River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-04-08
GENERAL NOTES

AUlEAlGdh Il lou SulbuIC aooCSldtAOi SOh-
vened in New York city on the Both ult.
Miss LAvINA GoODELI., a well-known
lady lawyer of Wisconsin, died in Mil
waukee, March 31st, aged Al years.
IT was announced On the 31st ult, that
E. d. Morgan had given 100000 to the
Union Theological seminary of New
York city.
Col. ROBERT INGERsoLL was refused
a hall for lecture at Rockville, Canada,
on the Both ult.. on the ground that he
taught infidelity.
GEN. GRANT and party arrived at New
Orleans March 3lst, and were given a
grand reception.
THE democratic state convention of
Georgia, will meet at Atlanta on June
9th, pursuant to call issued on the 3lst
ult.
THE supreme court of Massachusetts
granted an order on the 29th ult., for the
arrest of Dion Boucicault in divorce
suit brought by his wife, Agnes Robert
son.
PAPERS in the courtmartial case Of
Major Reno, were received at the mill
tary headquarters at st. Paul, March
goth. The sentence of dismissal took
effect April 1st
THE strike at the Lancaster Bingham
mills at Clinton, Mass, ended April list,
by the operatives returning to work at
the terms offered by the corporation
March list, the day of the strike.
THE Nebraska democratic state com
mittee met on the LIST inst at Columbus,
and elected solid Tilden delegation to
the Cincinnati convention. The plat
form is hard money.
Elk CONGRESSMAN JOHN ID. LAWSON
was nominated by the governor to be
sup rintendent of the insurance depart
ment of New York, on the 1st inst.
THE Newcomb- Buchanan Company,
great distilers of fine whiskeys at
Louisville, KY, who suspended two
years ago, owing $1,500,000, and who re-
sumed by agreeing to pay their creditors
in full, with interest, completed payment
of Indebtedness as agreed, on the 3lst
ult., and the trustee has been released
from record of all trust deeds connected
with their suspension.
THE clearings of the Chicago banks
for the first quarter of 1880, ending March
31st, amount to a total of 1878, 305 ,234-
IS. For the corresponding quarter of
1879 the cleariDgs amounted to S244,-
202 49086. Difference in favor!of 1880,
1924 1922 43 80.
The receipts of cattle at the Union
Stock Yards in Chicago March 31st were
$500 head, being the largest days re-
ceipts in the history of Chicago's live
stock trade. The largest receipts on any
previous day were on April %, 1878.
when they mum oered 1916 head.
THE latest returns from San Francisco
show sweeping victory for the Citizens
Union, their ticket receiving $3.50 votes,
against 10,247 for the Workingmen. The
result may be accepted as evidence that
q great number of the workingmen have
tired of agitation and Kerneyism, and
are prepared to unite in an effort to re-
store confidence and forward business &C
tivities
A LETTER to the Mobile Register, from
Birmingham, Ala, says that, while work
men were digging a we'll near Rolling
Mills, on the goth ult., sudden current
of gas began to flow, and Immediately
thereafter petroleum started, and is flow
ing at the rate of ninety barrels day.
Great excitement prevails.
THE strike in ST. Johns Parish La,
continuing, Gen. Wiltze ordered bat
talon of military to the scene of distur
bance on the Both ult. 1t is stated the
strik RS, not content with stopping work
themselves have assumed the right to
interfere with others who were willing to
work and in many cases have seized and
whipped laborers who refused to obey
this command. The strikers in St. Char
les Parish ended by most of the labOrers
resuming work at the Old wages.
THE Kelly state committee of New
Work. pIct11 iccr1o6 q coll
the state convention, TO be held at SYRIA
cuse, April Goth, for the purpose of
choosing delegates to to Cincinnati con-
vention. The call invites ali democrats
and others who are opposed to pledged
delegation to the ensuing national con
vention, for the support of any one man,
but in favor of the nomination of an up.
right, acceptable candidate for the presi-
dency, who can unite the democratic
party of this state, and of the nation, to
meet and elect delegates TO the state con-
vention.
A DIXON, H., special of the 31st ult
says the Chicago & Northwestern rail-
way is putting engineers in the field to
survey its extensionJr ON Dixon to Rock |
ford, following Rock river nearly the
entire distanee-some forty miles. AT
Grand Detour it will cross Rock river, |
taking the west bank of the same This !
will be good news to the towns above, as |
it Will open up the lumber country north |
and the coal fields south, giving the COM
pany large traffic from the start. The I
track will cross the Chicago & Iowa at |
Oregon, and the Chicago Sc Pacific at |
Byron, where large manufacturing inter-
ests are already established The news |
was received with great satisfaction.
- l. II.
31st ult that Pirr. Forwood & Co, Trenor |
w. Park, Henry Hart and ohm Roach are
ready TO furnish the money to build line !
of eleven steamers of a speed not less |
than thirteen knots an hour, costing about |
So, O00. O00-three for the South Ameri- |
can trade, TO run to Valparaiso, south of |