River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-04-02
CURRENT NEWS ITEMS.

north Of Brigham City, Utah, killed two
rlen.
...Gold is being drawn from London to
New York to meet the Wall street
squeeze.
1.-The man who attempted to assassi.
nate the State witness in the Todd coun.
ty, KY, ku.klux cases, has been captured.
The associated coal companies of
New York city have agreed to make an
advance Of twenty cents ton for April.
u. S. Treasurer Spinner is said to be
threatening again to resign because Of
some interference with the clerkships in
his bureau.
The United States Senate adjourned
sine die at 5:45 p. N. on the oath, after
having passed the usual complimentary
resolutions.
Don Carlos, of Spain, has called into
his service all the males in the Navarro
provinces over Is years Of age. That IS a
sweeping conscription.
The court house at Kingston, Ont,
was destroyed by fire on the oath, but all
valuable records were saved. The loss il
100000; insured at one.third
AN inspection clerk at the post Office
in Detroit is requested to resign for
having allowed a certain railway for full
postal service when it was performing
only half service.
At an election for member Of the
Hungarian Diet, held in Debr, ocean yes.
terday, the radicals had nominated Kos
suth, but Minister Kisseure was elected
by an overwhelming majority.
The Senate having refused to confirm
Don A. Pardee to be U s. District Judge
for Louisiana the office must remain
vacant, the President having no author.
ty to fill the vacancy because it occurred
while the Senate was in session.
The steamer Lizzie Rea, from Shreye.
port for Memphis, struck a snog near
Buffers Landing, at daylight on the
morning Of the 9th. The boat and cargo
are total loss and the second engineer
was drowned.
Gen. Augur has taken command of
the Department of the Gulf, with head
quarters at New Orleans, relieving Gen.
Emory who is OH his way to Washington.
Gen. Augur brought his Aides from Texas
but otherwise retains Emory's staff.
"A majority Of the Episcopal standing
committees have already confirmed Dr.
Jaeger election as Bishop of Southern
Ohio, and o majority Of the same have
now refused TO confirm DR.. DeKoyen 5
election as Bishop Of Illinois.
1t commenced raining in San Fran
cisco on the oath. Dispatches from va
rious points in the central portion Of the
State report rain, with prospect Of con-
tinuancc. The storm seems to prevail
generally in that part Of the State where
rain is most needed to insure a crop.
Japan is afflicted by fires. At Osaka,
Feb. It'll, l,200 buildings were destroyed,
including temples and schools, and several
lives were lost. In Yokohama, Feb. 10th.
there was an alarming fire in which 300
japanese houses were destroyed, and de-
structlve fires are Of almost nightly oc.
eurrence in Yeddo.
If John Mitchell had not died, il
would have been shown by transcript Of
court records a. Washington thlt he had
taken out his final papers as a citizen of
the United States and, therefore, was not
eligible to the seat in the British Parlia-
ment to which he was twice elected rom
npperary.
Notwithstanding Gen. 0rd's positive
instructions and the certainty that both
the In iians and troops will strive TO
drive out prospectOrs, Black Hills
transportation company ha- been formed
at Omaha. Ii there's any money in the
Black Hills business the outfitters and
transportation men will get it with least
risk of any concerned.
The books Of the Internal Revenue
Office show that in February last there
were distilled 6,l30,6l3 gallons Of spirits,
and tax was paid upon ll,504,356 gal.
Ions. There were remaining in ware
houses on the 18th of February 1878, 666
gallons. On the first Of that month the
amount Of spirits in the warehouses was
l2,74T,6l0 gallons.
The South Carolina Legislature al.
journed sane die ON the Goth, having &C.
cepted the Governor S veto Of the funding
bill, which bill the Governor thought re-.
versed the meaning of the funding act Of
1873.
= At 3 o'clock on the morning Of the
Goth, fire broke out in the post.oilice
building at Fulton, Ill.,, entirely destroy.
ing it, together with the Journal office
and material, records Of the post-oiiice
and other valuable papers and books.
The city records, including the charter,
were all burned. Loss on property So.
600. insurance $4,000.
-.-Good Friday was observed as gen.
sral holiday in London England, the
churches being crowded, morning and
evening, while the parks and public gar.
dons were also thronged with pleasure
seekers, the weather being fine.
-..ln a quarrel between two men in Nell
son county, KY, few days since, Sam.
Haham eut Merritt Lefre with q knife,
and Letire took up spade and split
Haham' head open, killing him instant.
ly.
The New York Senate has adopted a
resolution authorizing the Governor 10
appoint four commissioners 10 investigate
the management Of the State canals for
seven years past. Gov. Tilden has open.
ed war on the canal commissioners and