep,
and being OF fine quality.
"wHY do all true Bostonians gravi-
tate naturally toward Unitarianism9"
asked one clergyman of another lately.
by way of solemn conundrum. "Why,"
was the answer, "because having been
born in Boston they cannot conceive it
necessary to be born again"
A GENTLEMAN in Portland, recently
indulging pistol practice from his
chamber window, with rommendable
absence of mind, forgot to take out the
ramrod-an oversight which resulted
in the breaking up of quartette of
feline songsters in the back yard, three
Of them being pinned to the earth,
while the other executed a short solo
IN high key, and made his exit over
the spiked fence.
THE man who sells the lease of the
corner of Broadway and Fulton streets
to the New York evening Post fox
$3.50, 900 was an oyster catcher, working
in New York Bay, seventeen years ago.
Getting a little money he worked his
way up, and finally invested 81 he had
in lease of that land at SO, 600, which
he has.just sold for S250,0 coo.
JEDED1AH BURcHARD, once preaching
a revival sermon, was interrupted by
the entrance of Aaron Burr. Here
comes one, y said the revivalist, "against
whom even | will testify at the day of
Judgment. "Yes, sir, !" SAID Burr, lin
fifty years of criminal practice have
always found the greatest rascals turn
States evidence"
MADAME NILSSON, says the Musical
Standard, has refused an offer of Co.
600 francs for ten years performances
at the Berlin Opera House. Patriotism
is assigned as the reason for this refus-
al to sing in the capital of the conquer
or OF poor France. A Russian indem-
nifty has been offered to NJ. Strakosch
to release the lady from her American
engagements.
THE will Of the late Samuel j.
Browne, clergyman of Cincinnati, has
been annulled, on the ground that the
testator was insane. This win left
5000 GOO to found universits TO be
named after Mr.. Browne The heirs
Of the testitstor agree to give 100000
TO endow the Cincinnati University.
This Mr. Browne, it will be remember
ed, shot a boy and killed him. for rob-
bing his orcimrd, a few months before
his death sa
! New PRoyrDEScE, n. r., nae d seusa-
ton. A school boy Thirteen wears Of