River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-02
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Ludblom & Co., send out the following
summary of crop reports received from of
fetal sources: The agricultural official re-
ports at Washington sho Is that Great Bri-
tain. Holland. Belgium and France will re-
uuire 100, 900, 600 bushels more wheat than
last year Austria and Hungary have fair
crop, and Germany hree-iourths of crop.
The condition of wheat on the Black Sea
and in Southern Russia is in deplorable
condition, owing to the ravages of locnsts-
English country markets are l shilling
higher, an advance of ? shillings since the
Dist. The weather is bad.
The First Regiment, Minnesota National
Guard, which has been in camp at White
Bear Lake. near st, Paul, for week broke
camp on Tuesday and each company re-
turned to its own locality. Col. Gaines
Lawson, of the Twenty fifth regiment, U.
s. A., has been in camp all the week, by
directions ofthe secretary of war, to report
upon the condition OF the militia. He was
very much pleased with the men, who, he
said, had made great progress during the
week, and only wished that they could con-
tinue in camp for longer time.
Duluth Tribune: 1t will be remembered
that, some weeks since, several car loads OF
silver bullion were received here from He
lena. Mont, to be shipped to Newark, ~
J. 1t is learned that on the night after its
arrival one of the cars was broken open,
and two bars, weighing about 3 900 pounds,
and worth hundreds of dollars were stolen,
Last Saturday the bars were discovered bur
led in the sand near the Northern Pacific
tracks, Rica's Point. The discovery was
accidental, the rain having washed away
the sand until the silver was not covered.
A Cleveland dispatch says the Ward Iron
company of Niles and New Philadelphia
has failed, liabilities estimated at $500 600;
available assets said to be less than So, 600
The company consists of Mrs. Eliza Ward,
mother of James Ward. The company em-
ployed about 1900 men aud operated mills
in Niles, bought on CO tract from and now
revertin TO Cleveland, Brown & Co, of that
city. The mill in new Philadelphia, costing
$780, 600, will be involved in litigation
Antilles City,a notice was found posted on
Charles Browns door, saying; "Bullard,
Burleigh. Ringer, Dear, Van Gaskin,
Russell and others murderers-You're
marked" On the Both INST, placard APP
peared in the same place, bearing the le-
gend: strangers, bewarel You are well
known" Both signs were written in red
ink, and were signed in figures which were
mere date numbers, or else new cabilistic
cipher for Miles City vigilantes.
New York Special It stated that Col.
William Crooks of st. Paul, Minnesota, who
is at present in this city, had sent twenty
four messages since the strike began, to his
home being anxious 70 ind out the con-
dition OF his wife, who is ill. He offered
$500 if the company would get him an an
swer, but it was unable to do so.
The 9th was another big day for the st.
Paul rowing men. at the Pullman races
they carried off two more piizes, winning
the Junior double and the junior four. 1t
certainly looks as though the Minnesotas
were going to place themselves at the head
of this years list.
At Denver, Robert b. Besth of Philadel-
phia was elected commandsr-in-chtefof the
Grand Army of the Republic on the second
ballot, Many grand army men attribute
Gen. Barnum's defeat to his expressed opin-
ion on the Fitz-John Porter case.
The only step that has been taken toward
the actual consolidation ofthe two Mime
sofa revenue districts is the requirement of
a new bond from Collector Bickel for $780,.
600 which lie has filed. The old bond was
tor $4,000.
Mayor Edison of New York has suspended
the license If John Jones, the expressman
who was accused of an attempt TO extert
money from James Kane of Green Isle,
MINI.
The members of the firm of l.. B. Day & |
Co., of Milwaukee. which failed short |
time ago, were arrested on the charge of |
getting goods under false pretenseS.
The reports of great damage in Dakota by |
the late storm were almost wholly exsgger- |
atoms. The losses were very small so far as /
heard from.
Mr.. Colteld of Minneapolis is building a
tore house at Duluth with capacity of |
holding $4,000 bushels of oats /
The first regiment of Minnesota National /
guards were reviewed on the "a inst, by the
governor.
The Ward Iron company OF Niles, Ohio, /
seconded the bankruptcy tiume for $500, 600.
The Minneapolis water board wants S52,
-04, SO 10 complete work already begun.
Commodore Kittson' Minnie z. was dis
ance1 at Pittsburg.