River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-14

rise to sunset. He is given free lodging
and free fuel, and IL is customary also TO
allow his family the use of 100 square rods
OF land for raising vegetables. As direct
wages he receives per annum Sle to s23, 50
in cash aud twenty-four bushels of rye,
three bushels of barley, three bushels of
peas and one aud half bushels OF wheat.
The iaborer's wife Is bound to work in the
field when ever required, and receives fora
day S work in summer II 10 Ia cents, and
in winter 10 to II. A laborer's Family con
sisting Of himself, wife and ave children
under twelve years, can sal sist for 81 OIL
a week, or sol year Miners and mine
laborers receive daily from 52is cents
(Which is paid to forenen, engineers and
carpenters TO lsls aud Is cents paid to
women miners. The average cost of the
subsistence OF a miner family, including
rent, clothing and "a les, amounted 20
sl2 - per anuum. 4 he rent paid 10y
miners ranges from 36 cents 70 SLID per
month
The consul at Brunswick, Germany, Mr..
Fox, transmits a report Of agricultural la
Dor in the duchy of Brunswick, stating:
In the level country the wages of a
man aud his wife aggregate Sle4 ~ per
anuum, while in the mountain district
man aud his wife, assisted by child,
earn but SlS492. Ia the district of Wolf
euhuttel the laborer receives "A cash wage
entirely of - cents day, summer and
winter, working time TO II a. IN. and 10
g. y. M Women ere paid 10 cents for the
same time. \ man will earn from 3d. to
Il cents per day moving, and woman
from - 10 30 cents for gathering behind
the scythe. Men and women both earn
from s. to AZ cents per day hoeiug, aud
from 4 70 ~ cents gathering beets.
Nine. Rata17i, widow of the celebrated
Italian minister, has been sentenced to
three months imprisonment at Paris. She
was found guilty of having bribea public
official 10 bring about the demolition au 4
rebuilding OF several houses which she
owned in the Boulevard Haussmann.
The action of Prince Bismarck against
the Berlin Volkszeitung for libel viii be de
ci3ed by the end OF the month. The action
is based ON an article published in defense
of the proposal fer the pa meut of deputies,
which was. la substance, as follows: Why
reproach paid deputies as statesmen selling
their opiuion. seeing Prince Bismarck has
accepted gift OF El25,0 0 subscribed by Ag-
rariau protectionist supporters
Mr. Stead, the imprisoned editor of the
Pan Mall Gazette writes from Jail to his
friends that his health is unaffected by CON
tinemeut, that he is busiiy engaged ia liter
ary iabors and that he is opposed to fur
tht 4 prosecution of the work of taking up
petitions for his release, as he desires TO
finish out his term of imprisonment.
Gen. Stephenson, commanding the Brit
ish forces in the Soudan, advises the gov
eminent TO either maintain a strong force
at all the advanced positions on the Nile or
withdraw altogether into AssOuan. He
says he expects the Soudan Arabs to re
sumo their assaults unless the country is
swept by the British 10 DongOla.
II. de Giers Russian foreign minister has
made proposition that the powers unite
in a request to Bulgaria and Servia to re
duce their armies 10 a peace footing Ser
via, in a note to Bulgaria, proposes the APP
pOjutrlent of a commission To negotiate
terms of peace, TO meet at Vienna.
At a meeting OF the Bavarian princes
measures were discussed TO prevent the
bankruptcy of the king. 1t was decided
that it was impossible to intervene. If the
chamber Of deputies refuse TO increase the
civil list, the creditors will sieze aud sell all
the personal property OF the king.
In the lower house of the Danish parlia-
ment II. Estrup, the prime munster, intro
duced bills fo- the purpose Of protecting
native sugars for a reduction of duty on
sugars imported from St. CroiX, and for
the imposition of duties on maize and bar
ley.
The Illness Of right Hon. ". f. Forster,
formerly Oh f secretary for Ireland, has
assumed favorable turn, and his rhysi-
clans now say that his recovery Is assured
although re VIII, they add, be unable to at
teud parliament for several months.
/ The editor Of the London Daily News
declined a present of $500 from the
nuh,isher on resigning, and publishes a
card saying the paper Is at stand stu
because the counting room VIII not let The
editor expeud money for News.