River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-12-09
SPIRIT OF THE DAY.
The French Chamber of Deputies has
passed the Madagascar credits.

Lord Wolseley, as adjutant general
of the British army. gets a salary of
$4,000 year.
A New York paper claims that
bituml Gus coal is to be advanced p to
so per cent.
Russia does not insist that Prince
Nicholas of AIingrelia shall be made
ruler of garia
The Duke Of Argyll. the father of
Lord Colin Campbell, is a small man
with rather ignoble face and a lot OF
bushy white hair.
To even things little Cashier Had
dow, of the Government Savings Bank
at New CASTLE. n. b.. embezzled 81 600
and skipped across the border into the
United States.
Cardinal Manning has ordained
into the Roman Catholic priesthood
Lord Charles Thyme, aged 80 years,
and formerly cannon in the Estab-
lished Church.
Baron SeekeHdorf. a professor in tn
College of Agriculture at Vienna, com
mitted suicide by shooting himself in
the mouth with a revolver.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's
directions for writing a novel are rs
follows: You must have pen, ink,
and paper. Use the first with brains.
the second with imagination, and the
third with generosity"
Mr.. Munkacsy. whose painting of
Il sl,,...s4 u,
hibition in this country, will be enter
tanned upon his arrival ut Washington
at dinner party to be given in his
honor by the Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Whitney.
The English universities. saws Sir
Lyon Playfair, '.teach their graduates
to spend f1.000 Il year with dignity
and intelligence, while the Scotch
universities teach men 10 make El.00O
a year with dignity and intelligence.
David Dudley Field gives it as his
opinion that the people of New York
pay 100000 annually for the record
ing of the surplus and useless words in
their mortgages; pretty stout argu-
ment for reform in legal verbiagc.
General Clinton Il. Fisk. the recent
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, will probably be that
party'S next candidate for President
He Is a prominent Methodist. and his
generous gift TO the cause of education
among the colOred people. Fisk Uni
versity. Is expected to win him many
votes from that race in the South
The Hall Safe ant Lock Co. Of Gin
cinnati, which has been working it, SEQ
employees upon the Fundamentally
plan since May last. returned to ten
hours December l. The company say
they have lost many orders, being un-
able TO meet the compitition of coIupc-
titOrS.
Chief Justice Waite of the supreme
Court celebrated his 10th birthday Ola
the last day of November and is now
eligible orretirementupont hepen, 10 of
$4,000 year; Justices Bradley, Miller
and Field are also eligible for retirement.
Mrs General Grant viii visit Wash
ington durii.r tie winter. She viii be
the que of General Bealc and wife.
This will bc Mrs. Grants first visit TO
Washington since She went there with
the General in the winter 1881.
The two glasses for the douhlc lens
of the Lick Observatory viii he shipped
from Cambridge this week Marvel
ously careful preparations have been
made to insure their safe transporta-
ton. as they can not be duplicated,
Mr. Alvin Clark, their maker. having
reached an age which preeludes him
from again entering upon 50 great an
undertaking.
Boston journal: There have been
SAGE National banks since the national
banking act was passed in 1888 OF
these only 112 have become insolyent
and only j6 failed to pay deposits in
| full. No bill holder ever lost dollar
| by reason of the failure of National
bank And yet there are those who
would let this excellent system fan into
! decay.
The American Opera Company. an
organization under the direction of
Theo. Thomas, played a week at Gin
cinnati, and the guarantors were called
upon to make up deficit of $1,000. II
is believed that the company viii lose
that amount weekly during the season.
William Lockport Hunter, the
famous Texan hero. who was one of the
fourteen survivors of the massacre of
Goliad. died few days since at Austin.
Tex. He was also one of the three
men who left the fated Alamo in the
hope of securing help for the gallant
garrison, Al The time of his death he
had reached his 80th year.
Mrs. Margaret Jerome. widow Of
Gen. jerome, the dashing Confederate
officer. died in a New York tenement
house last week. having existed for
several Years past in ahiect poverty
She persistently refused aid from the
charitable, and is said 20 have died of
broken heart.
Jane Calhoun is living at Centcrville,
Ulster County, \. Y. at the age Of 10G
years. She was born, married, and
lived all her days in the district, anil
her age is said to have been verified be-
yond question. She frequently walks
to Highland. four miles distant, ana
though very shrunken in appearance *
active and in full possession Of her
faculties
Noah Raby ~ Plainfeld, n j., Wis
tied and took his Thanksgiving dinner
with "A great granddaughter at Roselle
He said Il am ! - years old, as near
a. / can make out ! viii remember
seeing the first President 81 the United
States. ] was in the war of 1872. and
served on the frjgate Constitution. /
came to reside ia New Jersey eighty
years ago. Ny eyesight has never
failed me. but it Is not As good as IL
was. Ny health Is tolerably good for
man of my age.
Is Death Painless?
a Philadelphia doctor, after years Of
careful observation, says that our demise is
as painless as our advent to the world.
Tais is certainly reassuring; yet nOtwith-
a.