River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
miscellaneous News Notes.

st Paurs base ball association is finally
organized
The census of Boston shows 1893 moro fe-
males than males.
St Paul officials say the Northwestern Traf-
fic association is doomed.
Ex-Gov Fairchild of Wisconsin says Ameri-
can farmers spread over too much ground
Mrs White of Macon Ga, aged fifty years,
has eloped with John Rodgers, aged twenty
one.
Perrine & Co, wooden firm, New York, have
assigned Liabilities, s115,OOO; actual assets,
s22, 600.
There was an increase of $25, O00, 600 in insur-
ance written in Minnesota in 1888 over the pre-
vious year.
Anthony Kamm died in the Buffalo, n. Y,
poorhouse from too much sleep, claiming the
Lord ordered him to sleep.
The Aston library has fund 81, 1860, 2SS, ac-
cording to the annual report just made, and
20S, APO books exclusive of pamphlets.
Mr. Edward Mcpherson has informed Chair
man Hawley that he will accept the secretary
ship of the republican congressional committee.
George f. Miles has brought suit to recover
500 damages from the city of Winona for
damages received because of a defective side
walk.
The civil rights bill of the Ohio legislature
has become law. 1t is the same as declared
unconstitutional by the United States supreme
court
Charles Palmer, baggageman on the Pitts
burg & Fort Wayne railway, has received $685.
COO for injuries resulting from collision OF
two trains.
Augustus Hail. sole surviving partner of the
firm of f. L. Jaeger & Co, crockery dealers,
haa asGi0nel liabilities SIS CHH
assets, $4,000
business failures of the past week reported
to r. G. Dunn & Go. number in the United
States, 2S2, and Canada, 46 Total 278; pre-
vious week, 81
Paymaster WATSON, now in the Kansas peni-
Tertiary, will be released by order of the presi
dent He will test the finding of the court
martial by which he was imprisoned
James A. Grinstead, of the late private bank
ing firm of Grinstead & Bradbury, Louisville,
XIV. has assigned Assets, $4,000 to $50, 600;
| liabilities, unknown, but supposed to exceed
the assets.
Mrs Hardy of England, on the advice of a
clairvoyant. came to st Paul in search of her
lost daughter, only to learn that she had COM
mitted suicide at home. The mother is now
destitute at Milwaukee.
Bradstreets March book will show an increase
of 80 names in Minnesota for the three months
covered, and of these 1870 are residents of ST
Paul During the time named fifteen new post
offices have been opened IN this state
Sullivan was Missed at San Francisco because
he did knock out Taylor, and showed his abili-
ity to knock out the kings English, as fol-
lows: 'sThem that Misses is loafers. / am q
gentleman, L will slap the jaw of any loafer
who says he Missed
1t is probable that the remarkable Puetz- Nc
Cullough trial in Milwaukee, which ended in
verdict of guilty. will be supplemented by
large number of prosecutions for perjury. In
spite of the fact that the prisoners made con-
fession previous to trial, plenty of witnesses
swore to an alibi. II is now proposed to sue
these witnesses for perjury.
The new ticket for the workingmen. after
repeated conferences at the national headquar-
ters has finally been completed, and is: for
president Gen. Benjamin f. Butler of Massa-
chusetts; for vice president, Carter H. Harri-
son of Illinois 1t is understood that the
greenback paper there, Buffers organ, will
soon hoist this ticket
Articles of incorporation of the st. Paul Base
Ball association were filed in the register of
deeds office They set forth that the object of
the association is to maintain and operate a
public park in St Paul, in which shall be played
the game of base ball and other games. The
articles bind the association for ten years The
capital stock Is SlO,u0U divided into 4OU SHARES
of S25 each, and the highest indebtedness al
owed is 81, so.
Edwin Chapman, president of the Rochester
Manufacturing company, writes from Portland,
Ore, that gold mine in which he is largly in
terested, near that place, has struck thick bed
of mineral in paying quantities. Mr.. Chap
mans house, with it's contents was demolished
in the August cyclone, his mother was killed,
his wife il still confined to her bed from the
effect of her injuries and his machine shops
were laid fiat on the ground He writes that
he has struck turning point in his luck, which
of late has seemed 10 be against him.