River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-03-31
GENERAL NOTES.


have passed the bill authorizing Chicago
10 increase the tax for public library
purposes one-half a mill for the next Two
years
The czarowitch ascends the throne as
Alexander III.
The net profits of the Detroit house of
correction for the year were 1000.
THE weavers' and spinners' unions of
Fall River, Mass, will pay the men on
strike So per week.
THE Penns ylyania house of representa- :
tives rejected the proposition to move the
state capital from Harrisburg to Phila-
delphia.
A SPECIAL from Port Washington, Wis,
to the Republican and Meas, states that the
pier and warehouse at that place was car
ried away during the recent storm.
The democrats of Rhode Island have
nominated Horace NJ. Kimball for gov
ernor and w. L. Segar for lieutenant gov
ernor.
The first overland train by the Southern
Pacific route left San Francisco on the
18th inst The cars composing the train
are all new and of the finest construction.
A LAND slip of about 10000 tons of
earth, near Folkstone, England, has inter
rupted traffic on the southeastern rail-
road, to Dover. The interruption will
probably continue several days.
THE chief engineer of the Mexican gov
eminent. having surveyed the Tehuante-
pee route, reports Captain Eads' project
entirely practicable.
The emigration movement has already
begun Over four hundred emigrants
from the counties Of Huron and Bruce,
Canada, went through St. Paul recently.
bound for western Minnesota and Dakota.
CHICAGO is to have two fast trains to
connect with the new Pacific route at
Kansas City. The first will be put on at
once by the Burlington and Hannibal
roads; the second will commence on April
3, under the auspices of the Alton and
! Wabash.
AT Charleston, ILL.,, band of masked
men took out several supposed thieves
and use-burners, who have infested the
place. and committed numerous crimes
lately, strung them up and whipped them
as warning More vigorous measures
are to be used if thew do not leave.
STEINER MoREY, a boy sixteen years old,
from Talbot, Ind, took strychnine, at
Paxon, H., intending to kill himself
His condition was discovered, and physl-
clans think they can save his life. He
says he was driven from home by the cruel
treatment of relatives, and could find no
employment.
TIE Mexican Southern Railroad COM
pa has been organized in New York.
U. S. Grant was chosen president, q. NJ.
Dodge vice president, and Russell Sage
treasurer. A resolution was adopted re-
questing General Grant to proceed TO
Mexico to represent the interests of the
company, and he will start at once. Ex-
President Diaz, General Mejiah, and ex-
Minister Romero are interested in the
project.
LAST Thursday afternoon Theodore
Kelly's child, two years and one-han old,
disappeared from Race, near Seventh street,
Cincinnati, Ohio, and has not been heard
from. The children report seeing wo-
man pick him up and carry him across an
alley. The parents fear that he has been
abducted by Gypsies.
THE Northern Pacific railroad has re-
Gently issued $24, 100000 of new stock
which for wears has been a residue of com
mon stock held in the company's treasury.
To have issued this stock before would
have destroyed the supremacy of preferred
stock, so il has been held back until the
demand of the proprietors has become i'm
peratlVe. FROM oOU TO OOu persons are en-
titled to receive it. and ii is pretty well
distributed among them. When the news
reached Wall street the excitement was
great. The effect of this issue was not
only felt on the market but on the position
Of the Willard pool, and was subject To
much discussion. An active member of
this pool denies that it had ever been
claimed that the pool had secured the
greater part of the eompany's stock. lie
declared it only held larger amount than
was held by any one or conld be secured
bv any one. The amount held by the
Willard syndicate is block Of s25, 100000
of the $73, 100000 of stock, which was Sc
cured IS for common and SO TO- preferred,
But since the announcement of their IN
vestment, prices have ranged at about %
for common and % for preferred. The
Willard pool represents the Oregon Steam
chin In