River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-04-01

ondelet near st. Louis, struck for higher
wages March 23rd, and while awaiting
response to their demand quit work.
THE Queen prorogued parliament on
Wednesday March Gath. The speech
was read by the Lord High Chancellor.
There were present only twenty five
members of the house of commons, four
teen peers aad eleven ladies'
JOHN Z. BROWN, of Georgia, on the
Gath of March, placed in the hands of
Rev. J. r. Boyer, treasurer of the Baptist
theological seminary at Louisville, Ky,
500, 600 to be used as an endowment fund
for a professorship.
THE republicans of Kentucky, says
Louisville dispatch of March 25th, have
held conventions in ffty-five counties.
In thirty of those counties the delegates
were instructed for Gen. Grant, three for
Sherman and one for Blaine. Where no
instructions have been given the dele
gates are said to be generally for Grant.
A SAN FRANCISCO dispatch of March
| 22nd says at SAM Lots today Kearney
back-slid from his conversation of last
| Sunday and launched out in denunciaiion
again attacking the police judge, prose
| cutting attorney and number of promi-
nent citizens. He was, however, careful
not to overstep bounds and indulge in
| language that could be construed. as IN
| cendiary.
A PITTsBURG, Pa, associate press tele-
gram of March 22nd, says the Allegheny
county democratic primaries last even
| ing resulted in victory for Tllden. The
| anti-Tiden forces securing but 30 dele
| gates of over five hundred 10 ten differ
| ent senatorial andlegislature conventions
| A ST.. LOUIS dispatch of the 22d inst,
says the Missouri Pacific machine
| strikers held L Getting this morning
and renewed their mention to hold out
until their demands are acceded to.
They deny that any of their number had
returned to work.
In the case of the city of Chicago
against David A. Gage, ex-city treasurer,
and his bondsmen, involving about $oO,-
| 600, the supreme court of Illinois, rem
dered decision March 24th, which re-
verses the decision of the appellant court,
aud decides that the bondsmen are hold
| en-.
| NEWS was received March Goth, that
| Howlish Wampo, chief of the Cayres n
| dians, died March 10Th on the Umatilla
| reservati on The funeral was attended
| by over one thousand persons, including
many citizens of Umatilla county. lie
| preserved he lives nf all the white set
Tiers in this valley in early days, and his
death is mourneG by all who knew him.
A MEETING was held in Chicago
March 2jth, of the directors and stock
| holders of the various roads over which
the Grand Trunk railway enters that
city. The proposed consolidation OF
these lines was ratified. The new con-
solidated road will be called the Chi
cago & Grand Trunk railway. 1t ex-
tends from Port Huron to Chicago.
A MONTREAL dispatch of March Goth,
says the French Canadians are leaving
tn at city at the rate of go to 20 day,
their destination being Michigan or
Canada, while few are destined for
California. A large number of mechan-
les chiefly carpenters, are being en-
gagged to go to Colorado and other places
| to prepare lumber etc. for new rail
ways.
AFTER somewhat stormy session OF
| two days, the Texas republican conven
ton adjourned March Goth. The reso-
luton instructing the delegates to chi,
cago for Grant, was bitterly opposed. 1t
was finally agreed TO instruct the dele.
| gates to vote as a unit. This was &C
Cepted by the Grant men as equivalent
to instructions and adopted. Davis was
elected one of the delegates at large.
THE Cincinnati Commercial of March
! 27th says that within ten days fully
| twenty converts to Mormonism have
passed through Catlettsburg, KY, en-
route to Utah. They came from Law
renee county, where, for a year past,
| Mormon missionaries have been labor
| ing. Among the converts was a young
and handsome married woman who
had left her husband behind.
| Gable
| AFTER a somewhat stormy session OF
| two days, the Texas republican conven-
! ton adjourned March 25th. The resolution
| instructing the delegates to Chicago for
Grant, was bitterly opposed. 1t was
| finally agreed to instruct the delegates
| to vote as unit. This was accepted by
| the Grant men as equivalent TO instruc-
lions and adopted. Davis was elected
one of the delegates at large.
IT is officially announced, says st.
| Paul dispatch of the 22nd, that the name
of the railway company formed by the
| consolidation of the st. Paul & Sioux
CITY. the North Wisconsin, aud the Chi.
cago, st. Paul & Minneapolis is to be the
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis & Oma-
ha. J. w. Bishop has been appointed
Manager; E. B. Winter, General Super
intendent; F. B. Clarke, Traffic Man
ager; G., s. W. Young. Auditor; and G.
A. Hamilton. local Treasurer. The gen
eral offices of the company will be at st.
Paul.
A HEAVY immigration is expected at
this port within the next few days, says a
New York dispatch of March 26th. The
| Weser, from Bremen, due tomorrow. has
| 500: the Main and Mosel will probably
have 500 more; the Frisia has between
700 and 500, and The Westphalia 800.
Throughout the coming summer the
German immigration bids fair to exceed
that ofany season since the panic. The
aggregate arrivals for March thus far
are 1920 against some 5000 for the cor
| responding period last year. The lam
| inc in Silesia and Hungary has stlmuiat-
ed the movement. and, as the same cause
must also stimulate the exodus from Ire
land, the anticipation of steamship com
panies of an unusually prosperous season
is likely to be fully realized.
THE Chicago Tribune announced on
The 23rd inst, upon what it states as the
best of authority, that the Milwaukee q
| OF. raul mas gov INC NhltdSo " am
and that within few days the road will
be redeemed and taken possession of by
the former company. AS heretofore
stated, the Milwaukee & st. Paul has
purchased most of the stock Of the Chi
| cago s. Pacific, which enables it to re-
deem the road by paying to Mr.. John l.
Blair the amount he paid for 1T at the
foreclosure sale nearly year ago, with
interest to date. The Chicago & Pacific
| will at once be extended from Byron to
Lanayk, where connections will be made
with the Western Union branch of the
Milwaukee & St. Paul. This gives the
st. Paul road straight air line from
Chicago to Cedar Rapids, and nearly as
| straight line to Rock Island. Report
has it that the st. Paul company means
to extend the line from Cedar Rapids t.
Omaha, in which event it will have as
short line to that point as either of the
three Iowa pool lines.
A QUINCY, H., dispatch OF March
Gath says: No little sensation has been
created among the employees of The Han
nibal s. St. Joseph Railroad by whole.
sale discharge of passenger conductors
which took effect yesterday. Only one
of he conductors had any intimation OF
what was coming, and when they started
to leave Quincy yesterday forenoon and
last night they were quietly informed