River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-05-17
Miscellaneous News Notes.

Miscellaneous News Notes.
The bananas eaten in the western
states are shipped from the Isthmus te
New Orleans, and ar thence carried
to the prominent cities. It may not be
Improbable to many people to say 70
them that the best banana Is ons whose
skin has begun to turn dark-the kind
which the Ignorant buyer Is likely to
reject. A banana sliced lengthwise
may be fried in butter, and is an ex-
cellert accompaniment to fried bacon,
X may also be Used for ffitter, and II
anges and strawberries. York
Herald.
A party Of nine colored people, two
women and nine children, who about
two years ago emigrated to Liberia, re-
turned to their old home in Concord,
Va. last week, after undergoing bitter
disappointment, long months OF homie
sickness aud weary suffering They
were In pltiable condition. Their feet
are strangely afflicted; being swollen I'd
three times HE Usual size, presenting
mass of ugly looking sores. Some 81
them had lost their toes, that had drop
Strange disease is said to be caused by
certain species Of insect which attacks
thepeople of Liberia. In some instances
these insects attack the whole body OF a
person, but as d general thing they are
confined to the feet They stated that
many ofthe colored emigrants in Libe-
ria were similarly afflicted, and some
have died after losing their feet
altogether.
A correspondent writes, The first
elephant On exhibition in New England
and said ohave been the first in the
United States, was killed at Alfred, Me-,
IN the yeai, 1877, about one mile west
from the Village, in a piece Of woods
near the Roand Pond, SO called, ON the
old post road leading to Dover, N. FL
a man by the name of Davis had an al
tercation with the proprietor of the
tnenagetie tie day preyiousI willie oll
exhibition at Alfred, and sought revepgs
by shooting the elephant. The affair
caused a great sensation at the time
throughout New England. Davis was
subsequently appreheLded, but from
some cause escaped the punishment he
so Justly deserved for the commission oil
and pointed out to this day rs the spoi
where the elephant was killed.
The tea that was split IN Boston har-
Dor, after all, was split in vain. The
Princess Louise told the Mayor of the
Hub, in q momentiof confidence, while
she was eating hef lunch, that Boston was
.'iust English enough to make her feel al
home.' She said she liked the people,
too, and she said nothing of the dispar-
agement of Bunker Hill or beans. 1t is
not too much to say that the Bostonlans
are delighted. More than ever they are
proud that 'ab is flieir 'one.
A Montreal finn has invented and
patented machine for cooking by cleo
tricity. It consists Of a saucepan SO ESQ.
| lated hy non. conductors that the bottom
| forms the positive pole of the current
| The Negative .bdle Is attached TO NOV
able point which travels in circles over
the bo tom of the pan underneath, dis
tributing the heal over the whole sur
| face, ard with sufficient rapidity to avoid
burning hole tirongh.the lpan at any
| one point.
it requires plu:k now and then TO run
newspaper in tie far West, as the fol-
lowing paragraph, taken from the Scor-
| 10 IN, NJ Sun, anpla shuw.s: This Is
sue oil. tile Sun appears under Quite TIM
romalic circumstances. We aimed to get
out more matter han usual, but yestcr-
| DAYS wind knocked the time out of MS
thus!y: The ltbe roof under which
we labored partially fell in and caused
| the intelligent mmpositors and brain
workers to cease all further labor for
| this week. We will be located in our
new office in fep days unless the rest
of the roof catches US before we move.
| We lose about $50 worth of material, but
we are fieh. Bedtles, we have had the
pleasure pfsettifg lp three salless uf
| tybe OH the floor We desire to public
| IL thank the foreman of the Office, who,
when the timberi cracked, extended his
cheek and held DIE wavering mass till
| the force escaped"
Edmund Yates saws yiciously of the
court managers: 81 suppose it is only
right, on the principle OF quid pro quo,
! that the Recipients of royal tavors should
have to undergo. certain amount of ins
eotivetsienGh anl even dkngBf. This fAts
| 0f tile ladies ard igentlernen Who had I'D
| brave the ptsrcing cold to attend the
Queens early drawing rooms Was. bad
enough, but tint of the recipients OF the
tRoval Maung' was even worse. To
bring Us old men and women TO the
Chapel Roya, Whitehall, on day like
Thursday las, was sheer cruelty to ami
mails. The way was long, the wind was
coid,' and tie poor people were infirm
and old, audit .sill be a wonder many
of them Ions sGev;ye to enjoy the royal
CHARITY. Sore i the antiqnated formal
tiles have fofyears been abolished, and
the Lord High Almonor does not now
have to wasA The feet of the recipients
of the Royal Maundy-an operati on
which would Certainly have been partic-
ularly tinwelcane to some of the parties
last week Night not d yet further re-
form be fi1ads, and the old people (of
such of them as may be suffering from
thetimatisml h allowed to attend by
deputy?"