River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-03-08
MISCELLANY.

One out of every l,6ll railroad EN-
ployes in the United States last year
was killed. Passengers fare better, With
! ratio OF one death to every 4, 4l9, 0OO
| who rode on the cars.
General John b. Gordon, of Georgia.
sees a rainbow arching the South from
the Potomac to the Rio Grande. Bust
ness is good, manufacturing establish
ments are being built, foundries are
making trip-hammer marks, and the
colored people are becoming accustomed
to new habits of industry.
Sergeant Ballatine returned to Eng
land with favorable Impressions Of this
| country. He found the climate delight
Sui, but the cuisine not SO good as that %
! London or Paris, though the steaks anc
| Joints are equal to anything in London.
! He thinks the courts o! England and
America equal in point OF ability.
When the rest of the coal in the world
gives ont China can supply the deficiency.
Immense tracts, both of anthracite ahd
btuminous coal, are reported to exist in
| that country, and it IS estimated thattho
| supply in a single province, that Of
| Shansi, would alone last the whole world
| for more than 1000 years
Singers" said Nine. Christine Nils
son 10 reporter who interviewed her
at the hotel yesterday, "reach their ma
turity between the ages of So aud AZ.
think Patti is Just perfect now. / heard
her sing in Cincinnati the other night
| 81 G is grand; she cannot improve; she
will only grow weaker after this. sing
ers may last until they are 90 without
breaking down, but seldom continue
beyond that point"
Kentucky girls are jewels, but not Of
the constancy CLINT, One had two low
ers between whom she could not de-
eide to her entire satisfaction. To settle
the doubt she eloped with one, but, be-
fore going far, Tepented and tele~
graphed for the other Fearing that
any delay might shift her unstable mind
he used steam car and electric wire III
her service, and reached the objective
point in time to marry her out OF hand.
Scientific men have for some time sus-
pected that parts Of Greenland are slow
ly but steadily sinking. Some recent
observations confirm this belief. Be-
tween latitude 60 degrees and 20 degrees
buildings have to he continually moved
inland or they get below the level of
the sea. On the other hand there are
evidences that the land is rising in Swe-
den and Norway. Buildings have to be
continually moved so as to bring them
down to the level of the sea.
In 1870 Georgia had thirty-four cot
ten manufactures; in 1880, forty, and in
1882 fiftv-three mills The hands EN-
ployed in 1870 were 2,S45; in 1880,
6349, and in 1882, 1880. an increass
Of nearly four hundred per cent. Capt.
tai has increased from SD ,433 go TO
nearly $1,000, 900, wages rom s6ll ,S6S TO
81 ,935, lS4, or three hundred per cent,
and products from S3,649,9l3 to some
thing like $4,000.
The improved sanitary condition of
Memphis, Tenn, is shown by the late
health report which states that during
the two years just passed the three
zymotic 4 seases-scarlct fever, measles
and diphtheria-- only q total Of
seventy four deaths in Memphis, which,
il is claimed, is less than that Of any city
of its size in the country, North on South.
This improved condition is attributes. 10
the new system OF sewer drainage
The Ohio Stale Meteorological Bureau
has under consideration novel plan
for displaying weather signals for the
benefit of the farmers between Columbus
and Cleveland. Large signals Of diff
ferent shapes and colors will be PLACED
on each side OF the baggage car Of the
passenger trains Of one OF the raiiwiys
leading TO Cleveland so that WHEN the
farmers understand the code Trey can
fortell the probable state Of the weather
for twenty-four or thirty-six hours.
Treasurer Gilfllin recently received
the following note inclosing a con
science contribution Oslo to the United
States Treasury: ESTIMATED amount
ofcustoms due on articles brought home
from Europe. If ! could have made
head or tail Of the tariff ! would have
paid the duty honestly at once and not
have suffered myself 10 be overulcd BY
the other members OF the party, and
not beguiled into paying the Custom
House Inspector instead Of the United
States.D
The sum Of $500 has been offered as
n premium by Mr.. Ellis Lever Of Eng
land, to anyone eitLcr in or ont OF the
United Kingdom who shall during the
present year invent portable electric
or other lamp (which working miners
can conveniently carry from place %
place in the mine, and which vii not,
under any circumstances whichever,
cause an explosion Of pas" Further
particulars can I've obtained BY addressing
Mr.. Thomas Burt, NJ r., president Of
Tia, mines, National Union, Newcastle
on-Tyne,