River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-03-25
GENERAL NOTES.

FIFTYsEvEN mills at Harrisburg, Pa,
shut down on the 10Th owing to a strike
of the puddlers.
Gov. HAMILTON, of Maryland, vetoed
the bill requiring nonresident statesmen
| to take out a license before selling goods
in that state, on the 10Th inst.
ABOUT 700 men were thrown out of
employment in Chicago on the 10th inst,
owing to strike of the chair and frame
makers.
| THE lower mouse of the Connecticut
| legislature on the 18th, by vote of 100
! to SO. passed the bill for female suffrage
on license matters.
THE republican state convention of
Louisiana will meet at New Orleans on
the Gath of May, says dispatch of the
| 18th inst.
| THE Galveston NetoS' specials of the
! 10th, from various portions of Texas,
| show that the fruit and corn crop is ma
| terially injured by frost. In many places
both crops are killed.
J. w. AMERMAN & Co, of New York
city, bankers and brokers, suspended
business on the 10Th, owing to unfortu
nate contracts in stock of the Nashville
and Chattanooga railroads.
| ARTHUR EDWARDS, of Michigan was
appointed on the 10Th, Indian agent at
the Omaha and Winnebago agency, at
| Nebraska; Edward H. Bowman, of
Illinois, agent at the Pawnee agency,
Indian Territory.
THE parade of Irish societies in New
York city, on the 18th, was very slim
com pared with the demonstrations in
previous years. In st. Louis the process
| sions were large and many parts of the
city finally decorated.
A PALLsTowN, Pa, dispatch of the
18th says: After being idle four years,
the blast furnace of the PallstoHyn Iron
Co., was put into blast again last night.
All the companies works are now in
operation.
The Illinois state supreme court de-
cided on the 18th inst that the election
last fall in Chicago which resulted in a
vote to consolidate the three town gov
ernments of that city, was not held in
accordance with the law and hence was
void.
THE governor of Louisiana, on appli-
cation of plantation owners, sent a com
pany of field artillery into st. Charles
parish on the 18th inst. to quell an insur
rection among negro laborers who were
ON strike.
THE republican state convention of
Rhode Island met at Providence on the
| 18th inst, and nominated Alfred II. Lit.
tlefield for governor, and Henry III. Fay
| for lieut. governor The other state Off
GERS who were nominated are the present
| incumbents. Gov. Van Zandt refused a
denomination.
THE celebration of the opening of the
| Cincinnati Southern railroad on the 18th
was q complete success and a big event
| for Cincinnati. In the evening a ban
quet was held at which 1875 covers were
laid. Irwas, doubtless, the largest ban
| quet ever given in this country.
SAYS Fl Wayne telegram of the
10th: The divorce case of Lucinda
Coombs VS.. John NJ. Coombs has been
decided by Judge Lowry, awarding plain
diff $4,000 alimonV. Coombs is one of
the wealthiest business men of this city.
| The plaintiff charged him with having
treated her with excessive cruelty. I'M
mediately upon the decision being rend-
cred, he sold his elegant mansion at a
sacrifice and handed her his check for
the amount of the alimony. She has
| gone TO Detroit TO reside with her moth
er.
THE lower house Of the Iowa general
assembly adopted the senate amendments
to the joint resolution providing for a
constitutional amendment prohibiting
| the manufacture and sale of intoxicating
| liquors, on the 10th inst, by vote of Go
to 49, The amendment will go to the
next legislature for ratification, as fol-
! lows:
| SECTION &C. No person shall manufacture for
sale sell or keep for sale as beverage, any in
toxcating liquors whatever. including ales, wines
| and beer. The general assembly shall. by law.
prescribe the regulations for the enforcement OF
| the provisions herein contained, and shall there
by provide suitable penalties for the violation OF
| the provisions hereof.
| SAYS a New York dispatch of the 18th,
| the ship Constellation is now ready to
receive contributions for the Irish relief.
More than one-fourth OF the cargo is as
sured provided the balance is supplied.
A public.spirited and benevolent citizen
| has offered to defray the expenses of one
fourth of the full cargo, and the Herald
will take charge of another Onefourth
on condition that some other parties will
| complete the cargo. Several liberal
contributions have been made in re-
Spouse to the conditional offers, and it
ought to be easy to load the Constella-
! tion up to the limit of her capacity with
in the en- suing six Or eight days.
THE Cheyenne Daily Leader had the
following special from Big Horn post
office dated March 14th, via Fort Nc
Kinney, on the 18th: Settlements to the
north of US are in great state of excite
ment because of the latest news regard
! ing the Indians. Gen. Miles sends word
| from Fort Custer that the Crows have
| formed treaty with the Sioux. Settlers
to the north and west of Tongue river
are flowing into Goose Creek Valley for
mutual protection. AT Big Horn post
| office all is excitement, which is in
creased from the fact that there are only
two companies of troops at Fort Nc
Kinney.
THE Ohio temperance convention was
held Saturday at Alliance, says Cleve-
land special of the 10Th inst. Three
hundred and twenty-thrne delegates were
present. Resolutions were adopted TO
sustain principles rather than party;
recommending no separate prohibition
party but to labor in caucuses and at the
polls to secure sober men for officials;
indorsing legal suasion as the proper
means for the suppression of the bever-
age traffic in intoxicants, and protection
from evils arising therefrom; protesting
against the present permissive statutes
which sanction the sale of ale, beer and
domestic wines, and praying for local
option antiliquor law, with clauses al
lowing the voice of women, by petition
or ballot, to be equal to that of man on
the enforcement of such law.
MS. COLEMAN PORE, at one time a
distinguished actress, died at her resi-
dence in indianapolis on the 10Th aged
II, from general debility. She was born
In West Riding, Yorkshire, and made
her appearance on the stage as Mrs. Hal
Ter, in THE Stranger. Her success was
assured, and she soon became a leading
actress in Birmingham, Bristol, and
other places. In 1916 she came to
America, and had triumphant tour in
the south and west When Macready ap-
peared IN New York she supported him
during the time of the great Forrest
Macready riots. During the war she
came to Indianapolis, and played here
for several years. When her husband,
who was insane, committed suicide she
abandoned the stage.