River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-04
Gnssin Ahnnr f.erAons.

The Prince Montenegro will be invest
ed by the Sultan, on his arrival in Cor
stantinople, with the order of the Cs'
manieh IN diamonds.
Mr.. Alferd Austin in the National Re-
view Uondonl relates the following an
ecdote of the Earl of Baconsfeld; "See
what my gracious sovereign sent Inc as
q present at Christmas" he said to me
one day. 1t was copy of the edition
de luxe of "RoEola and In 1t was
written. in the beautiful flowing hand
of the Queen, 'To the Fart of Beacons.
field, X. g., from his afectionate and
crate iul friend, Victoria" . But, he at"
ded, Il cannot read it," | ventured to
recommend him not to make that con-
iession to everybody, for it would not
raise their estimation of his literary ac-
umen. "Well," he sand, tits no use. l
can't"
The ashes of Columbus have been
sadly disturbed since the great discover
er was first buried at Seville. Time
after time his remains have been moved
about till they finally lie in the Cathe-
dral of Saint Domingo, and now they
are to be turned out of their resting
place and inclosed in plateglass urn.
| This urn is TO hold the Casket contain
| ing the actual ashes in sxch a manner
,hat the remain, will be plainly visible.
Mr.. Henry Irving will be accompanied
to America by Joseph Hatton, the prom
nent author and journalist, who Will de-
vose bis time while with Mr.. Irving to
writing that gentleman's impressions oil
the country.
The Authorities at the Vatican intend
to discount the Luther celebration as far
as they can by Publishing two volumes
Of the documents concerning the career
of the Reformer, which have been dis
covered among the archives of the Natl-
can by Signor Balan, the principal libra
rian.
When Jefferson was in England, some
years ago, ha took the little son that was
| BORN to him in London down to STRAIT
ford-on- Avon to be christened in the
little church where Shakespeare was
buried.
S. Fennimore Cooper's remains re-
pose beside those of his wife, in the
churchyard of Christ Church, Coopers'
town, beneath plain slab, which bears
his name and the date of his birth and
| decease In Lakeside Cemetery is erec-
| ted monument TO his memory, when
is surmounted by the figure of Leather
stocking.
The king of Rounania is seeking the
pope's consent to annul his marriage
| The queen has returned to her family
| Mrs. Terhune, the novelist, better
known as "Marian Harland, is Virgin
ian by birth, but resides in Springfield
| Mass, where her husband is pastor of a
church.
There is a movement in London to
erect a memorial to Charles Dickens.
There is none existing. 1t is proposed
| to erect a a statue; also to place plaques
on the house in which he resided.
| Archibald Forbes predicts only mod
crate success for Henry Irving in this
country.
President George T. Angel, of the
Parent American Band of Mercy,
says in a letter to a Boston paper tina
his next door neighbor has just die d o.
| typhoid fever, contracted from drinking
| impure water at one of our mountain
resorts. and he reitrierates his oft repeat
ed Injunction never to drink at noun
| tain seashore or elsewhere water about
which there is doubt until it has been
boiled to kill the dangerous germs il
may contain.
George w. Childs, of Philadelphia,
has clock which was once the proper
ty of Napoleon the Great.
Victor Hugo is now hard at work, bis
hours with the pen extending from 6 a.
m. to 10 a. m. He has several small
tables in his study which are covered
with MSS. of the various subjects on
which he is engaged, and ne passes
from one to the other as ideas on any
subject occur to him.
Herr Krupp, according to the special
catalogue prepared for his display at the
Amsterdam colonial exhibition, en-
plovs $1,000 workmen, consuming daily
3 900 tons ofcoke and coal, and produces
$50 tons of iron and steel daily, in the
form of guns, rails, bridge work, axles,
anchors, chains, etc Over 10000 of the
famous Krupp guns have been turned
ont of the works.