River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-06-24

THE American rifle team has arrived at
Cork.
EX-SENATOR BAYARD, of Delaware, faith
er of the present senator died on the 18th
inst.
s. w RAzEE, a grain operator of Provi-
dence X. L., has failed with liabilities of
9150,000.
SHERRY, of Chicago, won the O'Leary
match at Cincinnati.
HosTuIrEs have commenced between
he partisan- Of the rival candidates for
president Of the Argentine republic.
QUEEN VICTORIA declines to visit Ire
land Her majesty is not satisfied as TO
the loyalty of her Hibernian subjects.
AT Elgin, ILL.,. last week nearly all in at
tendance upon camp-meeting were pois-
oned by eating canned, corned beef.
TIE ex-Empress Eugene left South
Africa on the Sd inst, and expects to re-
turn to Chiselhurst about the end of July
THE first of the fast trains from Chicago
to New York reached the latter city at 10
o'clock p m, having left Chicago the pre-
yious day at 3 p. m.
THE American rifle team was feted at
Cork the other day, by a local merchant,
who is also proprietor of the Irish Daily
Ne,rs.
THE Russian government is rapidly con-
centrating a large naval force in the Pa
cihc, so az to be in readiness in case of a
war with China.
THE Egyptian obelisk which was pre-
scented to the United States has been ship
ped, after many delays, and will soon ar
rive nj New York
RUSSIAN exports have fallen off 80 per
cent. during the last six months as com
pared with the exports of the correspond
ing six months of last year.
SEVERAL French firms are said to have
received large orders from the Chinese
government for rifles. with request that
the orders be filled as speedily as possible.
ABOUT 5000 immigrants landed at Castle
Garden on the 18th inst. Among them
were 300 Mormons, who took passage i'm
mCdiately for the saints abode,-Salt Lake
City.
NEW JERSEY and Long Island farmers
are greatly annoyed by the ravages of the
armv-worm. Potato-bugs have also made
their appearance in both places in large
numbers.
HoUDLITTI.E & ELLIS Boston iron man
ufacturing firm, has suspended. The
Liabilities are placed at 100000. The
recent failures in Pennsylvania are said to
have affected the standing of the firm.
J. X. EMMET Crit has been commit
ted to the Kings county On. Y. Ienebriate
asylum at the instance of his family. lie
is in very poor health as the result Of pro-
longed "sprees," and confinement is the
only remedy left.
THE prohibitionist national convention
have nominated for president, Neal Dow,
of Maine, for vice-president, A. II. Thomp-
son. of Westerville, o. The convention
was held at Cleveland, Ohio, on the 18th
inst.
MOONEY, the leader of the Leadville
strike. was arrested on a warrant from the
sheriff of Lake county, while addressing a
meeting at Denver called to indorse the
LeadvilIe strike. No resistance was at
tempted.
A PARTY of about fifty Poles arrived in
Chicago. on the 10th inst, and were car
ried in express wagons to the northern
part of the city, where they were found the
next dav asleep under a sidewalk. There
were several sick children in the band.
Some charitable fellow-countrymen of the
emigrants took them in charge and sup
piled them with food and quarters.
TIE supreme courl at indianapolis, Ind.
overthrow the constitutional amendments,
changing the time of holding the election
for state officers, from October 10 the sec
ond Tuesday in November. The opinion
Of the court was rendered by Judge Bidell,
Judges Hawk and Warden concurring,
Judge Niblack dissenting. The opinion Is
yer long and reviews the history Of the act
fully. This again places Indiana among
the states holding elections in October.
The Indiana republicans have nomi-
mated the following state ticket: For gov
ernor, Hon Albert q. Porter, of Marion
county; for Acknowledgements Thomas
Hanna of Putnam; for judge of the su-
preme court, third district. Hon. Byron h.
Elliott, of Marion: for judge of the su-
preme court, fifth district, Vim. A. Woods,
of Elkhart; for secretary of state, Col. r..
H. Wolf. of Rush county; for treasurer of
state. Col Roswell S Hill, of Clay county /;
for Encouragement, Judge d. 2. Baldwin,
of Cass county; for reporter of the supreme
court, Francis NJ. Dice, of Fountain coun-
ty; for clerk of the supreme court, Daniel
Boyce, of Tippeeanoe; for superintendent
of public instruction, Prof. J. NJ. Bloss,
of Nanderburg county.
INTELLIGENCE from the great ST. Croix
valley, of Wisconsin, is appalling in its re-
cital of loss by freshets. More than sixty
million feet of logs amounting 10 nearly
81, Geo. 900 in money have been lost in the
past week besides many houses, barns, etc.
As soon as the Jam, which is located about
a mile above Eau Claire, gave way, the
news was telephoned; the fire alarm was
sounded, and the hundreds who were on
the banks watching the waters soon convey
ed the news TO every part of the city, and
thousands gathered 10 watch the logs and
lumber in their mad career, or to lend as
sistance to such as needed in removing
household effects from threatened premises
es. A number of families barely escaped
with their lives, being unable to save
single article from their homes The river
has risen over twenty-one feet, and is the
highest ever known, and still rising. Both
bridges spanning the Chippewa at Chippe-
wa Falls and part of the dam at that place
are gone. The river : full of logs, and il is
estimated that at least %. 600 900 feet have
gone by since midnight. There is prob