River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-09-02
THE NEWS BUDGET.
Summary OF Events During the
Past Week.
Latest Events.

Tar white house is going TO have tile
floor, imported from Stoke-on-Trent, En-
gland.
Ia BUCHANAN. the bogus medical iii
ploma man, of Philadelphia, has escaped
tc Canada.
dUDGE SPoFFoRD, of Louisiana, elected
United States senator by the Nichols legis-
lature, is dead.
/ REPORT has reached Galveston Tex
that instead of whipping Victoria
Apa.hes, as reported, Col. Grierson's com
mani was defeated by the savages.
BoYToN AND FEARS had their interna-
tion2l swim at Atlantic city, on the 23rd
inst. Royton led at first but Fearn came in
| winnerby six and half minutes. the victor
had nalf mile odds of his opponent.
LOEB 4 Co, exporters and importers OF
clicks, hardware, and silver-plated goods
at New York have failed with Liabilities
Of 100000.
sItJ. WALSH. of the northwestern
mounted police, now at Ottawa, Ont, says
Sitting Bull is the most plucky, energetic
and intelligent savage living, and that he
has had five wives.
The engagement Of Jesse, youngest sor
of General Grant, to Lizzie, daughter OF
W S. Chapman, large California land
holder, is announced The marriage will
take place at the Palace Hotel next month
They put four hundred and fifty cattle
on the upper decks Of steamship at Mon
treal before the cargo was slowed away
below, and the vessel keeled over, being
saved from capsizing by the wharf on
which ii rested.
Miss NELSON'S fortune amounted to
about $200,0O She left most of it to
Rear Admiral Glyn, Of the British navy
Edward Compton. who accompanied hel
on her last American tour, receives a leg
acy Of 5000.
\ BOAT containing seven men and five
bags of mail matter from the steamer
Asncrican, of the Southampton line, which
fouudered pear the equator on April IS
was picked up by Portuguese vessel and
the crew and mails landed at Londa
/ Africa, on July H..
| LAEORRRS excavating for Il sewer neal
/ Wicker park, Chicago, came upon the pet
| rified remains of a mastodon at the deptl
/ of eighteen feet. Among the pieces al
ready secured are a section of the tusk
/ four inches in diameter at one end and sly
| inches at the other, and tooth weighing
six pounds.
The New York republican committee
/ has decided not to call state convention
to nominate candidate for chief Judge o.
the coIrt of appeals. Judge Charles j
! Folger. appointed to the place by Coy
/ Cornell on the the death of Judge Church
will be the republican candidate, the com
mittee having Endorsed him as the choice
| of the party.
Arot'T 260 machinists and blacksmith
/ 81. ,.ft ha { .pt
| & St Paul Co., struck on the 10Th ms, fol
an advance of ) per cent. in wages. The
| demand had been made some weeks
/ before but the company had been givel
time to inquire INTO prices elsewhere
| They discovered that they were paying
| higher wages than any western company
| and SO refused to make an advance. The
men are peaceable but determined.
A WASHINGTON dispatch reports thu
death, at Buffalo, of Gen. Albert Myer, o
| the signal service The immediate cause
of his death was Bright's disease of thu
| kidneys. together with a chronic hear
disease 4 short time since he paid visi
to his friend and preceptor, DIR. Hamilton
/ Mt New York, and under his advice wen
| to Buffalo for absolute rest and freedom
| from care and anxiety. He was takel
there about two weeks ago and furnished
with retired quarters at the Palace Hotel
| On the 18th inst, surrounded by his fam
lily, wife and six children, he died.
| THg Indian runners from the Southern
Utes agency arrived on the 24th inst, anC
report Chief Ourav dangerously i'll ano
not expected to live. They came with
message from Ouray to the agency ply
stefan. DR.. John II. Lalley, in whom h
put the most confidence requesting him It
come Immediately The doctor and hi
escort left Immediately by the mountain
trail The Indians will furnish relays o
horse and the doctor intends to make tn
distance of l20 miles in 10 hours. Oura.
went t. that point to assist the commits
sion in prevailing upon the Utes to sig
the tre&ty. If Ouray dies the treaty viii
never be signed by the White River In
dians