River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-05-31
GENERAL NEWS GOSSIP.

1t is said that specializing in oil caused
Col. Morrow's disgrace. Last fall he dis
counted his salary in advance to four or
five money brokers, buying oil at IS cents
ard dropping it at 45 cents, leaving him
high and dry. The Shylocks discovered
that they had been deceived, and instead o
taving him arrested they pooled their is
sues and came to an understanding with
him. The money had been advanced at
the rate CO per cent. month. The in
surers thought they could make more in
the end by )ntinuing their bills at this
rate.
The forty-ffth annual report of the sPres
byterian board of education showed tina
IL, 291 900 copies of books, tracts and peri
Odicals had been published during the year;
receipts from all sources during the year,
inclu ling $38, $50 balance, 1921, 124; expen-
ditures, 1852 442; aggregate receipts from
sales, $195, 420 Forty-nine colporteurs are
employed in sixty-four Presbyteries hold
ing 1,S40 prayer meetings, visiting So 651
families, distributing gratuitously 49, 324
volumes, and 1892, 800 pages of tracts; Or
ganized seventv-two Sunday schools in es-
titute places, and visited !, lip other schools
On the 18th inst, there as shipped from
Mankato, via the Winona & st. Peter
railroad, for the Dakota cattle company,
forty cars young cattle, and from New Ulm,
for the same company, sixt IN cars more
The cars will average about iorty-four head
each, or a total OF 2, 464 hes J, These cattle
were bought in lie Sueur, Nicolet, Waton-
wan, Brown, Blue Earth and Faribault
counties, and is pretty beav draw upon
the young stock. Further shipments are
to be made the latter part of this week.
At Independence Mo-, a gentleman
named Sawyer arrived from Washington
city, and has taken possession of all the
property of H. M. Vale, of star route noto-
ri y. The prope ~ consists OF a handsom g
SUI lrban residence that cost $50, 600, q
large number of blooded stock and extern
sive wine cellar. Whether Sawyer is &C :
ing as owner, or as agent is not known,
but the general opinion is that Vale is pre-
pairing for the worst.
The Lin dsay Land and Lumber company,
composed of Iowa and Indiana men, have
| been buying timber land in Arkansas fol
some time, and now own 100, 600 acres, one.
half OF which IS in Arkansas valley. They
propose to erect at Little Rock, shortly, one
of the most extensive saw mills in the south
west, which Will give employment to 20C
men. They estimate that they cut from
their land, 1 200, 100000 feet of lumber.
Fort Smelling at this season of the year is
found to be exceedingly pleasant, and large
numbers of st Paul and Minneapolis people
go out daily to watch the military pro
ceedinos and listen to the music of the band
Battalion lis are held upon Monday.
Wednesday s1d iday each week at $50
o'clock in the afternoon, and at O'Clock
upon Tuesday and Thursday the troops are
called up for dress parade.
A law of the late Arkansas legislature
prov des for cities of the second Class sur
rendering their charters and returning to
the body of the county. Helena has 6
heavy debt and the proposition to give up
the charter and thus obtain the time for
settlement was voted down, the people be-
lieving all creditors will except the so cents
compromise.
Forty-two million dollars th of I'M
ported goods were in bond May 1. A much
larger amount will be in bond June 1. On
this account custom receipts have fallen of.
After June /, when the new sugar schedule
goes into effect, goods will begin to come
out of bond and, custom receipts to in
crease.
The lady managers of Mt. Vernon have
just made the discovery that the stars and
stripes have never fioated over the historic
mansion since the death of its illustrious
occupant. IneSe ldQleS nave therefore
determined to have a formal raising of
the national colors at the close of their
session.
The reported baptism of Sitting Bull is
erroneous, There is no immediate prospect
OF such ceremony as far as | am aware of.
LS'gned. James Mclaughlin, Indian Agent.
1t is said the cheap lands in portions of
Virginia are beginning to attract attention.
Quite an infnx of immigration from the
Northern States has set in.
Richard X. Fox prepared wine luncheon
for 2, 900 invited guests on top of the Police
Gazette bulldog during the opening of the
Brooklyn bridge.
An assignment has been fled in New York
by Thaddeus Davids e. Co., ink manufac-
turers, with preferences amounting TO $345,-
O0O
The Presbyterian general assembly asks
President Arther to grant Alaska a civil
government, so the missionaries can go in.
Chihushan's latest news is that the APP
aches are still scattering, and Crook and the
Mexicaus are marching toward each other.
The Ohio board of agriculture are try
ing to find out ifthe rtcent snow storm in
iured the crops materially.
The Army of the Cumberland will hold
70 raF,psrr, Oof Ak or