River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-12-04
GENERAL NOTES.

THE Cincinnati chamber of commerce
adopted resolutions Withdrawing from
the national association, Nov. Gath.
DRs. BILLINGS, Falsom, Ames, and
Col. Waring, began the sanitary survey
eff Memphis Nov. Gath, as ordered by the
national board OF health.
MOODY and Sankey, the revivalists, be-
gan a series of religious meetings in st.
Louis, Nov. 25th. The city is divided
into five districts, and the details of the
work are placed in the hands of laymen,
one from each evangelical denomination.
A DISPATCH of the 2Sth from Washing
ton SAYS the excess of value OF exports
over imports of merchandise for October
was $40067, 87S, the largest in the history
of the country. The excess of the i'm
ports of gold and silver into the country
over exports, from July 1 to Nov. %,
amounted to about $65,0O0,000.
ALBERT LAvERGNE, who travelled in
this country under the name of Abraham
Levy, appeared before squad of New
York police Nov 25lh, and voluntarily
confessed having absconded to the
United States in 1876, from Paris, where
he had stolen from the firm of which he
was partner $4,000 worth of diamonds.
He said he had squandered the money
and cesired 10 return to France and be
punished for his offence.
LOUISVILLE, KY, advices of the Goth of
Nov. give an account of severe tornado
at that point The storm came from the
south in the shape of huge black cloud
accompanied by deluge of rain. Up
wards of hundred buildings in the
Al, a.t g
vile were torn down, and fences, trees
and shrubbery generally swept away.
The reports of the tornado contain no
accounts of loss of life or even injury to
persons.
A NEW YORK telegram of the 2Sth
says it has been officially announced that
William H. Vanderbilt has sold 100000
shares of New York Central stock to va
ricus leading foreign and domestic bank
ers, represented by Messrs. Drexell, Nor
gan s. Co, of New York, and Messrs. j.
S. Morgan & Co, of London. 1t was
extremely difficult TO get at the correct
details of this colossal transaction-the
largest single transit fer ON record-owing
to the reticence of various persons CON
cerned.
A RAwLINs, Wyoming, dispatch of
Nov. 2Sth says the troops now stationed
here today received orders to go into
winter quarters as follows: Four COM
paniea (H, X, and NJ Third cavalry,
under command Of Col. Bracket, to Fort
Laramier companies A, B, ID, and F.,
Third cavalry, 10 Fort Sanders, and COM
panies E and | to Fora Steele. Five com
panies B, G, X, d and FL of the Fifth
cavalry, under command of Gen. Merritt,
who will arrive here on the Goth, will go
to Fort Russell.
A Los PINos, Colorado, special of
Nov. 2Sth says that al the meeting of the
commission this morning, Ouray reports
the arrival last night of runner from
Douglass Camp, with the information
thatowing to The advance of troops the
Uintans have left the agency and reserva-
ton to join Douglas, prepared to fight !;
hat the White River Utes decline to re
turn, and Jack sends word he will not
come here until the Uintas trouble is
settled. If this be true the work for the
commission is ended for the present
Some of the commission doubt the re-
port, believing it a ruse to gain time, or
that the Mormons are at the bottom of
it,
THE post.ofIice department, says a
Washington special of Nov. Goth, has
made arrangements to place ''pon sale on
the LIST of December international postal
cards Their price is two cents, and they
may be used without additional postage
to any country which is a member of the
postal union. The cards are printed in
blue, but i'll other respects are similar to
the cards now IN local use. The revenue
derived from the sale of these cards
forms part of the postal revenues o: this
country. The latest reports from various
officers indicate that about twice "a many
poslal-cards are mailed to foreign coun-
tries from the United States as come from
abroad Hitherto the senders of postal
cards to foreign countries have been un-
der the necessity of affixing an addition
al one-cent stamp.
THE official canvass of the vote in the
state of Nebraska, was completed and
made public Nov. 25th. The following
are the figures; Supreme judge, Cobb,
republican. 46,113; Wakely, democrat,
20,817; Saxon, greenback, 4,725. Regents
of the university, Carson, republican,
46,376; Cannot, republican, 1892; Bear,
democrat, 1921; Sawyer, democrat q,
127; Gibson, greenback, SOIL: Wood
ward, greenback, 4,767; scattering 16l.
District judges-frst district, Weaver re-
publican, 13,49j; Conner, democrat, B.
S2S; second district, Pound, republican,
1888 no opposition third district, Bald.
win, republican, 1,41S; Savage demo crat,
1904; fourth district, Post, republican,
10.4o5; Munger, democrat, 6,lS5; fifth
district, Goslin, republican, 1915; scat
tering, So; no opposition; sixth district,
Barnes, republican, 1907; Crawford,
democrat, 2,So7. Six counties voted re.
publican, not democrat or greenback
vote being cast for state officers.