River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-04-28
GENERAL NOTES

miles of rail, reports gross earnings for
March OF S1,643,000,
| THE missing skip David Stewart, ninety
six day out from Rio de Janeiro, has ar
rived in New York.
DURING the past week II, Az immigrants
| have reached New York, of which the
City of Berlin brought ,407.
Mrs. MUTT Of Camden, Ark, in an in
sane fit, threw her five children into a
well, where they persisted.
POSTMASTER TYLER, of Baltimore, is to
lose his position on account of his treat
ment of Miss Murray, who recovered
| 5000 damages for his insult.
THERE is deep Indignation at Atlanta,
Ga. over the COLLAPSE of the Citizens
bank. The state has $l03, 009 on deposit,
the city $35. 900, and the state railroads
$4,000.
Tue butter-dealers of Washington mar
ket, New York, have resolved not 10 deal
in oleomargarine, and the clerk was in
structed to suspend any dealer selling the
article.
THE Texans are wild with enthusiasm
over the advent of party of Chicago cap
italists, representing S50.000,000, who
have broken ground at Dallas for the Chi
cago, Texas and Mexican Central rail-
road.
GEN. GRANT and Senior Romero have ar
/ rived at the Mexican Capital Romero is
in bad odor with President Gonzales, and
the movements of Gen. Grant are viewed
with great suspicion by the Mexicans.
THOMAS DE JEANETTE, who shot his sis
ter on the Sth of August last, was acquit-
ted or the charge of murder at Danvlile,
Va. He was convicted at the first trial.
He shot his sister a house of ill-fame,
that he might, as he said, save the honor
of his family.
THE mother of Tom Hughes, now So
| years of age, will soon come over from
England with all her household goods,
and will spend her last days with the
colony planted by her son in Tennessee.
A coLoRRD bishop, Daniel A. Payne, as
sisted by a negro professor from the West
Indies, conducted services in The N ain
Street Methodist church at Danville Va,
whose congregation Is the largest and
most influential in Virginia.
| THE interior department Of the Cana
dian government Is flooded with applica-
| tions from European capitalists for large
tracts of land in Manitoba and the north
ern territories. No less than three hun
/ dred thousand acres were last week leased
/ for grazing purposes.
The street-car conductors and drivers Of
( AlIlA tllildll dilAi ANCN pun dAS bl Il otiihNs
! and street-car travel in both cities il prac-
| tically suspended. The companies say
| they will not yield to the demands of these
4 men. as they can find plenty Of men to
| fill their places.
/ JAMES REYNOLDS, a policeman Of AL
| banv, n Y, and his two brothers We're set
/ upon by crowd of roughs at Albany, \.
/ Y They defended themselves bravely,
! and in the melee Michael Quinn, thug,
was shot dead, and John Mackey and one
/ Stapleton were fatally wounded John
! Reynolds was dangerously wounded by
a pistol-ball.
THE exodus committee in Kansas has
/ distributed over one hundred thousand
negroes and turned ten thousand into
other states. Southern commercial CEN
tiers tender unlimited means to check the
movement westward, but the colored peo-
| pie can not be retained.
! WITHIN two hours after eating freely Of
! pork which had been lightly cooked. Frank
Knize of Allegheny City, grew violently
| i'll, and physiciun found seventeen wig
| glers in piece Of his flesh. He Is i'm
proving rapidly, under medical treat
ment.
IN the election OF sachems for the en-
suing year, in the New York Tamany
| Society, John KelIy's candidates received
/ mdlOrItlSS Oh from ~ 10 o. 1hIo Will
| enable the "Boss' to maintain his ascend
| ancy in Tamany Hall for this year at
| least
THE State census of Mississippi, which
was taken simultaneously with the Federal
census, shows nearly the same population.
| The total number Of voters in the state is
240 720, divided as follows: whites,
| Il0113; colored, 1870 607.
] ~.-,,- lx..o I.,on.o Loe b,glyaV ont
| il a disease of the fetlock, and poisons the
! blood When the disease spreads to the
/ BODY of the animal there is danger of
| fatal result Owners of horses will do
| well to have their animals under watchful
care.
BEFORE signing the death warrant of
Stearns n Abbott, for Strengthening Mrs.
| Crue, Governor Long, of Massachusetts,
spent three hours in the cell OF the ac-
| cused, endeavoling to reach the truth
about the crime. Now, while the scafiold
| is being erected at East Cambridge, the
noise of the saws and hammers is drowned
by the scolding of Wendell Phillips, who
/ greatly fears that the commonwealth Is
| about to commit murder.
| GEORGE NJ PULLMAN took out from
] Chicago to the magic city which bears his
/ name two carloads of influential citizens.
to witness the starting of the Corliss en-
| CINE, of twenty-five hundred horsepower,
which came from the centennial exposi-
/ ton and is now doing service in his mann
moth car works. Visitors to the centen-
NAL will remember this huge piece Of ma
chinery that furnished the motive power
/ in the machinery department.
GEN. JosErH LANE died at his residence
at Roseburg, Oregon, on the goth inst, at
the age of 20. He was born in North Car
i olina on December "A, 1901, removed 10
| Indiana vile vet boy, commanded
regiment az colonel in the Mexican war,
| md was promoted 10 a brigadier and bre-
vet major general for gallantry at Baena
| Vista, was twice governor of Oregon ter
ritory, and United States senator in 1859
| and 1861 He was candidate for vice
president on the Breckenridge ticket in
! 1860
TUE annual renort OF the Chicago. Mil
waukee and St. Paul railroad has been IS
sued Total income for 1880, $l3, 0SB. 49,
81; gross expenses, 7,742, 425. IS Net
earnings, S5.343 $50 SO: increased earn
| ings over 1879, IS fg7S Dos so; increased
expenses over 1879. s. 26s, 630.72: net in
creased earnings, $sf4 SIS II. total value
/ of property, scr .9s0, III; balance of in
come account Dec. 81, 1886, .343. IS. 10.
amount uf common stock. 81 554, 22til;
amount Of preferred stock, 81 ,2s4 4sS;
mortgage bonds, including 50, GOO, 600 OF
pre-existIng mortgage debt on purchased