River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-06-14
Press GIeanIngs.

A st. Louis newspaper gives Ilst OF
fifty-one gambling hells in the city, with
streets and numbers. names of proprie-
tors, and biographical accounts of them,
and description of character of custom
ers; and adds that there are lot of
''private games" besides.
There is a craze for cotton manufact-
uring in South Carolina, and numerous
schemes are on foot for the erection of
mills. A late number of The Christian
Courier gave the details concer nlng four
such enterprises, for which efforts are
being made to obtain the requisite capl-
tai.
The rapid growth Of truck farming"
and fruit growing at the South, and the
rapid transportation of these and other
products to the North leads the ST.
Louis Globe to exclaim that there is
day coming when the means of living In
this country will he far better and
cheaper than man has ever seen or
dreamed of since he was elected from
the garden of Eden"
The largest consignment of opium
ever brought to San Francisco reached
that port on the 10Th inst. by the City of
and the duty on it was $l23 900. The
same steamer brought another consign-
ment of 3,229 pounds, and 5000 pounds
had arrived two days before on the City
of New York. This extraordinary i'm
portation is due to the fact that after
July | the duty will be $40 pound in
stead of So.
A railway is to be constructed to the
r. Ar
way, N. II. Mount Kearsage is very
steep and hard to climb, on horseback
or on foot, as many summer tourist
has ascertained. tits too steep at one part
of the ascent for raj lroading-even for
cog wheel railroading-and the project
ed road is to be like an ordinary trac-
ton railroad, except in two particulars.
1t will be but two feet wide, and will
wind around and arc md the mountain,
making a total journey of nearly fifteen
miles and gradual rise in this spiral
ascent.
A report on st. .'aurs Cathedral, just
issued in London, shows that its annual
revenue is E25, 000 OF this sum $4,000 is
paid to the Dean, $1,000 each to the
three residentiary canons, and another
91uoO, forming the income of a fourth
canonry, is divided between the arch
deacons of London and Middlesex. The
minor canons receive in the aggregate
from this revenue G260o, the choir G760,
the organist e600 and the vergers and
other officers nearly &llO00. The main
tenance of worship in the cathedral, In
dependent ofthese stipends, costs G2200.
Under the head of fabric and fittings"
Of fhnnSun
pounds is accounted for, and the man
agement costs upwards of another thous-
and pounds.
DIR. w. A. Conn of McGaneysviIle, Va,
is the possessor ola sword once worn by
Lafayette. The monogram of Lafayette
is plainly visible under the hit, but UNI
fortunately the sword was hidden away
during the late war, and when DIR. Conn
tried to draw 1t from its scabbard, it was
rrsted so badly that it was necessary to
Mace it in wise to get it out. The pres
sure of the wise obliterated the mono
gram. and part ofthe Latin inscription,
which was, "The virtue of the sword is
in the bravery of man." Part of that
can still be deciphered. The hilt is
wrapped with silver wire, and the guard
is of solid silver. DR.. Conn wished to
send 1t to 0rkton 10 Lafayette s ueScen-
dants, but could find no trustworthy
person from his neighborhood to take
charge of it,and would not trust it to any
of the railroads.
A singular story is told or one of the
passengers on the Granite State, which
was burned in the Connecticut River on
the 18th inst. As the boat swung away
from the dock he appeared upon the
upper deck and without hesitation
jumped into the water. He was at once
lifted into row-boat and landed on the
dock uniniured, when to the amazement
of his rescuers, he Immediately sprang
into the river again. swan stoutly down
stream for some distance and reaching
shoal water walked ashore. In explain
alton of this strange performance he
afterward said that he was practically
out of his mind. Seeing on the dock
several bales of cotton, he associated
them with the steamers freight, and
supposing that he was still aboard the
burning vessel he plunged into the river
and swan for the shore.