River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-03-10
IN A NUTSHELL.

a dangerous JOkeT--r un-ulng Dill.
February went out like roaring lion
Mentor is like an eagles nest deserted
Boston has large exhibition of bird
under way, to continue nine days.
The net earnings of the Oneida com
munlty last year were trihe owe
$97, 900.
The Russian emperor's new wife i
said to be remarkable for neither brain
nor tact-but nevertheless her powe
over her husband is absolute.
Archbishop Cazeau, of Quebec. i
dead. He greatly distinguished him
self in the Irish famine of 1917 by al,
to immigrants and the protection of or
phans.
While in Chicago Keene led Salvin
in receipts for performances. Keen,
had packed houses, while Salvini, larg,
as he is, had room to spare.
The Richland Volunteer Rife com
pany has withdrawn its acceptance o
the invitation to appear liz the inaugu
| raj procession March 4.
Old winter seems bound to linger il
the lap of spring. He always was in
clined that way.
Governor Matt Head and staff, OF New
Hampshire, will take part in the inau
guration ceremonies at Washington.
The centre of population, which wa.
forty-eight miles north of east from Gin
cinnati in 1870, will be within five miles
of the city now, Gen. Walker thinks.
An appeal is made in England on be-
half of the nephew of Dr. Jenner, Of
vaccination fame. He is the corpus or
which his uncle used to try expert
ments.
All the physicians of Hoosick Falls
n. \. have agreed to respond to no
calls from families who have unpaid
bills more than three months old.
The largest 'grouper" ever caught
on the coast of South Carolina is on ex.
hibition in Charleston 1t is about six
feet long and weighs $50 pounds.
Whether the illustrious Sir Knight
A. I. Goshorn can stand up under all
his hOnors is not known The last re-
ceived is decoration from the emper
or Of Japan.
Impressed with the importance Of
the occasion, the Inauguration bal
committee issued cards of invitation
six inches wide and nine inches long
They will not go comfortably into q
vest pocket.
1t is only the morning journals O.
New York that speak of each other a:
"our esteemed contemporary" The
twilight illuminators put it, "oul
wheezy contemporary"
The game of seven-up at saloon
near Bacon Springs, New Mexico, was
effectually settled when the last of the
four players expired, each having beer
shot several times.
In 1881 the manuscript of Guy Man
nering," the only one Of Sir Walter
SCOTS novels whose manuscript exists
clean and complete, was sold for $107
at a London sale in January it was SOLD
to an American for 81 $50.
at would save deal of trouble and
endless mistake" says The London
World, eff men had their names en-
blazoned on their shirt fronts, and
ladies theirs embroidered on the bo
SONS of their dresses"
The Nevada state prison has twelve
cooks among its 151 convicts, which
The Tirginid City Chronicle calls "a sac
verification of the old saying that "'tht
Lord sends victuals, but the devil send:
cooks"
The Texas legislature at its last ses
sion passed a bill requiring railway
trains to stop certain time when cross
ing the sacred boundary line of the
state. Now bill has been introduced
to repeal this act.
In the Connecticut legislature a ia
vorable report has been made upon the
resolution to appoint commission tt
report estimates to the next legislature
for statue of Ex-Governor Bucking
ham.
Dr. Charles B. Stewart is the only
survivor OF the fifty-eight men who
framed the Texan declaration of indie
pendence.
Ida Lewis has rescued two perform
ers in brass band from drowning
But she should not be rashly censured
Her impulsiveness prevents her maxim,
particular inquiries about drowning
mans occupation.
The last piece of rustic laziness en-
countered by out-of town correspond
| ents is that of the man who, bein.
asked what allied his eye, answered
Nothin'; shut it coz | can see wei
enough with one. Sometimes | shu
one, sometimes t'other."
Mtesa, the savage King of Ugunda
has sacrificed 200 human beings on tn,
graves of his ancestors and given COLI
shoulder to the missionaries, who az,
of no use, he thinks, unless they vii
furnish him with arms and ammunition
A man who has gone crazy over tn
organization of Garfield's cabinet j
reported in Washington. The name o
the newspaper which employed him il
not reported A good many other lu
natics are still discussing the subject
and are allowed to so at large.
Ottawa, the Dominion capital, is i'm
itating Mrs. Hayes example ON tn,
wine question, in the absence of Prin
cess Louise Lady Tilley, wife of The
finance minister, has had a reception
without wine, and her example is to be
followed at the grand ball the wives o
two other cabinet ministers intend Civ.
ing toward the close of parliament.
John Thackeray, of Good View, Ga.
kept $50, 900 securely invested for twelve
years, and lived on the interest He
made no effort to add to the principal
and had morbid desire never to les
sen it. Lately he was compelled tt
draw out $1,000, and this threw hin
into deep dependency. He could be
happy with $4,000, but not with $50.
600, and so he committed suicide.
The floods which turned New Orlean!
into an impromptu Venice threw 10,
600 people upon public charity, tC
whom help was carried in skiffs guided
clong the streets. Every known make
of water craft was brought into requi
sition, from wash-tubs to collins, and
kitchen tables inverted, with chail
for a seat, were quite aristocratic.
Horrible HydrOphObia.