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

her stay. There are rumors OF herap
preaching marriage.
writer in the atlantic Monthly says
that "NIr. John Gilbert is the most ac-
complished actor of old mems parts on
the American stage"
General Hawley, of Connecticut, is
one of the least wealthy of the new
United States Senators. He hasn't
even one million, poor fellow He
will know better than to become
journalist next time.
All literary Americans of any prom
inence in Europe, have received invi-
tations to be present at the birthday
fete of Victor Hugo, on the 9th of
February.
General Grant opened Il fair for the
benefit of the Fourteenth Regiment,
Brooklyn, last evening, and later was
given reception by the Kings County
Republican Club.
Mr.. Merritt's Golden Rule says that
men viii live religiously as soon rs they
are made to believe that religion is the
best thing. This is charitable view
to take of Them.
Very eligible windows from which to
view the inaugural procession in Wash
ington command as high as $50 each.
Ii is now stated that Mr.. J. S. Brown
viii be private secretary TO President
Garfield, and Ny. G. Y. Rose executive
clerk.
Durango, the name OF the new rail
road town in the coal fields of southern
| Colorado, signifies in the Spanish Ian
guage, lasting"
Senator-elect Fair, of Nevada, is en-
route to Concord, \. H., to visit mis-
children a, school there and thence goes
to Washington.
1t i said that Senator Ingalls,, of
/ Kansas, writes the best poetry and is
| the nandsomest man of all the United
| States senators.
The Bernhardt will appear two even
| ings at ST. Joseph, Mo-, $1,000 cash
having been deposited with the man
asement to insure them against any
! loss.
The Rev. DIR. Storrs, of Brooklyn, is
about to give course of lectures ON
the divine origin of Christianity before
the Lowell Mass institute.
The Canadian ladies are striving 10
get 100000 signatures to their address
| to be presented TO Queen Victoria on
her birthday, and attesting their con-
tinued loyalty.
Tagloni, the famous ballet-dancer, is
living in London, giving lessons in
dancing, and has had the children of
the Prince of Wales as her pupils.
Fanny Ellsler is living in Austria.
Answer to "Civis :" The pronun-
citation of the name of Salvini, the
| great Italian tragedian, now in Chicago,
! is Sal-ve-nee. In Italian the letter is
almost invariably pronounced like e.
The New York Herald declares that
| Wilbur f. Story, of the Chicago Times,
west" You should have told him so
i fifty or hundred years ago before il
was too late.
John T. Raymond, the actor, who is
! divorced from his wife, known to the
play-bills as Marie Gordon, will marry
some time in April Miss Courtney
Barnes, member of his company,
who is n daughter of Rose Eytinge.
Lord William Pitt Lennox, a Scottish
nobeman, and brother of the Duke of
Richmond is dead. He was in his
S2d year.
Salvini, the famous Italian tragedian,
who begins an CT. -agement at McNick-
er's Theater, Chicago, ILL.,, evening, is
81 years old, having been born at Milan
on New Years Day, 1880,
King Kalakaua was the chief guest
at ball given at the Palace Hotel
San Francisco, the other evening. His
Majesty appeared in an ordinary black
dress suit, and opened the ball by dane
ing quadrille.
Miss Doble, young girl of 20, who
! has contributed sketches of New Yea
land scenery to the London Graphite,
was lately murdered by Il native while
on a solitary sketching excursion. The
murderer confessed his crime.
The Albany Evening Journal thinks
Clarence A. Seward, of New York city,
a nephew of the late William H. Sew
ard, will be nominated Justice of the
/ United States supreme court on the re-
/ tirem ent of Justice Ward Hunt.
NJ. Menier, of France and Nicarau-
| qua, the greatest merchant and manu-
| facturer Of chocolate in the world,
who represented the department of the
/ Seine and Marine in the French cham
Der Of deputies, died on the 18th inst.
/ Archbishop Laing, of Santa Fe, n.
/ NJ, is fortunate ecclesiastic. He
! owns gold mine, recently discovered,
/ which is mentioned as giving loo in
gold from two bucketfuls Of ore. A
nugget was found in it worth $1,000.
! Ex-Governor Seymour is spending his
| time this severe weather at the resi-
dence of his sister, Mrs Roscoe Conk-
| ling, in Utica, n. Y. He il convalescing
slowly, but will not be in
tcrviewed on any subject until he
fully RECEIVERS his health.
The friends of Mrs. Elizabeth Tread
well Weston, of Peterboro, n. H., on
Tuesday celebrated her 103d birthday.
She enjoys very good health, and is
daily about the house, converses and
tells stories of days gone by with the
| greatest interest.
| Mrs Prudence Larkin, Of Pease Eddy,
n. y, is drifting ont Of her 10th into
her l08th, as quick-eyed and us firm
stepped a she was fifty years ago. For
| forty five years she has placed q chair
! and plate at the table at every meal
| for her dead husband.
A cable dispatch from Edinburgh,
| Scotland, gives the details of great
meeting Of Highlanders to protest
| against the abolition Of the tartan"
The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Ed
| inburgh, and also the Scotch nobility,
have agreed to petition the queen to
| stop the change. The people through
cut Scotland are intensely excited over
the proposed change.
1t is reported that Baroness Burdett-
Coutts, who recently joined her name
aud fortune with that of Mr.. Ashmead
Bartlett, intends TO make a tour Of the
United States. A cousin OF Mr.. Bart
lett who resides in Jersey City, says
that the bridal couple will reach New
York in May, but the precise date is
not yet known.
Edward Strauss, the composer and
leader Of dance music, will visit this
country in June. He has made en-
gagements to lead concerts during the
summer months. He is the leader Of
the court balls in Vienna, aud is said to
be a far more spirited leader than
Johan Strauss who was here few Year,
ago.
When the war broke out General
X4Ts11,,.,, Of TtyEhav, No nsva1