River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-11-09
TELEGRAPH TICKS.
Important and Interesting Items
from the Wires During the Week.
WASHINGTON

THE taking of testimony in the Soteldo
murder case at Washington began Mon
day.
TIE First N ational Bank of Hoopers-
ton. ILL.,, has been authorized to begin bus
mess, with a capital OF 10000.
SECRETARY FoLGRR has issued an order
directing that hereafter heads of bureaus
will not make public substance of their
reports until after they have been submit
| ted to congress by the president and Sec
| rotary.
THE effect of decision of the interior
| department is to throw open to home
| stead pre-emption valuable mineral and
| timber land originally included in grants
to railroad companies in the peninsula OF
Michigan.
BELvA LOCKWOOD was to be called into
| court 10 explain how she came to swear
| she had $12 600 worth of property unem-
numbered. when District Attorney Cork
| hill says that since she was qualified in
| that amount he has found out that her
| property only assessed $l3. 900 and ID
mortgaged for $4,000.
GEN. BRADY's ill luck does not come
| singIy, according to gossip. 1t il said that
| in addition TO his troubles resulting from
the pending trial and disagreementsof a
serious nature jim the Office of his Wash
| ington newspaper, his Canadian invest
ment threatens financial embarrassment
| of grave nature.
THE deaths in the District of Columbia
| during the year were 4751, an excess over
| the total last year of 435, or at the rate
of l "a per thousand of The population
| OF the deaths 1858 were white and 22lS
colored, showing an annual death rate oil
| 1891 per 1000 per annum for the white
| 34.53 for the colored and 21.2$ for the
total population.
! In the last two days $15 100000 of 81
per cent. bonds have been received at the
| treasury to be exchanged into 3 per
cents. II is thought that the total amount
of extended SIS exchanged for 3's will
reach $500, 900, 900, leaving but about $780,.
100000 of exchanged SIS outstanding.
The report of the Surgeon-General of
| the Army shows that amosg white troop S
| the total number of cases of all kinds
| taken on the sick list the past year was
| 81, $50. being at the rate of / $4,000 per
1000 of mean strength. Among colored
troops 4099, or l 100000 per 1000 OF
mean strength. There were 21S deaths
among white troops, % among colored and
8 among Indian troops.
| COMMISSIONER LoRING. of the agrieul-
| tural bureau, offered $4,000 in prizes for
essays upon various branches of husband
ry, desiging to pay the prizes from the
appropriation for experiments in best
sugar and sorghum culture; but Comp
troller Lawrence. of the treasury de-
partment, has warned the commissioner
that the intended diversion OF money
without the authority of congress would
be illegal.
| T, b. NEEDLES went to Washington to
secure financial aid for the eighteenth Ill
| inois congressional district in their strug-
gle with William r. Morrison. A pre-
vions appeal to Long Jones drew from
him statement that his committee had
collected only $1,000 from country post
masters and that Chicago merchants h ad
refused to contribute a cent. Hubbell's
committee recited how Virginia was call
ing loudly for $25, 900; $4,000 had gone
to North Carolina, and $1,000 had been
given to Speaker Keifer for use in Ohio.
| Mr.. Needles then solicited contributions
from Illinois men in the departments, but
was met by refusal in nearly every case,
and went home disguised.