River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-04-24
Personal Points.

Mr. Froude. as soon as he completes the Car
lyle memorials, will lecture in America
First Lieut. William Quinton has been pro-
NOTED to a captainev, and Second Lieut. J. B.
Jackson to first lieuntenatcy, in the Seventh
Infantry
Robert Bickersteth, bishop of Bipon died in
London Tuesday. He was born Aug. "A, 1916
and was the author of several volumes of ser
mons and lectures.
Rev Alfred A. Watson, D. D, was conse-
Grated bishop of the new Episcopal
diocese of South Carolina at st Johns church,
Wilmington, n. c.
Lieut. Emory says the story that his wife Of
fered him 100000 if he would not join the
Greedy expedition, is untrue; that she made no
/ objections to his going.
| Mrs Frederick yandercook of Angola, Ind.
died suddenly of pneumonia, at Norwalk Ohio
| she was a sister of Gen. J. b. Mcpherson, and
| the last of the family
At Covington, Ky., Bishop Toebbe, Catholic,
of that diocese, is lying seriously i'll Death is
expected at any time. Age and heart disease
are the causes of his poor condition.
Miss Florence Finch of the editorial staff of
| the Boston Globe. has acce pted an invitation to
| deliver the masters Grafton at her alma mater,
| the University of Kansas on the commence
ment this June Miss Finch is plucky Kan
sas girl, who won her way by hard work to her
present place.
Hon Daniel A. Dickinson, one of the jus
/ tees of the supreme court was taken suddenly
| i'll at his residence in st Paul Wednesday,
| the 10th. and has since been confined to the
house The rupture of small blood vessel in
| the head is supposed to be the trouble, but it
| has no connection with the brain, his mind be
| ing perfectly clear. Overwork is thought to
have caused the rupture, but no fears are felt
| of his non-recovery therefrom, though neces-
! sariy he will have to refrain from labor for
| time in order to regain his health.
Much excitement exists in fashionable cir
eles of New York over the rumor that the
wealthy widow Of the late millionaire. Louis
| Hammerslev, whose will Is now before the
/ courts had been received recently into the
| Roman Catholic church The conversion Is
! said to have been effected through the evange-
| tizing influences of the eminent Monsignor
| Capel 1t may now be expected fact that
| the conversion has taken place, although the
/ reverend gentlemen of the church IN that city
are very reticent concerning the matter.
While not denying the rum0r Monsignor Capel
\ said he regarded the matter as a professional
| secret aud that conversions coming entirely
\ from God and the priest being merely the in
strument, he considered any discussion of
| them a sin of as great enormity as the sin of
David in numbering his people.
In the divorce case of Emma c. Nickerson
| against A. H. NickersOn ]. J. Johnson for the
complainant filed petition for alimonv. After
| recitng the allegations in the bill for divorce
filed June, % $50, she states that since then
| The defendant has been indicted in Philadelphia
| for perjury, alleged 10 have been committed IN
| his sworn statement in the case, in which he,
| nv fraud. praeticed on the court. and obtained
| The decree of divorce since set aside. She
AYERS that she is now compelled 10 await here
10 prosecute the suit and that she has no
means of her own She gives schedule Of
his property in Washington Territory which
she saws is worth 81. 500, and says as he is liv-
| ing at ease in Canada he must have some
means.