River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-06-09
IN A MT SHELL.


Bob Ingersoll has made $4,000 during
the past three months, lecturing against
the Bible. Hundreds of clergymen
have not made 5000 during the same
period preaching for the Bible.
Naples has lost its most noted beg
gar. He haab. been married thirteen
times. and the humber OF his children
is said to have been 123, nov all living
except two.
Nile. Grevy is to marry Mr.. Bounat,
an artist with whom she is said to have
fallen in love while he was taking pas
portrait. She is not very young, but
nice, sensible person.
Boston takes hold of the project Of
worlds fair with an enthusiasm which
is in striking contrast with New 9ork's
apathy. The date tacitly agreed upon
is 1885, and there seems to be little rea-
son to doubt that the fair will be held.
A beautiful maid in Carlisle
On the back of her neck had bisle
When herlover forgot,
And Rugged the sore spot,
Her screams could be heard for a misle
-Brooiiga Argus.
Paul Boyton's bride, if she takes an
ocean in her head, beside wanting
watered silk dress, should have high
tide shoes and water waves ia her hair,
and be thankful she hasn't a creek IN
her back.
A contemporary is responsible for the
statement that Miss Blood, Lord Colin
Campbell's bride is daughter of Vic
toria Woodruff, who thus becomes a
connection of "the Lornes" and Queen
Victoria.
''Mr. Conkling was once described by
ex-senator Gordon, who is personal
enemy, as man who always remind
ed him of the beginning of negro
preachers prayer down in Georgia:
ooh, all-sufficient, selfsufficient, IN
efficient Being"
At one of Forepaugh's menagerie ex-
hibitions in Chicago last week one of
the spectators burst into tears on be-
holding the zebra He turned out to
be an Australian ex-convict, and ex-
planned that the striped suit made him
feel homesick.
From Nice comes a rumor that Miss
Clara Louise Kellogg is really and truly
engaged to be married. The happy
gentleman is Mr.. Andrews. He is
about twenty-five years of age. And
lara is-well, she's rich, anyway.
At Cincinnati wedding lately the
orgaaist entertained the audience
waiting the bridal PAIR by series of
voluntaries, the last OF which unluckily
was, "Trust her not, she is fooling
thee" at which he was hard at work rs
the bridal procession walked up the
aisle.
Mr.. William VI. Peters, who has co.
600 peach trees in Worcester county,
Md, contradicts the stories of other
growers that the peach crop on the
Peninsula has been blighted. His
peaches, he says, include ten varieties,
and all alike are in excellent condition.
Henry Thornton, who was arrested
in Sandy Hill, N Y, for horse stealing,
was discharged from a five years term,
and says he has no home but the state
prison. He says he has served forty
one years Of sentences in the three pen
itentiaries of the state, proving one of
the most tractable of convicts.
Rev. DIR. James Freeman Clarke. of
Boston, says: ''I discredit the extrav-
agant statements which give intemper-
ance as the root of all crime in this
country, and maintain that there is a
steady growth of temperate habits
among the people as compared with
the customs of a few generations ago"
The young man who pleads poverty
and a meagre salary as an excuse for
refraining from marriage, will do well
to remember the pluck of Thomas A.
Scott and Charles A. Dana The for
mer embarked upon the matrimonial
sea with a salary of fifty dollars per
month, and the latter with salary of
five dollars per week.
Home Teachings-I must tell you of
conversation overheard on the beach
at Treport between two children who
were playing in the sand together. The
small boy said to the little girl "Do
you wish to be my wife?" The little
girl, after reflection: eyes" The small
boy: 'Then take off my bootsw
Within the last decade seven Of the
great public men whose fame filled
have died-Napoleon Ill, Mazzini,
Theirs. Victor Emanuel, Plus IN, Al
exander H., and Beaconsfeld. Gort-
schakof, Bismarck. and Gladstone are
still in harness, bnt their age will
scarcely carry them to 1890
A London writer SAYS: II tasted
quite lately some of the first oranges
that reached London from the south
ern states of America. They are dis
tinctly superior to those from Spain
and Portugal" 1t seems probable that
81 remunerative branch of commerce
will be established between England
and Florida.
Chairmen of railroad companies in
England do not indulge in sumptuous
private cars at the shareholders ex
pense. Special cars are provided for
the queen Whose journeys are esti-
mated at $4,000 a year,, and Lord
Londonderry and the Duke of Suther-
land have private cars, but they pay
for them.
Judge Black denies with Indignation
that he has took sides one way or the
other in regard to Stanley Matthews
confirmation. Hesays he has relations
with that gentleman and his wife are
SO friendly that he is panied that an I'M
founded newspaper rumor should have |
risked the interruption of their pleas
ant feelings toward each other.
In the Royal theatre at Munich bou-
quet throwing, wreath and harp giving, |
and other similar tributes are to be pro-
hibited in the future, except upon rare |
and special occasions, such as the re- |
appearance Of an actor after long i'll |
ness or absence, or the occurrence of
his benefit night or anniversary COM |
memorations. Other theatres are adj
vised to do likewise.
The workmen in digging for the foun-
dation of new depot in Merriden |
Conn, have uncovered section of the
original railroad track which was laid |
in Meriden some forty years ago. 1t
consists of thin strip of iron spiked
on heavy timbers laid on ties much !,
further apart than those now in use, |
and is a curious relic of early railroad |
building.
A singular advertisement appears In |
a Cincinnati paper, urging some I'M
named person who took "a pair of
pants and contents from a certain |
house to return them at once. What |
the contents of these garments were Is |
not stated, but judging by the agonized |
bowels of the advertiser and suppos- |
able owner one would conclude that |
his legs were in them.
The Kingston Freeman says Since |
the bounty has been taken from foxes, |