River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-11-27
purpose of building a railroad from Dali
las TO the Gulf. at or near Sabine Pass

ON the line of the Northern Pacific road.
At point $50 miles west of Bismarck o
fourteen foot vein of bituminous coal
crops out, which will be used in operat-
ing the line.
IT was announced in railroad circles,
Nov 20th, that the pool between the three
Iowa roads running into Iowa, which
has lasted for nine years, had at last been
broken by the Northwestern railroad
company, and a general row all along
the lines was anticipated
THE secretary of the California repub
lican state central committee telegraphed
the national republican committee on
the 10Th inst. request to suspend Geo
G. Gorham from further service on said
committee. The California committee
charges that Mr.. Gorham used his in
fluence against the republican nominees
in that state during the recent cam
paign.
EXCITEMENT over the canvass of The
returns was rife in Augusta, Maine, on
the 18th inst. Many republicans, who
believed they were elected to the legisla.
ture, were present with hundreds OF
friends and counsel determined 10 Sc
cure their certificates of election. APP
plication was made to the canvassing
board for an opportunity to examine the
returns, but that privilege was not ac-
corded
THE editor of the Chicago Ne,eS COM
pleted satisfactory verification of the
telegram sent by Rob't Toobms in refer
ence to Gen. Grant, on the 18th inst. BY
comparing the message as received with
the copy of the one sent il was found
thai there was no error In transmission
and that the message as published was
correct 1t will be remembered that
Toombs Charged that it had been garbled.
THE advisory committee of the repub-
lican party having failed to secure an in
spection of the returns, left Augusta,
Maine, for home. on Saturday, Nov.
22nd, The case for the present being trans
ferred to the supreme judicial court.
The committee protested that not sim
gle republican had been allowed to ex-
anime the returns from any county.
THE failure of Reed & Sons, one of
the Oldest music houses in the west, and
one of the best known firms in Chlcag o,
was announced on the 18th inst. Their
total liabilities were estimated at Sl34,
600; assets, nominal, $165 000. Members
of the firm assert their ability to proceed
with business after temporary suspen-
sion. They claim that one of their cred
itors having taken arbitrary measures to
force collection forced them into the
position they occupied.
IT was announced on Wall street Nov
21st that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe railroad company, a rich Boston cor
poration, had completed arrangements
with the st Louis & San Francisco rail
road, in pursuance of which railroad is
to be built from Santa Fe to San Fran
cisco, under the old charter of the At
lantic s. Pacific company. This charter
is still valid and carries with it land
grant amounting to 40,100,000 acres
Bonds to the amount of $25, 100000 have
already been placed on the market.
THE state executive council of Iowa,
has canvassed the votes for supreme
Judge and state uperlntendent, and a
telegram of the 18th gives the following
result For judge, j. NJ. Beck, fepubli-
can, had 100, COG; Reuben Noble, demo-
GRAFT S5,7S3; NJ. H. Jones, greenbacker,
As, 719; scattering, &c Total vote, 292, 1874.
Beck's Majority over Noble is 1880;
Becks majority over all is 29,078. For
superintendent, q. w. Won C9lin, re-
publican, 159,304; E. Baker, democrat,
S5,945; j. A. Nash, greenbacker, 47,S48
Beck's increased majority over that of
Gear is from the vote Of the prohibitions
its, which was cast for Beck and not for
Gear. The resignation of Judge Noble
will not take effect until December
The United States assay office in New
ork shipped to the mint at Philadel-
phia, Nov 21st, the first installment of
specie for the ten millions transfer order
from the secretary of the United States
treasury, consisl ing of eight tons OF old
gold coin and bullion, amounting in
value TO four millions. 1t is designed
for re-coinage into coin of small denomi-
nations. 1t was soon followed by the
second installment, of the same amount,
and the shipments will continue until
about forty-ive millions are used. The
assay office employees are continually
packing, as rapidly as possible, so as TO
be able to ship the entire amount in
season. The metal is chiefly derived
from imported bullion.
A PANIC of the widest kind occurred
on the New York stock exchange, Nov.
21st At the opening of the board prices
began to fall off rapidly until the aver
aye decline amounted to 16 per cent.
The men charged with engineering this
bear movement were Jay Gould, JAS. r.
Keene, Russell Sage and Addison Cam
mack, aided by outside parties. The
failure of Edward Llvermore,
80 Broad street, was announced.
Rumors of other failures were rife, but
none were substantiated. Toward noon
there was rally in prices owing to q
general desire to invest in the low stocks,
but in the afternoon the bear movement
began in earnest and at the close nearly
the lowest prices of the day, prevailed.
The panic in the money market was the
most terrible since Black Friday.
Brokers were frantically endeavoring to
close out the deals of their customers and
the excitement was fearful.
THE New York Tribune of the 10Th
inst. contained the following details of
the reported elopement of Gen Sickles'
daughter. A gentleman we'll acquainted
with the Sickles family says passage
home was engaged by steamer some three
weeks ago Before the time arrived the
man with whom Miss Sickles is rumor-
ed to have finally eloped, was arrested
The charge Is said to have been that of
theft, he having had some jewels belong
ing to the Sickles family in his possess
ion. His name is Mccarthy; he is
southerneR and is said to be well known
in this city. Through the efforts of
United States Minister Noyes, at Paris.
Mccarthy was released on condition
that he would leave the country. This
he agreed to do, and upon Friday night
preceding the day upon which Sickles
intended to depart for this country,
Mccarthy left Paris for London, but is
reported to have taken with him the
generals daughter. Edward p. Field,
who is associated with Sickles in the
law, and is now the representative of
the latter in this city, said last evening
that the report could not possibly be
true.