River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-19
FOREIGN

jill. EMMETT, the comedian, broke hi
engagement at Liverpool and was placed il
lunatic asylum.
JNO. HEFFERMAN, a prominent Land
Lacquer of Cork, has been nabbed under
the coercion act.
The British residents in Transvaal are
doing their utmost to upset the recent set
Element with the Beers.
THREE farmers living near Roscommon
Ireland, have been arrested under the co
ercion act and taken to Galway.
THE Marquis OF Salisbury was unaIi
mously elected leader of the Conservative
in the British House of Lords.
A. & B. SCHROEDER, merchants, of Lon
don, have failed for 100000, because o1
the suspension of their Amsterdam house
BRADLAUGH again advanced to the bal
of the House of Commons to take the oath
as member of that body. but was again
excluded.
TIE car has issued manifesto to the
Russian people exhorting them to extir
pate rebellion, and assist in the mainten
snce of order.
FRENCH journals speak of the possible
dispositions of the Bey of Tunis and the
usurpation of his brother, who is favor
able to France.
GERMANY has, it is stated. suggested to
the other great powers cooperative to In
duce the Porte to promptly transfer con
eded territory to Greece.
UNDER the new French tariff American
machinery, which formerly paid from Is
to SO francs duty, will be admitted at
francs, the same as English machinery.
Miss FANNY PARNELL, sister of the
agitator, addressed the land league OF
Boston. Musice was furnished by select
chorus of two hundred and fifty voices.
A DUEL will doubtless be fought in
France between Lepere, formerly minister
of the interior, and Massol, vice president
of the council general of the department
of YOU'VE.
The marriage of the crown prince OF
Austria and Princess Stephanie, of Bel
GUM, was solemnized at the church of st.
Augustine, in Vienna, with the grandest
possible display.
THE English chaplain at !Tunis asks sub
scriptions for a memorial window in his
church to John Howard Payne, author OF
"Home. Sweet Home. (who is buried in
the Protestant cemetery there.
ST. HILAIR, Minister of Foreign Affairs
has issued 'yellow book on the Tunis-
Algerian imbroglio, defining the French
view of the matter. France is only doing
in Africa what England has done in India.
SEVERAL arrests were made in Ireland
under the coercion act. Among the vic
TINS were three men who had previously
been arrested for completely in the shoot
ing of the boy Farrell, in Dublin, but were
discharged from custody.
EXPERIMENTS over the cable between
Dover and Calais have demonstrated that
the Atlantic cables can be used for tele-
phonic purposes as easily as short land
wires. A patent for an electophone has
been taken out in Paris.
MAsPERo, the Egyptian explorer, has
opened some more of the Sakkara pyra-
mids, and claims to have discovered texts
which completely upset the Masonic theo-
kings of the fifth dynasty.
A DAUGHTER of Smith O'Brien has
caused profound sensation in London by
letter to The Pail Mall Gazette on ''The
Horrors of an Emigrant Ship" Her
statements are based on personal exam
ipation of vessel at Queenstown, which
has carried on one voyage 1,775 persons.
CARROLL the Italian Premier, in the
Chamber of Deputies, stated that the gov
eminent indorsed the Tunisian Consul,
and Italy's forces, especially her navy,
would be prepared to uphold the dignity
of the nation.
THE Bank of France hag hitherto issu-
ed no notes of less denomination than one
hundred francs, but has decided to put in
circulation some of fifty francs. and if re-
quested by the government, would emit
notes in the sums of twenty or OF fifteen
francs.
BRADLAUGH will consult meeting OF
his constituents before again presenting
himself at the bar of the British House Of
Commons to take the oath. The plaintiff
in the recent action for penalties against
Bradlaugh intends to press the execution
of the judgment with the object of bankrupt
ing him.
LUzATLI, an Italian delegate, was the