River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-01-31
All Sorts Of Paragraphs.

The "swell opera glasses this sea-
son are mounted in smoked pearl.
Hon II. A. HENDRICKS has purchas-
ed SIC, 900 house in Indianapolis.
THERE are no days of grace on notes
in California.
AN eight-year old Savannah girl COM
mitted suicide.
The Mobile Tribune brought, at
forced sale, $4,000.
A THOUSAND Yankee girls are in Eu-
ropean schools.
SAN Francisco will close her whisky
shops on Sunday.
CHoIRs are not fashionable in New
York churches.
Coal is forty cents bushel in some
portions of Tennessee.
Two Georgia girls raised $4,000
worth of cotton last year.
THE United States raised 259, $50, 900
pounds of tobacco last year.
CALIFORNIA is worth more as a wheat
growing state than as gold state.
FEMALE teachers receive as large sal
aries as male teachers in California.
The Pacific coast is expected to raise
more than 100000 600 bushels of sur
plus wheat next year.
ONE of the Italian lazzaroni recently
arrived in New York has purchased a
valuable farm in Minnesota.
The buffalo bones which have been
found on the plains will be turned into
combs and knife handles
A WIRE drop curtain has been sug-
gested for theatres. The flames orig
mating on the stage can thus be held
in check until the audience is dismiss
ed.
AN autograph letter from Washing
ton to his step-son's preceptor sold in
London for 1925.
LAKE CHAMPLAIN closed it's gates
against navigation earlier this season
than during 58 preceding years.
LAMPRAs county, Texas, has resisted
cold snaps, but the grasshoppers have
been consuming its wheat for holiday
sport.
Observation-Disclosures
BoNAPARTE, now nearly 81 years of age,
is now heir to tie phantom Bonaparte
throne.
The curiosity of Maine lady was so
great that she called on a woman who
was down with the smallpox, "iust to
see how it looked"
The following neat toast was propos.
ed at a recent dinner in New York:
1.-THE ladies-their eyes kindle the
only flame against which there is no in
surance."
A GEORGIA negro was overpaid 800
on check by bank, and he returned
the money. The local paper says this
is another evidence that the race can
never be civilized.
THE Methodist confesses TO being a
little astonished to see chow patron
izing thenew school of sceptical science
is to the Almighty"
IT is said that the murderers of Mrs.
Alger, who was killed near CaIarnus.
Clinton county, a few months since.
have been arrested in San Francisco,
Cal. They are two young men from
DE Witt, named Beach and Evans.
ZINC is used very extensively. as a
roof covering in France, Belgium, and
Germany. The area of roofs annually
covered with this material is from 40.
600, 900 to 50,0O0,00 square feet.
a NAUGHTY boy placed a roman.can.
die among the tapers in the Christmas
decorations of Paris, KY, church
When the candles were lighted there
was stir in the congregation.
For forty years the desire to hang
himself from the cross at the top of
the spire grew upon the bell-ringer of
Brixlegg Church, in the Tyrol, and
short time ago it became irresistible.
and he swung off.
A NEW YORK nabob sent his affianced
a grand piano, an India shawl, two
complete sets of diamonds, six dozen
pairs of Partisan gloves, a roll of vel
vet, and box for the Charity BAH, ON
Christmas.
A RURAL gentleman standing over a
register IN Cincinnati store attracted
general attention to himself by OBJ.
serving TO his wife, "Mariar, l guess
| m agou' to have fever. 7 feel such
hot streaks a-runnin' up my legs"
An old German, while on his way
from Indianapolis TO Lafayette, froze
his nose. While thawing the frost ont
OF that very necessary member he re.
marked by tam / no understand
dis ting | haf carry dat nose forty
years and he never freezed hisself be-
fore -
THIs is how New London inebriate.
asstride a hydrant Saturday night. ex.
planned his condition "Them pies
thic), them id pies. "What pics ~
was asked. "Mince pies (hic), he re-
torted. Cider put in EN- Chic) with
out my knowledge ihiel aip'tdrinked