River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-19
THE NEWS BUDGET.
A Summary of Events During the
Past Week.
Latest Events.

A MAN named Lindley, at Princeton,
ILL.,, will endeayor to live twenty days on
beer.
AFTER twenty-five years Of suspended
labor, work was resumed on the great
W Washington Monument at the Capital on
the 9th inst
Mosr of the Indians in Oregon and
Idaho are said to ne restless and ugly, but
the season is so far advanced that active
hostilities are not looked for this year.
a CHARACTERISTIC Milwaukee sensation
is The finding ofthe dead body of a man in
the back yard of a residence in one of the
most most fashionable quarter of the city,
where he had evidently laid for more than
q week.
THE Mexican troops who have been pur-
suing Nictoria's Apaehes, for some time
have grown tired of the chase and abandon
I'd it, Col Cirierson, Of the United States
army, is still on the warpath
ADA CALKINs, 10 years old, employed in
4 cigar factory in Battle Creek, Mich,
lied on the 10Th inst from an overdose OF
morphine 1t is not known whether she
intended suicide.
A NUMBER Of prisoners in the Jail at
Laredo, Tex, broke out, and making for
the river, undertook to swim across. The
sheriff and posse pursued, and, standing
cn the bank fired at the men in the water.
Two were killed
A FRAME building with a brick veneer
ing containing sixty thousand pounds of
bran collapsed at Montreal, burying one
man and twelve boys in the ruins. One
or he latter was suffocated, and several
others were severely injured.
SPECIAL AGENT SAwYER,o of the census
bureau completed his labors of re- sing
the work of the census eGumerators of St.
Louis on the 18th inst lie makes the
population of ST. Louis 333, ~.
THERE Is considerable excitement at
Sarnia, Can, over new silver find on Sill
yer Islet. 1t is reported that nuggets of
almost pure silver are being taken out
weighing from 30 to 40 pounds and worth
from 800 to 81 900 each.
COLONEL MILES, Indian agent, will
leave Fort Reno, /. r.. on the 18th inst,
in charge of eighteen Cheyenne and Ara
pahoe children, who are to be placed in
school at Carlisle, Pa, or Hampton, Va.
several chiefs viii accompany the party.
TIM coroner's jury in the cases of the
= rsons drowned on the yacht Mamie, in
the Detroit river, finds that the disaster
was caused Ivy the gross carelessness and
criminal negligence Of g. ID. Horn, master,
aud H. w Buff, pilot, Of the steamer Gar
land, which ran down the yacht
\ CHARLEsrowN, Ill, darkey got drunk,
took two yellow girls out for drive and
tipped the buggy over. All escaping I'M
hurt. they reentered the vehicle and made
another start Recklessness on the part
OF the moke soon admonished the women
that it was time to leave and both jumped,
one breaking a leg and the other her col
Jar-bOne.
LETTERS received at Winnipeg, Manito-
ba, state that a tribe Of Indians in the
northwestern territory, fifteen hundred
strong which refused 10 enter into treaty
relations with the Canadian government,
has seized store at Duck Lake, and COM
m.tted other depredations Of a character
unusual in that country. The sayages are
said to be starving.
DR. TANNER al noon on the 9Th inst, fin
isned his fast Of 40 days. The crowd cheer
ed Tanner enthusiastically. About ! 900
persons were in the hall and an immense
number of people on the sidewalk. The
doctor drank glass Of milk and called for
Georgia watermelon, this lac tapped,
dug his hand into i, and ate heartily.
When demonstrated with, he asked to be
left alone, saying, No, my lord, i am run
ming this now" When he placed the glass
Of milk to his mouth he remarked, Gentle
men, YOU don't believe that's good. At
30 DR.. Tanner was resting quietly and in
good condition. At $3.50 DIR. Tanner drank
al ounce Of light wine after which be ate
a small slice of watermelon. At 1870 he
was eating with great relish pice Of beef
steak He did not swallow the fibre but
only partook of the juice Of the meat At
sis clock he asked for an apple which he
al" and then asked for and received two
more. At seven o'clock he was given bee
steak weighing half pound and partook
Of it. At eight he drank an ounce Of wine
and then slept until ten o'clock, when he
awoke and chatted cheerlully DR. Work
-aid Or. Tanner was well and did not think
any trouble would arise from his under
taxing lie had gone against the advice
Of ali physicians, seemingly with beneficial
results, and he expected the DIR. TO work
or his biography.