River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-06-12
General Items.

CoNsTANTINoPLE gosslps over tiie con-
tents of sixteen daily newspapers
A WOMAN seventy years old drowned
herself IN Vermont recently, having
become Respondent through Illness
Ir is rumored in Boston that Benla-
min L. Butler is negotiating for the pur-
chase of the Atlantic Monthly.
AsAHEL MIX of Polkville, Conn.,.
sprightly youth of 50, was married the
other day TO Bella LandOn, aged IA.
Who says that " grabbed age and youth
cannot live together y
AN English writer estimates that there
are 1000 HYMNS in the English Ian
guage OF these Is, 900 are or have been
used in the.Anglican Church, and the rest
are used by the dissenting sects.
The Vendome column will be entirely
reconstructed by the anniversary OF Its
destruction in 1871. The bas-relief No.
81 has Just been laid, leaving only four
more spirals 10 be added, with the cup,
pediment and statue.
The rllmored betrothal of the Princess
Beatrice, of England, 10 the Grand
Duke Alexis, of Russia, is, if true, cred
table TO the Cars strategy MS a parent
With Victorias daughter as a hostage at
ST. Petersburg, the English nobility
will have 10 stop turning up their noses
at AlexandrovDa.
A VESSEL has recently been launched,
to be called Brignoli. She must be a
bark of note NetU York San. And
pursue the even tenor of her way
Br0oklyR drguS When she once
reaches the high Cs.- Commercial
AdUcrtiSer.
The high Cs She may pass the bar,
but isn't it foolish to suppose she will
ever get off soundings
A DISTINGUISHED English physician
writes that he has observed that pecu-
liar and rather common defOrmity of the
chest is caused 10y the habit of sucking
the thumb in infancy and early child
hood. He says that the weight of the
arm on the thorax of the child during
sleep, produces depression of the ribs in
the line occupied by the arm when the
thumb is placed in the mouth.
WE learn from the Territorial Enter
prise that Methodist preacher, while
engaged in little game of draw poker
mt Salem, Oregon, the other evening,
moved little i'll his chair, when the
hammer of his pistol caught in his peck
ct in some way and the weapon was dis
charged, frightening the divine's oppo-
nent in the game very badly. He wants
to know what preachers carry pistols for
In is reported that the steamer Queen
Elizabeth, lost near Gibraltar, had on
board one of the most valuable cargoes
ever shipped from Calcutta. The entire
value of the cargo is estimated at 81, 5i0,-
600, including 1850, 000worth of indi-
go, $3.50, 600 worth of tea, and 415, 900
worth of silk, shellac, and other articles.
The vessel was valued at S135, 900, making
the aggregate loss 81, 775, 900. The yes
sci and cargo were insured for nearly
81, 000, 900.
A NUMBER of Indian skeletons have
been exhumed from an ancient grave
yard near GAINESVILLE, Tenn. The fore
heads are receding, and the jaws and
nose very prominent, unlike the features
of any tribe known to the earliest set
tiers. Flint weapons and pottery were
found, and the graves were closed above
and below with slabs of slate stone.
Strangely enough a leaden bullet was
found fastened in the shoulder bones of
one of the skeletons.
THE Grashdanian, Il Russian paper
noted for its good court intelligence,
says that in numerous letters to her fam
! ily and friends, the Duches of Edinburgh
describes her life in England as one of
perfect happiness. She speaks with
great gratitude of the cordial and friendly
reception she has met with from all with
whom she has come into contact-the
Queen, the royal family, the court, and
the people mt large. The letters have
occasioned great satisfaction in st. Pc
tersburg.
WITHIN the last few years great inn
prOvements have been made in grape
culture and wine making in Italy.
Italian wine can now be sent abroad,
across land and sea not only without any
risk of spelling, but actually gaining in
strength aud flavor after every voyage
The principal markets for italian wines
are Central and South America, Egypt,
! Turkey, and Russia. The importation
into the United States, though on the
| increase. is hindercd by the inability of
the Italians to understand the require
ments of the trade.
BECAUSE late French nobleman
secured rich wife through the mere
accident of having his portrait on exhib-
ition at public gallery, portraits are
hung in every conceivable place in Paris.
Men who are in need of funds are put
ting out their likenesses with the hope
that rich orphan will come by on
thearm of her guardian andsay that 1.-THE
portrait of that man suits her. she will
marry the original. " Perhaps impe-
euni0us Frenchmcn will take wives on
such terms, but il is not the safest way
to secure domestic happiness.
EDWARD HIGGINsoN JoLLy, theatre
going resident of Leicester, England,
dislikcd the singing of Miss Carrie Mel
son in Il burlcsque. The rest of the
piece pleased him So well that he attend
ed night after hight hut always when
Miss Nelson began to sing he went ont,
To return when she was done. This
went on for about week, until one
niqht he met very large man in the
| lobby where he was sauntering during