River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-10-05
GENERAL NOTES.

GOULD is said to have gobbled the asso-
ciated press with view to more thorough
ly identifying it with his telegraph sys-
TEN.
Mr.. HUNT won the Grand Forks walk
ing match, with the pleasant reward of
81 900 for his twenty-seven hours work.
IT is stated that a lease of the Iowa
Central road is desired by the Northw west
ern, the Wabash. and the St. Paul, and
that negotiations to that end are in active
progress.
The farmers of Kansas have completed
their blowing for winter wheat, and much
ground has already been sowed, Corn in
that state is beyond any possible danger
from frost.
GENERAL RossSR is at the head of a
project 10 build railway from Winnie
peg 10 Hudson Bay. by which the grain
of the northwest will find Its way to Liv-
erpool, and Hamilton Jukes will coon
take out party of surveyors.
THOMAS FORTUNE. an engineer on the
Kansas Central road, while on a curve in
the woods at low speed, discovered a
toddling child on the track. After re-
versing the engine and opening the sand
box he leaped out upon the pilot and
grabbed the little fellow by the clothes.
The locomotive engineers of the Gould
railway demand payment on the per diem
basis instead of mileage. If his is net
granted they say they will strike, and all
the engineers west of the Mississippi, ex-
cept those on the Wabash road, will Join
them.
THE republican ticket OF New York
complete, is as follows: For governor
Charles j. Folger, for Lieutenant governor,
b. Plat Carpenter; for congressman, at
large, A. P. Hepburn; for judge of the
court Of appeals, Judge Charles Andrews.
THE threatened war of railroad rates in
the northwest will not break out very
soon. The Milwaukee & st. Paul railway
has been admitted to the Iowa road on
equal terms with the three other roads.
THE New York democratic ticket com
plete is as follows: For governor. Grover
Cleveland, mayor of Buffalo; lieutenant
governor, David b. Hill, mayor of Ell
mira; congressman-at-large, Gen. Henry
w. Slocum; judge of the court of appeal,
VIM. G. Ruger. Thomas M. Patterson
was elected chairman of the state central
committee.
THE Unitarian conference at Saratoga
voted to raise $50, 900 annually during the
next two years for the American Unitsr-
ian association. Rev. j. l.. Jones, of the
committee on endowment of the proposed
Wade Theological school at Cleveland,
stated that Mr.. Wade had pledged him
self, when the committee secured $780,
600, to add S350,0OO, and if they would
raise $4,000 more he could add an
equal sum, making the total 100000.
AN attempt is being made by Messrs.
Charles L. Wright & Co., ship brokers, to
establish an American steamship line with
a new kind of vessel planned and patented
by Captain Sundborg, lately of the Swed-
ish navy. The steamers viii ply between
New York and the European ports, and
will be controlled entirely by American
capital. According 10 the plans as set
forth in the prospectus the new steamers
will have displacement of 1000 tons,
length of $50 feet. They are to have four
decks, two of which will be for saloon
passengers. Each steamer is to be moved
by two propellers, worked by two COM
pound engines of 1900 horse power each.
Capt. Sundborg claims that he will be
able to obtain speed of at least twenty
miles an hour, and more in good weather
The time for quick passages to Europe
will he five dayg