River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-08

Postoffices Established-Dakota: Tunley,
Sulley county. Minnesota: Green Lake, Kan
dlyohi county. Postmasters Commissioned
John Hayden, Chickasaw, Iowa; Henry Klindt,
Luverne, Iowa; Flora Howard, Etna, Mont
John L. Stevenson, Trade River, Wis. Samuel
II. Adams, Green Lake, Mimi.
E. NJ Jewett's cooperating establishment al
Buffalo Plains, New York, covering about five
acres of ground, was entirely destroyed by fire
together with large stock of material, valua-
BILE machinery, supply store and boarding
house. Loss 1000; fully insured The es-
tablishment was burned in April, 1888.
The statistics of the Sheffield trade with the
United States show an astonishing falling OFF.
In 1881 it exported about SO, 600 worth; ID
1888 it had fallen one-half. AS much of 1881
as the report gives make as low an estimate as
about S2,0O0,OO0. Nor was the Sheffield trade
with the colonies proportionately much bet
ter.
Mary Shea, an old beggar woman at Hamil-
ton, Ont, has been sent to the hospital She
has wandered about the streets for years beg.
ging provisions, money, etc, and was Thought
to be very poor. Search revealed the fact that
| she had some 81, coo in deposit receipts, etc. !
also deed of the house she lived in, all care
fully slowed away.
Col Stevenson, of the bureau of ethnolo-
gy, who recently spent several months in the
west brought back the largest and most di-
verse collection of objects illustrating the hons
! life, industries and religious customs, of the
| Pueblo Indians ever before made. They will
be sent to the New Orleans exposition
Bismarck, in conversation with newspaper
correspondent denied that he had any person
al enmity toward Mr.. Gladstone He said he
viewed with equanimity party struggles IN
| England. He could have relied upon Lord
| Bea consfeld TO keep England in accord with
| the rest of Europe; but whatever Gladstone's
| policy might be it was matter of little con-
Germ to Germany
The inquest on the body of Father Rupplin,
who took stryehnine in a saloon recently, ter.
minated in verdict of suicide. The deceased
| left letters and certificates saying his name
was Rev. Ferdinand Baron Won Rupplin, a
! Catholic priest. One of the letters read:
committed suicide on account of poverty and
| incurable sickness. | had no shelter, no bread.
no home no friends, and may God help me-
| The Italian cardinals of the sacred college
! have been occupied in private discussion as
! to the result of the coming conclave of the sa-
cred college on the creation of new cardinals
| The recent death of Cardinal COnsolini left
thirty one foreign and thirty two Italian cardl-
nails in the college. 1t is reported that the pope
| is III favor of creating more foreign cardinals
and taking the chance of the pontiticial throne
going to some one beside an Italian
Gen. Hazen has returned to the war depart,
ment the charges preferred rgainst Sergeant
| Otto Hotnorth of having rified Lieut. Greedy
papers, preferring not to order court mar
tial, although requested to do so by the seere-
| tary of war. The chief signal officer assigni
| as reason for this course that a court orderec
by him would be merely garrison court, with
| power to inflict no severer punishment than re-
duction in the rank and short imprisonment
| John Schlemgin president of the Saloonists
league of Madison, has begun two suits for 3d.,
| 600 damages each against John NJ DIN, the
| leading spirit in the Local Law and Order
! league and late prohibition candidate for con-
! gress in this district, and Estes Wilson, an
| earnest prohibitionist of Madison, for assert
! ing that he (Schlemgin) endeavored to excite
mob violence against Law and Order league ir
| the streets Of Madison, in November.
