River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-25

the yellow feyer suffers in Memphis by the
grand body OF Odd Fellows of Illinois.
Sir Garnet Wolseley telegraphs from
South Africa that all important Zulu chiefs
have now submitted TO the British authori-
ties.
The cabinet-makers of Louisville, KY,
800 in number, have struck on the refusal OF
the manufacturers to advance wages is per
cent.
The bullion fund at the New York as
say office hiss been further increased by the
transfer to the Office of another million dollars
in gold TO facilitate exchange.
On account of the large accumulation
of gold coin in the treasury, arrangements
will soon be made to exchange gold and silver
coin for United States notes at the several
sub treasures where convenient
The first car load taken from the Baby
mine Of Bly, d Thompson, forty miles west Of
MaEdan, d. 7. has arrived at the latter place
The coal is ofexcellentq quality, and the owners
of the mine proposes to take out 600 tons al
once and ship to the Mandan and Bismark
markets. Over 800 head Of Montana cattle
will be shipped this week from Mandsn via
St Paul to Chicago.
Between the list and the 18th of the
present month of September, l,354890 stand
ard silver dollars were paid out by the treas
urer Of the United States. During that tina
977.s24 silver dollars were returned to the
treasury, leaving the balance Of 81, 066 put il
circulation. As there is an average Of ovel
2,004OO0 silver dollars coined each month, i
will be seen that coins are accommodating muci
noFe rapidly than they can be gotten rid of.
II. Ii. Golsen & Co. and Deboudio
Co, grain dealers at ST. Louis, were caugh
short ON wheat and corn during the present ad
vance, and failed. Golsen & Co. settled at 4
cents on the dollar, which is understood to en-
tail loss Of $25 600 Deboudo & Co is
branch Of New Orleans house, and their los
is said TO be total and will cause the suspen
sion 81 the parent firm at New Orleans. The,
owe Europe over ha a million bushels o
wheat and their loss is probably between $40
| 900 and $4,000.
AT Detroit, Mich, September nth, tn,
Catholic Total Abstinence Union Of Americi
opened its ninth annual convention at tn
Young Mems Catholic institute. About fit.
societies and membership of 100000. Tn
delegates attended high mass at St Aloysius
| cathedral The address Of welcome was de
livefcd by Rev Father Walsh. A letter from
Pope Leo XIII. was read granting great spin
| itual privileges TO the members. Also, letter
| of encouragement from various ecclesiastica
celebrities throughout the country Report
Of officers were read which showed a favora
bic condition Of the union.
The Lond0d Times says the extraordi
| nary controversy now alarming Europe OIL
the supposed misunderstanding between Gors
chakoft and Bismarck shows what dangerou
stuff is all around US. ring of intereste,
spectators In collision seems to have half per
suaded the illustrious statesmen, the great
ness Of one mighty empire is incompatible
with the greatness Of the other For the Rus
sian and German nations at present the diff
Guilty appears TO be to manufacture reason
for tiying at each others throat. Their inter
sests are in no respect opposed Neither ow
erritory coveted by the other. We heliev
much of this nourishing Of swords will b
found 10 be merely the exercise of fencin!
schools, but it is time the masters came for
Indian officials telegraph further de
tails of the attack on the British residency a
Cabul. 1t Is related by trooper who escape,
that when the mutinous troops were maxim.
an cutlery for their pay a soldier shouted
Let us kill the envoy and then the ameer.
The mutineers then rushed upon the embass,
and stoned some Of the servants The troop
composing the escort of the embassy fired up
on the mutineers without orders from tn
British officers The mutineers then went 70
their weapons. They were absent about
quarter of an hour, during which time tn
British officers might have escaped. The res
ldency was defended from the windows ant
from trench made ON the outside with
mud roof The letter sent by the escaped
trooper was from Lieut. Hamilton, promisin.
the mutineers six months pay. 1t was sent a
3 i'll the afternoon, when the mutineers werl
already on the roof Of the resdency which
was being set on fire. The bearer of the let
ter was thrown from the roof and made insen
sible When he recovered, he was brought be
fore Gen. Knerm Khan, commander of tn,
muti-ser's brigade, who said he was powerles
against the mutineers, and ordered the troop
er TO BIZ imprisoned. On revisting the resi-
dency the escaped trooper saw the bodies o.
Lieut.. Hamilton and Jenkins stripped and cut
to pieces.