River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-03-13

1898, describing the discovery Of America,
brought SS5l.at the Murphy library sale in New
York on the 1h inst.
The Utah legislature has passed resolution
for joint committee to ask congress not TO
pass any laws affecting Utah, but to wait and
send out commission of fifteen TO investigate
the situation.
The Chicago Tribune's special from Winni-
peg says: The soft glove match tSt Vincent
the 9TH between Billy Hawkins, champion of
the Northwest, and McKeown of Winnipeg for
$500, was won by the latter in eleven rounds.
Time, fifty-five minutes.
Edward Beatty, twenty lone years of age, who
was telegraph operator at Annadale, Pa, eloped
with the thirteen-year- daughter of s. II.
Kelly, a prominent citizen. They were mar
rier and left Immediately for Kansas. The af-
fair creates come sensation
George H. McDougall, superintendent of tele-
graph of the Canadian Pacific railroad, is be-
ing sued in assizes by a Miss Douglass for
breach of promise and seduction The dam
ages are fixed at $4,000 The case against Nc
Dougall appears very strong.
1T is estimated that from twelve to thirty-fiye
thousand Mexican veterans survive, and one
thousand widows, who were married before the
war broke out The pensions called for under
the Townshend bill will therefore amount to
from one to three millions annually
Judge Deadly, of the United States circuit court
decided that Oregon's mortgage tax LAWS I'M
constitutional The decision favorably affects
the Oregon Railway and Navigation, respecting
the necessary funds to complete the road and
tho redemption of 5000, 600, 600 mortgage
Several banks in New York and elsewhere
have notified Treasurer Wylnan that in case
they cannot receive United States 81 and So
notes in exchange for national bank notes sent
to the treasury for redemption they will accept
standard silver dollars. This action has caused
a slight movement of that coin.
The Legislative committee Of the dominion
grange recommends that the finance minister
be asked to remove all duties from salt, plaster
and other fertilizers; that the duty on agricultu-
raj implements be reduced10 per cent ad valo-
rem; that present duty on wheat be not re-
moved unless that on -four is also removed
Ohio raised 100000 bushels of corn last
year, against an average of about 100, 000,0 900
in theten preceding years Wheati so shrunk
as not to make over so per cent of what the
same amount of plump wheat would have
made The corn and wheat products of the
state for 1888 have been greatly overestimated
In hearing before Massachusetts, legis-
lative committee for compensation to Rodger
Amero for his unjust Imprisonment for the
Carleton murder, Representative Coffee said
the parties prosecuting began the prosecution
solely for blood money and their grip upon
Amero was not relaxed until the money was in
their possession
For long time past the merchants of the
Black Hills country have been, according to
their statements, compelled to pay exorbitant
east. To rid themselves from the bondage eff
forts are making to establish route via. the
Northern Pacific, leaving that road for the Hills
at either Dickinson or Medora
Suits for criminal libel have been entered
against the editors of the Uniontown Pa) Re
publican Standard by r. H. Acklin and Law
renee Knott, members of the jury which ac-
quilted Dukes. The alleged libel appeared in
the issues of March last, and consisted in great
part of headlines. The articles were written
on the subject of Dukes acquittal Damage
suits will also be brought by the same parties.
Petitions sighed by all the officers at Fort
Sisseton, Oak, have been sent TO congress, adj
dressed to Hon Henry W. Slocum, for the en-
aetment of law retiring officers at the age of
sixty-two years: law restoring to officers the
issue of the regulation allowance of fuel free
of charge; law repeating the 10 per cent.
charged in subsistence stores 10 officers; also
petition by the enlisted men for repeal of the
10 per cent. on subsistence.
Capt Mares, who commanded the British
Arctic expedition in 1875, assisted by Command
er Markham, an officer of the same expedi-
ton, has drawn up memorandum of great
value regarding the ice and navigation of
Smiths sound. The document has been sent
to the American authorities. The Times says:
''The Greedy search expedition will be watched
with as much interest and anxiety by Europe
and America as that which went to the relief
of Smith in 1857
Bradstreet's Weekly published the following
on the 26th. There were 2i1 failures in the
United States reported to Bradstreets during
the past K twentv-six less than the preced-
ing week, three more than the corresponding
week of 1888 and thirty-four more than the
same week Of 1882 About So per cent were
those of small traders whose capital was under
$1,000. Among the failures reported were John
T. Brooks & Co, wholesale provisions, and
Richard Stobo & Co, exporters of provisions,
New York city.
March /, Western Union rates were reduced
% per cent to the following named states;
Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont, Massachu-
retts, Connecticut, Rhode Island New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware. Mary
land, Virginia, District of Columbia, Alabama.
Georgia, Mississippi, Indian Territory, Kansas
Nebraska, and Arkansas; 20 PER cent to Dako-
ta Indiana, New Mexico, Kentucky, Idaho.
Ohio, Missouri, Southern Texas, Utah and Ten
nessee; 331 per cent to Arizona, British Col
umbia, California, Montana, Nevada, Oregon,
Idaho and Washington Territory.
A sequel to the Sullivan Robinson knockout
on the night of the 9th occurred on the after
noon of the following day at tho Baldwin Hotel
San Fradcsco While several of the Sullivan
combination, including Steve Taylor, were sit
ting in the barroom, Robinson and some friends
entered After an exchange of salutations,
TAYLOR made contemptuous remark to Rob-
inson The latter retorted and Taylor led of,
hitting Robinson under the ear, knocking him
down They clinched, and rough-and- tum-
BILE ensued Friends separated them. 1t is
stated that Robnson's expulsion from the
Olympic club will be unanimously voted.
Moreton Fremen of London, and the owner
of some As, 900 head of cattle now upon the
ranges of Montana, has originated scheme
for the shipment of cattle to Liverpool on foot,
by adopting which, he claims, the saving in
freight charges will be no small sum- The
scheme is to ship the cattle by the Northern Pa
cific from the Montana ranges, through the
healthy table lands of Dakota and Northern
Minnesota to Duluth, thence down the great
lakes by boat to Georgian bay, thence by the
Canadian Pacific and its leased lines to Quebec,
and thence by sea to Liverpool This, Mr..
Fremen says, will keep the cattle from the
tainted Eestern States and shorten the journey
to Liverpool by over 900 miles.