River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-02
FOREIGN

LORD RosERERRY is erecting mansion
in London to cost 100000.
A STATEMENT is circulating in Ballinrobe
that Lord Erne has appointed a successor
to Boycott.
THuRTY-NINE new branches of the Irish
land league have been established during
the past week.
BEAcoNsFIELD's publishers paid him
$4,000 for the copyright of "Endymion,
which is purely political novel.
4 FORMAL payer for a cessation of dis
turban ces in Ireland has been promulgat
ed by the Protestant archbishop of Dub
lin.
BERLIN dispatches intimate that the
authorities are in sympathy with the
movement TO restrict Jewish influence in
political matters.
TIE resie nations of Gen. Gar ibaldi and
his son were not accepted hV the Italian
chamber of deputies, but three months
leave of absence was granted.
On account of the repressive measures
employed against them, the socialists of
Berlin have resolved to abstain from yot-
inR.
DULCIGNo has been taken by the Turks,
on the 18th inst, the Montenegrins will
now occupy it, under the protection of the
international fleet.
Mr.. PARNELL has issued an appeal to
the American people, hoping all lovers OF
freedom will assist the agitation now GO
ing on in Ireland, which will secure a
radical settlement of the land question.
TYPHus-FEvER has broken ont in the
prison of Kief, Russia, where their are
several NihiGsts confined OF the $50
prisoners in the establishment, 200 are
stricken with the disease.
AT the weekly meeting Of the land
league, Davitt, after recounting his visit
to America, strongly denounced the out
RACES in Ireland during his absence,
which, he said, were calculated to preiu-
dice the interest of the league.
CHEF SECRETARY FOSTER says that the
government may suspend the habeas cor
pus in Ireland and lock up the land leag-
uers. The World predicts that when par
lament meets Lord Beaconsfeld will
move the suspension of the act.
FOURTEEN men have been Jailed at Cork
fov firing on the police. Fiity-seven sacks
Of Boycott's gram have reached Cong,
escorted by cavalry, infantry, police, and
Ulstermen. Three shots were fired at a
landlord near Tough Rea, who refused to
accept the Griffith valuation.
WHILE a land Lacquer was addessing the
people from a cart at Ballina, County
Mayo, the police attempted to arrest him
for obstruCting the street. The mob
interfered. and sanguinary fight ensued.
Several of the police were wounded. but,
being reinforced, charged on the crowd
and arrested the land-leaguer.
ALL of the newspapers of London, ex-
cept the Standard, which alone received
an advance copy or Lord Beaconsfeld's
new novel, ''Endymion," express great
chagrin and anger at being unable TO lay
the work before their readers. The
Times offered 81 600 for proofs of the tale
and other papers made lavish bids, but all
except the Standard were disappointed.
"Endymion" Is little else than a self
made portrait of its author. 1t is purely
political novel, and will be read by
politicians with more than ordinary in
terest. Golden is called Job Thornberry !;
Palmerston, Lord Northampton, and
Louis Napoleon, Prince Floreston. 1t is
full OF hashy writing and satirical squib5.
The publishers paid the author el2,WO
for the copyright.
DUBLIN dispatches Of the 22d inst. say ::
Accounts received from various parts of
the country by agents for property repre-
sent the state OF the country as still more
disturbed and demoralized The combina-
ton against the payments of rents Is ex-
tending into districts hitherto peaceable,
and the terrorism which follows closely in
the wake of the land league is steadily
breaking down the opposition of the law
abiding classes The tenants who do not
pretend to be able to pay their rents meet
their landlords defiantly, and refuse to pay
more than Grifiiths valuation, aud in
some cases decline to pay at all, or demand
arbitrary abatement. Organized attempts
to terrorize, not landlords only, but all
law-abiding people, are rapidly spreading.
BERLIN dispatches say the excitement
relative to the persecution of the Jews
continues in that city, and, to some ex-
tent, throughout the country. Protests
have been forwarded to the government,
signed bv half n million of Jews, denouu-
cling their prosecutors in the strongest
terms Prominent among the leaders of
the anti-Jcwish agitators IS Prof Trelts-
chke, i radical member of parliament,
who strongly advocates the social and po-
htical os racism of all jews. He has sue
ceeded in arousing popular antipathies to
such an extent that respectable Jews are
jeered at in theatres, concerts, cafes and
streets, TINS treatment even extending 10
these people when going to or returning
from their svnagogues in Berlin. Mean
time the Jews are hravely asserting their
rights n taxed subjects, defending their
thrift, and claiming all the privileges ae-
corded TO other citizens under the law.
Tvs HcrdIfs Paris special says; A large
number of nihilists placards have lust
appeared on the walls of st. Petersburg,
some Of them in the most frequented
parts of the city. They proclaim in
flaming characters the beginning OF a
fresh revolutionary movement beside
which all former agitations viii be con-
sidered puerile and insignificant 0mini-
Gus warning is given that the throne of
Alexander will be vacant before the dawn
of another year Nigilant search has
been made by the police authorities 10 dis
cover the source Of these placards, and
many houses thought 10 contain secret
printing establishments have been visited.