| In pursuance of instructions from the war
department. Brig. Gen. Augur, of the depart
ment of the Missouri, has ordered Col Hatch,
| OF the Ninth cavalry, TO proceed to Camp Rus
| sci, on the Cimarron river, Iadian Territory,
! with six troops of cavalry and one company Of
| infantry and remove unauthorized persons
| from Oklahoma and other points in Indian Ter
| ritory. Col. Hatch is now at Fort Deavenworth
making preparations for the expedition
| The evidence taken in the case of Second
! Mate William Rauscher and Boatswain Ferdin-
and Koelper, of the American ship /. +. Chap
man, arrested few days ago on a charge OF
! having murdered a Russian seaman named
| Jansen, shows the defendants daily struck and
| kicked the deceased; that one cold morning
| they dashed him to the topsall sheets for two
hours with his hands tied; that he moaned
| pitsously to be cut down, and the next morning
| was insensible and soon died
| A manifesto has been issued by Austro- Hun
| garian Democrats, Paris, and circulated in
| Vienna and Pesth, warning workmen against
anarchist agitation and advising that combined
action be taken to break the cos ition between
the clericals and autocrats The people are
| also urged to refrain from prosecuting Jews
| The manifesto predicts growing financial and
commercial depression, preparing the way for
an early revolution, and workers in every part
| of the country are called upon TO found new
| institutions.
| At Chicago, New Years eve Frank Williams
and two other very tough young men boardeda
horse car near Ashland avenue and yelled out to
the passengers, Throw up your hands, all of
| you It's your money we want From the
moment those aboard was paralyzed with fear
and made no effort to obey the command of the
| young highwaymen One gentleman was re-
| lieved of fine gold watch and chain during the
! excitement, but before further robbery oc-
| Cured the passengers and the conductor awoke
| to the situation and made res stance.
The village of CASTLE, ON the Erie road, is
now greatly excited over revelations made re-
garding the affairs OF Frank G.. Tallman of the
| firm of Hoagland, Cumming & Co, of that
| place, who was fatally injured at Warsaw by
what was believed to have been the accidental
| discharge of a revolver He died IN great
| agony. 1t is now supposed that he was on
| his way to Canada and that death was pre-
medtated, as about 81 500 worth of forged paper
has been found which is said to have been
| placed by him He was trustee in the Bap-
| fist church.
| The prospect for the passage of an inter-
state commerce bill at the session is not con-
sidered encouraging. Mr.. Reagan is hopeful
that his bill will go through the house during
| the coming week, but the chances for this
| measure in the senate are slim The senate
has under consideration an interstate commerce
| bill, prepared by Senator Cullom, to which
| several important amendments are pending,
| some of these being in the form of substitutes
| All these pro positions differ materially from
| the Reagen bill so that if the senate should
pass a bill of this kind the differences between
| the two houses would be so marked that it is
| doubtful whether they would be recopciled be-
| fore March l.
| Paymaster ". H. Smith, who disappeared
| from Savannah with s., 500 government funds,
| appeared at the war department recently, and
| voluntarily surrendered himself to the pay
| master general He returned $3.50, carried
| off bv him, and his pay for December, $3.50,
and 500 was paid for him by friend making
! the full amount $500 MAJ Smyth says he
| went off on spree on Christmas, and knew
| nothing of his actions until he found himself
| in New York He then telegraphed his clerk
| he would return Immediately He afterwards,
| however, concluded to come to Washington
and report to the paymaster general
The following editorial paragraph from the
Philadelphia Ledger, Mr.. Child's paper, may
be taken as authoritative in the financial trou-
bles Of Gen Grant: ''In the matter of Gen.
| Grants personal effects, swords, trophies, Of
| fetal commissions, souvenirs, relics, presents
| from foreign countries etc, which, it was sup
| posed were to be sold TO satisfy the Wander
| bilt debt il may be said that the steps taken
| by his friends to free them from such sale are
/ in progress with expectation of an early favor
/ able result Mr.. Fanderbilts attorney Is I'M
| derstood to be CO. operating with them There
| are legal features connected with the matter
/ which require further consideration, and until
| these are in shape nothing can be properly
/ published in that regard Gen sherman !
! action in the matter has been very considerstt
and commendsbls throughout