River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-02

ed bill for the construction Of trans
continental railway.
The second Presbyterian church of Chi
cago has extended a call 10 Rev. John :
Macintosh, of Belfast, ireland, with sal
airy of $4,000
PRESENT from Queen Victoria to thu
president of the United States was receiv-
ed at the white house on the oath inst, N
the shape of massive desk made from
timbers Of H. NJ S. 'Resolute'
LIVERPOOL reports the arrival of II 100
head of American cattle from View York,
Boston, and Baltimore during the past three
months. The number lost on the pass
age was ,l15 head.
Ex-GoyERSoR YoUNG and Col Day ton
have secured Sherman headquarters at
Columbus, and Governor Foster has taken
his household goods to the capital. Gran
ger legislators viii be well entertained
until the senatorial election
THE liabilities of y 2. Harwood. the |
dry-goods merchant who failed at Mime
apolis, have swollen to $S09,04l, but he
claims to have assets Of 904, PA. Local
capitalists will advance him 100000 if
satisfactory arrangements can be made
with creditors
ALBANY, New York, dispatches of the
18th inst. says: The cars reaching here
this evening, are covered with snow and
ice. 1t showed all the way from Montreal
to Plattsburg. The cold wave struck this
city about noon. The thermometer fell l3
degrees in half an hour.
IN the Washington Avenue Methodist
church at Minneapolis on Thanksgiving
day. flames peered through the ceiling as
the pastor was closing his sermon. His
presence of mind averted panic, and the
only result was damage of 81 800.
THE aldermen of New York are nearly
unanimous against the production of the
passion play, and have called for an opin-
ion as to their power to prohibit it. Ed
win Booth sends by cable strong con-
demnation of the representation. No
competent actress in New York will accept
the role of the Virgin Mary, but one has
been secured in San Francisco. Public
sentiment dooms the scheme to defeat.
The Northern Pacific has secured from
a syndicate of American and European
bankers the sum of forty million dollars,
by the sale of bonds at prices rang
ing from ninety cents to par. Director
| Wright reports the rails laid within thirty
miles of the Yellowstone, ard predicts the
completion of the road within three years.
Steel rails will soon be shipped around the
Horn, to be laid on western end, the metal
| for three hundred miles having been pur
chased within the past ten days.
OK the 23d about forty Apaches attack
| ed party of Mexican troops returning
! from their victorious campaign against
| Victoria, on the road from Ell Paso to
! Chihuahua south of Carizal. The Mexi-
cans being surprised made but little resist
ance. Nine of them were killed. The
Apache loss is unknown. A Mexican ser
! geant having in his possession saddle
and some trinkets belonging to Victoria,
who is supposed to be dead, was killed,
and his body cut in small pieces by the in
| furiated Indians.
JAMES G. WATSON, the eminent astron-
omer, and director of the Washburn OBJ
servatory at Madison Wis, died at his
residence at the state university, on the
| oath inst, after few days illness. Pro-
lessor Watson was taken with a violent
cold and congestion of the bowels in the
morning and at noon the doctors despaired
of his life. In the afternoon he was some
what better, but was taken worse In the
night, and died at 6 O'Clock the next
morning. Professor Watson assumed
charge Of the Washburn observatory at
the state university year and half ago,
going there from the Michign observa-
tory, with which he had been connected
some twenty years. A deep gloom pre-
walls in Madison, at his unexpected death,
and our state university and the cause of
science throughout the world have sus-
tanned great loss by his death.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 20.-Gov. Jas. ID.
| Williams died at 1890 this afternoon. He
was taken sick on the day of the presiden
tial election, but has not been considered
dangerous until the past three or four
| Jovo He Iicaaca inf off on NJ
the bladder, with which he has been af-
hioted for the past fifteen years. His flu
neral will take place ii his home near
| Whiteland, in Knox county, where he has
resided for forty years.
| Governor Williams wife died only
| few months ago at his farm house in Knox
county The public career of Governor
| Williams has been a long one, and with
the exception of his term in congress has
been exclusively identified with state af
| fairs In 1899 he was elected to the office
| of Justice of the peace, by his neighbors;
! in 1S43 he was first elected to the state leg
! islature, and he has served seven years in
| the house and twelve years as member of
! the senate. In 1855 he was elected mem
| Der of the state board of agriculture, being
member for sixteen years, and for four
wears served as president, which position
| he filled with great acceptibility. In 1874
he was elected to congress from the second
congressional district, to succeed Hon.
VIM. +. Niblack, and before his term ex-
pired was nominated by the democratic
party as its candidate for governor, as
compromise between Franklin Landers
and A. S. Holman, between whom the
convention was nearly divided. The con-
test between Mr.. Williams and Gov. Har-
rison resulted in the election of Gov. Will
liams by plurality of over 5000 votes,
and in January. 1877, he was inaugurated
in the grand opera house. Gov. Williams
was also the caucus nominee of his party
to succeed Senator Morton in the extra
session of the legislature in December,
1872 The last public appearance of Mr..
Williams was lust three weeks ago, when
! he made an address at the dedication of
the new dining hall of the house of refuge
at Plaintield. Gov Williams was born In
Pickaway county, Ohio. January, 1908.
Lieut.. Governor Gray was telegraphed for
this morning, and will arrive tonight TO
assume the duties of governor.