River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-29

heptcocHtauNc OdbcS, VI IUe cOUIlltee OF
public lands, has prepared report on the bill
70 prohibit aliens and foreigners from acquir-
ing lands within the United States, which the
COMMITTEES has reported to the house, with a
recommendation that it pass.
The closing of the jamestown (Pa) Savings
bank has affected the business OF the town.
The failure will am cunt to more than $50, 600,
and tho result will be sadly apparent Already
three assignments have been made by partie'
who had connection with the institution.
A special to the Fargo Argus from Lisbon,
Oak, states the examination of w. W. Brady
for pro curing an abortion upon Sarah High
land was concluded The bond was fixed at
5000, and was not given. The victim of the
abortion, MISS Highland, will be in court
Miss Matilda Chase granddaughter of Chief
Justice Chase and lineal descendant of Sam
uel Chase, a signer of the Declaration of hide
! pendence, was fatally burned while sitting in
| chair in front of an open CRATE fire at her resi-
dence on Maryland avenue, Annapolis, Md
The Russian government has rejected tn,
draft of contract submitted by the ex-govern
or of Eastern Siberia, which proposed to con
cede to an American company monopoly TO.
twenty FIVE years of the fur trade and hunting
of fur animals of the Rus sian Pacific coast.
Cardinal Manning continues indisposed H,
a. meeting of Catholics at Birmingham Eng.
lend, denouncing the growing phase of liberal
ism, which, he says, has borrowed the wors
aspects of French republicanism.
The New York times of the 25th says: Gen
| Grant has not been as well during the pas
week This is traceable to no one cause excep
his general debilitated condition, and does mo-
excite alarm in his family but his health hai
been such that neither the newspapers nor hii
mail have been read to him as heretofore
Charles Suffer of Trempealeau, Wis, wal
knocked down and robbed of $40 by Ralph
Grenow, haif-breed, while both were re-
turning from house of i'll fame in Winona
Grenow was formerly hack driver in St
Paul. He was examined and held to the grand
! jury.
The sheriff of Ransom county, Oak, lodged
in the Cass county Jail at Fargo the prisoners
DR.. w. W. Bradley and Sarah Highland, &C
cused of committing abortion in Lisbon some
| time ago Miss Highland was brought into
court waived examination, and in default OF
! $4,000 bonds was committed
The will of the late Schuyler Colfax has been
I admitted to probate. The residence at South
| Bend, with contents, goes to Mrs. Colfax, to
gether with half the residue of the estate
! The rest goes to Schuyler Colfax Jr. George
/ W. NudttL6Mb rs udultu tAtCutOT 1uS cStdt
is valued at s250,00O, and is without incum
! brances.
| Senator Mcpherson regards the recent fail.
ure of his bill in the house to authorize national
banks TO issue circulation equal to the par
value of their bonds in the treasury, as the END
of all such legislation by this congress. He
thinks the defeat of the bill is indication
that the national banks are not wanted by the
house as factor of national circulation
The World publishes an interview with Capt
phean, in which he states he intends to prose.
cute all those concerned in the murderous as.
sault upon him. He will protect the secrets OF
these in Ireland, but will purshe O'Donovsr
Rosa and his gang until they are punished fol
! the conspiracy to murder him. Capt PhelaI
says he has documents in Kansas City that viii
greatly aid him and show that he is no traitor
Sister Theresa, niece of James G. Blaine,
died at st Mary's Catholic convent at Wilkes
barre, Pa, rec entity. Her secular name was
Annie Walker. She was the daughter of Maj.
R. c. Walker and Elizabeth, sister of Games G.
Blaine; was born at Brownsville, Pa. studied
at St Xaviers academy, Westmoreland county;
made her religious profession at St Marys
convent, Pittsburg, in 1869, and was thirty
years of age
The Garfield hospital here is in financial
straits The building was finished and fur
nished and opened for patients year ago. Il
is well fitted up for hospital purposes The
great obstacle in the way of its usefulness lies
in the fact that it has no endowment or Other
permanent resources to meet its expenses. TIL,
hospital will have to be closed soon unlesi
some plan can be devised to insure its perma
nent support
A special from Rome says: Terrible &C
counts continue to be received from the region
f the Piedmontese Alps of ca sualties and de-
structions caused by snow storms and avalan-
ches. Twenty houses were destroyed and for
ty people killed at Borgorivo. Fifty houses
were demolished at Frassiniere, and the nu
Der of fatal casualties there were eleven. In
the little village of Frassiniere, which has
total population of 800, seventy persons wer
killed"
Great pressure is being brought to bear or
the house committee on agriculture to secure q
favorable report on a bill introduced in Decem-
Der by Congressman Willis of Kentucky, emit
tied "a bill to encourage tho holding of ma
tbnal agricultural horticu tural mineral tim
Der and live stock exhibition at Louisville, Ky,
under the auspices of the Southern Exposition
company and the department of agriculture Of
the United States government
The dry goods house of Myers & Sons Of In
dependence, Iowa, has been closed by the Sheriff
who held six mortgages against the stock The
stock inventories about $4,000. Some time ago
the firm was burned out, holding at the time
insurance to the amount of $4,000 This the
companies refu sed to pay, alleging fraud, and
the matter was taken TO the courts Failure to
receive the insurance money is ascribed as
the principal cause of the collapse
Charges have been filed with Secretary
| Teller by citizens of Montana and others
against l. E. Carpenter, superintendent of the
National Park, specifying general inability to
protect game in the park from spoItsmen and
numerous other failure in duties. 1t is believ-
ed that the assistants placed under the per-
intendeDt are greatly at fault They are rela-
tives, i'll several instances, of senat tors and
congressman holding the places by favo-it
ism, and are of little use in the park.
The Weekly Pioneer Press of Jan. Doth, pre-
sents in its Galaxy of Genius" series papers
on ''The Future Of Arctic Exploration" by
Lieut. Greedy, of the recent Frank lin Bay ex-
petition; on Chinese Gordon, Eow be.
leged by the Mahdi's forces at Khar-
toum, by Charles Chaile Long, his for meI
chief of staff; and on the neglected but impor-
tant battle of Sailors creek, at the close of the
campaign about Richmond, by ex-SpeakeI
Keifer. The installment excels in current and
perman ent interest any yet printed in the series
winch mas attracted 50 lliCu dtleutlUH.
Secretary Chandler has receiveda commun-
ication from an American resident of Nice,
France, saying the officers OF the United States
ship Lancaster are holding high carnival a
that place, and have roundly abused the sec
rotary of the navy for having ordered the ves-
sci to the Congo, which action they publicly
assert was taken to spite the ladies of their
families, who, the writer says, are holding
daily receptions on the vessel in open defiance
of the rules of the service. The secretary has
written Real Admiral English, commanding
the Lancaster, for inform alton on the subject
John l. Sullivan became engaged in free
fight in a Boston bar room where he had been
drinking with his companions most of the af-
tcrnoon. Sullivan was offended at man
named Hodgkins, whose opininion on pugilist-
ic matters differed from his own After some
words, Sullivan caught Hodgkins by both arms
and with his head struck him between the eyes. |
Another of the party named Dehere at this |
point swore at Sullivan, who was mad with |
rage and liquor, struck Deliere telling him
senseless. Friends of the latter interferred |
and the fight became general barkeepeI
named Mcguire drew revolver This and the
arrival of eight police officers restored quiet
Postofhces Esta blished-Iowa; Neoga, Potta
wattamie county; Plato, Cedar county. Mime
sofa: Dover, Polk county; Humboldt, Marshall
county Wisconsin: Popple River, Florence
county Postoffices Discontinued-Iowa Eagl