River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-07
mIscEELANgoUs NEWS NOTES.

Lieut.. Harder and Master Schultzs,
escorting the remains OF De Long and com
rades, passed through Berlin, the 3rd inst
on their way to Hamburg. They were met
at the railroad station BY Reiss, represent
ing the geological society, who placed a
magnificent wreath upon the coffin of Lieut..
De Long in the name o. the society. When
the remains arrived the collins were 50
heaped with wreaths that they could not
be seen. Mr.. Sargent, the American min
lister, received the escort at the station. AT
the meeting OF the geographical society,
President Schlernitz spoke in high praise of
the Jeanette expedition.
AS sequel TO the horsewhipping on the
Northern Pacific train when Capt. Mullen
arrived at Glyndon he swore out warrant
for the arrest of both Mrs. Jewett and her
husband, the latter being charged with aid
ing and abetting. They were brought to
Mcorhead by constable, and Mr.. aud
Mrs. Jewett AIKEN to GlyndOn fer heariD g
before Justice Osborne. The facts in the
case seem to be that Mrs Jewett borrowed
ring from Capt. Mullett, granting him GER
tain favOrs, but the captain. it Appeals re-
penIed of his generosity and brought suit in
Moorhead to recover the ring. The cap.
tain's statement on the stard caused the
cowhiding.
Mary z. Paige, widow of Samuel B.
Paige, the millionaire lunberman of Os-
kosh, Wis, has begun suit in the United
States district court at New York against
the New York World for $3.50, Geo damages,
because of alleged libel. The article which
the World publishes and Mrs. Paige alleged
is libelous and deiamatory-Tas entitled,
1.-THE Career of Pop Mary" and was given
to its readers Dec. l6, 1888. 1t was copied
from the Cincinnati Commercial Gszatte
and duly accredited to that paper. Similar
suits have been or will be begun sgainst the
Commercial GaEstte and several other
western papers.
Mr.. Sutton, United States consul general
in Northern Mexico, has just returned from
an official visit to Monterey and Saltill0,
end reports that young American named
Nude, said to be an sccomplice nf enc
Leggett in the murder of Contractor Wick
land near Garcia Station, has been confined
in a Mexican prison over year without
any charges preferred against him, and that
the Mexican authorities and American con-
sui at Monterey are laborlrg under the
opinion that Nude escaped from prison
eight months ago along with Leggett.
County Clerk keenan,. of New York city,
informed the legislative investigating COM
mittee that he had paid 81, 500 to Tammany
hall for his nomination, and paid nothing
else except incidental campaign expers IS
less than 50 600. He also testified that he
had taken the iron-Clad oath not to buy
votes at the election or bribe any person to
refrain frorn voting.
At a recent Yale senior class election q
resolution was introduced that the senior
societies system be abolished, and that the
faculty should be asked to do so because
thev created a social aristooraey and ex-
erted an undue influence IN college matters,
sitting expression of college sentiment by
control of the college press. The resolution
was defeated.
While the Masonic fraternities were as
sembled in Erickson's hall Guildiord, n.
Y, preparatory to attending funeral, the
floor of the third story gave way, precipi-
atine seventy men to the floor below.
Many were severely injured, but none fatal
". The debris caught fire, but fortunately
was soon extiDguished.
r. B. Haywood, drummer for Phelps,
Dodge & Palmer, Chicago, was supposed to
have died at Rockford, Ill.,, .ast November,
where his wife identified p rpse as his.
He has turned up in San Francisco.
The seventh annual meeting of the Min
nesota State Dairymen's association takes
place at FaTibault on Feb. and 8, and the
people of Rice county are arranging to give
the association cordial welcome.
There are about 16,O52 2a3 children OF
school age" which varies in the different
states from four to sixteen, in the United
| States.
6 The Miners Bank of Pottsyille, Pa, failed
for 81, 250,000 in 1876, pays dividend of 3
81 100 per cent, and exhausts every cent oil
assets