River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-10-19

The Emperor of Austria, like the
President of France. does not believe
in capital punishment, and although
thirty-two criminals have been convict
ed of murder and sentenced to death
in her dominions this year, only one
has been sent to the scaffold.
Clark Mills, the sculptor, whose
home is in Washington, suffered a stroke
of paralysis few days ago, from
which it is feared he cannot recover.
His mind is seriously affected, his eye
sight nearly gone, and little control is
left of any faculty except mis- ability to
walk with assistance.
Miss Louis Flagg was married to Mr..
Charles Scribner recently, at the resi-
-cence of her parents, in Stamford,
Conn. Miss Flagg is is the daughter Of
the Rev. DIR. lard B. Flagg, formerly
of New York, and the bridegroom is a
member of Scribners' Sons, the New
York publishers.
II is said the Canadian Government
has been informed of an intended visit
of the Prince and Princess of Wales to
this country on the occasion of the all
nual meeting of the British Science AS
ISOLATION IL Montreal. In that event an
extended American tour will probably
be arranged.
Herbert Spencer visited the John
Hopkins University at Baltimore re-
Gently and was entertained by Presi-
dent Gilman and other members OF
the faculty. No formal reception was
given him on account of the delicate
state of his health.
Hon. John Hanna, one of the prom
inent lawyers and politicians in Ind,
ana, is fatally i'll at his home, fifteen
miles west of Indianapolis, and his de-
mise is hourly expected. He has beer
a leading lawyer for a long time, end
four years ago represented that district
In congress.
tits now SAID that Rev. DR.. S. H.
Tying, Jr., has not left the ministry,
but will be back in New York and
preaching the gospel to the poor when
the time shall have elapsed which his
physicians prescribed as the needed
period of rest.
The colossal statue ofbord Beacons-
field which is to be set up in Parliament
Square, London, this winter will repre-.
sent the deceased statesman at the peri
cd of his career when he returned tri-
umphant from the Congress at Berlin.
The Longfellow Memorial Associa-
ton, Of Boston, has issued circular
ito the children. of America inviting
10 cent subscriptions toward the full
fillment of plan Of the. association for
the erection of q memorial statue in
frout of the poets late residence.
Miss Ada Gray, handsome school
teacher, of Danville, N. Y, eloped the
other day with John Henderson, one of
her pupils. The couple went to Roches-
ter, and were married, just in time to
escape the clutches OF the school
rqarnl's irate father, who followed in
hot haste. 4.fsE.
A party comprising William HI. Van
derbilf, his two sons, William X. and
Fred W., and his uncle Jake" with
some special friends, has left New
York for Chicago, intending to spend
two weeks in an inspection Of the
roads controlled by the family, going
as far West as Denver or Salt Lake.
Mr.. Henry M. Stanley, the African
explorer, arrived at Lisbon recently in
excellent health. He had. he said, spene-
trated 800 miles beyond VivL and
established fifteen trading stations. At
first the natives were hostile, but soon
became so friendly that the men at the
trading stations now required no weap-
ons TO insure their safety. ~
Mrs. Huldah Sargent Robertson, the
Oldest person in Vermont, died on the
18th instant, at Bethel. Mrs. Robert
ION was born in Chester, N. H.. April
3Oth. 1879, and was the last survivor of
family of eleven children OF Abra,
ham aud Lydia Sargent, of Chester,
six Of whom lived to be over ninety,
and one besides herselfto be centena-
rian. f9 70. - iI
Jeff Davis went down to New Orleans
a few days ago to review the German
militia of that city, and a local paper
SAYS that ''his bearing was as lofty and
dignified in reviewing batillion of
militia as when he was looking down
upon the grand armies of the Confed-
eracy marching past with their glcri-
Gus array Of historic captains at their
head. 411 s*5 tsss9t'-
Garibaldi's hoe, which he used in his
garden at Capera, has just been given
by Vecchi to the Garibaldian museum,
soon to be opened at Rome. Its au-
thenticity is attested by letter from
Garibaldi, in which he saws that this
hoe Is testimony of his idea that iron
had better be used for getting some
thing useful out of the earth than IN
cutting throats.
DR.. Tresson, q Roman Ca holic, was
married in St. Louis to Miss Duncan,
a Presbyterian, and in order to satisfy
their religious scruples, two marriage
ceremonies were performed by their re-
spective pastors, This is not counten-
anced by the Roman Catholic official
journal Of the diocese, and it says that
the Doctor has made "a covenant with
hell and league with the devil, for
the sake ola Protestant wife.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
holds that ticket is not invalidated,
as 8 title to a ride, by having been pur-
chased from q person not an authorized
agent of the railroad; nor can theatre
manager legally refuse admission on a
ticket because it has passed through
the hands Of speculator. Stipulations
to the contrary, as printed on tickets,
are of no account.
The publishers of Lippincohs Maya
zine have been sued for libel by the
widow of Richard Realf, the poet, who
poisoned himself some four years ago
in California. The article complained
of was published in the magazine for
March, 1879, and was written by Prof.
Rossiter johnson, it deplored the mar