River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-12-02
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/ The Dominion cabinet has decided to ac-
/ cede as far as possible to the wishes of the
/ people Of s.. johns, n. b., in the manner
4 of making that place the winter port of
I Canada. The mail steamships will call
1 there, and if the city can furnish sufficient
I freight they will go on further, but other
wise may be necessary to call at Portland
{ or some OtheT pert to complete their car
goes.
| Mrs. Mildred Adams. hiss instituted an
action for Islander against her father, Lord
/ Chief Justice Coleridge, because of his hints
I in jastifyiLg his conduct towards her bus
I band, Charles W. Adams, that the latter
/ had managed to induce her to assume i'm
proper relations with tim before marriage
IN order to secure her hand and fortune.
Mr.. Gladstone declines every request to
speak until parliament reassembles. He
/ has sent letters to several OF his colleagues
/ stating his programme for the coming ses-
/ sion. He approves an Immediate chai-
/ .eDge 10 The government To state its Irish
/ policy in the debate upon the address, al
4 though he expects that tn, Unionists will
maintain their adhesion TO the government.
4 Afterward he will assist in an effective set
element OF the procedure question.
The trial in London OF Harris, alias
/ skinner, who was arrested on charge of
defraJding Herries, FGIqahar q Son,
bankers of 600 by means of a forged
/ letter cf credit from a Chicago back, has
! resulted in a sentence of five years penal
sarvtude. Skim vas formerly lawyer
at Chicago.
1 A meeting held at Cork, Ireland, az
| which the lord MAYOR presided, condemned
TIA action Of lie postmaster general on the
trans Atlantic nail question, and ap.
pointed committee to wssch the progress
OF the new arrangement. Eight members
/ of parliament were present
Sir Charles Dixie, in relation to the
Crswfor divorce case, says be proved TO
his friends that he was the victim 20
conspiracy. end he would publicly prove
the truth Of this charge in another suit
which he would shortly bring TO establish
his innocence.
The postmaster general Of Great Britain
has written a letter to the Cork HeTbor
board in which he says thai he was anxious
20 retain Oueenstown in all the mail
I services but was unable 70 arrange terms
/ with the steamship companies.
John pnion will defend L'm-oit in The
case brought against him by tbs govern
ment. The Right Hon. Hugh Holmes. at
I torney general Of Ireland, aud JOHN sIcGib-
son, s0licitOr-general, will contuct the
/ prosecution.
| MoorHghters ared OF the poles patrol a.
Czs.le Island, County Kerry, ireland,
on Nov. 24th, buS without doing any
.lamsge. Nine arrests have been inside in
connection with the shooting.
The British troops in Burmah, in
recent encounter with the forces Of
Boshway, killed i43 Of his followers with
out losing a soldier. Three of the British
troops we're wounded
A dispatch from Hong Kong, says that
the French steamer Saghsben at Shanghai,
from Msrseillase, has been cut to the
waters edge by the Pacific mail steamer
City Of Pekin.
Several Elglishmsu have been arrested
on su picion of connection with the
robbsFy Of registered letters from the
mail car Of tue osteud express, near Paris,
on Saturday.
Lord Mayor sullivan summoned Dec. :,
a meeting OF the citizens OF Dublin to as
senble to protest against 1.-The severn
/ ment's tyranny toward the Irish National
League
The British residents ct Alden, 10 behalf
Of the Bombay government, hsve annexed
the important island OF Socorta in the Indi-
az ocean, and hoisted the British hsg
I; ,hercon.
DR.. Parker, q the City Temple, London,
writes III it would be suicidal for the
English Liberals TO incorporate dis
. establishment plank in their platform.
Princess Beatrice, wife of Prince Henry Of
Bsttenberg, has given birth to son.
Prince WaldemsF is undecided whether
ne will accept the appointments CT the
sCbranje and become Prince of Bulgaria.
g Nine youths have been sentenced 20
! death at Sydney, Y. S. ", for committing
so outrage on q lo-year-old servant girl.
n. De Lssseps hss expressed himself as
greatly pleased with the manner IA which
be was received in New York.
The Jewish ratbis of the United States
4 held their regular semi annual meeting in
New YORK, Wednesday.
1t is asserted that three Italian iron