River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-09-23
THE NEWS BUDGET
A Summary OF Events During the
Past Week.
Latest Events.

GROUND has been broken for the new
Cape Cod ship canal at Sandwich, Massa-
chusetts.
Gov. TERRIs, of chihuahua, increase
his reward for the scalp Of Victoria, the
Apache chieftain, from $1,000 10 $1,000.
y MEETING of manufacturers, was held
in the board o. trade rooms at Fall River
Mass, at which committee was appoint
ed to consider the reduction of wages in
view of the present low price of print
cloths The probable result will be re-
duction of 10 per cent
w. X. GILCHRIsT, of Lincoln, ILL.,, recent
ly led beautiful young lady to the altar.
Mrs. Sarah +. Parker, widow, will now
lead him to the circuit court, where she
has lodged complaint against him for
breach of promise.
ONLY seventeen Of the men who assisted
in the defense of Baltimore in the war Of
1872 survive. Nine of these were conveyed
in carriages to church, on the 18th inst, to
listen TO the anniversary sermon.
MONEY continues easy at New York.
The president of prominent trust company
there says he should consider him self for
tunate if able to lend $1,000, 900 at 3per
cent. prime collateral.
THE state mineralogist reports that
Tichenor, proprietor of the alleged gold
bearing spring at Calistoga, Cal, obtains
his results by sailing the water with
chloride of gold and then precipitating the
gold on sheet lead.
THE Chicago and Bedford Quarry com
panv in Bedford, Ind. has just shipped
stone to New York that was 20 feet u
inches long, II feet wide, and II inches
thick containing 1856 solid feet. 1t will be
used in the new residence of w. H. Van
derbilt, the railroad king, is erecting in
that city.
ST. JULIEN, the famous trotter, had a
narrow escape at Kalamazoo, Mich, on
the 18th inst He occupied car attach
ed to an express train bound east, which
ran off the track at that place, a switch
having been left open Although given
lively shaking up, the king ofthe turf did
not lose his feet, and was uniniured.
ADJr. GEN. Drum has made another
change in the duties of officers connected
with the signal corps. First Lieut.. Chas.
T. Kilbourne is transferred to duty in
charge of orders and correspondence, and
First Lieut.. H. II. G. Dunwoody, now on
that duty, succeeds Lieut.. Kilbourne as
meteorological officer.
A RAILROAD company known as the
Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central has
been chartered at Dallas, Tex, with
capital of 81 ,000,0 600, to construct road
from the Rio Grande nothward to some
point where connections can be made for
Chicago. The Dallas board of trade is
interested in the enterprise, and local
newspaper pronounces it the grandest
railway scheme now on foot in America.
A sCHooL-TEAcHER at the ancient town
of Cahokia, ILL.,, spat in the face of
Catholic priest there. The bishop eX-
communicated him. The teacher went TO
church as usual and the priest ordered
him out. Refusing to go. the good father
blew out the candles, closed his books, and
dismissed the congregation. Members of
the flock are taking sides between the
pedagogue and the priest, but the MAORI
ty will go with the latter.
THREE Notwithstanding men. arrested
at Birkenhead. near the Liverpool, Eng,
ferry, on the 18th inst, had in their pos
session six hundred pounds of powder.
One of the fellows declared that they
were taking the explosive to a vessel bound
for Spain, and that they were guilty of no
crime, but it is suspected that they intend
ed to demolish something or somebody, and
not little excitement prevails over the
discovery.
THE work of taking the census of the In
dams will commence Oct. /, under the SUI
pervision of Maj. John w. Powell, direc-
tor of the bureau of ethnology of the
Smithsonian institution, assisted by Col.
Garrick, Mallory K. PaC Iard, II. W.
Ienshaw, S d. Hinman, and Clay Nc
Cantrv. The country has been divided
into four divisions, and special agent as
signed to duty in each of them. Six
months will probably elapse before the
work is completed.
Returns of Sept. |, regarding the CON
dition of the wheat crop at harvest, gives
a preliminary estimate of the crop, but
there are two investigations yet to be
made before a formal estimate will be IS
sued. The September estimate, this year,
gives the condition as so, against 81 in
1879, and 81 in 1878 This estimate re-
lates to quantity and and quality, and
does not take into consideration increase of
acreage. The condition of potatoes, as re-
ported Sept. l, shows a decline with the
month of s per cent. compared with the re-
port of Sept. l, 1879. There is loss of )
per cent. in buckwheat. The average Of
the whole country is per cent. less than
last year at the same date.
A DISPATCH from Calistoga, California,
says: Great excitement has been aroused
in this vicinity for the past two weeks
over a report that the Hot Springs held
large quantities of gold in solution. A
man who recently bought the Hot Springs
hotel property has been at work for the
past two weeks extracting gold from the
water, by process known only by himself.
Clearings up to yesterday afternoon showed
that he has succeeded in extracting 81 $50
from ten barrels of water. The gold is of
the highest grade of fneness. ard as the
springs volume of water is exceedingly
large, it would be useless to attempt to es-
innate the value if they continue to yield
as rich returns as the experiments have
proved thus far
OK the 18th inst, Maine elected state
officers, state legislature and congressman.
The democrats and greenbackers coalesced
against the republicans and the campaign
was a vigorous one on both sides. The
result is the election eff the fusion state
ticket. majority in the legislature
republican, and one democratic, one re-
plblican and three fusion mem
beers of congress making quite
revolution as previous to the election the
republicans were in possession of the state
officers and three out of the five members
Of congress. The other two members Of
congress were greenbackers.