River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-10-07

presided, and Senators Dawes and HOar,
and Congressman Long were vice-pres-
idents.
The sale of the Illinois Midland under
/ decree of the United States court occurred
at Springfield, III. The road is l4l miles
long l. brought sl,I20250. The purchase
was made b. the BOrgs OF New York, who
represent the bOndholders.
The state ticket of the Massachusetts,
democracy has been completed as follows:
I lieutenant governor, Frank X. Foster; sec
rotary Of state. John 4. Thayer; treasurer,
Lewis Warner; attorney general, John w.
[ COrcOren.
News has been received thatt schooner
Seth StOckbridge. which left G!ouces -er,
Mass. with crew of Is men, for the Green
land fishing lands, was crushed by the ice
and all on board persisted.
The Baptist ministers OF Boston have re
/ fused 10 cooperate with the Methodist
ministers in furthering the appearance CT
I Rev. Sam Jones aud Sam Small in a Sc
Ties Of revival meetings
The Nortweste IN a. Ks the New York stock
exchange to list 81. s., coo of four per cent
extension bonds Of So. The Milwaukee
asks 10 have listed s., 5000 OF the Chicago
Pacific Western division.
Wallace, the alleged m rider of the Logan
family at Cuba, No, intimated that Sam
I Vaughn (colored) was guilty Of the deed.
Vaughn was arrested but released, being
Z found innocent.
The grand jury OF Queens county, n. Y.
Indicted Supervisor Gallagher, Larkin and
Carroll for irregularities in relation to the
bills Of Plumber Williams Tor work done in
the court house.
The remains OF the late Chief Justice
Chase will be removed from Washington
to Cincinnati, Oct. "a, when the services
will be held in the rOtunda of the capitol
in Columbus.
David I. Chadwick vas caught at
Albany, n. ", Friday, manufacturing
counterfeit silver CON, large quantities
which have been shipped to New York and
other cities.
The COrcoran Gallery of Art in Washing
ton has purchased "Ihe Hunters Home, ;"
by Knauss Of Berlin The size of the
picture Is 2JJzx41z and ne price paid was
$4,000.
The threatened strike of the Pittsburg
statesmen has been averted by the pro
pTietors Of the gents furnishing goods
stores agreeing to close at O'Clock in the
evening.
The republican convention at Lincoln,
Neb-, declared in favor of submitting a
constitutional amendment t. the people
prohibiting Of the sale and manufacture of
liquor.
At Sheboygan, Mich Oct l. a heavy
snow storm prevailed for a short time, COW
ering the ground with snow. Il showed
hard at intervals, but the snow soon disap-
peared.
Gov. Zuiick of Arizona is in Washington
trying to secure the removal Of various
officials in that territory, and the
/ ATzonians are becoming very angry at
him.
The Illinois supreme court -has denied
! the application for the release of Joseph
| Chester field Mackin from the Joliet
/ penitentiary on writ Of hebeas corpus.
". P. harrington was arrested at Omaha,
charged with being fugitive from justice.
He is wanted for the embezz cement Of
$4,000 county funds at Evergreen, Ala.
A S. Gage, large wholesale and retail
millenery and dry goods house in Chicago,
failed on the Goth of Sept. with liabilities of
over three quarters Of million.
| 1t i proposed to grant Indians on reser-
vatious the right to pasture the cattle of
neighboring owners upon the surplus lands
and receive compensation for II.
Experiments with the sugar industry
have proved so successful that the old
southern way OF extracting the juice from
the cane is doomed.
4 negro cowboy has been arrested in
ThrOckmortsn county, Tex, on suspicion
OF having killed a farmer named Whey
and his daughter Lizzie.
Col. J. W. Hawkins was shot and killed
uear Harrodsburg. ky, by unknown par
ties. Two Of his sons have been murdered
in the last three years.
John A. Carey and wife, of Chemung
'. y, have been appointed superintend
ents OF the Omaha and Winnebago Indian
agency in Nebraska.
The wife IF Gen Pickett, OF Gettysburg
gaIlantry and fame, row occupies an il
fsrior position in one OF the departments
at Washington.
The differences between tho American
and English grand bodies of Good Fem
plars, which has existed since 1876, have
beeu adjusted.
The Virginia supreme court denies this
petition for rehearing ia the case T. j
Cheveriue, the murderer of Lillian Madison
Of Richmond.
The wife of Gen. Pickett, OF Gettysburg
gallantry aud fame, now occupies an infer
ior position in one Of the departments al
Washington
At Bear Greek. Ark, lightning strucl
the house Of William J. Robin aud killed &
COY sad girl, aged respectively twelve and
I1teen years.
Annie Wealth, a st. Genevieve county
tIO young lady, was murdered and hei
body thrown into q well, it is thought by
a tramp.
A man is running fer mayor in Key
West, Fla, who stands only twenty inches
high aud weighs twenty-eight and a hal
pounds
The Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows, in ses
sion at Boston, have elected officers anC
will hold its next session at Denver.
4 New York millionaire named Meyer
aged Go, has been sued for siOn00Q, by &
spinster o. b, for breach of promise.
Rev DR.. George Barker succeeds Presi
dent Dwight OF Yale as professor Of sa
cred literature in that college.
The mansion in " Washington. formerly the
residence Of the late Secretary stanton
mas Just beer sold for 81 coo.
The Philadelphia Times has astonished
its contemporaries by reducing its price fol
the daily from cents &c ].
Iudisn Commissioner Atkins has left
I Washington for his home in Tennessee
He will be absent some weeks.
One third OF the police force st Atlanta
Ca. has been dropped since prohibition
vent into effec. in that city.
John v Norton. the well-known theater
manager. is i'll in New York with stomach
rouUls Of the nature OF nervous dyspepsia,
and a spinal complication which is likely
90 prove fatal
Chief Crowfoot, of the Blackfeet nation,
mas gone 10 Ottawa at the expense Of the
Dom iion government.
A motion for a new trial in the case Of