The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-01-25
General.

General
Armor plate is now quoted at $500
ton
Jabez White, the English bantam, is
preparing for visit to America.
A 100000 fire destroyed thirty
buildings at Randsburg, Colo.
The referee has filed report at New
York recommending that Mrs. Nat G.
Goodwin be given a divorce on statu
tory grounds and $50 a week alimony.
A call has been issued for a pure
food and drug congress to meet at the
National hotel in Washington Wednes-
day, March 20.
The Virginia senate committee on
public institutions has decided to re-
port adversely the McCune anti-hirta
ton BILL
Fire destroyed Waters & Dennis
flour and feed store and Dickinson's
paper box factory at Dubuque, Iowa.
The estimated loss is $4,000.
The Washington Central railroad
has been sold at Spokane, Wash, for
100000 by Master in Chancery Wake
field. Thomas r. Sheppard of Seattle
bid it in for the East"''n bondholders.
d. NJ Hough & Co., shoe manufac-
turers of Rochester, N. Y, have made
an assignment to G. A. Hollister. 1t
is said that the liabilities will reach
$3S,OO0; assets estimated at $4,000.
The AndrOscoggin cotton mills at
Lewiston, Me-, have shut down all de-
partments for an indefinite period
owing to the strike of a portion of the
operatives
The directors of the Lake Erie &
Western Railroad company have de-
clared the regular quarterly dividend
of / IA per cent on the preferred stock,
payable Feb. Is.
The Harvard club of New York city
has donated $4,000 for the erection
of a new boat house for the Harvard
crew. Extensive improvements are
also to be made to Soldiers Field,
Boston.
Preparations for the golden jubilee
of California-the fiftieth anniversary
of the discovery of the yellow metal
are making rapid Roadway. The cell
ebration will begin on Monday next
and continue during the week.
Notices were posted in the Alice
rubber mill at Woonsocket, r. l., an
nouncing a shutdown for two weeks.
This mill is owned by the United
States Rubber company and employees
1,2O0 hands.
Henry Cyril Paget, earl of UXbridge,
and Miss Lillian Florence Maud Chef
wind, eldest daughter of Sir George
Chetwind, Bart, were married. The
ceremony took place in the Roman
Catholic church at st. Marys, London.
j. A. Klinkert has disposed of his
interest in the Klinkert brewery at
West Superior to l.. Reuping and
Mayor Earhart of Fond du Lac. Gen.
Bragg was here with the purchasers
as their attorney.
Hon. J. D. Vandeman was appointed
receiver for the Electrict street rail
way company of Delaware, Ohio, and
at once gave bond in the sum of $780,
900. The road will be appraised at
once and offered for sale.
Some of the admirers of John Brown
are urging the national association
which has charge of the John Brown
statue to have it made by Elmorna
Lewis, the colored sculptor now re-
siding in Rome.
The Milwaukee Manufacturing COM
pany, a corporation engaged in the
manufacture of bicycles at North
Milwaukee, has made voluntary as
signment to Jesse B. Whitnall. His
bond was fixed at $4,000.
William G. Won Mier, an eX-lieuten-
ant in the German army and nephew
or retired Admiral William Wenzel, of
the German navy, is accused at San
Francisco of petty larceny by Leon
Lemos, a Market street tailor.
Tommy White and Billy Whistler
have signed articles to box twenty
rounds at Toronto next month. When
the pair met before the verdict was
draw. White is getting into shape for
the mill at Coney Island.
1t is rumored at Trenton, n. j., that
a syndicate of New York capitalists
has secured an option Of about 80 per
cent of the general ware potteries in
that city and East Liverpool, Ohio,
the two principal pottery centers of
the country.
Frank A. Leach superintendent OF
the mint at San Francisco, has been
elected by the Oakland (Cal) board of
trade as it's delegate to the monetary
convention to be held in Indianapolis
on jan %. Mr.. Leach is now in
Washington.
At a meeting at Pittsburg of coal
operators favorable to true uniform
ity" conditions a committee of five
was appointed to nominate uniform
ity committee, after which the meeting
adjourned to assemble again at the
call of the committee