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

Miscellaneous Paragraphs.
BosToN has added popped corn to the
list of her exports.
PERSIA is said to be land of roses,
but recently an order was received in
England for some of the finest varieties
OF English roses, to be planted in the
Shah's gardens.
A NUMBER of stolen safety bell
punches are reported TO he in use on
the New York street-car lines. Their
employment permits theft, while the
chance of detection is greatly reduced
/" WHAT are You doing there, you ras-
cal - Merely taking cold, sir. !" at
looks 10 me as if you were stealing lee. "
" Well, yes, perhaps it will bear that
construction.
FoUR thousand women of Salt Lake
City have petitioned for prohibition Of
the sale of Intoxicating liquors. The
misery caused by drunken husband in
a family of fifty or sixty women and
children must be great indeed.
Miss MAGGIE MTCHELL's new play il
a dramatization of Wearithorne, a
novel of Scotch life, by Miss Marian
Reeves, whose " Ingemisco" and Ran
dolph Honor" published under the
nom dc plume of "Fadette," some
years ago, were popular novels. 1t is 10
be presented mt an early day.
BUFFALO are moving in immense num-
bers west of Fort Dodge, and hundreds
Of hunters are gathering for the slaugh-
ter Now is the time, if soldiers are
any use on the frontier, to enforce the
law against the wanton destruction of
those valuable herds. None should be-
killed unless the meat as we'll rs the
skin are taken away for consumption.
THE big steam hammer mt the ROYAL
Arsenal nc NOolwich has u falling power
OF forty tons, and is driven 10y steam
from the top. Ii has a striking fall of
fifteen feet three inches. The hammer
Is forty five feet in height, and covers a
base Of about 100 feet square. Above
the ground II weighs 500 tons. and the
iron used in the foundation below weighs
60 tons. The hammer cost altogether
about ESQ 900.
The Eastern Budget saws that Gen.
Totleben, the defender of Sebastopol.
has been sent by the Emperor of Rus
sla ON mission to the Mennonites.
with the object of lettering them from
emigrating to America II appears the
Emperor intended from the first grant
ing special privileges TO the members
of this sect with regard 10 the new mil.
ltary service law, but that his inten.
tions we're misunderstood by the Off
eials, and that the Mennonites conse-
quently determined to emigrate.
THE removal of the ice from the St.
Lawrence River in the spring by the use
of nitro glyccrine is proposed. The
method suggested is 30 plant the cxplo-
slyc all over the river bottom, having
wires connected with the charges by
which all would he exploded simultane-
ously 10y galvanic battery. The
charges would bc planted before the lee
formed, in order to avoid the necessity
for making holes.
IUpGE Japan, of Putsdam, had two
COWS poisoned occurring, by eatiuggrecn
wall paper taken on the rooms in his
house After the paper WIS taken OH. il
was emptiCd into a yard to which the
cows had access The paste ou the pa
pvl gave the COWS relish for IL, and
they ate of It quite freely They were
both very choice and valuable cows.
One Of them died ia about twenty four
hours after eating the paper.
SuLLY. when his mind was occupied
with plans of reform, displayed cxtrn
ordinary fits of forgetfuness One day
~ winter, when on his way 20 church hc
observed 4" How cold II il TODAY :"
" Not more cold than usual. said one
If msattcndants. Then I must have
the aguc. said Sully. Is Il not moro
probable that YOU are too ecantily drre,.
81 9' was asked. On lifting his tunir
tho secret was discovered he had for
gotten all hts undcrclothcs hut his
hrccchrs
Gm steamship North arrived in Ens-
land a few days SINCE with large cargo
consisting of many hundred live South
american cattle. Tho voyage from tho
Argentine Confederation was mado IN "a
days. After few days rest and
tood the bCCVCs were add Ia Bork
shire farmers ~ an AVERAGE price
OF ssh a piece. II is said that these
cattle can h. bought, brought over, and
landed IN England at an outside cost ~
So, exclusive uf freight. and that n pro.
tlt ui loo rrr cent. can he realized Az
every case.