River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-30


1t is stated that the cholera has reappeared
at Cairo and that seven deaths from the dis
ease have occurred there.
The Ohio legislature has passed an act re-
quiring all executions in Ohio to take place
within the walls of the penitentiary.
Postmasters commissioned: Moses M Ham,
Dubuque Iowa; Nelson Bruett Jefferson,
Wis e. w. Cate, Stevens Point Wis. James
Shepard, Shepard, Oak
The French ambassador at Berlin has been
instructed to protest against Gen Won Moltke's
recent excursions to different passes in the
French frontier in the Riviera.
A rainfall Of twelve inches has submerged
Southeastern Kansas, causing great destruction
to crops and cattle Dennison, Tex, also re-
ports combination of flood and cyclone
Naval circles in Washington are interested in
the presence of Russian corvette and a
British man-of- war at Hampton Roads, and
everybody hopes there will be fight
The committee appointed by the plenary
council to select site for the proposed Roman
Catholic university has been called by Arch
bishop Gibbons Of Baltimore to meet in Wash
ington, May7
The Oklahoma movement has collapsed, so
far as any present attempt to reach Oklahoma
is concerned, and the boomers have decided TO
90 home and await further action on the part
of the government
Russia is reported to have Informed England
that the only basis for peace is the entire with
drawal of English influence from Afaghanis-
tan and an acknowledgment of the complete
neutrality of the ameer's territory.
Reports are Just received that very heavy
frosts have prevailed in Southern Oregon and
great damage resulted 1t is difficult TO estl-
mate the actual loss, but it is said TO be heavy.
The fruit and vegetable crops suffered severe
".
Thomas Maher, after selling farm near
Painsville, Ohio, for 81 600, went on a spree
and displayed rolls of bills, after which he was
found dead in a barn. with no money on his
person, but no marks of violence were visible,
Three suspected men have been arrested
Sir Stafford Northcote, in speech in Lon
don, attacked the governments programme of
abandoning the soudan. He said the reten-
ton of Egypt was duty England owed to the
people of India 10 maintain her prestige in
India and especially to keep the Suez canal
always available for the transportation of
British troops.
The motion of the minis ter of militia in the
Dominion parliament for appropriation Of
s700.0 go to meet the expenses IN connection
with the Northwest rebellion passed without
discussion The money, the minister explained,
was for the maintenance Of 4,OOO troops, at an
average of 5! 80 per day, for sixty days; there
was also s1GO. 600 required for transportation,
and for supplies s4O,OO0
The invitation to spend the summer in the
cstsllili mountains, N Y, extended to Gen.
Grant and his family, has been accepted
through the generals son, Col Fred D., who
yyr.es to the manager of hotel there, as fol
lows Seen Grant directs me to answer your
letter of yesterday, and say that 1t is his Inten
ton. if alive, to visit the Catskiils during the
month of August, and if convenient, will &C
cept your kind invitation for that month
The faultinders now say that the president
is ignoring the democratic platform in regard
70 territorial Offices He has made two terrific
rial appointments, one an associate justice OF
the supreme court of New Mexico, and the
other a similar official in Utah and neither Of
which he has been appointed. / n the first
case the appointee was citizen Of Missouri,
and in the other he resides in Michigan.
The prince and princess of Wales have ar
rived at Belfast They were met at the sta
ton by an immense assemblage OF citizens and
were received by the mayor, who with munic-
pal escort conducted the royal visitor
through the densely packed streets TO listed
hall All along the way the scene was one Of
TIE widest enthusiasm. At listed hall the va
rious public bodies of Belfast presented ad-
dresses of welcome. The prince made person.
a. replies TO the different addresses