River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-24
Tonnes of the Day.

The reply OF Lord Lyons, the English
Ambassador to France, to Victor Hugo,
concerning his lister to the Queen in ia.
vor of O Donnell, was to the effect that
the letter had been received with much
Difference due to its source, that his APP
peal 10 the Queen was forwarded to the
Home Secretary, that Il e Queen acts in
such cases on the advice OF her Minis
ters, and that the latter, on careful con-
sideration, regretted to be unable to adj
wise the Crown to interpose, Attention
has been called to the fact that TINS re
ply carefully avoids saying that the let
ter ever reached the Queen in pereon.
An almost unexampled occurrence
has taken place near Venice triple
suicide. Two lovers in France, and q
husband and wife in other countries
have often destroyed themselves, and
there are cases in which parents. from
excess of misery, haze put an end 10
both themselves and their offspring; but
that three persons should makeup their
minds to leave the world together at the
same time is without precedent. The
victims were three sisters OF good family,
one suffering from approaching blind
ness and another from epilepsy, brt the
third "a young lady of extreme grace
and beauty Who had announced Ler
intention of not surviving her sisters
Their last act was to place a wreath OF
flowers upon their mothers tomb. This
is "a riddle of the painful earth" indeed.
A young lady evidently impressed
with the idea that she knows all about
it, says: "Iea fellow is desperately in
love with girl, and is persistent in his
efforts to win her, he is sure to gain his
suit. WidoWefs understand this point,
and know exactly howt1 make love and
propose. and you will observe they are
always successful.
An amusing theatrical story tells Us
of "a young and handsome actor and a
charming and youthful actress hating
each other most unmitigatedly; being
always cast for the lovers parts in the
pieces thew plaved, they had to endure
frightful toiure, which they relieved
by saying in whispers, inaudlbe 10 the
public. the most cruel and cutting things.
Tie sinking mountain of Nubia, in AL
ciers, is one Of the most extraordinary
of the many disturbances OF the earth's
crest, During the last couple years the
mountain has heen gradually SINKING
into the earth, d deep subsistence marx
ing the place af er settlement Ihla
sinking is not attended by earthquakes,
nor is it the result of a VOLCANIC erup-
ton.
Dar never wuz man 80 strong dat
whisky couldn't fling him. He may be
mighty fne resselev, an may hab iupg
eberv man in de curmunny, but when
he locks horns wild whisky he's gone
down, He may cut some mighty ilne
capsrs, an 'splay powerful mussle, but
at las whisky I'll trip him an fling MN
in Il place dat he neber would er picked
out fur de falL-Arkansas Traveller.
Cleveland Is very instifiabIy congratu-
Eating herself over her healthfulness.
This lake city is growing rapidly in pop
ulation, having increased over a. ner
cent. between 1870 and 1880, and yet the
number of deaths has steadily de-
clined for three years, the totals being
3.7z7 in 1881, 5,563 in 1882, and 3I99 III
1888.
The south is fast coming to rival the
north in cotton manufacturing. In 1888
there were in the section 1870 mills, with
7l3.9S9 spindles and Is .222 ooms, while
to.day there are 314 mills, with ZIG,
422 spindles and "a, S73 looms. No fea-
ture of southern development is more
encouraging than this rapid growth OF
manufacturing.