River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15
REGENT APPOINTMENTS.

The following IOuFIu class pOStHlisUei9
were appointed on the 18th.
Iowa-Eagle Grove John H. Howell;
North Branch, Fl. o. Shoesmith Addison
G. L. Crinkshanks; Dodds, r. Magison;
Underwood, Robert Currie; Gilbertviile,
John P. Manner; Coleman, Earl Perry.
Dakota-Hot Springs, Frank Callahan;
Alta, thomas Appleby; Weller, Charles
Weller.
The following postmasters were APP
pointed on the 18th.
Dakota-W atertown, Lucius VI. Thomas,
vice John NJ Monks, commission expired.
Minnesota-Sh akopee, Charles j. Struck,
vice T. S. Strait commission expired.
Iowa-Perry, ?. c. Rude, vice Lindsey
Willis, commission expired; Jefferson,
David NJ. Bassett, vice J. N. Rhodes,
resigned
Wisconsin-Glen Beulah John E. Dennis,
Jr: Winooski, Frederick, Joerns; Ash
Ridge, willis Eckleberry; Excelsior, j. :.
Coates; Bullion, Matthias Thompson;
Forest Junction, G. a. Sinder: Gravesville,
H. r. Sprague; Morrison, Frank Fulch;
Greenleaf. William Luch; Clear Lake,
John L. Warren; Trempealeau, Caius D.
Conan; Osseo, Henry Hotchkiss; Hazel
Green, Edward O'Neill
John b. Webb has been appointed
register of the land office at La Crosse.
Rev. J. L. NJ. Curry of Virginia. has
been appointed Minister to Spain, vice
Foster resigned.
Chas D. Jacobs of Ky, has been appoint
ed L s minister to the United States Of
Columbia. and Chas Foster of Indiana con
sui to Calcutta. The latter position was
the one formerly held by j. A. Leonard ed
itor OF the Rochester, Mimi, Post,
Among the appointments made by the
president on the 9Th was that of D. ". Mar
ratio Of Bismarck. to be Z. $. Marshal Of
Dakota and John Lafarre TO be receiver of
public moneys ut Deadwood, D. 7.
f. W. Miller has been appointed receiver
Of the Huron. d. T., land office, and John
s. Mcfarland register. Mcfarland is from
Ill. and the father-inIaw of NJ. +. Stone
of the Chicago News.
DEATH OF CARDINAL NcCLOSKEY.
Cardinal John McCloskey the eminent
Catholic divine, died at his residence on
Madison Avenue. New York city, at ten
minutes before one o'clock on the morning
of the 10th inst. The weakness that precedes
dissolution became apparent the .receding
afternoon At O'Clock it was evident
that he was failing quite rapidly and soon
after O'Clock he sank into Inconsistencies
and so continued through the evening.
About midnight lights began flashing from
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to the group outside there came the
consciousness that the unusual activity
inside was indicative of the approach of
the closing scenes. At 1870 a nervous
twitcEiug of the muscles of the dying mans
face was observed and the household
Drew nearer The doctor bent by the bed
side and constantly felt the rapidly
pickering pulse. The reverend monslgnors
prayed fervently and repeated inv0cations
for the dying Half past twelve and the
scene was one simply of waiting On one
side Of the bed were the cardinals nieces,
Mrs Kelly and Miss Cleary, and the other
side Miss McCloskey and Miss Mullen, the
latter another niece. Behind them and
standing almost in a circle were Mgrs.
Farley. Preston and Ouinon, Archbishop
Corrigan. DR.. Mcdonald, Father Don
bresse and the assistant priests attached
to the cathedral, recitiug the prayers for
the diving. DR.. Reyes at the head of the
bed anxiously watched the ebbing life of
his patient, who though unconscious, still
held in his hand crucifx, the emblem Of
his faith. At Z 30 a. m. the end came.
He died so peacefully and fearlessly that
those who watched scarcely knew the great
change had come until DR.. Keyes sigrified
that all was over and that the cardinal was
dead.
Noman Of the present century has fig
ured more conspicuously and yet modestly
IL the history of the Catholic church than
Cardinal John McCloskey. He was born in
Brooklyn, n Y. March 10, 1910.
On Jan. |, 1854, be was ordained priest
in St Patrick's cathedral, New York. At
ter his ordination he was sent to Rome,
studied two years in a Roman college:
spent another in France, and on his return
was appointed assistant priest of st. 10
seph church in New York, and six months
after became priest of the parish In 1871
Bishop Hughes nominated him first presi-
dent of st Johns college, Fordham, but in
1872 he resumed charge Of St. Joseph. AT
the solicitation of Bishop Hughes he was