River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts.
FROM WASHINGTON.


Il the eleven months ended November
30 last 49s 5S3 imm grants arrived in this
country, being about IL. 900 more than dur
ing the same Ter cd in 1851
DURING the twelve months ended No
vember 30 the total value of exports from
the United States was s679, 235, l47. The
value of the imports for the same time was
S5l6, 344, 470
The remains of General John A. Logan
were on the 18th taken from the vault at
Washington in which they were placed
two years ago and carried TO the mortuary
chapel, erected by his widow in the Gene
terry OF the Soldiers Home, which will be
their final resting place.
4 DECISION of the Secretary of the Inte-
rirr on the 27th restores to the public do
main over tn rty-four thousand acres Of
land in Oregon which had wrongfully been
cert fed as swamp land.
A VESSEL no larger than a sailboat ar
rived at Washington on the 9th after a
voyage Of nearly six tn usand miles The
vessel was built b. its co commander, Cap
tain Slocum. in Rio Janeiro. Brazil, to con-
vey himself, wife and two children to
America, anu left Rio Janeiro on July "a
last.
DURISs the seven days ended on the
18th there were 2.s9 bu ,iness failures n
the United States, against 3Il tie previous
seven days
OWING TO business irregularities H. c
Astw0od, United States Consul at San
Domingo. was on the 18th dismissed in dis
grace from his pos ton.
During the year ended June 20 the total
foreign commerce at all the ports OF the
United States was valued at Sl,52 3 663 100
aga nst 81, 5O4, 651. 462 the previous year.
THERE were Ol5 lives reported lost in
ISIS upon the ocean and so upon the lakes
and rivers "a total Of 4095, as compared
with 6. 792 in 1ss7l, 2,S6l by disasters in
the New World. 40 200 By disasters in the
Old World, and l7,SJ9 by battle and pesti-
lence. making in all 54,697, as compared
with ly9. l64 IN 1857.
Ar twenty six leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during the
week en- led on the 29th ult aggregated
9-5.2j..64i against sl,Os0,slO 25s. the
previous week. As compared VITA the
corresponding week of 1897 the increase
am united TO 1876 per cent
LEGAL executions in the United States
during lSSS numbered 81. as compared W tn
- in 1Ss7 OF this number all were males
but one, 81 were whites, - negroes and
ChinamsB.
In the Tn ted States during the year
ISIS the entire fire losses were less than
SlOO O0l.OOl, as romHared with $780, O0O, 900
in 1867 and $50, OOO. 90 in 1856.
THE total number Of murders committed
n this country during the year 1883 was
2,ls4. against , 81 in the year 1885.
DURING the year lSSS the number of per
sons reported as having committed suicide
in the United States was IS. as com
pared with 81 n 1857. OF the total num-
Der ]. las were males and 342 females, and
the causes were as follows: De p ndencv.
4,s3, unknown. 50; insane. l9S; domesii:
infelicity, H.; liquor los; dis Ippointed
love, 1870: ill-heaith. 81; business losses, 40.
THE death Of the wife of N jOr-General
John NJ Schofeld, IL command of the
army Of the United States, occurred in
Washington on the Both ult.
THERE were IA victims Of lynch law in
the Tn ted States during the year lSSS,
against I23 in lss7.
SIxTY-sIx rentenarlans died in this ccru.
try during lSsS, their ages ranging from
one hundred years 10 one hundred and
tweuty-one years. OF this number forty
four were women aud six were colored
persons. Eighty-one journalists also died
during the year, and forty ministers of the
Gospel
THREE Treasury Department messengers
were arrested on the 29ih ult. charged
with the theft of Treasury notes after they
had been redeemed and cancelled, and the
presentation Of them for second redemp-
ton