River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-28

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AVER FALLS, WISCONSIN
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MISS ISABELLA OATES has been ap
pointed vaccination officer at Fording-
bridge, England.
LORD SALISBURY has given up
his marine villa (the Chalet CeciD =,
at Puys, near Dieppe, and the place is
for sale.
DIR. SAMUEL CABOT, of Boston,
recently deceased, was many years
ago the companion of Stephens, in his
explorations of central Africa.
A NUMBER Of farms IN Yorkshire,
England, and in Lincolnshire have
lately been relet at startling reductions,
amounting to from 80 to 50per cent.
Mr.. LOwELL's future plans are not
Hnown. Mrs. Ole Bull and family, who
have been occupying his house at
Cambridge, expect to retain possession
for another year.
The famous old English watering
place of Bath has not been so crowded
since the days of Jane Austin. fashion
able doctors having again discovered
the virtues of its waters.
On the authority of an English pa
per it is stated that Mr.. Parnell will
shortly lead to the altar young and
wealthy American lady, an intimate
friend of the Irish leaders mother.
Mr.. EUGENE SCHUYLER was unan.
imously elected by the Rournanian
academy at It's last general meeting at
at Bucharest as one of its CORE
spending members in the historical
section.
THE Journal O6fcteI presents figures
to show that Paris is regainlng its
former prestige as a center of medical
instruction. In 1876 the number of
students was 1927, and in 1884 had in
creased to 4,547.
AT Castle Howard, Lord Carlisle's
seat IN Yorkshire, there is a guest
house in the park where a months
rest, with good living, is provided each
month for four Woodworking women
from large towns.
CHARLES O'CoNoR Is said to have
enunciated the principle that ga re-
porter should get all the news he can
and give it to the world, but a lawyer
should get all the news he can and
keep it to himself
TELEPHoNIC tickets are now sold at
the Paris postofiice for half a franc,
emitting the holder to five minutes
conversation with a person at any other
postof1ico or telephone station, or at
subscribers telephones.
MIR. TILDEN's private secretary says
the health Of the Greystone sage is
better than that of most men of his
age. He walks or drives every day, and
followcs the progress of public events
with the discerning eye that has made
him famous
MAX O'RELL, whose writings have
aroused a natural curiosity as to the
identity of their author, stands reveal
cd to the public in the person of Nj.
Paul Blouet He is the French master
at Westminster school, and editor of
the Clarendon volumes on French
Oratory."
IN China the cock is sacred to the
sun. The Chinese look upon him as
The symbol of "the accumulated heat
of the sun and of the south. The fire
is the subtle essence of the sun, which
mounts flamingly," and it is ION that
account that the cock crows when the
sun rises"
IT is announced that the marriage
of Miss Edwina Booth and Mr.. Igna-
titus r. Grossman, of New York, will
take place next month privately, at
the home of the brides father, in Bos-
ton. The young couple will take pas
sage for Europe on May 20, and spend
the summer there.
IN Paris you can come IN at any
hour of the night, and the Gordon of
the concierge opens the door for you.
In Vienna the man who arrives after
10 and rings has the door opened for
him by the ianitor, but only after the
payment of a fee in proportion to the
lateness of the hour.
GEORGE w CABLES study in New
Orleans is said to be the neatest of lit
erary workshops. 1t is rather somber
room, with low bookcases, a map of
Louisiana opposite the open CRATE,
above which hangs strong head OF
Homer, besides a few etchings and
sketches to relieve the walls.
THE artist Dore once made picture
of Niagara. Its style is peculiar to him;
the gorge Is bordered by ancient ever
greens, broken and dead at the top,
and a weird light falls upon the great
cataract. He tried to recall the wild
magnilicence of the scenes as it might
have appeared when it was first view
ed by the white man.
JUDIC the French star who will visit
America next autumn, is nearly 40
years old, with a vigorous form, al
most bordering on the heavy. She has
a purely oval face, and mouth that
efIectually displays two rows of pure
white teeth. In this manner she diff
fers from many other French stars,
pronouncing the riskiest words with
childlike innocence.
THE king of the Belgians, now in
his advanced middle acre. is of rirht