River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-06
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are the States having delegates
Passing Events.

A New York doctor asserts that the
contagion of scarlet fever in cities comes
mainly from horses. He goes on to assert
also, that, as vaccination prevents small
pox, 80 "eQuination," as he calls it,
might be adopted with equally good re-
suits in the prevention of scarlet fever
Holland, in the last three centuries,
has recovered from the sea at least 3d.
| 600 acres. The Lake of Harlem became
terra firma between 1910 and 1852, and
the Zuyder Zee is IN process of transfor-
nation in 900 valuable acres. Hol,
land has now 40, 900 oxen and cows,
and her present output of cheese is e5-
timated at 100000
rhe gambling tables at Mo naco are be-
ginning to exercise an influence in Nice
with other health resorts of Riviera
The French squadron, usually at anchor
before Nice, have been ordered else
where, in order to remove the officer-
from the temptations of the game. The
Prince of Monaco, who has hitherto de-
rived an annual revenue of SOC, 900 francs
from the bank, has sold his interest for
the sum of 6 500 900 francs.
1t is expected that the Washington
monument will be completed in the
spring or summer of 1885, and the sug-
gestion is at this time made that Robert
c. Winthrop, who is speaker of the Ma
Ional House of Representatives, laid
he cornerstone and delivered the
grafton on the occasion, should be invited
10 deliver the Grafton of the dedication.
Mr. Winthrop is now in his seventy
fifth year, but hissoratorical powers are
undated, and should he continue to
i've for less than two years longer, he
will be found fully equal to the occasion.
Gen. G.. I. Beauregard has written a
letter to northern banker who IN
quired what reception Northern capital
SITS and business men should meet with
in the south if they should 80 there to
settle. The reply says:-"You can
assure your friends that If they come
here on business, and 10 assist in devel-
oninp the commerce and resources of
our country they will be cordially wei
canned. whether repubiiCa rs or demo-
Gratis. and they will be fully at liberty TO
vote as they please. In society they will
he treated according to their personal
merits. At this time, eighteen years
after the war, only the worst class OF
politicians, north and south are inclined
to keen alive the bad feelings engen-
dered bv the war. The people OF the
south. especially of Louisiana want
the capital and the enterprise Of the
north to come here and assist III re-
building our ruined homes and restor
ing prosperity among us"
Bishop Randolph S. Foster Of the
Methodist church, who arrived in Bo5-
ton after his official tour around the
world, was welcomed with fitting
greeting that evening by the members
of the Methodist Social Union. In his
remarks Bishop Foster said: I'VE have
been led to think that the Hindoos are
learned people, but after we pass
down from small class at the head of
the nation we find that they are almost
the most ignorant people on earth. The
people live on what would be the iare
of similar population of goats, and
one half of all the product OF the e0un-
try goes to England. An idea of the
cheapness of human service can be had
from the fact that twenty-three men-ser-
wants are hired there for what two ser
want girls would cost in this country;
and i often thought that every mission
arv ought to hire twenty-three OF the
Hindoo servants in order to bring them
within the range ofChristian influence.