River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-12-11
THE NEWS.


the British arctic expedition.
Gen. Butler is expected to defend
Frank Moulton in the Edna Dean Proc.
tor suit for libel.
Francis Alexander was yesterday
elected president and VIM. II. Fogg di.
rector OF the Pacific Mail company.
Three thousand workers in the iut.
mills Of Dundee, Scotland, have struck
against reduction Of wages.
The next triennial conclave o
knights Templar is o be held at Clevc
land, Ohio, in 1877.
-Wm. Hutchins, al engineer on The
(. G. X Q. |. railway, was instantly
killed by the explosion OF locomotive
at Delaware, o., Saturday.
Three incenlary fires have oc
corred at Franklin, Ind, within two
weeks. The last destroyed the court
house.
The printers Of Jacksonville, Ind,
having struck against reduction OF
wages, both the daily papers Of that
city were temporarily suspended yester-
day.
One DR.. II. b. Mitchell, collecting
subscriptions for Kansas relief in St.
Louis and elsewhere, is dscredited by
the relief committee in that State.
-George Hunter, one Of the editors
Of the Scotsman Of New York, was
murdered Saturday night on 18th
street in that city by unknown per.
sons.
Senior CASTELAR, is president Of a
board Of commissioners appointed By
the Spanish government to rcprssen,
that COUNTRY at the Philadelphia cen.
tennal.
Several members Of the Brooks
party Of Arkansas are in Washington,
prepared TO urge Congress to upset
things IN their now quiet State.
Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon, for.
nerly Governor Of Trinidad, has been
appointed the British Governor Of the
Fiji islands.
Five fresh cases Of small pox are
reported in the Liverpool workhouse,
among the detained Storage passengers
OF the steamer Abbottsford.
The Postmaster General has issue d
an order forbidding letter carriers is.
suing New Year addresses calculated
to induce the public to make them gifts.
Prof. Watson of the American
party at Pckin for observation Of che
Transit Of Venus, discovered 0ct. 9Th
new asteroid OF the llth magnitude.
The Pope has absolutely refused
TO recommend the Bishop imprisoned in
Brazil TO resign his see a. measure OF
reconciliation Of differences with tho
government.
jules Courtlay, a well known ha.
uor merchant of New Orleans, missing
since November 9th, with $4,000 in
his pocket, is supposed, but not known,
to have been murdered for his money.
The Grand Eneampment Of Knights
lemplaT az New Orleans did not fix the
uniform except to prefer the baldrich
plume and gauntlet, leaving the black
uniform TO be worn at the option OF
those having it in use.
The Supreme Court Of the District
OF Columbia, in another case, has de.
cided that the grand jury which in.
dicted the safe burglars was illegally
chosen. Hence its action was null aud
void
The Grand Eizier of Turkey has
sued the editor Of the suppressed
Leraat HeraId for defamation Of char.
acter Even in Turkey they accuse
editors Of being libellous when they
tell the truth.
-Wm, Walter Phelps, defeated for
Congress By four votes in the fifth New
Jersey district, has written to Angus.
tuS Cutler, his opponent, contradict'ng
the rumors that he would contest, and
eongratulating Cutler upon his election.
Several Lill, for granting an annui.
y to Garibaldi were introduced yestor.
day IN the Italian Chamber Of Deputies
aud the Ministry, agreeing that an an.
nmty should be granted, promised that
they would present bin for the pur
pose
One Of the first questions 20 be
settled by the commissioners &C the
Alabama claims is whether British
subject, serving as seaman on cap.
tured vessel, is entitled 10 indemnity.
The stockholders Of the Pacific
Nail steamship company are anxiously
waiting for az official report which IS
promised In ten days and is expected to
explain the heavy losses Of the com.
pany
The cheap transportation conven,
tion in session az Richmond, Va, will
favor, il is said, liberal national suhsi
dies both to railway aud water routes
The Southern Pacific railway appear,
to be largely represented in the con
yentlon.
The Argentine government ha,
concluded peace with its rebels b,
granting q general amnesty. But ther,
must always be q rebellion among n,
South American republics, ana now
serious one has broken out in Uruguay
1t is again reported from Bueno
Ayres that Gen. Mitre, the Argentin,
rebel, has surrended with his army un
oouditionally, restoring peace in III,
State Of Buenos Ayres, while Arren
iandn thn ntbrt, v.IaI f.aI.. u Al.