River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-11-06
Tor the payment Of pensions to indigenl

Confederate soldiers
THE monument to the members of the
Jeanette exploring expedition of 1881
who persisted in the Arctic regions was
unvailed at the Naval Academy Gene
terry at Annapolis. Nd.
The death of James Norton occurred
at his home in Sherwood, o., aged @:
years. lie was Mexican war veteran
and also served in the late rebellion.
THE postmaster of Leayenworth
Kan, excluded the entire edition of the
| Times from the mails because it con.
tanned list of articles won at church
fair
GENERAL RUGER, commanding the
Department of Dakota in his annual
report says there is no reason 10 appre.
/ bend molestation of settlers upon ceded
/ lands even by the most disaffected In.
/ dams.
IL Chicago William Noting. aged Sc
years, and his wife. aged 39 years, were
suifocated by gas at their home.
AT Grand Rapids. Mich, Louis Wolf
was arrested as a common drunkard.
Six years ago he was worth $500, 900.
THE retail clerks of America will
hold a convention in Detroit, Mich,
December s, for the purpose of organic
ing under the American Federation of
Labor.
The Times, at Leavenworth. Kan.
has brought suit for $4,000 damages
against the postmaster of that city for
refusing to receive papers containing
notices OF a church lottery. The object
of the suit is to test the lottery law.
IL the United States Circuit Court OF
Arkansas. Judge Caldwell decided that
Iowa had the right to prohibit the sale
of original packages.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has de-
cided that the mayor of Cincinnati has
the right to appoint the new board of
city affairs provided for in the bill
passed at the special session of the
/ Legislature.
THE exports from Alaska during the
/ last year were: Whalebone. Sl.l59. 9O5;
whale oil. SIZE, 500; Goldfish, 1855, 600;
salmon. S. 355, 600; gold (estimated), 81
coo, 600; all other exports sufficient to
make the total 81 $40 7SO.
AT Lebanon, Ind, Michael Erskia
celebrated his Tooth birthday on the
31st ult lie was in good health.
WHILE insane Frank Mason, of West
| port, Cal, murdered his two brothers
/ in-law, Charles and Matthew Vann, and
/ then fled to the woods.
LEo2oLD BROTHERS. wholesale cloth
iers in Chicago failed for $780, 600.
AT Patskala, O.. Mrs. Logan and her
daughter, Mrs Nellie Mead, while
crossing the railway track at that place
in buggy were struck by an engine
and killed.
THE Choctaw Indian Legislature has
passed law DISTINGUISHING any mem
Der of that tribe taking the oath of al
/ legiance TO the Government of the
United States
ALL the original-package houses in
/ Kansas have been closed owing to a de-
cision of Judge Caldwell.
FLAMES nearly destroyed the business
portion of Chillicothe, Ill. Loss. $780,
600. In all, forty buildings were burned.
Ar Independence, Ia, the stallion
| Allerton lowered the worlds record for
i-year-olds by trotting mile in 2:1S5[.
IN South St Paul, Mimi, G aorge
/ Robardge, farmer, shot and killed b.
/ +. Rogers, fatally wounded w. e. Rog-
ers, his first victims brother, anl ten
/ flew his own head off.
GRAND MEADOWS. the largest hay
/ farm in Northern Indiana, near Wilma
mac, containing 5000 acres, was set on
fire b. hunters, burning up IL, 900 tons
Of hay. Loss, 500, 000
THE Constitutional convention al
jackson, Miss, adjourned after being
aiuhtv-two DAYS in session The con-
stitutIon was adopted with only seven
dissenting votes.
4 SYNDICATE of Englishmen has pur.
Chased for 81. 900, 900 the leading iron
concerns in the Mahoning (O) valley.
At Columbus, o., Tunis Amack muir
dered Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson and then
committed suicide. JEALOUSY was the
cause.