River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-01-01
GENERAL NOTES.

THE last saw mill at Clinton, Iowa,
shut down on Dec. 23rd.
IRWIN RUSSELL, we'll known dialect
writer and poet, died in New Orleans,
Dec. oath, in restitution and among
strangers, after few hours illness.
THE bullet which De Young fired into
Mayor Kslloch's breast last August, has
lust been extracted from the sufferers left
arm pit, says San Francisco telegram
of Dec. 22d.
SCOTT, the American vice consul in
Chihuahua, Mexico, is en- route to Wash
ington to lay before the proper authori-
ties details of the late outrages on citizens
of the United States in the district under
his supervision, says a dispatch of Dec.
25th.
A PARTLY open car loaded with house
hold goods and four horses arrived at St.
Paul, Mimi, from the north, Christmas
night, and was transferred to the
Chicago, Milwaukee s. ST. Paul track,
when it was discovered that one of the
horses was frozen to death, and the 9TH
ers suffering so that they groaned and
cried out with startling expressiveness.
ADvICEs received Dec. Goth, from the
propeller City of Toledo, which strand
ed near Ludington, Mich, Sunday night,
will prove total loss with her cargo.
The value of the cargo was perhaps
$4,000. The propeller may have been
worth $4,000. The only insurance
known is $4,000 on the cargo.
A NEW political society has been form
ed in Canada, ostensibly for the advocacy
of the free discussion of all topics, but
in reality for agitation in favor of annex
alton to the United States. Rev. A. j.
BRAY, late arrival from old England,
the head of the organization, made
speech, Dec. oath, at Montreal, in which
he advocated secession from the empire.
THE steamship Colombo, which
recently arrived at New York, from
Mediterranean ports, with cargo of
oranges, SAYS dispatch of the 23d, was
| found, upon examination, to contain $50
| boxes partially filled with sand. The
| loss occasioned by this deceit falls upon
Barring Bros, London, who made the adj
vance on the cargo.
PRESIDENT GARRISON, of the Des
MONIES and Milwaukee road, returned.
Dec. 23rd from Milwaukee to Des Moinesi
He says the field work is all done; eight
towns have voted the tax, and every
| town and city on the line will vote it.
The directors of the Milwaukee and st.
Paul will take action on the matter at the
January meeting.
ALARGE commercial transaction was
made public in Dubuque, 10, a, Dec.
25th, it being the sole controlling in
terest in the First National bank, valued
at $125000, by ID. N. Cooley to j. X.
Graves, and the sale by the latter of the
Key City gas works. valued at $40, 900,
to d. N. Cooley. 1t is understood the
transfer is to be made the first of JAN
uary.
A NEW YORK dispatch of Dec 23rd
says that more currency is going away
from the city than is coming to it.
Southern and western correspondents are
reluctant 10 believe how great is the
dearth of the currency here. But the
fact is that many establishments for
weeks have paid wages in coin. 1t is
costly to transport coin, particularly sill
yer, less than $4,000 of the 41215 gra 4
silver dollars making ton.
On Jan. 1, says st. Louis dispatch of
Dec ED, the Laclede Rolling Mills of
Chouteau, Harrison & Valele, proprle-
tors, will resume operations with force
of 500 men, and on or before Jan, Is, the
Vulcan IRON Works will relight its fires
and give employment to between 200
operations with the most approved APP
pliances, the Laclede having invested
5000, 900 in preparing themselves to meet
the demands of trade, while the invest
ment of the Vulcan for the same pur-
pose is 100000. The Laclede Mill is
expected to turn out 10000 tons of iron
next year.
IT was positively stated in San Fran
cisco an the 23rd inst, that j G. Flood,
lead of the bonanza firm, has determined
to withdraw from tfe stock market This
action is undoubtedly partly due to the
fact that in January the new constitution
will go into pelation, when stock
holders will become personally re-
sponsible for corporation Liabilities and
shares will be taxable. Another moving
cause. probably, is that the public has
so little confidence in some of the chief
operators that they find it no longer
profitable as formerly to manipulate the
market. Flood has been for some time
unloading, which has produced de-
moralization of stocks, and resulted IN
the ruin of many holders on margins. 1t
is thought that Flood viii go to Europe
in the spring if the BurS suits do not
prevent
a LETTER was received in Chicago on
the Esd from correspondent in Europe
who ha6 Just interviewed ID. ID. Spencer,
late president of the bankrupt state sa-
wings institution. Spencer and his wife
are living quietly at Connstadf, Wurtem-
berg, Germany. Spencer denies having
embezzled any money, but charges the
failure of the bank to the dishonesty OF
the original stockholders VINO Orly paid
IN one-tenths of the capital stock and
then banked on their notes as assets. He
saws he only took $4,000 with him when
he left Chicago, having raised that
amount on his life insurance. He wants
to return TO Chicago, and will do so as