River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-06
Passing Events.

An old operator thus tells how cable
messages are received 81 don't sup
pose you know how the messages are
received over the cables? No2 Well it
il altogether different from this tick,
tick, tick. The operators there sit in
dark rooms. The messages come as lit
tie electric sparks; the letters are known
by the length of the fash These men
90 blind at the end of fifteen years, and
are pensioned in England, but nothing
is done for them here. They are not
even paid any better than we are"
DIR. Jorrissen, Attorney. General of the
Transvall, will. says the London Times,
during his residence in London, en-
deavor Ito cement the friendly relations
existing between her majesty's Govern
ment and the Transvaal Government"
Dr. Jorrissen will have to find the frag-
ments of those friendly relations" first
and that will take some time. A good
deal of cement too, will be required to
patch the pieces together when dis
covered, and even then it is doubtful
whether the friendly relations will ever
hold water, much less the oil of yitrol
which the Transvaal leaders seem still
determined to throw upon them.
The emperor of Austria has been maxi
ing a ceremonial progress through his
dominions He went through some
strange experiences at Gratz. He drank
without wincing the Syrian wine, which
most people compare to vinegar, and ae-
Quilted himself well over the beer Of
the great brewery. But the liquid called
guiyasdh, the imitation champagne of
Kleindschegg, ami the compound mis-
called chocolate by certain klOcal manu-
facturers, were difficult of digestion,
though they were nothing in compare
son with the mineral water which his
imperial majesty swallowed, brayely de-
claring 10 the proprietors of the various
springs that he thought the flavor ex-
qu site.
When western mine "peters OUT
the effect upon the accompanying town,
built with inflated hopes perhaps OF
some future prosperity, is very distress
ing. The town of Lewis, New, is a case
in point. Nine out of every ten of the
houses are vacant. Neat little cottages,
which tell with mournful eloquence OF
the hopes of their builders, are now de-
serted, there being no one to occupy
them and no one to give what the nails
in them cost for the whole outfit. Only
about half dozen men are at work in
the entire camp, the rest having all
gone. Stores are deserted. One contains
a notice: "No license. No sales" An
other, from whiclffa dollars worth has
not been sold for months, proclaims that
''Terms cash" prevails there.
Five weeks ago, says correspondent
of the st. Louis Globe Democrat. not a
house that could have been intended
for business or a city residence was 20
be seen on the present town site Of
Walnut City, Mo. There were only
three farm houses in the $50 acres in
Guided in the towns area. The cult
waited fields were IN corn and the balance
was used for pasture land. day
there are fifty-fiVe business houses and
about fifty residences built and in course
of construction The St. Louis, Fort
Scott and Chicago abroad has been
graded from Hume. on the Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Gulf Road, to the place,
and will be extended further. A brick
bank building is in course of erection,
and banking association, with cap
itat of $25 900 has been organized. Ex-
cayations have been commenced for
water WORKS. ne ufbC lou III Tie Town
was sold July 5, and the sales to date ag-
eregate over 100000. A newspaper is
published, and another will be started
in September. There is an abundance
of coal in the town, of the best quality,
from three feet to forty inches
thick.
The Rev. F. S. Smith, ID. D., of New
ton Denter, Mass, author OF my Coun-
try. IT'S of Thee" has found it neces-
sary to write a denial of a printed story
that he was sending out autograph cop
les of the HYMN for compensation. He
thus explains it: "a kind Providence
has placed me above need, and even if
it were otherwise | should scorn to be
selling my autograph. The fact is this:
A Young grandson of IL years, having
obtained child's printing press. asked
ne to put my name to few copies of
he hymn if he should print them. 1t
was for his sole benefit. not mine, and
repudiate all connection with the affair.
| consented to crafty him, and he has
probably sent out an notice which has
unhappily involved my name with this
affair. / am ashamed of the boy, and
utterly refuse to have anything to do
with il"