River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-09
Personal MENTION.

Senator ]. d. Cameron of Pennsylvania
has been under the treatment of Sir Henry
Thompson. a famous specialist surgeon OF
London, who has been remarkably success
full with his patient who bids fair to return
home with his health quite restored. Sir
Henry has laid an interdiction on cham
payne, however greatly to Mr.. Cameron's
disgust. Mr.. Cameron is said to have been
very successful at Ascot races as under the
advice of Hon. Tom Ochiltree lie won 81, 500
on one race.
Los Angeles Cali Evening Express of
recent date contains the announcement of
the election of Thomas J. Cuddy as chief of
police of that city. Mr.. Cuddy is st. Paul
boy who went to California few years ago.
For the past three years he has been cap.
tain of police of that city, and his promo
on is due to the fact that he is young
man of intelligence and many sterling
qualities to use the language of the Los
Angeles Express.
Ex-President Rutherford B. Hays of
Ohio, Howard Potter, Theodore W. Dwight
and Morris K. Jessup OF New York. Charles
+. Coffin of Richmond. Ind, and Fred.
Wines of Springfield, ILL.,, unite in call for
all corporate members OF the National pits
on association, and others interested in
prison reform, to meet in Saratoga on Sept.
7, to reorganize the association, and con-
slider such action either of business or tor
discussion, as may then be brought forward.
Montgomery Blair ranked eighteenth in
bis class at West Point. Among his class
were Gen. George W Merrill. Gen. John I'll.
Marhndale, Gen, George G. Meade. Gen.
Henry NJ. Nagley, Gen. Herman Haupt,
Cen. Marsena r. Patrick, and Gen. BeDia-
lin s. Roberts.
The representatives OF the Western Press
Association numbering about eighty per-
sons, arrived in st. Paul Thursday evening,
en- route to the Northern Pacific, and were
dined and wined. They came through
from Chicago in about eleven hours and
half.
Thomas Barbour ba lie adicu to Benedic-
ia Price at Liverpool twenty years ago
and came to America to seek his fortune.
He found it, and she arrived in Philadel-
phia this week on the steamer British
| Crown and found Thomas waiting to re-
ceive and marry her.
Johnny Heating, the famous light weight
pugulist is now one of the foreman of Lor-
ilard's tobacco factory in New Jersey City,
and is we'll liked by his employers. He is
neat and as natty as ever, with shoulders
just as square, and with step just as sturdy.
1t is said that 500 900 was the price paid
Gen. Trevino of Mexico to postpone his
presidential aspirations, thus favoring Gen.
Diaz and that Trevino has already drawn
$4,000 from the Laredo custom house as
part payment.
Senator Crane of Kansas offered the Ma
rine Ladies Aid society S. if they would
make a quilt without speaking q word.
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made the quilt and earned the money in
two hours.
Thurlow Weed says in his autobiography
that he smoked cigars during tifty-four
years of his life aud by careful computation
is sure he gave away $4,000 during that
time.
N. K. Fairbank, the Chicago lard million
aire, denies he is trying to get up corner
in his favoli tie produce. He has 10000 to
600 tierces on hand however.
The late Daniel Hersey of Nashau N. H.,
left $50 900 for a public library, on con-
dition that the city purchase suitable
site.
Nellie Arthur and her cousins have gone
in the United States steamer Dispatch for
a cruise along the New England coast.
The Apollo Knights of Chicago have
turned homeward. A few continue on
longer tours to Switzerland and Italy.
Chief Justice Waite writes that he is rap
idly recovering from the injuries sustained
by his accident.
Maj Maginnis thinks that Montanas
present prospects for admission are slen-
der.
George Hinneline of Minneapolis, died
of cancer of the stomach on Aug s.