River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28
Miscellaneous News Notes.

The Democrats will hold their national circus
Aug. 5
Norfolk is the first Virginia city to have the
electric light
William j Sullivan has been nominated post
master at Leon, Iowa.
A National Observation-Disclosures convention is
to be called for May Is
Maine Republican state convention will be
held at Bangor April 30.
March 25 a convention Of American inventors
viii be held ia Cincinnati
The Iowa senate decided to locate the su-
preme court at Des Moines
The Longview private insane asylum at Gin
cinnati IL offered to the State of Ohio
At Metropolis, Ill, the floods destroyed the
National hotel made famous by Dickens.
The California grand master Mason tele-
graphed 81, 900 to Cincinnati for food suffer
crs.
The British Columbia legislature has ad-
journed after appropriating variously s6S4,
coo
The New York assembly has passed bill
vesting absolute appointing power in the may
or Of New York-Ayes 40, noes 81
The Virginia senate and house passed over
the governors veto the bill reapportiontng the
state for representatives IN congress.
The republicans of Massachusetts will hold
a state convention for the choice of delegates
10 the national convention III Boston, April 80
Sypher & Co, the New York brie-a-brac firm
is putting in a branch at Chicago IN charge of
Mrs Herbert Aver, wife Of the bankrupt who
fled to Franco.
The defaulting city treasurer of Chicago,
Dave Gage, befriended poor miner IN Colo
RADIO The miner. William P Linn, prospered
and at his death left $40 coo 900, one-quarter of
which was bequeathed to Mr. Gage.
Keziall D. Blackburn Of Brooklyn denied her
self comforts for fifty years, that she might be
extensively buried and that her grave might re-
cefve daily attention. Her parents had been
buried in paupers graves. Her funeral cost
81, 200.
Hugh J Jewett is a director in twenty rail
road companies, Samuel Sloan in twenty three
Jay Gould in twenty-four, George b. Roberts in
twenty-six, Augustus Shell in twenty eight
Sidney Dillon IN thirty-six and Frederick l.
Ames in tifty-two.
DR. Roe, well-to-do citizen Of Birmingham,
Ala, was at Fort Payne, Ala, recently, making
a settlement with Samuel HARRISON, brother
of Judge HARRISON. A quarrel resulted in Roe
cutting Haralsons throat, killing him instantly.
Roe escaped to the mountains. A large posse
Is In pursuit
The Massachusetts, Democratic state conven-
ton will be held in Worcester The date is not
fixed Members of the state committee and
friends to the number OF l2O enjoyed the ban
puet in Boston last night Ex-Mayor Palmer
paid warm tribute to Wendell Phillips Ex-
Gov. Butler was not present
There were 216 failures in the United States
reported to Bradstreets during the past week,
twenty-five less than the preceding week; four
teen more than the corresponding week i'll 1858,
and S3 more than the same week of 1882.
About 81 per cent were chose of traders whose
capital was less than $4,000
John H. Kinley, counsel to the Real Estate
Owners Protective association New York, has
been arrested on a charge of blacl1mailing II
is alleged that he extOrted money from owners
of property on the East side, telling them their
houses were used for improper purposes, and
threatning to bring actions against them
Craftsmanship Frisia, from Hamburg, arrived
attn r., the 10th, with bodies Of Lieut. DeLong
and comrades on board Lieut. Ward, q. s. N
representing Commodore Upshur, met the
Frisia at quarantine and came on it to the dock
at Hobo ken and transferred the cases of bodies
to an undertakers Woodlawn cemetery.
The surrogate of New York has given decis-
ion in the case of the viii of Sarah Burr, who
disposed of her whole estate, valued at ST, co.,
000 for charitable purposes The surrogate
decides the contestng relatives and concludes
that the viii expresses the free, unrestrained
and deliberate purposes Of the decedent, that
she was of sound mind and memory when she
signed it. and that it is entitled to be ADM tied
to the probate